I used to live above a corner shop. For the first few weeks I was woken every morning by the shutter going up at 6 am. After a while I didn't notice anymore. If the bin men have the same schedule every week, I would think your brain would start to tune it out.

Well done to the bin men - they haven't missed a single collection on my road, even on the Tuesday when the snow was chucking it down all day. Milkman has always made it too. Even the postman, who was conspicuous by his absence after the first snowfall, has come every day recently. He looked like the abominable snowman when I opened the door to him on Saturday.