Hmm, but the binmen are now private sector workers. Draw your own inferences.
Come on folks... people on this site are sometimes so anxious to avoid causing offence it gets silly. Public sector industriousness? I'll be looking out for the threads on fat people not really eating too much and bears using the Portaloos.
Glib, arrogant, condescending posts suggesting that public sector jobs are 'not proper' (with the obligatory 'oh it was only a joke' comeback) don't really compare with those rather silly examples.