A grateful householder has given a big shout-out to her local binmen - after a night of celebrations meant she failed to put her rubbish out for collection.
"Too many celebrations" following last week's England victory over Germany, meant the woman failed to put out the bins in Birkdale, Merseyside, and she faced a further fortnight until the next collection.
However, she received a pleasant surprise and posted on a neighbourhood app to share her joy, the LiverpoolEcho reports.
She wrote: "Bin men sometimes get a lot of stick so I thought I'd give them a shout out this morning.
"We forgot to put our bins out, too much celebration. Anyway, got up and the bin men had collected our bin from the garden, emptied them, and then put them back.
"How cool was that? Thank you to whoever it was that did that."
People were quick to reply to her post.
One woman responded: "Good for you to notice what they had done and be thankful for it! So many would not even have noticed.
"Could you stick a bag of sweets or something to the bin lid next time with a thank you card?"
Another said: "I remember a time years ago where the bins were metal and had no bin bags. The bin men came into the drive and humped the bins on their back and tipped them individually into the truck.
"A friend wanted to hide her bin so those passing by couldn't see it, and the bin man knocked at the door and said 'Hey missus where have you hidden it this week?'"
