Kingston Council has had to have a word with a private contractor after a resident filmed bad-mannered binmen who blocked a road during the morning rush hour and posted it on YouTube.

The video showed binmen from Veolia parked in the middle of Gibbon Road in Kingston stopping traffic from going through while they picked up rubbish from the street on Monday, November 5, just after 8am.

But resident Resheed Nakeb, 31, who works in IT, took it upon himself to film the inconsiderate antics of the binmen who he says behaved aggressively and even pretended to run him over.

He said: “This is not a one-off event.

As a street, many of us are extremely unhappy and are now considering starting a petition against these guys and how they are treating us.

“We had enough and have started to film and document this for Kingston Council’s environmental teams to witness first-hand what we are going through.

"They call me names and swear at me, but I just want to get to work.

“You get up early and get ready for work and the last thing you want is to be held back by a service that you pay for from your council tax. It’s not fair.”

In the video traffic can be heard honking at the large bin truck while Mr Nakeb asks: “Why are you always parking and stopping us from going to work?”

The binman replies: “Shouldn’t you be working?”

Mr Nakeb said: “My family are now petrified of them and are afraid of going down the road in the morning after they saw them try to run me over and hurl abuse and cause stress.

"We are also extremely concerned that they will now try to damage our vehicles as a result of this complaint.”

But a Kingston Council spokesman said: “This was a regrettable incident.

"We have spoken to Veolia, our contractor, to make clear that its recycling crews must make every effort to avoid obstructing the road while working.”

Paul Chapman, Veolia’s contract manager, said: “Having seen the video we accept that it could have been handled better.

"We have spoken to the driver of the vehicle and warned him he must, wherever possible, pull into empty spaces so residents’ cars can get past. 

"Sometimes this is difficult, but in this case there was room for the driver to have parked elsewhere. 

"We will do whatever we can to reduce obstruction here in future."

Glen Keywood, from the Brag Residents’ Association, said: “This is an interesting video, but I wonder if videoing the men was the best way of changing the way they operate.

"I think people that work on our streets (waste, post, traffic wardens) play a vital role and we should engage with them, not infuriate them.

"I don’t condone the response of the men, but they were only doing their job. Veolia should train their staff to respond to issues more appropriately."