There's A Story Behind Every Skip

We have our very own director, Gary Thurtle, writing this week's blog post about a recent story he would like to share with our readers and customers alike. Although on the face of it skip hire is quite mundane, the stories behind the bookings are often quite amazing. Recently I had a call from a lady from the south of England who was booking a skip for her father who lived in our area. Her father had moved here 20 years ago after retiring because he loved the area; but he was now at an age where it wasn't practical for him to live on his own anymore and he was moving into a retirement home. My driver delivered the skip on a Friday as the house was being cleared out by relatives who were coming up for the weekend. When he got there my driver had a chat with the man, who told him his story. My driver, not on the face of it a particularly emotional man, was almost in tears listening to it and recounted the tale when he returned to the office. On the Monday he returned to the house - the skip was full - the house was empty. The man was no longer there, presumably already moving on to the new phase of his life. Stories like that remind me that when we provide a skip to someone we are often assisting them with one of these new phases. It could be the young couple booking a skip to decorate their first house, the older couple with children who are moving to a bigger property or the older generation looking to downsize. Sadly, the person whose possessions are in the skip may have just passed away, and it has passed to the family to deal with the estate. I can only imagine how difficult it must be for the loved ones to go through decades of memories – pictures, letters, ornaments - trying to be practical and getting the house cleared while uncovering forgotten treasures. So when I pick up the phone I'm always aware that the person on the other end may have a story, and, in a small way, we're going to be part of the narrative, and that's humbling. Gary Director of WT Skip Hire skip filled with contents of a house