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My main function at my real job at Alex Surf Club is rubbish – leaves and palm fronds.

I leave the customer service to others.

But I think my obsessive-compulsive disorder has finally taken over.

Well, everyone else knew that, except me.

For instance, my son set up a meeting one day at the beach kiosk at Alex and, unbeknown to me, threw palm fronds on the path.

When I came around the corner, I was picking them all up as everyone sat there laughing.

Very funny!

Or the other day at a nippers presentation, with 200 people in the room, I noticed a food spot on the carpet right in front of where the speeches were being made.

I stared at it, looked away, tried to ignore it but about 30 minutes in, it got the better of me.

I found a little red brush and got on my hands and knees and cleaned it.

My disorder was on display for all to see.

But all I was worried about was the carpet, not the 200 looking on going: “What the?”

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Rubbish is my thing.

In my world, the most important people are the rubbish contractors because as the Coast gets busier and busier, rubbish is a top priority.

Same in the parks and gardens around the Coast.

A lot of users treat the areas with disrespect, so the rubbish collectors and amenity contractors should be our most important people – the ones we always say hello to and offer a hand or a cold drink.

Without them, we would be living in absolute chaos.

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Back to my weird behaviour.

The last piece of the puzzle to confirm I have finally been totally controlled by rubbish was a working bee the other day.

Everyone was very proud of themselves as they had totally filled the big bin up with stuff we didn’t need anymore.

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Ashley is general manager at Alex Surf Club.

I was proud as well, until I found out the bin man had already been.

I freaked out and, even though the team told me they would go to the dump, I couldn’t wait.

So there I was in our industrial bin at lunchtime on a Friday, pulling all the stuff out so I could fill my ute up and go to the dump.

It was best summed up by a nice lady walking past.

She peered into the bottom of the bin as I scratched around in there like an agitated scrub turkey, and said: “I guess I will read about this next week.”

Scrub turkeys – now don’t get me started on them!

Ashley Robinson is a columnist with Sunshine Coast News and My Weekly Preview. His views are his own.

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