We’re an open-minded bunch here at The Skip, so we weren’t phased by the stubble or the Adam’s apple when we received this latest Skip Chick entry. However, we were rather concerned by the bride’s choice of gloves and undergarments for the big day. Not to mention the location! This is Stephanie (aka Stevie) from Buchanan Skip Hire, in Livingston.

Q. Hi Stephanie, please can you tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do? A. Hi there. I’m a JCB driver, working in the waste transfer station.

Q. So what do you enjoy most about working at Buchanans then? A. The people are the best part of my job – my workmates are great.

Q. Is this your normal attire then? It can’t be that easy to drive a JCB dressed up like Richard Branson? A. Well, I just saw the dress, and my partner and I hope to get married this year to Gemma.

Q. Wow, that sounds like a liberal arrangement! Presumably at least one of those two is the pants-wearer then! So what do you get up to outside of work then, Stephanie? A. I help look after my baby girl, Kasey, when I’m not working.

Q. Balancing motherhood with work is always a truly commendable achievement. So what do you and your colleagues think of The Skip mag? A. We all love The Skip magazine here at Buchanans.

Q. Woohoo! Finally, what’s the best thing you’ve ever seen in a skip? A. Most definitely my wedding dress! Well Stephanie, good luck to you and your partner in your triangular wedding to Gemma. Thanks very much for being our first Skip ‘Chick’ of 2009. Does anyone else get the feeling this could be a strange year…?

HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY! Here’s an early present…
Check out this Skip Chick! Well and truly ensconced in a skip, and complete with retro Skip Chick T-shirt – now that’s the kind of skip-based dedication we love to see! Meet Emily…
Q. Hi Emily, please can you tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do?
A. Hi, I’m Emily Rice and I work for Bucks Recycling Ltd. I’m 29 – getting on a bit for a skip chick! I enjoy socialising with friends, going out to dinner and relaxing (when I get the chance).
Q. Age is no issue for us; if you score well on our highly sophisticated ‘Skip Chick-ometer’ (or Ant, as we call him), you claim your rightful place among these pages! So what do you enjoy most about working at Bucks Recycling, Emily?
A. I love talking to the customers, keeping busy and indulging in a good bit of banter with the lads (I give as good as I get!)
Q. And what do you like to do when you’re not working?
A. I love to relax with a nice bottle of wine or maybe a bit of snowboarding, if I’m in the mood.
Q. (Nigel, our health & safety expert, has asked me to make it clear at this point, that Emily’s two pathways to relaxation should never be pursued in combination!) So Emily, what do you like about The Skip mag?
A. I love the witty comments, and the overloaded skip pics are AWESOME!!!
Q. Great! What’s the most memorable thing you’ve ever seen in a skip?
A. I found some projector slides of broken bones from a retired doctor, which was pretty weird, but the best thing I’ve seen was my new coffee table!
Q. So, Christmas is upon us again, what do you hope Santa will bring you?
A. A new car please! And some diamonds (every girl loves diamonds!)
Q. (Dear Santa, we think you should maybe get Emily a crash helmet and some kneepads instead.) Thanks for being our Skip Chick, Emily. Is there anything else you’d like to share with our readers before you go?
A. Bucks Recycling is also run by a lady, never underestimate women in the skip world. These boobs will go far!

Our Skip Chick this month has many talents, which include pole dancing and rustling up fine snacks. What else do you need to know? Oh yeah, she’s also single. Basically, she’s perfect!
Q. Hi Laura, please can you tell us a little about yourself and what you do for the company?
A. I serve breakfast at Snackeads butty bar, which is in Majors Waste Transfer Station, Birkenhead.
I am 23 and single. I love going out dancing; twice a week, I go to pole dancing lessons (just for fitness).
Q. Okay, we’ll believe you! So what’s the best thing about feeding all those hard workers at Majors?
A. I like to have a crack with the lads. I also double as an agony aunt; if any of the younger men have girlfriend trouble, they come to me for advice. But the best thing of all is the fact that everybody goes away with a smile on their face.
Q. I bet they do – and not just because of the food. There’s nothing like a pole dancing Skip Chick to cheer up even the most miserable of folk! What do you like most about The Skip then, Laura?
A. The skip mag stays in the cafe and the girls compare the Hunk of the Month with the customers. As you can imagine, it boosts sales if the comparison is good.
Q. Let’s hope ‘Muff’ goes down well, then! Have you any parting words of wisdom for our readers?
A. When its cold and wet and the job’s gone to rats,
When the kids need new shoes and your all out of cash,
Don’t worry about a thing, cos everything is gonna be alright!
Thanks! And thanks for being our Skip Chick, Laura.
We’re giving £250 cash to the hottest Skip Chick of 2008, so get snapping & email your entries to pr@theskip.net

This prime crop of Skip Chick booty belongs to Sam and Nikki from Blakeley’s Waste Management in Wigan.
Q. Hi girls, please can you tell our readers a little about yourselves and what you do for the company?
A. (Nikki) – I am 21 and have worked at Blakeley’s in the transport office since January 2007.
A. (Sam) – I’m 20 and have been with Blakeley’s since July 2006 as the receptionist. I have recently moved in to the transport office.
Q. Do you enjoy working for the company (it looks like you do)?
A. (Both) – Yes, we really enjoy working here because of the people we get to work with. The drivers are a good laugh and we get on with everybody in the office. We also like the fact that, because we are such good friends, we share hangovers whilst at work and June looks after us – making us lots of brews to make us better, he he!
Q. It sounds like you’ve got it all worked out there! So what do you like to do when you’re not working?
A. (Both) – We LOVE going on the day sesh at the weekend, getting drunk and having a good time. If you’re ever in the Leigh area, you’ll be sure to find us in the pub – feel free to join us! We also go to the gym after work (but we don’t like it, HA HA!)
Q. Hmm, gym or pub? Yes, we see what you mean – no contest there, really! Hopefully you like The Skip Magazine more than the gym?
A. (Both) – Yes, we are big Garbage Guru fans! We love Roger, ha ha!
Q. Ladies with a taste for waste! Finally, is there anything else you’d like to say to our readers before you get bad backs standing there?
A. (Both) – We think Alan Cheetham should be the next Hunk of the month! Oh and Blakeleys are the BEST!

Spring is here and the Skip Chick feature is back! This month’s Skip Chick is called Sammie and although it looks like she’s about to have some kind of slightly unsanitary skip picnic, I can confirm the lovely white sheet is merely there to keep her jeans clean.
So then Sammie, can you tell our readers a little bit about yourself and what you do?
I’m nineteen years old and I work as a secretary for Smiths Skip Hire in Blackpool.
What do you enjoy most about your job?
We all have a good laugh with each other – especially making up names for sales contacts when clients phone up! Gerald Hardcock is our favourite! – Try it yourself and see if you can keep a straight face when the client rings back.
What do you like to do when you’re not working?
I’m a very sociable person – I hate not being out and doing something. My normal routine is going out to the pub and meeting up with mates and having a giggle.
What do you like about The Skip magazine?
It’s very informative and funny too, and all the girls look forward to the skip hunks each month.
Do you have anything else you’d like to say to our readers?
I’d like to know what is the funniest excuse anyone’s ever heard for an immediate skip pick-up? The best we’ve had went as follows – “You have to pick my skip up now! My bitch is on heat!”. I’m still trying to work that one out! We also had one woman who, when I asked her what was going to go in the skip said, “my bush trimmings”. Eeeeww! I then asked my manager if they would compost!
Thanks Sammie and good luck with the bush trimmings…
This article originally appeared in Issue 22 of The Skip magazine

This month’s Skip Chick is Laura from Recycling Management Services in Cheshire! Laura, originally hails from Chicago but has moved over here after hearing the streets were paved with gold (Americans eh! – Ed), possibly.

Hi Laura! Can you tell our readers and little bit about yourself and what you do?
Well, I work as a Marketing Assistant for Recycling Management Services and I like to work hard and play hard. I also like horse-riding, deep pan pizzas and baseball – I’m still a Chicago girl at heart.
Chicago eh! I know a bloke called Paulie from Bronzeville on the South Side. Do you know him?
Er, no – Chicago’s massive. Nearly 3 million people live there.
Oh right! It’s called the Windy City isn’t it? Paulie is really windy, he’s forever breaking wind.
It’s not called the Windy City because the people who live there are flatulent. It’s just a windy city – the weather that is.
Ok. Have you got any strange or funny stories you’d like to tell our readers?
In 1998 a rich friend of my mothers, who’s just over 60 and very vain decided she needed a face-lift. So, after talking to a number of the world’s top surgeons she met one young London doctor who assured her that he could make her look at least fifteen years younger using a new technique he’d discovered. The technique involved placing a small screw behind each ear so that she could tighten her face once a week in order to maintain a fresh young look. Well, the operation was success and my mum’s friend was really pleased until September last year when she noticed huge bags developing under her eyes. So she travelled over to the doctor’s surgery and demanded to know why the bags were developing under her eyes. The doctor replied, “Lady those aren’t bags, they’re your boobs, and if you don’t stop turning those screws you’re going to have a beard!

What do you like about The Skip magazine?
It’s really funny and colourful. It’s not stuffy like lots of other trade magazines out there.
Before you go – Do you have anything you’d like to say to our readers?
Knock on the sky and listen to the sound.
Deep! – Thanks Laura…

This month’s Skip Chick is in Pole position! Her name’s Barbara and she’s a real ‘zloty hotty!’

Barbara is from Poznan on the west-side of Poland and she currently works as a Marketing Specialist for ‘A 2 Shred’ – Cheshire’s confidential waste shredders, using her ample talents to open new accounts!
‘Wyglądasz super’, Barbara! Can you tell our readers and little bit about yourself?
I’m 26 and I like working hard. I also like touching fences and wearing hi-viz jackets!
What do you like about your job?
The people. Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.
What do you do in your spare time when you’re not immersed in the world of shredding?
Well, not many people will know this but Poland is the world’s biggest exporter of beetroot! Fortunately I have nothing to do with beetroot. I like spending time with my boyfriend.
What do you like about The Skip magazine?
It’s funny
Do you have anything you’d like to say to our readers?
If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it?

Would you like to be a Skip Chick? Let us know and we will tell you how easy it is

A Christmas feast for our readers as we present TWO lovely ladies! Tracey and Joanne who both work for topskips.com

This is the first time we’ve got one of our infamous skip chicks to allow themself to be captured by our “expert” interviewer, Dunstan Carter.

As you can probably tell, this is Eleanor from the home page of The Skip. She’s a gorgeous Russian woman who is also married to our Garbage Guru, Roger.
Thanks Eleanor – you are great fun!

This is a short insight into what goes on when we are photographing our skip chicks for The Skip Magazine. It’s all in the name of fun!