Residents raised over $4,000 to send their local street cleaner on vacation. His employer said he couldn't take the money.

• Residents of a London suburb raised £3,170 ($4,050) to send their street cleaner on vacation.
• But his employer said that he couldn't accept the money under its gifting policies.
• Locals have hit out at the decision. One said that it was an "absolutely farcical situation."

A community on the outskirts of London raised £3,170 ($4,050) to send its street cleaner on his second-ever overseas vacation, but his employer attracted ire when it said that he couldn't accept the money.