IAmA step rider, trash slinger, I am the Garbage Man! AMA!

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What is the typical pay for a sanitation engineer?

This may get me down voted, but I value your services far more than firemen and policemen.

thanks

As said before. All is different but we start helpers at 102.50 a day.

As for down voted who cares. Many people do. But all is service personnel have to work together. Given respect between us all equally.

Without fireman your lazy cat would still be in that tree, your fat ass would still be stuck in that toilet and your home would be burnt to a crisp.

Without police you probably wouldn't be alive today.

Without us your streets would be overflowing with garbage.

So give respect where respect is due!

your last line should have been:

"Don't FUCK with us"

I was to bust concentrating on working lol

Is there a presence of organized crime in the industry?

There used to be.

My grandfather and great grandfather were in that shit in NY bck in the day

That's pretty awesome, in a way. Adds a cool little story to the profession.

On a totally unrelated topic, any idea if the grandchildren of your grandpa's "coworkers" are hiring? I need to do a different form of customer service.

Haha unfortunately we no longer associate with my dads side of the family for they are still involved in the mafia.

Can you elaborate? What sort of crime and why your profession?

Ignorance is bliss and ignorance is also non incriminating.

[I am in this profession because it pays well and it's job security. I have not quit for one reason] my little girl at home.

Plus I get paid to fucking workout all day. I pulls TONS AND TONS of shit every week by hand yo.

No question, but when I was a kid, I loved "helping" the garbage man throw my trash in the back.

Thanks. 8 year old me thought that was the coolest job ever.

Get a job doing it! It's awesome!!

First of all, thanks for coming back. I enjoyed your first AMA and learned a lot, and everybody that does your job absolutely has my respect. My question is kind of a morbid one, but how often do you all encounter hypodermic needles/improperly disposed of medical waste/health hazardous stuff? I'd imagine not as much in recycling, but that still scares the hell outta me. I had a co-worker at an old job get poked with a needle cleaning out bathroom garbage, and I've been spooked since then.

Well if we find that kind of stuff in the garbage and its just a few we take it but if if its alot or in red bag we call it into dispatch and the county gets it

Most valuable thing you have found in the trash?

300$ coach bag.

Most valuable thing you've tossed?

Who would throw that away?!

I can't really think of anything in particular that was expensive that I tossed... I usually do the opposite and take stuff from the trash to sell.

Rich people haha.

What'd you do with it?

I give all the coach and Vera Bradley stuff to my wife. She has them cleaned and either sells them or keeps them

I give all the coach and Vera Bradley stuff to my wife. She has them cleaned and either sells them or keeps them

Anybody ever fall off the truck?

Yeah all the time, not paying attention or not holding on properly.

I have before and it hurts like hell.

Sometimes it's an accident due to going over a bump to fast or whatever.

How fast does the truck go while you're back there?

Um we aren't allowed to go more than 10mph but we generally do like 15-25 max MAYBE 30 if its a long street

Worked on a truck for 3 summers at the Jersey Shore. Once got jammed up between the boardwalk and the truck, I was able to get the drivers attention rather quickly, but I still got rather torn up.

On the leech body trucks, the blade has a little play in it. So 3 weeks go I'm riding down the road when my hand slipped off the handle. In panic mode I swing my arm around the truck and grab tight but apparently the blade was all the way down. Yeah when he stopped the blade jerked back and forth an broke my ring finger on my left hand. Still hurts like a bitch.

I always jockeyed for the side of the truck that had the blade controls. Working the packer was more often than not the most enjoyable part of the morning. I found that packing couches on bulk garbage day to be the most enjoyable.

Omg right? Lol I work alone just me and my driver so I just get on whatever side of the truck the stop was at

How did you get the job?

I knew some of the supervisors.

how does an average Joe get a job? and thank you very much for your service

Just go in and apply at the local office!

My city recently cut our trash days to 1 a week, and limited bags for that day to 2. I have no problem with this as a generate very little trash.

However, as i generate very little trash, i have a tendency to miss 8-10 trash days in a row, then put mine all out at once, and when i do its 4-5 bags worth (usually heavy bags, as im doing renovation).

ultimately its far less work, as you can just pass by my house 90% of the time, but when i do have stuff out, its more.

How much do you hate me?

Not at all if it once in a while. I prefer people to fill their cans and put out once ima while rather than put minut stuff out every week

how much does it pay and are there any benefits?

All companies are different my friend, ours starts helpers/laborers or the step riders at 102.50 a day before taxes. We also get a weekly bonus of 100$ for just doing our job right.

We have full health care, all types of insurances, 401K ... The works!!

How long do you typically work a day?

Depends on the route. Mon-wed average is a 12-14 hour work day.

Thursday can be any time of the day for finishing up. Some finish at 10am some finish at 4pm

It's just a matter of what route your on

Ever found any bodies in the trash?

Fortunately no. Not sure how I would even handle that.

My suggestion would be to notify the cops. They tend to like to know about that kind of thing.

Really? Never woulda thought if that :/

Glad your here to let me know!!

Lol but anyway, I probably would but I meant mentally handle it

Is it just a back east thing where a guy hangs on to the back of the truck and tosses the trash in?! In AZ, it's all mechanical. The only time I ever see a guy get out is to open a gate or something.

Maybe I dunno. I guess it differs from company to company

I'm in Old Town Scottsdale and the guys ride on the back of the truck and throw it in by hand. Not mechanical here.

Interesting. I live in Central Phoenix and grew up in North Phoenix, I have never seen that! WM?

Yeahhh!!! AZ guys!! Wooooo awkward glance around ^{Don't tell them I am from VA!}

Not to be ignorant at all, but how hard is it to be a garbage man? I intend on traveling a lot in my life and this seems like a good paying job that wouldn't require an impressive resume. I am interested in your annual salary for my long term stays in certain areas and you can PM me if you don't want to answer on here!

Actually extremely hard.

Want a quick test?

Take a treadmill at a low running speed, a 100 lb barbell set and a 20 lb barbell set. Run the treadmill, jump off, run over to the 100 lb, drag it and than lift it over your head. Than drag the 20 lb back over or 6 hours straight.

Trash guys can do like 120 tons in a eek all by hand.

You run all day and lift all day.

That sounds like a bitching workout. I might try that.

Haha these muscles don't make themselves!

Pics... for science?

For science right?

Absolutely

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Haha where in NOVA are you? Yeah, plus I have a 7 month at home so I get like 4 hours of sleep a night.

In my free time (when I have it) and I may get down voted but I play Runescape, drink a beer, work on my car, but most importantly I play with my baby girl.

You play 2007 or eoc?

EoC. 2107 total lvl

Some jackasses on a couple of times have dumped huge furniture in my dumpster. It usually isn't gone in just 1 week, but it eventually leaves. Is that you guys or someone else?

Can you rephrase that? It's hot outside and I don't wann think to much

People dump furniture in my dumpster. Do you deal with it? What happens to it? It's too shitty of furniture for someone to want to take.

Rear loader gets it

Rephrased : Someone drops huge furniture at a dumpster. Who picks it up?

Rear loader guys do.

Rear loader

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Ah, old-school 2d MMOs.

I was a Tibia guy myself. Our kind did not mix well with you Runescapers...

Haha we are one of a kind!

I waved at one of you guys going to work today.

Thanks for everything trash related! Cept when you don't put my trash cans back on my property...I hate when you do that lol

Haha we appreciate the job because without you I'm jobless and was it American Disposal or someone else?

Also I apologize for on behalf of your guy for that, sometimes we are just to tired to give a fuck lol

Do you secretly hate the people who constantly leave out a ton of bags or really heavy garbage each week, or do you not really remember/keep track of that stuff?

We remember almost every stop on our routes.

We remember the heavy cans, the cans with only 1 bag, the nasty cans.

We remember those who give us water or tips.

We remember the ass hole customers and shit.

Yes I have stops were in like, "fuck you in you homo bitch ass you WHORE!!!!"

Check back this is gonna be a long response

What is the weirdest/most awesome thing you have found in the trash?

Knew this was coming. Found a display mannequin with knifes stabbed in it.

I also seem to find a lot of coach bags, DVDs, porn, magazines am such.

Are you allowed to keep items you find? If so, what was the best thing you have kept?

No but we do.

I find coach bags a lot and laptops.

Coolest thing was a 1950s turkey carving knife set. Pics are in my old AMA

What is one thing that us, the residents, can do to make your job easier? Thank your for your work btw.

Thanks for the job! Without you I would have work to do.

If your allowed put everything in a TIED bag and don let you can fill with water please.

Alway check with the company for bag policies though. Also a thank you is appreciated in person :)

Also break down boxes. Lay them flat if you can!! PLEASE!!!!

Has anyone ever called you a trash eating stink bag?

You'd be the first

Second, actually.

Sorry what is it? In the boonies ATM and can't pull up videos

It's the Simpsons clip that what I said comes from. :)

Aahhh ok :)

Do you ever take cool stuff you find in the trash home?

Yes, we all do. Not supposed to but if we can fit it comfortably on the can we take it.

If I have an unusually difficult or pain in the ass pile (but still close to or within allowable, acceptable trash) I drop at the curb, and want to tip you to show my appreciation, but I'm not home . . . how do I manage that without someone else taking it?

Eh this is difficult. You can tape it under the lid of the can and leave a note on top that says look under lid. Only thing I can think of. Mostly our customers just tape an envelope to the can.

What do people do that anger you the most?

*As a recycling collector stand point.

Putting a loa of garbage in the recycling can and topping it with recycling so we don't notice.

Putting a single bag in a can, upside down not tied.

Putting out a hundred lb of boxes without breaking them down at all.

Yelling at me for not taking their trash.

*As a trash collector stand point.

Letting a nasty can of old food fill with water and leaving it.

Yelling at me for not taking the recycling.

*Overall stand point.

Honking your fucking horn will not make me work any faster so just wait the 20 seconds and we will be out of your way

Do NOT speed around a working trash truck, that's a vehicular manslaughter waiting to happen.

Thanks for that information. i dont do any of those, so its good to know, sometimes people do things wrong/annoying and dont realize. However on these sounds like they are just being an a$$.

Yeah generally I don't blame people because you can't accuse the general population of being smart.

Just be mindful of what you do.

Do NOT speed around a working trash truck, that's a vehicular manslaughter waiting to happen. You're not shifting us. I lost a couple of friends (together) to careless circumnavigation of a garbage truck back in my mystery van days.

Elaborate?

A friend and his girlfriend were killed by a garbage truck. I'm sure there was a hefty dose of intoxicants involved. I was spending the year abroad when it happened 17 years ago so I'm sort of foggy on the details.

Ah well I am sorry for your lose. We have a strict policy on drinking an drugs and very few accidents. Our company is based one the first rule of safety

Oh I'm. Sure the workers weren't. at fault. I meant my friends were altered. But thanks for the nice words.

Oh wow but still we all need to be mindful and careful wether be the workers or passer buers

I think the first lesson to be taken there is, "Don't be a drunk driving asshole." Sucks that they died, but that garbage truck could've just as easily been a minivan with kids in it.

I imagine a garbage truck has a bit more or a blind spot than a minivan, tho.

Ever tried to stop a 16 ton truck with 12 tons of garbage on it? The blind spot is the least of your worries.

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I like to go through and read all comments and add my 2 cents where I can :)

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Alllrighty then!

Can you clean me up before the big policemen's ball?

Ugh. Fine.

Policemen don't have big balls though!

Happy?

Policemen don't have big balls

Zing!

rolls eyes

What is the strangest thing you have ever encountered on the job?

Old couple like 50s, walking through a section taking cans out of bins of recycling for "a missions trip". I swear they were tripping on something dressed like hippies

How does it feel to live through the most dangerous job everyday?

Exhausting, it really is exhausting mentally and physically. Constantly watching your back for cars and people. Making sure your careful on the way you dump the can, listening to what is coming out so that if any broken glass starts coming out you can make sure your not in harms way.

About 4 weeks ago I was pulling trash, only 20 minutes left in the day, came up to a can with only 1 bag in it, on this one particular day we had 2 guys on the back of the truck and a driver due to the driver having some medical emergency the week before and unable to do physical labor. Anyway I ran over and opened the can and grabbed the back and a sharp pain ran down my arm, it didn't dawn on me for about 2 minutes what had happened, I took my glove off and there was just blood EVERYWHERE, dripping down my arm, hand was covered, and it was all over the road, thank god the other helper that was on the truck was an ex-EMT and always kept a good first aid kit, he wrapped it up for me and everything. Got back to the yard and after and got authorization from my safety supervisor to go get stitches on company time/money. Got to the doctor and had it cleaned out and cleaned up, turned out that a sheet of glass in the can had sliced through my glove and down the center of my right middle finger, down about a 1/4 way down the nail. If I didn't have a glove on it could have done some severe damage.

I've had VERY close calls to getting hit by cars, when people aren't paying attention when they are riding to close behind us and I am on the back, we will come up to a stop and unable to get out of the road way, all the flashers on and lights going, they still get like a foot within the back of the truck.

Another is when people line up behind us on a road way and I am crossing the road to return/dump a can and they jump out of line, and cross the double yellow line and almost hit me or my driver.

People will put lots of broken glass or other dangerous items in the can and not realize it, and not put a note on the can to let us know so we can be careful and we dump it and almost hurt ourselves.

All it takes is a few seconds of your time to realize what is dangerous and what is not dangerous and to write a note and stick it on the can so we know what to expect.

What kind of items are you not allowed to take? If someone leaves you money, would you take those items anyway?

We aren't allowed to hopper shop at all but if ppl leave money and we see something nice we take it anyway

what do you like to read on your spare time?

Hustler.

No I'm just kidding. I actually come in Reddit and read AMA, talesfromretail and shit. I'm not a huge book worm

It is a bit of a myth (here in the UK anyway) that the recycling that gets collected by bin men such as yourself gets thrown into the same landfills as the regular trash. Is this the case on the whole or is it a load of B.S.?

Gonna use the same response I gave to someone else.

Oh yeah. Let me tell you all about it. Hope you have a minute to read.

There are 2 types of collections, recycling and refuse. Refuse haulers have twice a week pick up so they have 3 routes. Mon/Thurs, Tues/Fri and the once a week (usually yard waste or the boonies) once a week pick up. Mon-Wednesday is the heaviest due to the extra day and weekend to accumulate trash. They can pull upwards to 40 tons a day Mon-Wednesday and on Thursday and Friday it is more like 10-20 tons due to being middle of the week. Our trash trucks (rear loaders not getting into commercial pick ups) can pick up over 100 tons in a week, just our company alone has around 50 refuse trucks, so 500+ tons a week. Imagine there are hundreds of thousands of companies out there doing this every week.

Recycling is a bit different, it is all once a week pick up so we have 5 routes. A recycling truck (at least in our company) will pick up 2 1/2 trash routes due to not everyone recycling you know? I am a recycling collector and my truck alone does around 6-8 tons a day and around 30 tons a week. Many other recycling trucks and easily do double though.

Refuse dumps, landfills and incinerators are the big question on everyone's mind really. What we do is weigh in (make sure we aren't over 10 tons or else the driver can get a ticket unless they have a permit on the truck) and go dump, this is than pushed around by bulldozers all day and covered with dirt and mud. After an area is filled they lay down ventilation piping all over the area to release fumes and heat, don't want that to explode or catch fire do we?! They cover this with a giant white tarp (if you pass a dump you will see what I mean) and let it sit for a few months, cover that with around 10 feet of dirt over the entire area and repeat.

At the incinerator that we go to in Fairfax, VA. It is a GIANT warehouse looking dump site where you back your truck against this giant hole in the back wall and dump your garbage where 10 or so bulldozers are moving this stuff around, on top of the building is 10 GINORMOUS cranes with claws bigger than our trucks that come down, pick up as much as they can and dropped into the fiery pit of hell and turned into useable energy.

Recycling is different since many companies get paid by the ton for their recycling drop off. It is a big building that we dump in, it gets pushed around by a bulldozer just like the refuse but it is than picked up by a bigger bulldozer with a claw and put on conveyer belts and sorted through all day and night by hard working crews at the recycling facilities. Trash is separated as well as metal into big dump truck (separately of course). Plastics get separated, paper ect.

Side note. Mon-Wednesday can be easily a 12-15 hour day due to how heavy and large our routes are. Thurs and Friday for refuse can be anywhere from 10am to 3pm usually and recycling can go a bit longer because obviously it is once a week pickup.

When you are missed on a regular day and you call the company to let them know, they actually call us on the radio and tell us we have to go back and get it regardless of how far or close we are to your house. Many times we don't go back but some guys do go back and get it. Holidays are great for us because nobody puts out so we just ride around and look for stuff in our routes. But the week or next pick up day after is hell, especially after Christmas/New years because it is a 3 week miss for recycling :\

Anything I can clear up for you if you didn't understand just let me know!

How the bitches treating you. How do you tell a girl you are a garbage man.

My family is treating me well.

If you break a bag how much do you need to clean up? Do you ever break a bag and say fuck it?

Have you ever thrown a whole can in your truck because you couldn't get the bag out?

We clean as much as possible up until it becomes a waste of time (shredded paper and shit)

I would LOVE to just say fuck it but I would get in trouble.

Yes I have lmao. I saw that gif but it wasn't that bad. I just tossed a personal can in the back and flipped the house off because they put a bag of wet grass in it and if you know anything about grass or plants, they suck the air out of bags. Well it became basically vaccumm sealed to the bottom of the can and I beat it and tried yanking it out so I just picked it up and tossed it.

Fck them

Is there a giant incinerator like in Toy Story 3? :-(

Actually in Fairfax VA there is.

Have you ever picked up a garbage bag only to have it rip and spill all its contents? Also any advice on someone looking to get into the trash business?

Yes. Pisses me off because you didn't bag properly.

Go to your local disposal main office and apply. Or get to know your trash workers and ask them for a way to join

Have you ever dealt with items set out for pickup that were not specifically prohibited on paper, but you all had to call the office or consult each other about to see if it was allowed?

No not really. We use our own judgement out here mostly. If we can't take it, it stays. If we can we take it.

Rarely do we call in for permission.

Now if your recycling cans full of yard waste or trash we will leave it and call dispatch to let them know its still there

Why do you hate mailboxes so much? Purely curious.

What do you mean?

Observe.

That's fake but if I had a dollar everytime I wanted to do that I'd be a very wealthy man

How about this, if you do it and get me the video I got a dollar for you. I'm sure if this gets the traffic we may even be able to get you a couple of dollars. There's money to be made here friend. Food for thought.

Oh man.... Tempting

Former EMT here.

Is there a physical fitness test they make you do to get a job as a trash man? I only ask because most EMTs have to.

No lol. Our training is limited to "good luck!!" We use muscles you'd never think you have so the physical fitness part comes after you've been working a couple months.

Btw thanks for being a real life saver! Your a hero!

Have you ever found something that you brought home with you?

Yeah I find coach bags a lot. Found an old knife I took too. Pics in old AMA

Hey how is it going? Thank you a lot for you and your guys' hard work always. So if we put out a big furniture, is it an etiquette to put out a check or $20 or something on the furniture itself? Because I've always done it and was afraid that you guys won't notice it being there.

Going alright! A little hot today but I'm making it by, trying to keep cool so I don't end up in heat exhaustion an in the ER like 2 others this week.

Just leave a big note and a 20$ pinned to it should do :)

How are you? What do you do for a living?

I'm doing well thank you for asking! I'm a pediatrician and would not in million years be able to do anything even close to your job!

I'll be sure to hand a water bottle or two to one of you guys whenever I get a chance! ;)

Haha it's not for everyone you know. Hey question.

My 7 month old keeps tugging her ears but there is no infection. Do you know why?

Also she hates her nails being cut, she throws a fit and we can't cut them, she keeps scratching her face and us. Easier way to clip them?

Any new innovations in the trash industry?

Eh just the side loaders and crap. Nothing really "new" ya know?

Do garbage men get the ladies?

We are to smelly and to tired! Plus I have a family.

I'd be a liar if I said the convenient store clerks didn't hit on me though

What is the one thing you can remember seeing in the trash that really gave you an "oh, what the fuck?" moment?

Story time!!

So we have one customer who always put out every week but one day they stopped setting out, weeks, months went by and one day it appeared on the curb. Naturally I ran and grabbed it but when I pulled... It pulled back and knocked me on my ass. Not to uncommon but annoying. So I dragged it across the road and set it up on the lift. What happened next, will blow you mind!

I shit you not, this can was full to about the last 3 inches if water and the bottom? File with hundreds of shit filled dirty diapers, they have been marinating in the water for months.

This literally caused me to become immediately sick to my stomach due to the horrific smell.

Umm NSFW guys.

Recently a gimp suit and a ton of toys

Heh. I found a gimp suit and some sex toys on top of this Army wife's entertainment stand while moving all her shit. It all came tumbling down as we tipped the massive thing over, and the look on her face was absolutely priceless.

That. Is. AWESOME

Can you tell me why my Trash Man bitches about me placing my can on the road instead of my grass above the curb? He leaves nasty stickers on the can saying its in the wrong place. Thank you for providing a valued service.

Idunno. Depends on the company. Me personally I don't care. It could be he gets in trouble by the company for leaving it on the road and supervisors may bitch at him regardless of if you did it or he did.

Personally isk

Hey thanks for keeping the world clean.

Do you guys switch off on who drives the truck and who rides in the back or is it more of a seniority type thing? Also thinking of that do you need a special license to drive the truck?

You new a CDL class b license which is for air brakes.

All helpers don't have one in our company. Once you get it you get promoted to driver which is higher pay.

Do you make a habit of finding/keeping/hoarding peoples trash/treasure?

No not at all. Wife would kill me

Do you ever get Hop-ons?

Hop ons?

sorry. It was a joke from Arrested Development. People trying to hop on and take a ride on your step.

Only once and we stopped short, he fell off, I chewed him out an he ran off

I spent 3 summers as a garbage man at the Jersey Shore. I recall emptying a wire municipal basket only to discover what appeared to be an uncooked rotting turkey. This was the closest I have ever came to vomiting. Have you ever vomited, and if so what brought it on?

Story time!!

So we have one customer who always put out every week but one day they stopped setting out, weeks, months went by and one day it appeared on the curb. Naturally I ran and grabbed it but when I pulled... It pulled back and knocked me on my ass. Not to uncommon but annoying. So I dragged it across the road and set it up on the lift. What happened next, will blow you mind!

I shit you not, this can was full to about the last 3 inches if water and the bottom? File with hundreds of shit filled dirty diapers, they have been marinating in the water for months.

This literally caused me to become immediately sick to my stomach due to the horrific smell.

That is truly horrific. Dirty diapers on their own are bad enough, I can only imagine diapers of that magnitude.

I recall dragging a lidded can from the curb to the truck and being able to detect the presence of maggots before taking the lid off simply by the unique odor they put off. It was difficult to get used to have maggots crawling along your arms and legs and worst of all down your shirt.

Fucking jumping rice sucks. So gross!!!!!!!!

Often accompanies "naked garbage" in other words, garbage thrown in the can without a bag.

Yeah..... Fucking gross bag your shit people. An for the love of god fucking tie the bag it's not that hard. Nothing worse than grabbing a bag that's upside down and open an it spills everywhere

Another PSA, if you do not have a mechanical device that lifts your can do not bother buying those giant Toter cans that are meant for mechanized collection. Not only are the incredibly heavy, but are very awkward and difficult to empty by hand. An example

96 gallon Toters SUCK to lift when the lift is broken

Edit: your example is a bad one since those are easy to lift. The large 96 gallons are the bitches

I didn't bother looking at the volume of my example

Well that part is important size matters. The 48 or 63 gallon cans are easy no matter what. It's the 90+ cans that we have issues with

96 gallon Toters SUCK to lift when the lift is broken

Where I grew up I Hawaii, it was a tradition to leave a six pack out with the garbage the first pick up after Christmas. Do people do this where you are?

Also, my little son goes apeshit for the garbage truck when it comes. I give him a bottle of water to give to the driver. Is there something else I could do for our guys?

Haha some people do. Mostly just like a 5$ bill Since your asking. A water and a semi frozen Gatorade would be PERFECT for me! But next time you see the guys. Go ask them (without your son there) if next pick up they will ask him to control the blade. They could show him how and everything and it would blow his little mind

i don't have a question, but one time, when i was in high school, my buddy, anthony, and i were walking to school on trash day and came across a garbage truck. anthony thought it would be funny to move one of the trashcans that the guy was about to pick up, and stand in its place. the truck operator laughed and brought down the mechanical arm anyway.

anthony screamed and dove out of the way, then we all had a good laugh.

Dangerous and the driver shoulda been fired. No reason for any of you to act stupid like that. Your part of the reason why this job is ranked 4th most dangerous.

Has anything absolutely horrifying/scary/ or interesting happened with a customer's (is that what they are called?) pet?

I'm asking because I have a dog who, although he looks scary, is a big, barking fluff ball of love and affection. We have had mail men and garbage men alike be terrified of my poor baby, Tony. It's gone as far as pepper spraying him and hiding behind me for protection.

Nothing I can think of off the top of my head. Last week a dog came charging at me, huge one at that but the owner got to him before he got to me.

We do have our heart stopped a few times when dogs come running down the front yard and right when we think the invisible fence will kick in ... Nope!!! Right in the middle of the street!! Good thing my driver is such a good driver or else many dogs woulda been toast

Why did you drop out of high school? Fuck...you guys stink.

I did? Shit that graduation ceremony must have been a dream or something or all those highs school years was a fantasy. :/

Well played Sir. Add this upvote to that steamy, fly covered pile you have there. Speaking of which... I'm sorry for all of the dog poo I put in my trash can. They're big dogs, and well.....sorry.

i always feel horrible about that too, even with only one dog. But you really need to make sure there is no water in your garbage cans if you're dumping a couple of poop-filled bags in there per day. Otherwise it's a can of poop soup--YUCK!

This

Someone's gotta get it to the dump. Why not us?? It out job!! :)

But seriously most garbage men are graduates. Drivers make like 55k+ a year.