I know so much of this job is often disgusting and I know very few people appreciate what y’all do but I still think this would be really neat job, even waking up at 4am. You get to some little puzzles with the bad cart placement using that arm, you’re on your own doing your work (which I like), etc. And you’re doing something very useful for people! I’m sure it can get monotonous but the world would grind to a halt in a week without you guys and I appreciate and respect y’all and do everything I can to make my trash pickup as easy as possible.

I'm not a garbage man but part of my job is taking out trash/recycle. I never realized how completely inconsiderate people could be until I started doing this job😂. So many simple things that you mention like tying your bags, using another can 2 feet away if the closest one is full, etc etc. Putting trash in the recycle when its right next to it. You get the point... It's just crazy how people can't take an extra 2 minutes out of their day to think about the person who will be cleaning up their mess. Keep up the great work! take care

I’m still at it man in my pac-tech bandit. First round was about 600 carts by noon went to the dump had 17.9k in the hopper then ran another 9.4k after lunch had to hit the transfer station twice today. I’ve got people stealing carts that I’m picking up when I notice ppl leaving all kinds of random crap out at the curb that I’m not allowed to pick up. Nice people the want a wave or lil kids that want me to honk that air horn. It’s 93% out today and the rice is crawling for sure. Smells I can’t describe. Ripped off 2 lids today from backwards carts getting caught in the compactor. Guess I’ll repair them Monday. From trash man to trash man have a great weekend bro. There be 10k of cat poop waiting on Monday. ;)

Here in my part of Australia, two things would happen if our trash bins where over filled.... 1. The garbo would refuse to take it and we would end up having to take it to the dump ourselves and pay about $200 2. About 2-3 weeks later we will receive a fine in the mail of about $300 from the local council for having an over filled bin. (Per bin)

What time of day are you doing this?? It looks like it is the middle of the night. Also love seeing the lighting storm in the background.

Pro tip use rain X it will help you see better

I used to work for a garbage service in n.c. and I saw the way people would put their cans the wrong way and they could take trash out of one can and put it in another one but I had to give it up because of bursitis in my hip

Awesome video! Keep up the great work! (The sidewinder is my favorite truck.)

cause it over filled or too heavy could be my only thought

Curbside is nice. The company I work for and customers that pay extra for us to go and provide door sevice. Up at the house with an automated truck.. class 3 dirt roads back up to the house then get out to get cans.. your lucky..

3 types of bad customers 1 mounders, pile it high and it falls everywhere. 2 maggot farmers, throw out raw meats and sewage into carts. 3 the no baggers. Just loose plastic bags toilet paper and stuff that blows everywhere. And I’m considering a fourth category called the “tarp wadders” They wad up a giant tarp into a can smash it in there and put random loose stuff underneath so it won’t come out no matter how hard I shake it. Then I got set the cart down and it flings it all over the yard. Maybe a fifth category of people who put empty beer bottles on top on the cart that fall and break making me get out get the broom and shovel and sweep up glass costing me too much time. At 900 carts on a shift if 30-45 people cost me just 1 minute, I only get a 30 min lunch…they just cost me my lunch break grrr!!! Hate those ppl. But hey they block the mail boxes more so they should more worried about some guy going postal right. You never worry about a worker going trash man. Strait dumping 20k on their porch and driving off. I’ve had my truck on fire twice from idiots putting hot coals in the trash and live ammunition through my compactor. But I saved the truck and got a 30 cent raise this year so can’t complain….

Yeah a lot of our customers put the carts out both backwards and close together. The sidewinder has a better more precise arm compared to my python arm. I do jave to get out and move carts either away from eachother or away from the mail boxes. Its a pain in nad weather but they pay me by the second so im not in a hurry lol. 😅

I give them 2 times walking it out late 3rd time I send a pic of the empty driveway to my supervisor and tell him I'm not walking across the street so they want it picked up they can call the office or ask me nicely

My real question is? A small thing falls down a plastic bag blows out? What is the logistical reason for climbing out while the diesel is burning to pick up a random small unbagged thing? As a cost effective summery? How much weight or material is worth the fuel? In seconds? Would you like me to make a math proposal?

are you alllowed to empty 2 bins at onces as double dump?? it would be cool to see you do a double dump

My day is spent counting minutes and cans? Only work 8hrs what should my pay rate be??? The real question of the day. I make 18$ an hr after my raise. Is that good enough should I be happy or mad? I’ve got 3 kids and I can feed every one. But that’s about it. We drive 20 yr old cars and pay our bills but that’s it. No McDonald’s no anything but work and home. Week after week. I’ve got 22 yrs before I retire is this worth it. I was proud as a sewer man. If the sewer don’t work you all gonna die. What happens when the trash is as high as your roof. Than who you gonna call???

People don’t realize that we are doing our jobs from a small mirror so everything is reversed and water on the window and mirrors means we can’t see. It’s all based on memory and muscle memory based on visual input. Bro you do us all proud. Strait pro! No cap strait pro. The garbage man knows!!! 😅

I’m a helper on the back of a truck for a private owned waste disposal company. And man did you hit it all on the nose , people mixing trash with recycling , overfilling toters when it’s multiple around , untied bags is my biggest one because it’s literally strings right in your face just tie the bag!!! My specific company accepts bulk and yard waste and again some people just overdue it , There are multiple times a day you will ride up to a stop and it’s whole bushes coming out the toters! Since it’s nice out in the Philly area lots of grass cutting , trimming , Landscaping. Just yesterday morning I pulled to a toter with grass overtop of broken up concrete from the driveway!!! And some of the customers so arrogant they simply not care or think throwing you a little $20 is changing the narrative , Dude no I get hell back on this not you that $20 turns out not being worth it. I actually enjoyed my job when first starting but as time goes on I tend to pick it apart and just want people to be more considerate , beautiful job and career tho just gotta be strong headed and hearted. GREAT VID!

That kind of job would be depressing to me..seeing all the stuff being wasted and knowing that some of it could be reused, fixed or recycled. 😊

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