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post 1620311821 10-24-2020, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted By MMAMatty⏩
Nope. No human bodies. Dead animals though. (Unfortunately.)
Live cats, possums, raccoons and rats are common, too. Always digging in trash cans then getting abducted by a trash truck. Once adopted a 7 fingered cat that got taken to the landfill.
post 1620311971 10-24-2020, 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted By dopamine72⏩
I always wondered what you guys do if you find something that looks shady? Do you report it to authorities and or do any forensic work? Or does everything just get thrown out and not reported?
It depends on the situation. I've reported things like syringes, ******** patches, rounds of ammunition, etc. Wish I would have reported the jerk who threw out his dead cat. On the top of the pail, and not even in a bag.
post 1620312091 10-24-2020, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted By MMAMatty⏩
I didn't go to the link. However, I'll say this: If you're employed by your city or municipality, you'll probably do a lot better than a company that is brokered out like our's.
true. idk where ive heard it. maybe my family knew a garbageman. maybe my brother thought about it for a brief period when he was out of college and recovering from surgery?
i feel like i had been told 80 g's

anyways, whatever. and what you say is prob true
Originally Posted By MMAMatty⏩
We start at 530am and finish anywhere up until 7pm, depending on the yard waste season.
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post 1620312111 10-24-2020, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted By stupid000⏩
Used to make over 100k as an operator at a landfill, it's not a bad job in the right trade as a garbage man. The smaller ones pay like **** though. No shame in that field at all if you're doing it right.
You're absolutely right. I got of driving transport at EXACTLY the right time. We didn't lose any time due to this COVID situation. Tuned out to be the right call. Crossing the border was not even an option for a while there.
post 1620312221 10-24-2020, 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted By propreffered7⏩
exactly. that's what im saying. i've always heard that they're paid pretty well

just comes with the caveat of dealing with peoples chit
Exactly right. And chit is the worst thing we deal with. People will just pack it out in pails, without even putting it in bags.
post 1620312481 10-24-2020, 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted By amikaelmorris⏩
you drive the trucks? the guys around here that drive the trucks and work at the transfer station are all good dudes and seem like they're having fun

our stuff is so automated here, all trucks have those hydraulic arms for standardized trash/recycling/yard waste cans, seems like they just drive around pulling levers and then go back to the transfer station and dump em. pretty good gig minus the stink but i guess you get used to it
Yep. This is all true. Although here we still pitch the garbage. Also, keep in mind; I live in Canada. It gets really cold up here. Garbage in California would be much nicer I'd imagine.
post 1620312561 10-24-2020, 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted By stupid000⏩
Oh, and when you find dildos or vibrators put them on the grill of someone's truck without them knowing so they drive around with a dink like they're lancelot.
LOL. Guys usually just bring them back to the yard. MY LORD.
post 1620312641 10-24-2020, 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted By ScottTil⏩
does it piss you off when people leave chitty grocery store plastic bags with garbage spilling out of them?
I'm mindful of garbagemen so I leave you guys nice clean garbage bags properly sealed
Well thank you for your consideration! Nothing worse than kitty litter flying out of a pail into your face.
post 1620312731 10-24-2020, 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted By stupid000⏩
Live cats, possums, raccoons and rats are common, too. Always digging in trash cans then getting abducted by a trash truck. Once adopted a 7 fingered cat that got taken to the landfill.
Yep. One time my thrower had a possum jump out at him. Well somebody threw out a hockey stick, which he grabbed and quickly slap-shotted it away!
post 1620312831 10-24-2020, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted By MMAMatty⏩
Well, firstly: I live in Canada. I'll break 60kCDN this year. But if I worked more OT I could easily break 70k. I should also state for the record: I'm actually a transport truck driver by trade.
They really should pay you enough so that you can afford food. That's a damn shame bro
post 1620312841 10-24-2020, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted By MMAMatty⏩
LOL. Guys usually just bring them back to the yard. MY LORD.
Dude, I've worked with dudes that would get out of their equipment to grab dildos that were still in the packaging to bring home to their wives. Some kinky gross mother ****ers out here.
post 1620312971 10-24-2020, 11:48 AM
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post 1620313051 10-24-2020, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted By stupid000⏩
Dude, I've worked with dudes that would get out of their equipment to grab dildos that were still in the packaging to bring home to their wives. Some kinky gross mother ****ers out here.
You don't need to tell me. We've had guys eat out of the garbage, and DO DRUGS OUT OF THE GARBAGE. LOL.
post 1620313101 10-24-2020, 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted By DizzySmalls⏩
They really should pay you enough so that you can afford food. That's a damn shame bro
Why? If I get hungry enough, I'll just eat out of the hopper.
post 1620313191 10-24-2020, 11:51 AM
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Are you addicted to energy drinks and gas station food?

Are you licensed and insured?

Have you learned?
It is the current year.
post 1620313371 10-24-2020, 11:53 AM
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Ever harrassed by hobos who dig thru the garbage?
post 1620313421 10-24-2020, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted By Howiester⏩
Are you addicted to energy drinks and gas station food?

Are you licensed and insured?

Have you learned?
Yes, yes, and yes.
post 1620313511 10-24-2020, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted By Howiester⏩
Have you learned?
You could at least ask him if he was a manlet first to see if it was even possible.
post 1620313521 10-24-2020, 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted By Sinan09400⏩
Ever harrassed by hobos who dig thru the garbage?
Yep. We've seen homeless people stealing people's containers.
post 1620313641 10-24-2020, 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted By DizzySmalls⏩
You could at least ask him if he was a manlet first to see if it was even possible.
I'm 6'1". Does that qualify me as a manlet?
post 1620314171 10-24-2020, 12:02 PM
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I remember growing up my uncle told me that garbage man make a lot of money....Is that true?
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post 1620314271 10-24-2020, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted By MMAMatty⏩
Yep. One time my thrower had a possum jump out at him. Well somebody threw out a hockey stick, which he grabbed and quickly slap-shotted it away!
I tried to save a possum once that was stuck high up on a fence, I got on the radio and asked my supervisor for help. An ex gangster felon, big black dude, cool dude though. On the radio that everyone could hear, he said hell no he don't **** with critters, if I want to help it then you do you, but he ain't gon help. Lold at the big scary gangster.
post 1620314331 10-24-2020, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted By MMAMatty⏩
I'm 6'1". Does that qualify me as a manlet?
Of course.
post 1620314741 10-24-2020, 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted By Dontoewsmebro⏩
I remember growing up my uncle told me that garbage man make a lot of money....Is that true?
We don't do terribly. We have to get paid at least moderately well. Otherwise nobody would do the job.
post 1620314751 10-24-2020, 12:10 PM
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what was your route from obtaining truck license to being garbage truck ?
post 1620314811 10-24-2020, 12:11 PM
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Did you take anything home with you?

Any interesting find?

Ever found a wad of cash?

What pisses you off about your job?
post 1620314941 10-24-2020, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted By Dontoewsmebro⏩
I remember growing up my uncle told me that garbage man make a lot of money....Is that true?
Dude said like $60k CAD. That's just enough to afford the consumption taxes for their low quality free healthcare. Not even close to enough to consider ever owning a home or eating anything beyond rice, ramen, and potatoes.
post 1620315091 10-24-2020, 12:15 PM
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How is your job any different when Miscers meet up with girls off Tinder?

Both pretty much handle trash.
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Originally Posted By ByAssociation⏩
what was your route from obtaining truck license to being garbage truck ?
Well, I just got tired of sleeping in the back of a truck in places like Iowa and Wisconsin. Plus the physical nature of the job keeps ya' in great shape.
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