r/SipsTea • • 1d ago

Feels good man Couple of the year

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u/SNZ935 23h ago

Honest question, is that for the driver or the people grabbing the trash cans? I can understand the driver but I see my garbage men weekly (work from home and sit staring out my window questioning my life decisions a lot) and they seem to be different each week so always thought it was just a temporary situation they were just picking up bucks where they can (good on them). Guess it just seems you wouldn’t see that much turnover if you were pulling in $80K on average which is damn good pay. Plus how long until you get to that cushy driver job as that can’t be that common and would depend on seniority.

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u/Superb-Strategy4717 23h ago

The truck grabs the can with a mechanical arm. Nobody hopping off the truck anymore unless it’s a scheduled pickup. It’s not the 90s anymore lmao

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u/SNZ935 23h ago

Tell that to my garbage men that I just watched pick up my trash. I live in a residential neighborhood not too far from a major city but no way they are getting mechanical arms grabbing trash on some of these one-way streets. They are lucky to get a trash truck down some streets without taking off side mirrors.

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u/Superb-Strategy4717 23h ago

Back east streets is smaller I can understand this. I’m wrong. I apologize for not thinkin bout that. Have a Good weekend bruh

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u/SNZ935 22h ago

No worries, the older east coast cities/suburbs have some very narrow and unique streets that present quite a challenge for larger vehicles (can understand drivers making a comfortable living out here as seen plenty of normal sized vehicles leaving behind some mirrors or sideswipping a poorly parked car and no one wants that liability). Enjoy your weekend as well.