being a trash man rules..

[trashman01]

one of my stops had a party this weekend, so they had alot of crap. bout an ext 3 yards of trash. so i load it all up, get a 20$ tip and two 12 pack, 1 coors light and 1 becks. the date on the box was sep 23 so they are chillin in the fridge right now waiting for me to crack em up. nothing like 24 bottles of beer for free!

[Mike]

what is it like a private company you work for?

[WayFast84]

cool now you need one of these...

http://www.njfboa.org/forums/showthread.php?t=27234

[trashman01]

Originally Posted by cbrrmike

what is it like a private company you work for?

kinda, its LoStocco Refuse service. and yes my boss is involved with the whole mob and garbage industry thing. hes gotta serve like a month or two. he finds out july 12th

[Mike]

haha, i was just wondering because you were talking about tips and whatnot, and i sure know we dont tip the county guys down here.

[79T/A]

It's amazing the stuff you can throw away if you simply leave some alcohol for the guys doing the heavy lifting. I know someone that completely disassembled an entire bombed out and depleted Cherokee with a SawzAll and put the pieces at the curb with some booze. Gone. No questions asked.

I'm assuming it's better to leave good quality beer as opposed to a case of Coors or Bud? Gotta know; getting ready to get rid of some building materials.

[trashman01]

we take the stuff and on our stop sheet we mark down if we took any extra. we can take it if its under 4 extra yards but if its metal or demo we cant cuz that has to be taken care of after

[LongHairedGuyNY]

i alway tip my guys. they work for the village i live in and there are rules to how much they will take and what they will take. but i never have a problem. treat them well with a christmas tip and beginning and end of summer

[Teds89IROC]

paterson used to have a problem taking bumpers and things at the last shop I worked at...a few bucks here and there solved that problem lol

[wrong generation]

Originally Posted by cbrrmike

haha, i was just wondering because you were talking about tips and whatnot, and i sure know we dont tip the county guys down here.

we tip the local garbage guy every so often if we are throwing out alot of stuff there are days where we have an entire room worth of wood and sheet-rock in the garbage

[Mike]

hmmm........maybe my parents are just a**holes then

[WayFast84]

we dont tip are garbage men, they just sit in a truck and press a button..

they just leave beer out on the side walk? what if a minor gets to some? cant they get in big trouble?

[trashman01]

deal was i could only take half the load cuz i had to empty out the truck. and came back and thats when he had the beer out.

no matt the only ones that stay in the truck are the front loaders. the rest of us get out of the truck. hell im outt the truck atleast 200 times a day

[Knipps]

around here it's one guy driving and he's got 2 mexicans hanging off the back..

[trashman01]

depends on the company, we're kinda small(4 satelite trucks, 2 big trucks, 1 front loaders, and a couple spare trucks at teh shop) so we the drivers gotta get out and do the trash

[enRo]

Originally Posted by 88ta5spd

one of my stops had a party this weekend, so they had alot of crap. bout an ext 3 yards of trash. so i load it all up, get a 20$ tip and two 12 pack, 1 coors light and 1 becks. the date on the box was sep 23 so they are chillin in the fridge right now waiting for me to crack em up. nothing like 24 bottles of beer for free!

Pffffft, you = teh garbage n00b. Thats like an everyday thing for me... I pocketed $110 this past wednesday, not to mention the 12 pack of Corona long necks I got yesterday, w00t.

Originally Posted by 79T/A

It's amazing the stuff you can throw away if you simply leave some alcohol for the guys doing the heavy lifting. I know someone that completely disassembled an entire bombed out and depleted Cherokee with a SawzAll and put the pieces at the curb with some booze. Gone. No questions asked.

I'm assuming it's better to leave good quality beer as opposed to a case of Coors or Bud? Gotta know; getting ready to get rid of some building materials.

Thats pretty much how it works in my town. If I see a case of beer, born on date still good and all, the whole pile will be gone. Some woman a cpl years ago was doing an addition to her house, and had a HUGE pile of shingles out there. She came up to us with $150, put it in the hands of the driver, pile was gone. From then on, she puts coffee, beverages AND lunch for us everyday we pick up her garbage. You treat your garbage men well, they will treat you well... trust me. They know where EVERY resident that has tipped lives.

The most IVE personally gotten from one house was $240 and 2 bottles of JD (I was 19 at the time). We have to split it between loader and driver, but still, $120 in the pocket is awesome.

[1972LT1]

Originally Posted by 79T/A

It's amazing the stuff you can throw away if you simply leave some alcohol for the guys doing the heavy lifting. I know someone that completely disassembled an entire bombed out and depleted Cherokee with a SawzAll and put the pieces at the curb with some booze. Gone. No questions asked.

I'm assuming it's better to leave good quality beer as opposed to a case of Coors or Bud? Gotta know; getting ready to get rid of some building materials.

If you're getting rid of alot of metal find a scrapyard or recycling center, you can make some money.

[BonzoHansen]

I didn't realize so many people tipped the trash pickup guys. I've given them cold drinks on hot days a lot, but never cash.