My Garbage Man has an LV SUB!!!

[Hellcat]

Well if tipping works I say go for it!!!! Personally I hate our collection company and have discontinued service with them over $1.26 discrepancy in THEIR billing. They just quit picking it up one day.....I have solved the problem by taking my trash to the dump once a week and it works out perfectly, costs less as well.
The only tip I would like to give our trash man is the tip of my boot....Oh, Postal workers..dont even get me started there, we have a very good postal person but when she takes the day off its a freaking nightmare..(mostly due to the fact that we do ebay and they pick up and deliver at the door)...I guess now that Ive thought about it I have tipped the postal lady. The rude SOB's at the post office can just kiss my A$$ though...Ive never been treated so poorly in my life, the nerve of me taking mail in for them to have to deliver!!!

 

[JosePR]

Actually, my brother-in-law is a garbage man (or Waste Disposal Professional, as he prefers) in New Jersey. When I first heard my sister-in-law was dating a garba... err, sorry... a Waste Disposal Professional, I admit my knee-jerk reaction was less than favorable. I believe I may have uttered something like, "Well, if I were her, I wouldn't let him pick up the Chinese food unless I were with him. Just in case, you know." Well, as it turns out, I went into the wrong friggin' profession. My brother-in-law works 5 days a week, 6 hours a day, and the dude drives a brand new Porsche 911 Turbo. And has a C-Class Mercedes. And a tricked out F-150. And a jet ski. And lives in a hugely expensive house. As I learned, garb.... Waste Disposal Professionals can make SERIOUS money, at least on the east coast, through tips. He made more than $35,000 on tips alone last year. And this is directly in his pocket. I was going to say "tax-free," but it's more a case of "Don't ask, don't tell." OK, more "don't tell," but you get the idea.

So long-winded way of saying that the LV may actually be real.

PS-- My Waste Dis... err.... Garbag.... wait. No, I had it right the first time. My Waste Disposal Professional Brother-in-Law wears a gen Breitling.

im sorry but there is no wayyy a garbage man can have such lifestyle by picking garbage. TBH, a drug side job could be it, or simply a lotto winner or a guy who inherited a nice buck. Garbage man i rest assure that cant win more than $25 an hour , and thats like 50k a year without taxes, SS and stuff, the porsche turbo is possibly a $130k car. And who waits for a garbage man to tip them??? and how often people just go hey dude, here's 10 bux for doing your job. From a waiter i can believe a 80-90k year earnings, but most who win such money use it on drugs and booze lol

 

[CISO1969]

In PA we tip the Postman and the trash collector at Christmas. Our trash collector used to make little photocopy sheets (probably ganged three up per page and then cut them into three--they looked that cheesy) that said Merry Xmas from your trash collector XXXXX" And he'd leave them on the garbage can handle about two weeks before--just in case you wanted to leave a check instead of cash (I assume)


It's not mandatory, but as was stated--your service sure does get better perks -- packages from mailman handled very carefully and in some cases rerouted to my PO box for when I swing by the PO on my way home, odd size or extra garbage cans taken with no complaint, etc

CISO

 

[higgy]

Never tipped the garbage dudes...but postman gets a fifth of Crown every X-MAS!!!!

H 8)

 

[magick1]

Well I'm not east coast but way south and we tip everybody........newspaper boy, trash guy, postal types etc......and all wait staff atleast 20%...more if they impress me.... I don't know but I guess they are earning a living the honest way and its the least my wife and I can do.

 

[Jumbie]

The last time I was in Japan, I threw my gen LV Sub in the garbage...

 

[magick1]

Hey Jumbie.....I'm still rolling on that one ...that was good :lol:

 

[michaelbro1]

I'm familiar with the construction trade, I own a building/remodeling company on the east coast. To set the record straight about the business in general here on the east coast and why the construction guy next to you may be wearing a gen...

The pay is staggering, but is in accordance with the immense knowledge I must have and tremendous risk and liability I take on. You need tons of experience with tons of different materials, hazzardous conditions, endless building and remodeling knowledge is needed, and the learning and engineering seminars never end. All told- my net is multiple 6 figures but comes with tons of headaches, worry, massive liability, insurance problems, premature grey hair, and impatient homeowners. (And yes I do own a few gens)
Mike

 

[Jumbie]

The pay is staggering, but is in accordance with the immense knowledge I must have and tremendous risk and liability I take on. You need tons of experience with tons of different materials, hazzardous conditions, endless building and remodeling knowledge is needed, and the learning and engineering seminars never end. All told- my net is multiple 6 figures but comes with tons of headaches, worry, massive liability, insurance problems, premature grey hair, and impatient homeowners. (And yes I do own a few gens)
Mike

Sounds like the medical field to me (minus the multiple 6 figures depending what you go into).

Maybe I should have gone into construction rather medicine. Hmmn, not too late to quit since I'm only halfway done and still have 3-5 years of residency to deal with after that. *sigh*

And thanks magick1. I try.

 

[Novesh]

I'm another Jersey guy that tips everyone. Garbage, Postman, Paperboy, UPS...a little goes a LONG way.

Must be a Jersey thing. hahaha...

sv

It is, all you wise guys, you know.... :lol: :roll:

 

[wurlitzer1]

I grew up on Long Island in the 60's and my dad worked for the Post Office - lousy salary, but come Xmas time, he had the best stocked bar in the neighborhood. He didn't even drink, but it kept my mom happy. In New York, if you didn't "tip" the Waste Management "Engineer", you would find your garbage all over your lawn every pick-up day. It was just survival.

Moved to Southern Cal. in the mid 70's, and tried to tip the garbage man, post man, etc. They won't even accept a tip here. Totally different world!

Things just work funny in the North-East US. I used to donate $$$ to the local police and highway patrol benevolent associations every January. They would give me decals for my rear window, and all I would get for traffic violations would be warnings. We used to call it "Pay In Advance". Nothing like that in Cal.

I tried to get into "Waste Management" in NY in the late 60's - you had to know somebody AND have a college degree and even then the waiting list was long (and for good reason, apparently). So I got my degree in Electrical Engineering, and make less than the garbage man - oh well, that's life! I wear reps, he probably wears gens, and only the jeweler knows for sure.

 

[Jumbie]

So I got my degree in Electrical Engineering, and make less than the garbage man - oh well, that's life! I wear reps, he probably wears gens, and only the jeweler knows for
sure.

lol, ain't that the truth.

Love your last statement BTW! :lol:

 

[magick1]

Novesh...........I wasn't going to alude to this but If I'm reading your "wise guy" comment correctly then I will.
My wife who is from Long Island and has a lot of distant family who either know or are involved in the "garbage" collecting trades are themselves in the "Family" so when I told her about this thread she laughed and made the usual comments. Hey they throw the best parties....lots of money.....great fun...and who's going to piss them off?

 

[Hambone]

In Hawaii, it was and still is I think customary to leave a case of beer for your garbage man at Christmas time.
This would prevent your cans from being tossed about and mangled.

 

[gioarmani7428]

Hear, hear.

In Tampa, it's absolutely amazing what a six-pack of barley-pop can make disappear from your yard; regardless of what regulation your trash is breaking that day.

 

[RWIGWH]

Actually, my brother-in-law is a garbage man (or Waste Disposal Professional, as he prefers) in New Jersey. When I first heard my sister-in-law was dating a garba... err, sorry... a Waste Disposal Professional, I admit my knee-jerk reaction was less than favorable. I believe I may have uttered something like, "Well, if I were her, I wouldn't let him pick up the Chinese food unless I were with him. Just in case, you know." Well, as it turns out, I went into the wrong friggin' profession. My brother-in-law works 5 days a week, 6 hours a day, and the dude drives a brand new Porsche 911 Turbo. And has a C-Class Mercedes. And a tricked out F-150. And a jet ski. And lives in a hugely expensive house. As I learned, garb.... Waste Disposal Professionals can make SERIOUS money, at least on the east coast, through tips. He made more than $35,000 on tips alone last year. And this is directly in his pocket. I was going to say "tax-free," but it's more a case of "Don't ask, don't tell." OK, more "don't tell," but you get the idea.

So long-winded way of saying that the LV may actually be real.

PS-- My Waste Dis... err.... Garbag.... wait. No, I had it right the first time. My Waste Disposal Professional Brother-in-Law wears a gen Breitling.

im sorry but there is no wayyy a garbage man can have such lifestyle by picking garbage. TBH, a drug side job could be it, or simply a lotto winner or a guy who inherited a nice buck. Garbage man i rest assure that cant win more than $25 an hour , and thats like 50k a year without taxes, SS and stuff, the porsche turbo is possibly a $130k car. And who waits for a garbage man to tip them??? and how often people just go hey dude, here's 10 bux for doing your job. From a waiter i can believe a 80-90k year earnings, but most who win such money use it on drugs and booze lol

Small Minded thinking. Almost all union routemen work 7 days a week. Why you may ask? 6th day is double time. Seventh is time and a half. Also there is bad weather days where the garage is short on drivers. Remember these are union men and can take off anytime they want. So on those nights/days you can make 7 days pay a if you hustle. Many routemen work 2 shifts a night. Second shift is double time in a 6 1/2 shift. These are not unique instances. In fact they are the norm. I know guys who work a union job who make a base rate of $220 a night. Some of them gross 200K a year with overtime. Without killing themselves. just hustling. It's do-able.

 

[TheTokyoKid]

The last time I was in Japan, I threw my gen LV Sub in the garbage...

I was just waiting for someone to catch on...

Nice on brother!

 

[TheTokyoKid]

BTW, when I lived in Massachusetts as a kid, my parents tipped the Garbage Men, Post Men/Women, Paper Boy and oh yes, the Milk delivery guy (still around in the 70's). When I was a paper boy in the 80's I got at least $10.00 for Christmas/new year from each house on the route. The two police officers on my route each gave me $50.00. The rich old man on the hill gave me $5.00. I don't think he was being cheap, I think he was out of the times... I had 21 houses to deliver to. I made about $350.00 at Christmas time. Not bad for a 13 year old kid. Got me the new BMX bike I wanted.

Oh... the nostalgia.

 

[Panerino]

I always find it increasingly interesting as to what some folks will just "throw away"..... :roll:

 

[RWIGWH]

At the age of 15 Sean Combs was working paper routes in Mount Vernon NY and clearing upwards of $1000 a week. Hustler.
There is money in everything.