FACTS!!! Two of my bins have gotten broken by those jerk offs

Some people just don’t take pride in what they do. You gotta admire people who do menial jobs and do it well. Sorry your bins got trashed,

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>want to throw out anything that won't fit in a bag? you gotta make an appointment and find a way to haul it down to the Millbury St transfer station.

And god help you if it's during the months of December-March when the dropoff is closed.

That was one of the wildest threads on here. I'm not sure if that guy had ever left the city. I'm glad you remember that one.

People who expect us to blindly thank city employees for their service probably do not pay taxes.

Since you've lived in bigger cities (as have I), you've probably noticed that bigger cities sweep their streets more than 1-2x per year. If Worcester had at a minimum monthly street sweeping, then maybe people would stop singing the same "recycling bin" refrain.

Towns pay taxes as well, and also for private removal of refuse, or to get a sticker to drive it to a dump themselves.

The trash and recycling trucks are ALWAYS, purposely, blocking the roads (especially the side roads). They’ll purposely pull to the left/opposite side they’re driving, cars parked, snow banks, everything else, leaving no room for cars to pass. They’ll notice a car sitting there waiting, instead of pulling out of the way, they’ll take their time to grab the trash or bin and then get in, pull up and not move just stay holding up traffic. Never fails.

You have more patience than I, and others I’ve seen caught in this situation. LOL

That was an insane thread to read. I bet it's the same guy.

Trash happens in every city in the world, and somehow you're the one excusing Worcester's poor as piss performance as if it were the only place gracing us with the paid service. Grow up. These guys are shit at their job.

God. I feel you.

The other night NatGrid was doing roadwork up near me and they had those cones set up so traffic was still in two lanes. The guy in front of me went up the wrong side. I clocked that, realized 'Oh, I need to go up the other one,' and did....

Of course that didn't stop the National Grid dude from screaming "WHAT ARE YOU A FUCKING R****D!" directly at me.

Like why? What's the thought process here?You were pissed that someone else went up the wrong side so you decided to fucking scream at the next person? Bet you're a normal well adjusted dude.

I feel like all this shit got worse post pandemic. It's like no one knowing how to behave at a movie theater but on a grand scale.

Until it gets stolen.

I think we found the guy lol.

Dry latex paint is not considered hazardous waste. Any old latex paint, if you leave it uncovered and let it dry so that it's no longer liquid, can be thrown out in your regular trash.

What kind of oil are you referring to?

Ever heard of taxes?

This morning I'm driving to work and encounter trash pickup. So they're blocking the road, which I get, so I pull to side behind a car so that they can pass by and I'll go by them.

Instead they pull up, box me in, take the trash and then compact it- leaving me stuck for a few minutes. I don't really mind the wait- I leave plenty of time to get in to work, but it was done purposefully. I don't know if he wanted a reaction or something but he lowered his window when he was next to me, like he did it on purpose.

Dick move, I didn't give him the satisfaction of reacting or getting upset. I smiled, waved and drove off after. Just bothered the heck outta me though, cuz it was on purpose- for no reason. I wasn't getting upset or yelling about waiting, I moved over to let them do their job. Why do that? Next time I'll make it difficult for them.

And if your lid isn’t attached they just dump it with the recycling.

It’s Stockholm syndrome.

I used to live on the less wooded side of college hill and it gets to be very windy out in the open extremely often. The amount of trash blowing around that hill on a Friday afternoon before the trucks came was a disgrace.

That doesn’t make what they’re doing acceptable…

Nor does it mean nobody should complain.

It's also worth noting that only trash collection is handled by DPW in the city; recycling is handled by a contractor, although the bins are City-supplied.

I prefer to contact via email but I’ve also found them to be helpful. For example they didn’t pick up my trash (they just missed it I guess) and sent a small truck to collect it within a few hours.

Instead of talking to someone who could fix your issue, you decided to post on reddit. What do you expect to happen? Did you just want to vent?

Why isn't calling the dpw and talking to them kindly and calmly a good option? Instead you're saying why don't they fix this problem while never expressing your issue to people who can address it.

I think everyone assumes their service is what the rest of the city gets. I get decent service but I also understand there's areas that don't. It's a driver dependent issue not citywide. I also wouldn't assume that there's a large group who want to be garbage collectors. It's good pay for hard labor. The hard labor scares people away.