California Travel Tips
California Trash Man
Published on: October 21, 2017
Hail to California’s He-Man of Yesteryear
By Craig MacDonald
This morning, three different garbage trucks came out in front to pick up three different trash containers (garbage, lawn/tree clippings and paper/plastic) that we’d taken out to the street. These current day trash engineers didn’t even have to touch the cans, which were automatically and mechanically lifted from the curb by the truck’s metal arms.
It made me think of the amazing, incredibly-strong garbage man in Campbell, Calif. who used to come to our backyard and empty our garbage cans into his. He would then go next door and do the same until his can was full, before going out to the truck to empty his huge load. Read more>
Trash Talk
- It’s OK to call us garbage men or garbage women.
- 99% of U.S. garbage collectors are men.
- These are not jobs for the faint-hearted.
- The unholy odor!
- Cheap bags stink. Don’t be afraid to double bag it in hot weather.
- This is not your father’s garbage man’s truck.
- Four types of trash trucks mostly in use today.
- This is not a job of last resort. Trash collectors actually like and take pride in their work.
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