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Best Trash Men ever.

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shoo

on 12/20/2006

in Cheesy Pictures and General

So, did you get a Christmas card from your trash men?

They’re the best!

14 Responses to “Best Trash Men ever.”

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1 john
12/20/2006 at 9:09 am

the reason for the card chirs is in hopes that he gets a tip this holliday season along with paper boy and mail man
2 jeffsutzer
12/20/2006 at 9:23 am

I dont get tipped for doing my job. It is good to tip the trashman sometimes just in case you have to much trash and they wont take it all.
3 Nattie
12/20/2006 at 9:24 am

First of all, your “trash men,” paper boys/girls, mail person etc… all deserve your generosity this time of year. My dad has worked for the post office as a rural carrier for over 30 years, and I can’t tell you how much the gifts he receives every year means to him and my family. So don’t say they’re doing it for the tip. My dad puts a Christmas card in every mail box he delivers to because he enjoys Christmas and likes people to know he’s thinking about them, and he in turn writes a thank you note for every single gift he receives.

2nd of all, I thought the phrase trash man was not PC. A few years back, waste management employees refused to accept the Christmas gift I got them because I put “garbage men” on the inside of the card. The following year I put “waste management employees” and they thanked me for it… So. Just something to think about!
4 shoo
12/20/2006 at 10:25 am

Nattie, that’s just how they signed it. I will consider putting “waste management employees” when I give them their Hardees gift certificates. Thanks for the heads up.
5 Nattie
12/20/2006 at 11:07 am

I’m with ya Shoo! I was just pointing out that I thought it was strange that the “trash man” himself would sign the card like that. And you’re a sweetheart for the Hardee’s gift certificates. Good idea! I’m doing cash for the mail person and homemade bread for the waste management boys. Will the gift be from Shoo Buddy, or just Shoo?
6 shoo
12/20/2006 at 12:07 pm

Until Buddy starts carrying some weight and pays some of the bills it will be just from me.
7 shoo
12/20/2006 at 12:10 pm

PS, did anyone notice the trash can I photoshoppped into the card?
8 Nattie
12/20/2006 at 1:30 pm

Just noticed. That’s great.
9 Dave Heinzel
12/20/2006 at 2:54 pm

I saw the trash can right away and couldn’t figure out what it was doing there.

Our trash “humans” left a card last week, and I think they left it in the place that they expect to find tips - in the rear hinge of the blue garbage bin lid. I worry about putting out a tip and letting cash sit all night on the side of the street. What hoodlum wouldn’t take advantage of a street lined with cash tips in a very easy to find location?

This is another one of those situations where I don’t believe tips should be expected. Yes, I understand that they come to your house and take away your trash, but don’t they also get a paycheck? I get a paycheck, deal with the public and don’t get tips.
10 Nattie
12/20/2006 at 4:24 pm

The waiters get paid… Do you tip them? Do you tip the person that cuts your hair? The bell-hop (is that what they’re still called?) that carries your bags to your hotel room? I’m just saying that people such as your mail man or trash men might do more than you realize. For example, the day of the ice storm, as I was calling in to work, my dad was on the road at 4 AM to begin sorting mail. He drove around on solid sheets of ice all day and didn’t get home til after 7:00 that night. Is that what your work day was like? I’m just saying… Guess I’m just one of those old fashioned people that enjoy letting people know I appreciate what they do for me. Dave, I’m not sure what you do, but if you’ve ever helped me out in any way, let me say that I thank you profusely, and appreciate what you do.
11 jeffsutzer
12/20/2006 at 5:15 pm

I was wondering how they got cards like that.
12 daveheinzel
12/20/2006 at 8:38 pm

On the morning of the ice storm I spent a long time helping a bus driver whose car was stuck in the ice as he was trying to get to work. Even if he would have made it to work, he would not have gotten tipped. Also not receiving tips were the many emergency response personnel and utility crews deployed across the city. Electricians don’t get tips. Meter readers don’t get tips.

I tip waiters because their compensation depends on tips. I also tip other service providers because it is ‘expected,’ but I don’t necessarily agree with the practice of tipping some service providers and not others.

Appreciating one’s services and handing them cash on the side are not one and the same. Now excuse me while I take out the trash and slide a twenty under the handle…
13 allie
12/21/2006 at 5:47 am

yeah, we have been thinking about how to safely and securely leave a gift/holiday bonus for our “refuse removers.”
14 Nattie
12/21/2006 at 9:24 am

I understand where you’re coming from Dave. I was always the brat that was mad when my dad got cash, and was wishing everyone sent him homemade goodies. To me it’s all about generosity and celebrating the season. I like letting people know that I appreciate what they do for me. Anyhoo, I hope everyone on gotshoo has an absolutely wonderful holiday and a very merry christmas.
Allie- I love the term “refuse removers.” Good stuff. I made them bread and taped it to the lid of the garbage can.