On Mon, 23 May 2016 07:28:12 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Mon, 23 May 2016 09:04:06 -0500, jinx the minx
> wrote:
>
>> That's the way it's done here too but imagine my surprise when I saw them
>> doing it by hand at our Florida residence! We still have to bring it out
>> to the curb but the waste haulers walk from driveway to driveway (for the
>> most part) and sling it into the truck by hand. I think those guys should
>> get significant bonus pay for that!
>
>They probably make less, not more. Technology only improves when the
>cost of human labor goes up, until then - they're just another cog in
>the machine.

I've often thought those guys were unsung heroes. They were out in
blistering heat, freezing cold, rain and snow. All to haul our trash
to a truck. Their legs, backs and arms must have punished them
something awful. Yet everyone sneers at the trash man.
Janet US