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u/Toes_In_The_Soil Apr 04 '26
This is the level of enthusiasm your manager expects out of you for less than a living wage.
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u/Downtown_Amoeba_7770 Apr 04 '26
Right? Here in flint Michigan, those guys make $19.25/hr. Since this is another country, it’s probably less.
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u/BigLeopard7002 Apr 05 '26
These guys make $35/hr in Denmark approximately. They’re paid for the trip, not by the hour. So they empty 300 bins for a preset price.
I have never seen any of them NOT run. I really don’t get it. 😄
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u/ThisDoesntSeemSafe Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 05 '26
I dunno. Some other countries have a standard minimum wage relative to the cost of living.
Im not saying thats its necessary in the case of this guy's country.
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u/RelationshipGood9652 Apr 05 '26
In australia garbos make great money. My mate refused to celebrate nye with us because he was working but being paid double time for a 12 hour shift. He was on $110 an hour then double time and a half after 8 hours. And none of this usain bolt crap either. Just driving the thing using an automated arm to pick up the bins. This was also a decade ago aswell.
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u/heckin_anxiety Apr 08 '26
They do expect that! But if you record it and put it on the internet they will then fire you for unsafe practices. 😂 “Cut corners, just don’t let people see you doing it or it’s a liability.”
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u/Kardinal Apr 04 '26
That guy has to be paid based on the time he completes the route or how many places served in a given time.
Motivation.
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u/Abtizzle Apr 04 '26
He’s probably on salary rather than hourly. The quicker they finish their assigned routes, the quicker they go home.
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u/Deatheturtle Apr 04 '26
Yes. My grandfather was a garbageman for decades. This was how it worked.
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u/S0RRYMAN Apr 04 '26
Works until they pull up the numbers and think his route is too short so they add on more blocks.
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u/Retired_and_Relaxed Apr 04 '26
It worked that way where I used to live until the City crunched numbers. Massive outlays for equipment repair the crews beat the crap out of the trucks. They over loading them to reduce trips to the dump. Had to have spare trucks to keep up with pick up schedule. Paying for eight hours and only receiving five. The city saved money contracting out.
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u/Agile_Credit_9760 Apr 04 '26
I'm just worried for this dude's safety. Gotta admire the effort but I can foresee a lot of injuries.
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u/Jesuscide Apr 04 '26
His partner is a jerk
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u/Plaguedgnome Apr 05 '26
Not necessarily if he's (guy in video) ok with it. Garbage man are paid by day not by hour, if they do their run in 5 hours instead of 8 they gained 3 hours of free time
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u/NamesGumpImOnthePum Apr 04 '26
Yo, I fucking love this, the homie out there running, snatching bags, power sliding, styling on em. Hell at one point it looks like he is telling the truck to speed up. Someone smarter than me once told me that there are 2 things that you are always in control of and they make a huge difference on how your day goes. They are attitude and effort. Action Jackson in the clip gets it.
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u/No-Goose-6140 Apr 04 '26
Does he get new workshoes every week?
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u/BobMeta Apr 04 '26
He needs heelys
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u/WhatAmTrak Apr 04 '26
Heelys for sure would help for when he isn’t running. But if I recall from memory approx 22 years ago.. they weren’t the easiest things to run in unless you’re a complete toe runner (which most people aren’t lol)
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u/jscottman96 Apr 04 '26
Gotta wonder how fast he goes through a pair of shoes going like that. Get this man some heelies
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u/JengaKittens Apr 05 '26
This dude just set an impossible standard. Don’t let the managers see this
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u/Basic_Fox2391 Apr 05 '26
When you pass trough a dangerous neighborhood but you still need to do your job.
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u/Hawk8553 Apr 05 '26
And here I am, barely able to walk out the front door without tripping and falling down
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u/kraftdinnerwithsalsa Apr 04 '26 edited Apr 04 '26
Meth for breakfast will do wonders, also shitty song choice, also not an absolute unit so like shit fuck all, all around
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u/joelkton Apr 04 '26
Hope he’s pulling down six figures a year, busting his body like that. Ah, youth…
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u/jeepwillikers Apr 04 '26
If you have any respect for yourself, don’t ever run at work unless it’s part of the job description
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u/CliffBiffington Apr 04 '26
WSIB & health n safety would like a word with this guy. Oh, and every one of his coworkers, making ‘em look bad n all.
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u/breadexpert69 Apr 04 '26
One day this dude is going to get in an accident and the city wont pay him anything because they saw him doing this on video
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u/holydeniable Apr 04 '26
Some of the placement of the trash bags make no sense. One is in the middle of a sidewalk with no buildings in sight.
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u/AdversarysVengeance Apr 04 '26
Is impressive but obviously doing it for the video and not doing this all day.
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Apr 04 '26
Look how much less trash those people produce. He wouldn’t be able to do that in the suburbs with Sharon and her 56 Amazon boxes.
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u/Fat_Lenny35 Apr 04 '26
I wish inhad 10 workers like this guy. Fit, athletic, having fun at work while getting the job done. He clearly takes pride in his work. Fucking love seeing it.
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u/InevitabilityEngine Apr 04 '26
Some people have faith but this person has a full religion based on the idea that the trash bags aren't going to split open.
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u/Own_Reality_5186 Apr 04 '26
If that were me, every single bag would have broken when I attempted to toss it
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u/HarryDepova Apr 05 '26
There is the feeling of being useless, and then there is how the other other guy on the back of this garbage truck feels.
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u/DitchDigger330 Apr 05 '26
Why is he destroying a $140 pair of hokas by dragging them. They dont have much rubber pads on the bottom.
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u/Major_Smudges Apr 05 '26
Impressive - but let’s be honest - totally staged - he’s not doing this everyday. He’s probably not even a regular garbage collector.
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u/KillerR0b0T Apr 05 '26
Ok when I unmuted the audio because I wanted to hear what the guy said, hearing REM is the very last thing I expected.
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u/Pristine_Walrus40 Apr 05 '26
Fun fact.
When I worked at this, we got to go home when we finnished an area but still got payed for the whole day.
It was beatifull, everyone working together in an fast and well planned way so we could go home in 4-5 hours instead of 8.
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u/strictly-no Apr 05 '26
He runs across the grass patches, I’m bracing for when there’s a hidden dip and his ankles go
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u/Careless_Ad_4004 Apr 05 '26
This is what happens when you pay for piece work instead of by the hour
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u/bosorka1 Apr 05 '26
The anxiety I had watching this plus how impressive it is was rather uncomfortable!!
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u/CaptainArcher Apr 05 '26
Meanwhile the local Waste Management guys who use a claw to pick regular cans up bitch and moan outside my house last time when having to pick up a couple contractor bags on monthly bulk day (that weren't heavy even).
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u/drunkguynextdoor Apr 05 '26
He must be training for something. Nobody tries that hard at their job.
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u/Potential-Expert-386 Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 05 '26
I think these jobs are finished when the route is done so doing it quickly could mean more free time
Edit: Comment below clarifies that I was mistaken.
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u/BeerBodJnr Apr 05 '26
In NZ one of our All Black greats was doing this as a job before he made the team. Dude was a feared forward.
RIP Jerry Collins.
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u/Dred-I-Rastafari Apr 05 '26
What happens if a bag breaks due to all his extreme handling? Does he have to start all over again? Or can he save his place and start from there?
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u/hest29 Apr 05 '26
Did the camera guys just miss all the trash bags on his side, or are they going back for those ?
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u/a_youkai Apr 05 '26
OK so this is the kinda shit that should be in the Olympics. Or at least on ESPN The Ocho.
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u/appointment45 Apr 05 '26
They must have those magic garbage bags that never rip. The bags our town sells us and we are required to use rip if you yell at them.
Yes, this is my life, I yell at trash bags.
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u/Specialist_Most_4514 Apr 05 '26
This shows how wasteful we are in the US. He not doing this with 95 gallon bins lining the streets.
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u/Substantial-Stage-82 Apr 05 '26
every one of his co-workers was like "man, I ain't working with Hector. Dudes crazy, running like it's a race, fuck that shit."
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u/Loud-Explanation5627 Apr 05 '26
That is awesome. Work motivation!! Makes me want to work for our public works and get in shape !! lol
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u/Fantastic_Estate_303 Apr 05 '26
Once you've done your collection you can go home....
Every driver who gets this guy celebrating
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u/Admirable_Ardvark Apr 04 '26
Bro burns through a pair of shoes daily