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Can someone please get a message through to the department head at public works about how and where the blue garbage receptacles should be placed after the workers are finished dumping the garbage into the truck. Lining up 4 blue bins at the end of my shared driveway may look funny to you jack holes, but it's aggravating to the people trying to go to work in the morning and return home at the end of the day. If you do not know how to do your remedial job then maybe we can find someone that can. I've had words with your crew before...if this continues to be a problem maybe we can discuss this in person with the department head on my property. I will take video and pictures if this persists to prove my point. In addition, I neatly separate my recyclables for you, I expect that the bins, which I paid for because you scumbags broke and threw out my city issued ones, to be placed neatly back on the curb not thrown against the neighbor's house. Again, if this concept of picking up the trash is too difficult for these workers, then maybe the city of New Haven can find them other forms of work suitable for the skills. This situation is not funny to me since every other house on my street has the blue bins put off to the side of the driveway and the recycling bin placed next to it out of the way.
6 Comments
Steve (Guest)
Try diplomacy. Maybe walk over to City Hall and talk to somebody, in person, without getting all bent out of shape. Calmness, patience, understanding, and empathy go a long way toward accomplishing a goal like this.
Katha Cox (Guest)
jhp (Guest)
For many years I've watched them toss bottles and trash from their trucks , watch them do it on the way to Middletown ave . and do it while returning.
If they keep up parking that garbage truck in the middle of the road and walking into traffic they will get hit by a car , they half arsedly attempt to direct traffic.
Jeremy (Guest)
How hard would it be for a good leader to set up basic incentives and disincentives so that public works were done well? How hard would it be for a good leader to make himself accessible to his citizens so he could hear their concerns and respond to them? The leadership--and the attitude from the whole team at public works-- is pretty sad.
vino5150 (Registered User)
You are both right and I appreciate that I was allowed to vent on this forum. The flip side of this situation is that on numerous occasions I have given these individuals gifts of appreciation at the holiday time. I figured that, hey maybe they do not feel that anyone appreciates the work that they do, but I wanted to say that I did. I have had words with one the foremen on the truck and he "promised" that this would never happen again as he and another worker were holding back another guy ready to either hit me or "get in my face". This was about 2 or 3 years ago. I've made calls to public works when the garbage gets dumped all over my lawn and then gets blown all over the street, because what am I supposed to do, wait for PW to come and clean up there mess? I've given up on that dead end. So you can understand my frustration when this happens. I'm also not saying it happens every week or if indeed it is the same individual that does it on a rotating basis. Let's put that out there. If you dispose of garbage in the Fair haven Heights area, please return the cans and bins to curb side.
It is a job not unlike mine. You perform said job as instructed by your employer to your utmost ability. If in time that you cannot perform said job to the standards of the employer then it is time for termination. Any other employer would do the same. I don't look down at people for the work they do. I try and show my appreciation when applicable, tip a waiter a little something extra, give a carriage pusher at the store a cold bottle of water, call a retail store manager when the service has been exceptional, etc.
Pick up bin at point A. Place in truck at point B. Return bin to point A...Not return bin to points C, D, E and F in side by side fashion like bowling pins at the end of my driveway. Seeing this tells me that someone has too much time on their hands to be creative. Such creativity should be best served somewhere else and not on the back of a garbage truck.
vino5150 (Guest)
I also work for a living, about 70 hours a week. Your comment about "Especially if they know where you live.", yeah well so does the police department. I made no threats to anyone. I suggest you do the same.