I think I broke my trash man's back...

Oh...we have it easy here and after I read your post I wonder what I was complaining about. We stay at an apartment complex...and all we need to do is keep the trash outside our door everyday....anytime between 8am and 4pm. The ladies who clean the common areas of the apartment pick it up and throw it in a bin outside the complex where we have a truck (or whatever it is called) pick it up. I wonder how many garbage packs these ladies carry everyday....or if they do it all at one shot at the same time everyday.

we are limited to three bags..33 gallons size..and we have recycling bin and leaf and yard waste pick up in the warm months the trash used to pick up everything you put out..but those days have ended ..here anyway..but there is no charge but it is included in our city tax. some places you have to pay for this service and if you dump it off your self.you pay again..nothing is free as they got you coming and going...but we live close to Canada and the good state of Michigan does take alot of Canadian garbage and fills our landfills..for a fee..keep canada green?

Yes I have, but here the city provides everyone with trash cans with wheels. The cans hook on to the back of the garbage truck so the workers don't have to lift them. But it's a real work out to have to drag that heavy can up the yard to the road.

lol The trash guys are use to it. I put a really horrid love seat out once and they seemed to have fun tossing it in. Don't feel bad. They've built up massive muscles.

Mornin, Bella! Our trash people come twice weekly, and hubby puts the trash in the rolling dumpsters, then takes them down to the street. Our trash men have a big truck that picks up the dumpsters, so I don't ever worry about them hurting their backs. And Stuie,(hubby) ALWAYS takes out the garbage, not me, not ever. He does all the heavy work around here, thank goodness. He knows it's too hard for me to do, so he takes care of it, bless his little heart.

Humans are not perfect so yes anyone can have a mistake in their lives and as for me it happened once when I forgot about it.

It usually doubled of course..sometimes but usually a day's delay only a point to put it outside for the collector to get it..

No and it would be really, really difficult for us if we did as we have Wheelie bins and the bin lorry is automated - all the workers have to do is put it on the special arms at the back of the truck and press a button - the truck does the rest! Big problem is that if the bin is full you have to take it to the dump yourself as they won't take any extra! I do hope your back feels better soon - I couldn't take my rubbish out - even though there are wheels on the bin we have 8 steps at the front of the house and I couldn't manage that - tell the hubby I am going to give him a real telling off if he does it again! xxx

Bella, I do that all the time, But it is not that bad here wher I live, we have big trash bins on wheels, we wheel then to the sidewalk, they have a autommated truck that comes by and dumps it into the truck, so it will not break the trash man's back!!All the trash man does is push some levers in the truck, he does not even get out of the truck.But I have two trash bins, and I live alone, so I can forget it for a month and I will still be o.k.

I never forget to put it out ever. But I probably break his back every week. For some reason I have copious amounts of garbage. Maybe it's because I cook all the time or I just throw everything away. No idea but we have more garbage than anyone on the block..can't figure it out.

Hi, Bella! I have to say that the title of this discussion made me laugh. I've definitely been there and done that even though I still live at home with my parents. There are six of us right now living in the house, but there were eight at one time before my older sister got married and my younger sister went to college. Obviously, our trash gets piled up quickly with that many people! Thankfully, my brother is the designated trash boy, so none of us girls or my dad have to bother with it. My brother goes around to all the trash cans in the house. He's almost 21 also so he has to earn his keep somehow! (LOL) He's very good about taking the trash out of the trash cans and replacing them with a fresh, new garbage bag. Of course, for my trash, I have a bathroom in my bedroom, so I bag up everything and put it outside my bedroom door before he comes by to pick it up so he won't have to go in my room. He wouldn't go in my room to get it if I were there either. He always leaves a new trash bag for me outside my door also. I know when trash day is, so I'm sure to leave my bag outside the door so all he has to do is pick it up and be on his way. I'm sure it makes it a little easier for him. I don't have to bag up my trash but every two weeks since my bathroom trash doesn't fill up too fast with just me contributing to it. While my sister is away at college, I have my own bedroom and bathroom. It's wonderful! Our trash days are on Tuesdays and Fridays, so my brother goes around to get the trash on Monday and Thursday nights. Sometimes if it doesn't need it, he'll skip Thursday. He puts the trash out to the road at night also so he doesn't have to get up in the morning to do it before he goes to class. I have to be careful in the morning not to forget and back my car over the trash cans! (I don't think my brother would be too happy about that either.) Of course, sometimes my brother will be gone to Tennessee to visit his girlfriend and guess what? The trash doesn't get taken out for a week and a half because no one else wants to do it! I think you'd agree with me that the kitchen trash is the worst. That's the one that has to go out twice a week for us. That trash sure does pile up when it's not taken out on time! Who would've known I would have so much to say about trash? (LOL) Very fun discussion!!

I just got done cleaning up my eBay room and the front part of my attic with my brothers help. I currently have 6 full cans of trash piled so high the lids won't go on them and 3 contractor bags full sitting next to them on the ground. I still have to collect the trash from the house before I put out the garbage tomorrow. So yeah my trash man is going to kill me too. But he had better stand in line.

Well here in the uk we have a big problem with are rubbish are bins are only emptyed once every 2 weeks, then they will only take just the bin and no extra bags it drives me crazy because there is always more then the one bin.....my hubby always has to get in the the bin to get push it down to make more room,its a good job we have a clean bin......I hope your back is better soon take care..

We seem to do that once a month! I feel so bad for the garbage man. The worst was when we had a cat and had cat litter in the garbage. That stuff is crazy heavy.