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Vinca

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68. The horror of it all! A commoner wanting to do his job early!

Sun Mar 8, 2015, 08:36 AM

Mar 2015

Are these the same a-holes who won't allow the little cancer-stricken girl to have a playhouse in her back yard? It makes you want to go and terrorize them with wet clothes hanging on a clothesline.

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Garbage man jailed for 30 days because he came to work too EARLY and annoyed wealthy residents [View all] Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 OP

jesus christ marym625 Mar 2015 #1

Ok 30 days is ridiculous, but so is 5 am yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #28

wow marym625 Mar 2015 #34

Fire the guy? That's worse. ID rather 30 days on weekend yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #47

You think a prison record is OK? marym625 Mar 2015 #49

Oh please. He pled guilty. I wouldn't have. yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #51

Did you read the article? marym625 Mar 2015 #53

Maybe I am just used to it Ruby the Liberal Mar 2015 #45

Ours is picked up at noon. It is kinda nice. yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #48

I have missed pickup a few times Ruby the Liberal Mar 2015 #52

what if sabbat hunter Mar 2015 #60

Yeah, those rules seem pretty restrictive. SMC22307 Mar 2015 #62

The neighbors help out. A few have my garage door code yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #72

The company should have been punished and if the worker disobeyed orders, Kablooie Mar 2015 #71

Sandy Springs is one of those areas where racists voted to incorporate separately from Atlanta, Hoyt Mar 2015 #2

You know for a fact that they're racists? Or is being white enough? Wella Mar 2015 #11

Grew up among similar folks. It's quite clear what they are up to. Hoyt Mar 2015 #16

I have no basis on which to judge your experience or veracity, so a personal opinion from you and Wella Mar 2015 #18

This guy was from that area. He said he wasn't a racist either. White flight is obvious. Hoyt Mar 2015 #19

Cheap shot, kid. And completely unconvincing. Wella Mar 2015 #73

No it means you are blind to facts of white suburbs segregating themselves from the city. Hoyt Mar 2015 #77

You lost the argument, kid. Wella Mar 2015 #78

I have actual facts including it is an overwhelming white, Republican area segregating Hoyt Mar 2015 #79

not if you know the area. nt TeamPooka Mar 2015 #25

+1 Hoyt Mar 2015 #27

There is really no way to "prove for a fact" somebody is a racist Marxizm Mar 2015 #32

Thank you! marym625 Mar 2015 #54

If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. uppityperson Mar 2015 #59

WSBTV story on the issue... PoliticAverse Mar 2015 #3

thanks. Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #4

Better writing at the following link...I dislike the Daily Mail... Bluenorthwest Mar 2015 #5

thanks. from your link: Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #7

I'm so angry I can't even put it into words probably marym625 Mar 2015 #56

People called 911 for a garbage man making noise? csziggy Mar 2015 #6

rich people do. and prosecutor bill riley does their bidding Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #8

And the police RESPONDED. I doubt they'd have snapped to it so obediently Marr Mar 2015 #13

Cruel and unusual punishment.... crazylikafox Mar 2015 #9

Pesky peasants. n/t devils chaplain Mar 2015 #10

The punishment is ludicrous: but there is an ordinance and his company should have sent another Wella Mar 2015 #12

This is an odd story: the man works for a company, Waste Management Inc, which accompanied him to Wella Mar 2015 #14

uhm no mercuryblues Mar 2015 #15

Um yes--the facts are all correct. They came from the article. Wella Mar 2015 #17

uhm no mercuryblues Mar 2015 #20

Every other rational group of folks Aerows Mar 2015 #26

not to mercuryblues Mar 2015 #40

Um YES the facts were correct. Wella Mar 2015 #65

I'll mercuryblues Mar 2015 #69

We used to have a very early trash pickup from our city. Five am would wake lots of CTyankee Mar 2015 #21

I have no conception of how Aerows Mar 2015 #24

But the reality is that other workers (not the wealthy) were wakened so early and CTyankee Mar 2015 #35

It isn't an "Us vs. Them" scenario Aerows Mar 2015 #38

I'm sorry, I have no knowledge base of waste pickup history...not my area of expertise... CTyankee Mar 2015 #39

You opened a can of worms, as it were :D Aerows Mar 2015 #41

thanks. that was fascinating. I learned some new things. CTyankee Mar 2015 #67

Indeed it is. Aerows Mar 2015 #74

My philosophy is if you don't listen you don't learn. CTyankee Mar 2015 #80

I'm fairly certain Aerows Mar 2015 #81

Let them haul their own garbage. Downwinder Mar 2015 #22

Let them wallow in it. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #30

Let garbage pickup commence around 8 a.m.--in time for the morning rush of traffic. KansDem Mar 2015 #76

We'd gripe in my area Aerows Mar 2015 #23

they privatized their *courts*? GFC. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #29

He should have been warned it's a No-Go Zone nt LiberalElite Mar 2015 #31

I was thinking along a similar line of thought. Trillo Mar 2015 #43

Waste Management = Wayne Huizenga's fiefdom. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #33

Great post underpants Mar 2015 #37

Insanity! shanti Mar 2015 #36

Kind of interesting to wonder if all laborers in the future will need attorneys Trillo Mar 2015 #44

All these stories that have been kinda crazy lately yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #50

This does present an interesting legal aspect. Trillo Mar 2015 #42

Let these rich residents wallow in their own trash. Dawson Leery Mar 2015 #46

If I called 911 about garbage pick-up - I would expect to spend time in the local jail jpak Mar 2015 #55

It would be justice if their trash didn't get picked up for those 30 days. Warpy Mar 2015 #57

To a point, I do understand. WillowTree Mar 2015 #58

How can this be allowed? Takket Mar 2015 #61

wasting the time of 911 operators forsaken mortal Mar 2015 #63

If corporatizing the courts does not meet Mussolini's definition of corporatism/fascism, what does? Faryn Balyncd Mar 2015 #64

Nothing was as noisy as the landscapers JonLP24 Mar 2015 #66

The horror of it all! A commoner wanting to do his job early! Vinca Mar 2015 #68

Any doubt left as to why rich people don't deserve our respect? 99Forever Mar 2015 #70

This is why e-cigdub Mar 2015 #75