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RobinA

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25. Yes, But Are You Employed

Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:26 PM

Apr 2020

in operations or emergency management? If not, no harm no foul. If so, you are supposed to be a couple steps ahead of events, particularly predictable ones. There's no excuse for, "The hurricane took out electrical service, who knew????" More residential trash when more people are home, to me, anyway, is not surprising or unforeseeable. Or shouldn't be to people who have a contract to cart away the trash. Seems like Trash Hauling 101 to me.

I think the real problem with many of the things we see happening is that businesses do the least possible, expending the fewest possible resources. So the minute something goes the least bit haywire stuff starts to break down. In this case things are a lot haywire, so stuff is going very wrong.

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'It's just a nightmare.' Trash collectors overwhelmed by rising amount of household waste [View all] riversedge Apr 2020 OP

There should be a corresponding decrease in corporate and institutional trash generation but AtheistCrusader Apr 2020 #1

normally i would be generating piles of documents at work, Demovictory9 Apr 2020 #13

There is a decrease in work related trash. the article speaks of it. riversedge Apr 2020 #22

Not shocking jimfields33 Apr 2020 #2

And that's an important lesson. Igel Apr 2020 #3

Good points. Definitely thought provoking jimfields33 Apr 2020 #4

Yes, But Are You Employed RobinA Apr 2020 #25

"businesses do the least possible, expending the fewest possible resources" jberryhill Apr 2020 #28

apartment dumpster are overflowing in so cali..all these people at home Demovictory9 Apr 2020 #11

Local governments can hire richdj25 Apr 2020 #5

Thankfully our town is still picking up.. Historic NY Apr 2020 #6

I love the BYEDON graphic! Lucinda Apr 2020 #8

The Truth About The Toilet Paper Shortage All In MSNBC turbinetree Apr 2020 #7

Thank you for posting that. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2020 #12

Yepper spot on.................... turbinetree Apr 2020 #14

Now they got to figure where to store it in the house. .... Historic NY Apr 2020 #21

Yesterday morning I was walking my dog and the trash cans people had put out were Mike 03 Apr 2020 #9

Our Trash Service Sent Out A Notice smb Apr 2020 #26

Actually have less at the curb Marthe48 Apr 2020 #10

My husband and I have been trying to figure this out. Pacifist Patriot Apr 2020 #24

I haven't changed my habits Marthe48 Apr 2020 #37

I have less trash also, having stopped all non-necessity shopping. Less packaging to discard, maybe? chia Apr 2020 #29

Very possible Marthe48 Apr 2020 #38

Not to mention all the disposal plastic PPE DeminPennswoods Apr 2020 #15

I buy much less plastic bucolic_frolic Apr 2020 #16

While I can understand the amount of residential garbage increasing shouldn't cstanleytech Apr 2020 #17

A lot of businesses have large bins that use different trucks than curbside residential. Tech Apr 2020 #32

Send it all to Trump Properties Blue Owl Apr 2020 #18

Who'd Notice The Difference? smb Apr 2020 #27

our condo trash room is way less full than usual nt msongs Apr 2020 #19

My garbage has gone down quite a bit jmbar2 Apr 2020 #20

good on you. really. riversedge Apr 2020 #23

All essential workers should get Medals. LakeArenal Apr 2020 #30

This makes no sense to me titaniumsalute Apr 2020 #31

The equipment (trucks) used to pick up my neighborhood trash cans is different ... JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2020 #33

Why not just do what we pay for without comment? Brainfodder Apr 2020 #34

Damn,that's the cleanest trash truck I've ever seen...... Bengus81 Apr 2020 #35

This makes sense Marrah_Goodman Apr 2020 #36

Outrageous that the government is not zentrum Apr 2020 #39