Do you tip your garbage collectors?

CactusFlower527

Heavens no.. but I don't think everyone's refuse is handled the same way. Before we beat up the original poster, realize that there *are* people that live places other than AnyTown, USA. Where I live .. Anytown USA, I pay the city for garbage collection. Garbage/refuse goes in a HUGE curbside can (Can A), I separate out my recycle into Can B. A city worker drives this big *kitten* truck down our street, it has an arm that comes out , grabs the can and dumps it into the truck. The worker just drives the truck around-up and down the street. A driver's license is all that is required. They call these guys Sanitation Engineers and they make good $$$. I get a $60 bill every month for Water/Sewer & Garbage. No I don't tip. But like others have said, there are a great many people who provide a service (that I pay for)... and I don't leave tips. Basically I tip... restaurant servers/waiters/waitresses, and salon workers (hair/nail etc). When we vacationed in Hawaii a couple of summers ago............. we tipped our tour guides.

MonkeyMel21

I've only ever heard of tipping them during the holidays. Soooo...OP? You say $25 per week from you. $100 a month. And how many homes are on a weekly route? Say an even 200 (I'm sure it's way more than that), and every person sets out the same amount as you and pays that tip. That's $20,000 a MONTH. $240,000 a YEAR. Just in tip money. And I guarantee they make well over minimum wage. What. The. *kitten*.

schibsted750

tipping garbagemen isn't a thing. this is 100% a troll thread.

doglover485

schibsted750 wrote: »

tipping garbagemen isn't a thing. this is 100% a troll thread.

No. Tipping workers in the service industry has ALWAYS been a "thing". Just because you're selfish and don't appreciate some of the hardest working people in society, doesn't mean other people are the same. Don't project.

MonkeyMel21

doglover485 wrote: »

schibsted750 wrote: »

tipping garbagemen isn't a thing. this is 100% a troll thread.

No. Tipping workers in the service industry has ALWAYS been a "thing". Just because you're selfish and don't appreciate some of the hardest working people in society, doesn't mean other people are the same. Don't project.

I feel like making sure your garbage is easily accessible and not having crap falling out all over is appreciation enough?

KANGOOJUMPS

like chocs at xmas time. people on our street do that. I do not.

MorningGhost14

If I leave a lot of extra crap to haul away, I leave them a cold six-pack.

cwolfman13

doglover485 wrote: »

Alanakrahenbil wrote: »

errollm wrote: »

Is that a thing? I've never heard of it before.

Neither have I

its a thing. you should start tipping before they stop collecting your garbage

not a thing where i live...if they stopped collecting my garbage they would get fired. i pay a monthly fee to Waste Management who is their employer and they are paid well. all of our garbage must be binned, then they drive up with their truck that has a big arm that picks up the bin and dumps it into the truck...nobody even gets out of the truck.

cwolfman13

doglover485 wrote: »

schibsted750 wrote: »

tipping garbagemen isn't a thing. this is 100% a troll thread.

No. Tipping workers in the service industry has ALWAYS been a "thing". Just because you're selfish and don't appreciate some of the hardest working people in society, doesn't mean other people are the same. Don't project.

this is seriously not a thing in many places...

i've also worked in various sectors of the service industry, and not everyone in the service industry gets tipped or should be tipped. service industry workers who do not receive wages or receive wages under the prevailing should be tipped and in cases where a worker is going above and beyond the requirements of their paid duties.