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Ceidefields
Citizen
Username: Ceidefields
Post Number: 33
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 - 2:26 pm: |     |
Am I the only one who thinks that it's really unfair that the Hilton section is ALWAYS scheduled for Monday pickup for recycling and trash? It means we don't get trash pickup on any weekends that have a holiday in them. We can sometimes go four weeks without recycling.
I wish at least we could alternate every few years. |
redY67
Citizen
Username: Redy67
Post Number: 4715
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 - 4:03 pm: | |
I thought if the trash pick-up falls on the holiday they pick-up the next day? Frankly I would love to have Mondays as my pick-up day! |
blackcat
Citizen
Username: Blackcat
Post Number: 442
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 - 4:37 pm: | |
Picked up the day after Thanksgiving since Thursday is the norm pick-up day. Though Christmas was on a Sunday it was "celebrated" on Monday but there wasn't a pickup on Tuesday. Hope they're ready for what awaits them on Thursday....
by the way...no tip from us. They nit-pick our trash so too bad. I don't get a tip from every client I deal with. |
TomR
Citizen
Username: Tomr
Post Number: 868
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 - 4:57 pm: | |
Ceidefields,
Look at the bright side. While you may miss the occasional pick-up due to a holliday, the folk in the Tuscan section are guaranteed to not get a recycling pick-up on the fourth thursday of November.
TomR |
Ceidefields
Citizen
Username: Ceidefields
Post Number: 34
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 - 5:52 pm: | |
First of all, they don't bump it to Tuesday, they just miss us entirely. And I second blackcat - I have 12 bags of trash waiting for pickup (Christmas dinner - we already hauled all the wrapping paper to the dump ourselves).
And it's not "occasional", it's most months of the calendar year. Whereas if you're scheduled for a Saturday, like Wyoming, for Recycling pickup, you rarely miss a pickup.
I would just like to see the schedule rotated every now and then. I guess if you don't have trash spilling out of your garage, you don't really understand the implications of a Monday pickup. |
redY67
Citizen
Username: Redy67
Post Number: 4720
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 - 5:55 pm: | |
Ceidefields, I have had trash spilling out of my garage and more. I take it to the curb and they pick it all up. Surprisingly this year they picked up all of our trash and we didn't even bring the extra bags to the curb. |
TomR
Citizen
Username: Tomr
Post Number: 871
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 - 6:01 pm: | |
Ceidefields,
If its not every Christmas, or whatever holiday, it is occasional.
In eleven years, I've never had a recycling pick-up on the fourth thursday of November.
TomR |
Joan
Supporter
Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 6846
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 - 6:33 pm: | |
We have Monday trash pick-up and have seldom had a problem. Have you tried calling town hall? Perhaps someone there can intercede for you. |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 6439
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 - 7:02 pm: | |
I'm surprised. We're Monday, too, and for years we didn't get the Monday holiday pick up. ABout a year or two ago, this was changed & they started coming around on Tuesdays after holidays. Since we pay for it, it was logical.
I would call WM directly and complain. In the past, when they have missed me, someone has made a special trip to my house to get the garbage. |
parkah
Citizen
Username: Parkah
Post Number: 156
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Monday, January 2, 2006 - 11:20 pm: | |
greenetree... do you live in the Hilton section as well?
We seem to be in the same boat as Ceidefields. This is now the second week that our trash hasn't been picked up on the scheduled Monday collection because of the holidays. We were home all last week and didn't notice that WM made any "make-up" collection.
I am unclear if we're paying the same amount quarterly even when WM isn't showing up on scheduled pick-up days. |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 11700
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 3, 2006 - 10:25 am: | |
The 4th garbage section is not just Hilton. The western boundary is Prospect St. The southern boundary is Courter and Springfield Aves. The northern boundary is Elmwood Ave. We get pickups on Monday and Thursday, which means we miss Monday holidays and Thanksgiving.
I agree it's not "fair" but I don't find it to be a major inconvenience. I have enough space for a week's garbage in my two cans.
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The Libertarian
Citizen
Username: Local_1_crew
Post Number: 1104
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 3, 2006 - 12:05 pm: | |
have i told how much more flattering your new avatar pic is?
the old one was a little nerdy, this one is more rugged.
thumbs up! |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 11705
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 3, 2006 - 12:20 pm: | |
Aw, Libertarian! I didn't know you cared! 
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The Libertarian
Citizen
Username: Local_1_crew
Post Number: 1105
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 3, 2006 - 12:24 pm: | |
i would look at the old avatar and say "he seems like a nice guy, but a little nerdy"
now i look at your avatar and say "hubba hubba" |
ffof
Citizen
Username: Ffof
Post Number: 4284
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 3, 2006 - 12:33 pm: | |
Ceidefelds- "like Wyoming". Saturday is not that great - especially if the holiday is that day. But whatever - we just take all the extra (wrappings, boxes etc) out to the curb and they take it. ANd Saturday means that the truck beeping and grinding comes up the street at 6;15am just when you thought you'd get an extra hour to sleep in. So.... |
The Libertarian
Citizen
Username: Local_1_crew
Post Number: 1107
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 3, 2006 - 12:37 pm: | |
this thread has changed from garbage pick up to" isnt tom dreamy?".
please stay on topic |
ffof
Citizen
Username: Ffof
Post Number: 4286
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 3, 2006 - 12:59 pm: | |
woops, what is wrong with me? Yes, Tom is dreamy. I drempt that I was being chased by a bearded guy (tom?) on a tricycle. |
Rick B
Citizen
Username: Ruck1977
Post Number: 945
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 4, 2006 - 8:06 am: | |
We have mon/thu pickup and this morning at 6am they were out there picking up our trash. Not sure how you explain a wed pickup?
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The Libertarian
Citizen
Username: Local_1_crew
Post Number: 1131
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 4, 2006 - 8:47 am: | |
i have dropped my concerns over garbage pick up and will now devote my attention to doe-eyed staring at toms avatar pic. |
slipknot (slippy)
Citizen
Username: Zotts
Post Number: 198
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 4, 2006 - 2:43 pm: | |
Well we haven't had pickup this week yet, nor last week, and looking at the calander I'm guessing that MLK day will be no pickup as well, so in a month that is three pickups missed out of 8, and I"m sure I"ll be billed the same.
We have much too much trash anyway. I wish they'd start taking plastic again, that would be a big help. |
The Libertarian
Citizen
Username: Local_1_crew
Post Number: 1152
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 4, 2006 - 3:28 pm: | |
just gaze dreamily at toms avatar pick and all will be well |
C Bataille
Citizen
Username: Nakaille
Post Number: 2364
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 4, 2006 - 7:25 pm: | |
slippy, you can haul the plastic to the Maplewood Recycling Center on Boyden. (At least it's light weight.) It's open on Saturday mornings as well as weekdays until 3, I think. |
slipknot (slippy)
Citizen
Username: Zotts
Post Number: 203
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 4, 2006 - 7:30 pm: | |
Yes I do, but I like to complain about it. |
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