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Have you wondered why the garbage trucks come so earlier in the morning? Well so did Keri Stark and 27 other neighbors. So Keri posted this question on our Facebook page and the ensuing conversation took place. Many comments were sarcastic, some funny, and others informative. It takes all kinds to make South City – South City!
Keri Stark asks:
Why do the South San Francisco Scavenger Co. & Blue Line Transfer Inc. garbage trucks have to come in the mornings while we are all trying to get our last few moments of sleep?????? Why do they start with the recycling and dump bottles and cans into empty trucks creating more noise than a f**king marching band? Why can’t they come in the daytime while most people are at work. Why must they jam up our neighborhood streets while we are all trying to get to work. SERIOUSLY..WHY? 27 additional folks agreed with her question.
Joey Bernal Because it’s the hours of operation they have dead lines to meet with transferring the garbage to other dump sites!!
Brandi Magner Very good question
Louie Zamboni Why do people complain about stupid shit? wear ear plugs and get over it
Rebeccamarie MignoneSalaiz I bet they wish they did not have to be up that hour doing it, but since they need the job work the hours they are given…
Erin Kelly I complain about this all the time. They come to my neighborhood about 5:15 am on Mondays. They have ruined every Monday holiday ever.
Mara Martinez I wouldn’t want my trash festering all morning stinking up the block and attracting all kinds of animals. I say move to the country and compost your trash of you don’t like it
Susan Gonzales Where I live they pick up the same time school is getting out parents vs trucks not pretty
Jonna Perez Murray Same reason why you work the hours you work!
Osvaldo Goalie Hernandez Well for who ever is complaining like a bitch ! Do our job !! Rather than complain !!!
Genevieve Trombley Quit complaining. Where I’m at they roll through every. Single. Day.
Leslie Lynch My husband and I work graveyard… I could care less when they come … As they come!!!
Fernando Solis Why is it so cold?
Why is it so warm?
Why are movies so loud?
Why did I waste my time on this post?????????
Ben Cheah I’m going to try saying something productive…could it be because they have to service businesses later in the day? Just a guess, only thing I could think of
Christina Teani You know what I’ve always wondered?… Why do they have compartments in the recycling bin to make you separate the paper from the plastic/cans/ bottles…. yet they throw it all together in one pile in the truck… what’s the point of the compartments??? I don’t mind sorting, it’s just I dont understand the logic…
Juako TuPapi Navarro Go to sleep earlier so your awake when they come by, maybe you can have Tea and Crumpets with your pinky in the air..
Cesar Custodio Jr They have been doing that for the past 50 plus years or so…… They are not going to change that pattern…….we have to appreciate the work they do because you would be the first one to bitch if your trash didn’t get picked up
Keri Stark Hmmm why do people answer posts just to be sarcastic?..nothing better to do? Anyway..the cans go out at night Mara Martinez..and that’s when most animals roam around scavenging…and my trash is already a week old..i don’t think it will suddenly start “festering” in the few extra hours if they came later. Also to the other replies…maybe they could start with the businesses first? Those of u tho who say “just deal with it” maybe u haven’t experienced living with a newborn. I also feel bad for the garbage workers who have to get up so early..not blaming them…just asking why and venting….thanks all!
Laurie Ratliff Guess it depend on their route, these days ours gets picked up around 10am.
Dan Anchick Get out a calculator and add how many trucks + how many houses + how many businesses + how many garbage men/women + break time + lunch time, cars in the way, stop signs. Lots of reasons to start early. Dudes get off at 2. Contract negotiations.
It’s cheaper than bringing it to the dump yourself.
Keri Stark yeah, i guess if you look at the big picture…so then maybe they can rotate the routes every few years, cuz for 12 years they’ve been waking me up ..
Megan Aymami-Guardado If it’s that annoying, wear some EAR PLUGS ONCE a week so your beauty rest doesn’t get disturbed while these guys bust their ass picking up your TRASH! Talk about complaining! Then these guys should complain about their lack of days off, the fact they have to go to sleep at an ungodly hour while you are probably eating dinner they have to cut family time short to go to sleep and wake up and do their job! This world and these business do not run around your schedule and sleep! Who do you think you are? There are bigger things in life than to complain about a service that is a convenience for you! Sorry they are not here to satisfy you besides doing their job the way it’s been done for YEAR’S, there is a reason why it hasn’t changed…. DO YOU WANT YOUR TRASH PICKED UP????? Then don’t complain about it and appreciate it! These guys get NO DAYS OFF besides weekends, Christmas Day and New Years Day! Sure you enjoy your normal holidays and days off that are given too you (that’s if you work)! You really have nothing better to do than to complain on Facebook about the garbage company doing their job FOR YOU! Few moments of sleep LMAO Glad to see all the supportive comments for these guys…Consider them your ONCE a week alarm clock and get up and do something constructive for yourself and be happy!
Brad Rosinski next thing you know ppl will complain about the airplanes over at SFO
Keri Stark i hate those f**kers too! noise pollution and poisonous fumes.
Brad Rosinski but you are choosing to live in a city next to an airport.
Ben Cheah Yeah I hate people who complain about stuff like that. I’m pretty sure the airport was here first, and they did not hide it while you were house shopping. But, it’s the same story everywhere…same with refineries in the East Bay, same with housing around most military bases. People always complain
Dan Anchick Lol
Debi Hdz’Horny Ppl Never would have made it back when they didn’t have the automation! The guys used to come between 4am-6am… Personally I liked it better, earlier. Now they come later, except the green trucks. Dan is right on!
Alan Lopez Dear Keri stark
I am sorry for the trouble but I can assure you if u follow these steps I’m sure the blue line trucks won’t be a bother
STEP ONE : purchase double pane windows
STEP TWO : purchase some sleeping pills
STEP THREE: if recycling cans and bottles are such a bother to you simply move to the wilderness but I’m guessing even nature will bother you as well so there really is no point in that
STEP FOUR: repeat step two on a daily basis
Alternative step two
Work w different schedule I’m pretty sure your not the only one who needs sleep here in south city
Step five just no
Step six please stop
Step seven sleep early and get up early to avoid the hassle. Or just buy freaking double pane windows
Keri Stark got double panes but will look further into alternative to #2
Christopher Pearce Just be happy u don’t have to take it to the dumps how late do people stay in bed I’m up 445-515 am every day hangover tired whatever lazy ass people the guys get up at like 2am to start
Keri Stark yeah, that’s true, going to the dumps is gross!
Mara Martinez Just another excuse to nag… It’s not like your the only one in the country with a baby… Its called suburban/urban life. Like I said move to the country. Why complain about something that’s been occurring for ages? I’ve lived across from Caltrain and it’s not cute hearing it at 4 or 5 am but that’s the choice I made to live there at the time. So why should I Complain why the train starts so early? Why do bakers bake so early, why do street sweepers starts so early…. All irrelevant questions to something so obvious. Why don’t you ask… Why are people going hungry? Why do people kill others for no reason? Just saying….
Keri Stark well anyway, i woke up cranky yesterday and vented a little. thanks for listening and taking soooo much time to answer!
Tess Brooks First world problems.
Christine Stockbridge Cibrian Ear Plugs, Keri!!! Better question is why do the Seattle Seahawks fan pages keep appearing on my feed? WTF?! Niners forever!!!
Kelly Haynes Those guys work really hard and I don’t envy their jobs. Egads, just thinking of all of the cat poop in my garbage . There’s probably an entire different workload in dumping and processing the garbage, maybe that’s why it is so early.
Erik Alvarez im wondering why Everything South City posts every stupid question people want answered. If you wanna know why the garbage men start early, call the garbage company. I’ll answer the question regardless. They start early because theres less traffic to deal with since most people are asleep. People have asked, “why don’t they start later when people are at work?” Not everyone works 9-5. If they start later, they end later and aren’t able to unload their trucks at the dumps, due to it being closed. Workers at the dumps/recycling yard have certain work hours too.
Everything South City As our name implies… We share EVERYTHING South City. Other neighbors have also asked the same question and there have been informative answers, yours included. Thanks!
Keri Stark erik, i was cranky yesterday, and actually got a lot of perspective on some of my “why’s” it might seems stupid to you, but then no one made you read or reply..but thanks
Kelly Haynes Brad, omg when I was growing up I would have traded 7 days of garbage collection in the early a.m. if the airplanes could have been diverted (btw, tell your dad & aunt hi for me… I’m a Morrison)
Winter Madrid It doesn’t just happen in SSF it happens in Redwood City too and they come at 5,6&7 am it’s really frustrating:/
Erika Guardado-Pearce Lmao u go Megan !!! Tell it girl
Winter Madrid Wow someone needed to vent…. Lol
Jasmin Sutter Megan you said it best! As my husband & his family who work there say all the time “garbage never sleeps” Some even work on weekends, and holidays. Busting their ass to provide for their families to offer a HUGE convenience to the city. The noise that happens once a week for a short amount of time is much better then the alternative of no garbage pick up.
Alan Lopez Or you can take alternative alternative number dos. Purchase a huge Bottle of vodka it’s like odins blessing water of magical wonder lol. Note to self never piss Megan off 0-0. I think everyone here needs a nice cold glass of vodka and a Christmas cookie and relax and enjoy the holidays. =^[ so many angry south city folks lol
Mike Featherstone I think it is a conspiracy set up with those bastards that are feeding those damn pigeons.And why in the hell didn’t they name the new field at EC …..Bobby Woodchips Field? Why…why….why?
Dan Anchick Oh and don’t separate the recycling. It’s an old idea. If you hadn’t thought about that already.
Kelly Haynes Bobby Woodchips…ha ha ha. An EC alumni too, I see!
Cheryl Herrera Let’s see….if there were no garbage pickup, we would all have to separate and bag our garbage. We would keep it at our home until we could take it to the dumps in our own car……Not me. I’d rather wake up a little early one day a week.
Anita Porpoise It could be worse, the airplanes could pick-up the garbage.
Keri Stark hahahaha
Rob Packenham Many people get annoyed that garbage trucks pick up the trash early in the morning, noisily waking them from their slumber, but these predawn hours are designed to minimize interactions between the trucks and the traveling public, who are..
Rob Packenham http://www.sfexaminer.com/…/garbage-trucks…/Content…
Keri Stark anyway, y’all, thanks again for letting me vent a little…and for the record, it’s not the men working who piss me off, just the schedule.
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