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Funny you should mention him! There's a story about him (another story) but not sure if I should put it here. Ah, what the heck, I'm allowed to hijack my own thread aren't I? A few weeks ago I put my trash out as normal on Wednesday. In fact, it was the week of the 4th, because he didn't pick it up, but I assumed it must be because of the holiday so I thought nothing of it. Dragged it all back up the hill until the next week so raccoons wouldn't get it. Next week came, brought it all back down plus new trash from the second week. Wednesday came and left again and no trash guy. So Thursday I call him to see what's up. He answers, realizes it's me, and is very hesitant. He says in a mopy voice, "Oh, I guess you didn't get the card I left in your door, the wind must have blown it away". Makes me think of the classic criminal denial before an accusation, because I hadn't even said anything yet. And I know darn well he did not leave a card in my door. He's left bills loosely tucked in my door for a year and they've never blown away, but miraculously this card supposedly did. So anyway, I say, "So what's going on?" Now I can't tell this verbatim, but he carries on and on with this strange and vague story about how he was "ordered to cease and desist", and then something about fines, and legal trouble, and some guy he hired who "screwed him over" and now he will no longer be doing the trash. He could have just been making up some tall tale, or maybe he really did get into some sort of trouble, which wouldn't surprise me. If you remember, I said I got a bad vibe from him a long time ago. He did recently hire a helper, so if I were to guess, I'd say he was doing SOMETHING illegal, possibly dumping trash somewhere, improperly disposing of it, or something like that, then probably had a falling out with this guy and the guy probably ratted him out. So all I know is no more trash pickup. And the worst part is, I had already paid for the month of pickup. He outright said I wouldn't be getting it back "any time soon" (aka never) because now he's out of work and has fines to pay, blah blah. So that P'd me off.
My biggest worry was wondering who the heck would pick up my trash now, because if you recall, the only reason I dealt with this idiot is because no one else would come out this far. But he gave me the name of a company that he said now does this area, as of very recently. I actually didn't believe it, because I had called EVERYONE back when I hired him, but I called anyway. Turns out it's a REAL company, not a guy from downtown in a pickup truck, but an actual large company, who confirmed that they did in fact recently add our area. And they give you bins, they recycle and all that good stuff. Turns out it's 6 bucks less a month than I was paying Idiot too. So it all worked out in the end, thankfully. I've been searching the arrest logs and stuff trying to figure out what Trash Guy did, but haven't been able to find out. Anyway, good riddance. And don't anyone bother to tell me to sue this guy for the month I paid, I guarantee it's a waste of time. It would cost me more money and effort trying to chase him down than it's worth. I figure in a few months, with the money I'm saving with this new company, I'll make back what he owes me, so I'll end up ahead in the end.
So there's your Trash Guy Update!
(Mailbox update to follow.........)
My biggest worry was wondering who the heck would pick up my trash now, because if you recall, the only reason I dealt with this idiot is because no one else would come out this far. But he gave me the name of a company that he said now does this area, as of very recently. I actually didn't believe it, because I had called EVERYONE back when I hired him, but I called anyway. Turns out it's a REAL company, not a guy from downtown in a pickup truck, but an actual large company, who confirmed that they did in fact recently add our area. And they give you bins, they recycle and all that good stuff. Turns out it's 6 bucks less a month than I was paying Idiot too. So it all worked out in the end, thankfully. I've been searching the arrest logs and stuff trying to figure out what Trash Guy did, but haven't been able to find out. Anyway, good riddance. And don't anyone bother to tell me to sue this guy for the month I paid, I guarantee it's a waste of time. It would cost me more money and effort trying to chase him down than it's worth. I figure in a few months, with the money I'm saving with this new company, I'll make back what he owes me, so I'll end up ahead in the end.
So there's your Trash Guy Update!
(Mailbox update to follow.........)
