05-03-2007, 02:18 PM
It would be nice to tip them but do it after you're finished cleaning out.
My girlfriend lives in a fancier part of brooklyn and i helped her clear out a hideous loft from her apartment. We cut it into piles that were very neat and well within the rules of city trash pickup. The garbage men walked right past it on several pickups. Essentially, they were refusing to do their job. Why? In that neighborhood they get tipped every time someone throws out something slightly above the ordinary. Its a problem. Somehow her landlord took care of it but had it been up to me, I would have stood in front of the truck until they did their job.
My girlfriend lives in a fancier part of brooklyn and i helped her clear out a hideous loft from her apartment. We cut it into piles that were very neat and well within the rules of city trash pickup. The garbage men walked right past it on several pickups. Essentially, they were refusing to do their job. Why? In that neighborhood they get tipped every time someone throws out something slightly above the ordinary. Its a problem. Somehow her landlord took care of it but had it been up to me, I would have stood in front of the truck until they did their job.