Waste Management has missed garbage pickup for the last two weeks. Spoke to customer support, driver shortages seems to be their favorite answer.

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redcat75 t1_itmz9wc wrote on October 24, 2022 at 8:52 PM

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I am so pissed at these assholes right now. It's been 20 days since they last picked up my trash. They have rescheduled my pickup day 4 times. I keep getting up at 5 to bring my trash to the curb, then they don't show up and I drag it back to the house at the end of the day. My neighbor asked me if I wasn't paying my garbage bill, it's embarrassing!

They will give you credit off your bill if you complain, so that's nice at least.

I suspect with the recent spike in covid and the flu and seasonal colds they really do have a driver shortage. Still, this is totally unacceptable.

I'm switching as soon as I do the research to find a suitable alternative.

pra_com001 OP t1_itn0mrf wrote on October 24, 2022 at 9:01 PM

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Replying to redcat75 (#207,982)

Update us if you find an alternative service provider.

operator_1337 t1_itnkrvn wrote on October 24, 2022 at 11:26 PM

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Replying to redcat75 (#207,982)

I'm confused, I thought you just buy bags? You also have to pay for them to come by?

I have a dumpster so I wouldn't know lol

redcat75 t1_itnlnvr wrote on October 24, 2022 at 11:33 PM

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Replying to operator_1337 (#210,251)

I don't live in Worcester. A lot of the immediately surrounding towns don't have public trash.

operator_1337 t1_itnnvdi wrote on October 24, 2022 at 11:49 PM

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Replying to redcat75 (#210,359)

Oh I knew that. I just thought you were in Worcester, that's why I was confused lol

aKaake t1_itprl6m wrote on October 25, 2022 at 12:39 PM

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Who in Worcester pays for their trash to get picked up? I was only aware of having to pay for the piece of shit city bags.

aKaake t1_itprs36 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 12:41 PM

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Replying to operator_1337 (#210,596)

Why would you post this to the Worcester specific thread?

operator_1337 t1_itpt7u2 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 12:53 PM

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Replying to aKaake (#217,636)

Because it's the Worcester Ma subreddit?

Not the central MA subreddit.

Almost every topic on here is directly related to Worcester.

aKaake t1_itptwqn wrote on October 25, 2022 at 12:58 PM

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Replying to operator_1337 (#217,815)

I commented on the wrong thing. The OP isn't from Worcester, which is why it was nonsense to me. Sorry!

althek1ller t1_itqhjqr wrote on October 25, 2022 at 3:45 PM

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I work for a company sells trash trucks. Not excusing the haulers but CDL driver shortage is no joke. Many companies are looking for smaller non CDL trucks to open up for workforce a bit. Not sure the cause, but it is a legitimate problem in the waste industry right now.

clboisvert14 t1_itr9zva wrote on October 25, 2022 at 6:48 PM

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The good ole we don’t have help because we don’t pay people who work for us enough.

clboisvert14 t1_itra3ix wrote on October 25, 2022 at 6:49 PM

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Replying to aKaake (#217,612)

It comes out of your taxes…

spitfish t1_itrjth4 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 7:51 PM

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They missed our entire street the week of Columbus Day. I reported it to DPW the next morning & it was all gone before lunch.

ganduvo t1_itrlid5 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 8:01 PM

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The absolute best part is that there's nowhere you can take general trash to get rid of. Worcester DPW weighed one of my trash bags once and it was 1 pound overweight, so they slapped a sticker on it and wouldn't take it. When I asked where I could get rid of it they told me I had to split the bag up and wait until next week. It was after Thanksgiving and full of an old turkey carcass, rotting food, and dog shit. Glad I have family in a neighboring town, easier to just bring it there and use their bin.