@dartigen @futurebird @ehproque
Now that you mention it our guys probably ride inside the trucks now, too. I mostly see them walking behind the truck through the neighborhood. It's been years since I remember seeing someone on the back of a garbage truck on a major street.

@Illuminatus @baishen @futurebird
I felt at the time that it was the jobs that were noticed more than the people. The people were scared and forced in to work, died at greater rates and aren't treated any better today than they were in 2019.

@futurebird @billiglarper
They're thinking of people as overhead rather than coworkers. Like rent or office supplies.

@futurebird @ehproque
We have some trucks that have one guy driving with a robotic arm to pickup the trash. They're cool but not faster than the trucks with two guys on the back grabbing bins from both sides of the street at once. I expect their maintenance and down time is more, though. It's possible we have fewer people here interested in the work and more distance to cover so maybe it's worth it. And our streets are way less crowded so one truck looping around multiple times is less ...

@futurebird @ehproque
...disruptive. But I like seeing all the guys on the trucks. I'd rather pay them than my health insurance CEO.