G.A.B.B.

He asks a Darn Good Question:

Now, let me get this straight. Weren't we all scolded last year for not putting our new jumbo trash cans out on the devil strip facing the right direction? Didn't city hall warn us within an inch of our recycles that we had to position the Pac-man containers within a certain number of inches from the street? Wasn't it all so the new high-tech trucks could pick up the cans and dump them without city workers having to risk injury lifting them? I thought that the plan also included one-man trucks where the driver used a robotic arm and wouldn't have to even get out of the vehicle. So how come every trash day I see 2-3 guys in the trucks who physically grab my cans (after turning them around first to grab the handle), roll them out into the street, and then physically hook them on the truck? I thought we were going to save on manpower? I thought that the position of my cans was paramount to make trash-a-thon a success? For the love of blue bags I don't understand it.

I've been wondering the same thing. Fortunately Eric is more likely to get his Darn Good Questions answered, so keep an eye out.

By the way, the Time Warner people haven't done anything to make his blog more bloglike, so the link is always the same. If you are reading this many months hence, happy scrolling.

Labels: Akron, City Government