

“They’re out early in the morning when most folks like myself are sleeping then they’re out during the daytime in your communities or they’ve left home and gone to work,” said Joe Vidovich, head of corporate security for Waste Management. Waste Management and Manatee County, in Florida, even train their trash collectors to spot and report suspicious activity. They’re out on those mean streets every day, after all. A county in Florida thinks their garbage workers would also make good sleuths. In Men at Work, garbage men Charlie Sheen and his real life bro Emilio Estevez (who also wrote and directed the film) uncover an illegal toxic waste dump after finding a body in a can on their route. Apparently he didn’t own any pants without drugs in the pockets.”Ĥ. Some Towns Train Their Garbage Men to Spot Crime When he was arrested he had drugs in his pants. He eventually got dressed and came back out. The best part was the fact that the guy sat out front watching the show in a bathrobe. He threw away some of the ingredients and the pressure when it compacted caused it to explode. Turns out they had been watching the house we were in front of because the guy was cooking meth. Thankfully no one was injured, but I called the fire department and police always come on fire calls too. Brooklyn was very quiet in the car on the way to the daycare, and when her mom asked her if she was ok, she said, “Mommy, I’m so happy.One garbage man recounted an interesting story about just such an explosion on Reddit: “My guys called me frantic one day after an explosion in the hopper of the truck. The man got back into his truck and the mother and daughter went on with their day. I can’t believe that I never got his name, so for now he will continue to be “our favorite awesome smiley garbage man”.
GARBAGE MAN PLUS
This includes all of the DC material including the additional pages plus the sketchbook chapter and the brand new 13-page Garbage Man story.

GARBAGE MAN FULL
He said he doesn’t have any kids of his own, but he mentors several children and just loves them. The Garbage Man Standard Edition is a 9.5 X 12.5 Full Color approximately 170-page hardcover book. He said that he has a meeting every Thursday morning and always tries to get out of there in a hurry so that he can make sure to see us every week. Then… (melt my heart)… he explained that he looks forward to seeing us every Thursday as well. I explained to him that he makes our day every Thursday, and we really appreciate the honking and waving, and how special of a day it is for us. The girl was speechless, her mom said in the Facebook post:īrooklyn was instantly speechless as she handed him the cupcake.
GARBAGE MAN DRIVER
When the garbage truck driver saw them he got out and introduced himself. She waited near the home with her mom to meet him. She made a little gift for him – a cupcake that she wrapped herself. Every time she missed him driving by, her mom would follow the truck in the neighborhood to make sure they exchanged waves.įinally, one Thursday, just on time for her birthday Brooklyn got to meet the man. The driver would honk and wave right back with a big smile. The city put up a post with the mother’s story about the friendship on its official Facebook page and the beautiful smiles of the two are now going viral nationwide.īrooklyn lives in Bloomington, IL and always waved at the garbage man when his truck stopped by the house on Thursdays.

(WFLA) – It is definitely the beginning of a beautiful friendship!Ī little girl and a garbage man shared a moment of kindness that her mother caught on camera.
