Californian janitor publicly disses his boss because he knows California will take care of losers like him!

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The labor union AFSCME is out with a new video featuring Richard Hayes, the man who picks up Mitt Romney's trash at his ocean-front mansion in La Jolla, Calif.

My name is Richard Hayes, and I pick up Mitt Romney's trash. We're kind of like the invisible people. He doesn't realize that the service we provide -- if it wasn't for us, it would be a big health issue, us not picking up trash.

Residents do come out and shake our hands. Sometimes they give us hugs and thank us for the job we're doing, hand us water and Gatorades. Tell us we're doing a good job and keep up the good work. Picking up 15, 16 tons by hand, that takes a toll on your body. When I'm 55, 60 years old, I know my body's gonna be break down [sic]. Mitt Romney doesn't care about that.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/01/mitt-romneys-garbage-man-47-percent_n_1928813.html

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

[Penny Lane 8,159]

I am enjoying these.

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What Mitt would tell Mr. Hayes is that if he wants a better lot in life, he needs to find a different line of work. See, we don't actually have a classless society. We place a higher value on those who jobs create capital. If you're a janitor, a teacher, or garbage man, you aren't tapping into the entrepreneurial spirit of America. A spirit that sees and seizes upon a profit potential in everything, because without capital, what is left to live for?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

What Mitt would tell Mr. Hayes is that if he wants a better lot in life, he needs to find a different line of work.

Wrong. Mitt would tell him to go borrow some money from his parents and start his own waste removal business.

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

Residents do come out and shake our hands. Sometimes they give us hugs and thank us for the job we're doing, hand us water and Gatorades. Tell us we're doing a good job and keep up the good work.

Picking up 15, 16 tons by hand, that takes a toll on your body.

When I'm 55, 60 years old, I know my body's gonna be break down [sic]. Mitt Romney doesn't care about that.

I live in the middle of nowhere and even here we have automated robots on the trucks that pick up the garbage - I've never seen the garbage man get out of the truck... Have they really not implemented that in California?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I live in the middle of nowhere and even here we have automated robots on the trucks that pick up the garbage - I've never seen the garbage man get out of the truck... Have they really not implemented that in California?

They get out of the truck here and lift the garbage into the truck by hand. I've seen the trucks that pick the garbage up all on their own, where the only human is the driver. That's standard back in Germany but I've never seen this in any place I've lived in the US.

[Marilyn. 340]

ever since I moved to California 7 years ago, I have only seen the automated garbage trucks...

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

ever since I moved to California 7 years ago, I have only seen the automated garbage trucks...

Sounds commie style European to me. Here in God's country, picking up garbage is still a man's job.

[Ban Hammer 12,836]

I live in the middle of nowhere and even here we have automated robots on the trucks that pick up the garbage - I've never seen the garbage man get out of the truck... Have they really not implemented that in California?

maybe you don't have unions there?

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Hey, why so many threads about California today? Did someone get stuck on the 405 this weekend and miss their flight home??

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Hey, why so many threads about California today? Did someone get stuck on the 405 this weekend and miss their flight home??

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I live in the middle of nowhere and even here we have automated robots on the trucks that pick up the garbage - I've never seen the garbage man get out of the truck... Have they really not implemented that in California?

It's a union thing -- more jobs, more money, less gets done.

I live in California, and it is all automated where I live. One man who doesn't speak English sits in the truck. It reads the bar code, and only charges you for the container and size it picks up.

ETA: Janitors don't drive garbage trucks. Janitors empty trash cans, scrub toilets, and mop floors.

Edited October 2, 2012 by The Patriot

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

Ah! Yeah the Union thing makes sense, we are a "right to work" state. I was thinking it also may have something to do with letting all the previously purchased trucks run until they had fully depreciated and the new lifts were cheaper. I do miss the "good old" days a few years ago where I could throw out sofas and BBQs and the like..

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I live in the middle of nowhere and even here we have automated robots on the trucks that pick up the garbage - I've never seen the garbage man get out of the truck... Have they really not implemented that in California?

Now it all makes perfect sense

Hey, why so many threads about California today? Did someone get stuck on the 405 this weekend and miss their flight home??

They just be hating cause they know the west coast is the best host