Dear Three Guys:
I’m sure that you, like me, love the playground that is LBJ. What’s not to love? People who don’t know how to merge, people who don’t know how to exit, people who find DART’s insistence that only carpoolers use the HOV lane a mere suggestion – all of these antics just make for the kind of trip home that every commuter loves.
That being said, I find it curious that, when you discovered you were going too fast for the traffic in the far right lane this evening, you decided to tailgate me and then honk several times in succession. Never you mind that there were five cars in front of me, and I couldn’t go anywhere. That sudden surge of adrenalin from thinking, “Dear, sweet, merciful Jesus, this is how I’m gonna go out – sandwiched between a City of Dallas trash truck and a Ford Explorer,” was clearly something I needed.
But when I pointed at the cars in front of me, as if to say, “Darlings, I can’t possibly go faster without a DeLorean. Perhaps we can simmer down?” your bright idea to whip across four lanes of traffic, and then slow down to make sure I could see you, so that all three of you could flip me off?
That was awesome. But you probably shouldn’t flip off your boss.
Yours in Christ,
B
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From a Queens, NY jail, Steven Slater just gave you a high-five and an air-kiss.
further proof that the garbage men don’t need a higher wage, and that the city garbage service should be privatized
“Yours in Christ”
Love it
Note to Mary Suhm — I think the three workers in question are prime candidates for inclusion on the list for budget cuts, don’t you?
And why not publish this open letter in the DMN while you’re at it, Bethany?
If it makes you feel better, their ride is a garbage truck.
WWJD?
Well, well. After all the money spent on GPS, let’s see if ole Mary Nix can figure out who these clowns are without using one of her overpaid temporary employees to figure it out for her. I’m sure she is working on a spin because she’s also getting ready to slap you with a sanitation rate increase. Sorry to hear it happened to you, Bethany, but it was only a matter of time this type of behavior was exposed. Hopefully, you got the truck number and can report to somoneone other than Nix for investigation. Right after the investigation of the nut at the animal shelter.
You pay peanuts then chances are your choices are limited to squirrels or elephants.
…then you drove over to Preston Hollow and crashed your garbage truck into the mayors house, ran into his kitchen and stole a bunch of beers, then you went home and made sweet, sweet love to your boyfriend while waiting for the Feds…the aristocrats!
PeterK –
I love your idea. Unfortunately, privatization will not happen anytime soon because city jobs, and distribution thereof, are spoils for certain districts in our banana republic city. The only way that would change is if politicians from these districts would gets some sugar from sole source contracting like the Love Field vendor situation.
These guys went to a lot of effort to position themselves so they could deliver their unified message.
This generally indicates the presence of ditz.
Truth in Christ,
etb
What an interesting story!
You have to cut them a little slack. I mean, look what they do for a living every day. I bet in this heat, if your not going at a good rate of speed, that smell waffs back into the cab of the truck and causing the driver to be a little irratable.
I’ll bet you did something wrong without knowing it. I mean, a girl driving a car? The punchlines make themselves…
Jesus built their sanitation services vehicle.
I mean, he used a sub for the hydraulics, but still.
Tell it again.
Brad:
I’m an excellent driver. Uh oh, fifteen minutes to Wapner. Of course I don’t have my underwear. I’m definitely not wearing my underwear
If you dont report them you are guilty, too
Good to write about it but you MUST CALL THE CITY AND THEN FOLLOW IT UP
otherwise the “employees” keep telling the boss’ what to do
Actually, I did both.
Bethany — what’s a city director gotta do to get your help to follow up? We really ARE here to serve — but it takes two … I sent you an email on Aug 11 – as soon as I read your post …asked for a couple specifics so we could find the crew who did this. But so far … you’ve been silent. What’s up with that?
Nearly ALL of our crews are sweet, hard-working guys (and gals) .. and one knuckle-headed thing like this hurts everyone’s rep. Give us a chance to swat these guys for misbehavior … we need the time and direction, and we can do the rest.
Check your email, girl !
THANKS, Bethany .. for the email this morning. I realize now that you’d tried to reach me via iPhone, and the message did not get through. But, thanks to your follow-up, we’re able to identify our guys who behaved less-than-honorably on LBJ … we’ll offer them a lesson in garbage diplomacy.
Don’t you wish you could get that kind of response for everyone that misbehaves on LBJ …?!!
some things to think about…
1) city of Dallas pays their sanitation workers minimum wage
1.5) the city doesn’t allow overtime so if you go over your hours you are penalized (both monetarily and reprimand)
2) Dallasites are getting a reduction in their residential sanitation fees
3)have you priced a trash truck lately? $150K minimum
Are you kidding me?
So while everyone involved was in traffic you wave your hand in front of the window, do you not think they thought you flipped them off?
It is good to know the city who is cutting my firefighter husbands pay is working so diligently to punish these guys.