Waste Management just raised my quarterly bill from $42 to $45

[WeDidIt]

And watching the Undercover Boss show has made me feel tons better about that little increase of $12/year.

[cbdo2007]

1. Wonder if their stock will go up tomorrow...

[jaysunb]

8. I hope so...

:)

[Warpy]

2. There are price increases I don't mind one little bit

and water/garbage/sewer charges top the list. I know what it's like to haul your garbage and recycling to the town dump once a week and how miserable it is if you're sick and have to haul a couple of week's worth in the summer.

I also remember my grandmother burning the garbage in a pit in back of the house because the "ash men" would pick up only every 3 months.

I'll pay those guys well. They do a rotten job and improve my quality of life immeasurably.

[NYC_SKP]

3. Well you could just not use the service, take care of your own trash.

Unless you're situation is like mine.

As a homeowner, I am obliged by law to pay for services.

Even if, like Ed Begley Jr., I only produced a bag or two of trash per year (because of recycling, etc.), I would have to pay for service.

:mad:

[dsc]

10. I had to pay $20 a month for trash pick up when I lived in an apartment complex

which paid a private firm to empty the dumpster. So the city collected literally a couple thousand a month from my complex and did nothing whatsoever to earn that money. It was outrageous. Plus my electric bill, also a city utility, was about $600 a month at the end. I was very glad to move out.

[Lisa0825]

4. That was a good show!

I hope they really took those lessons to heart!

[LiberalFighter]

5. IMO the show is a farce.

Were the cameras all hidden?

If they were out in the open were the employees that stupid?

None of the employees know who is there boss?

[MadBadger]

6. The one guy showed up to to corporate in his Waste Management wear?

gimme a break.

[tammywammy]

7. If the CEO or COO showed up to my office I wouldn't know it

Well, I've seen pictures of the CEO, so maybe I could pick him out. Hell, I wouldn't even recognize the President of the company (there are multiple locations, each location has it's own President/VPs, and then there's higher ups above them). I only know 2 of the VPs here, because I've been to meetings with them, but I wouldn't know the other VPs.

[grasswire]

9. they said the company was filming a segment on first days...

...on the job. It worked.

[MindPilot]

11. Ain't much better than watching an executive clean porta-potties.

I give that show a solid A. It made me cry.