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orangecrush

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16. It's an insult

Reply to Farmer-Rick (Reply #9)

Thu Oct 31, 2024, 08:57 AM

Oct 2024

To real workers.

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Former garbage man here [View all] orangecrush Oct 2024 OP

Honestly, anyone almost 80 years old can't do it. trump is just reminding us of that fact. mucifer Oct 2024 #1

He could barely climb into the truck! Wednesdays Oct 2024 #6

Most people his age would probably need a step stool to get in or they would struggle like he did IMO mucifer Oct 2024 #7

He made a big deal about it during his speech Wednesdays Oct 2024 #17

It wasn't fun for me orangecrush Oct 2024 #8

Yeah Farmer-Rick Oct 2024 #9

It's an insult orangecrush Oct 2024 #16

And that's the real take-away from his pathetic stunt! llmart Oct 2024 #19

And to drunks. nt eppur_se_muova Nov 2024 #67

Yeah ailsagirl Oct 2024 #58

Among all the negative things TFG is, a fraud and a weirdo are things to add to the list. efhmc Oct 2024 #2

Voting in person orangecrush Oct 2024 #4

He belongs IN the garbage truck with the rest of the rotting garbage Wicked Blue Oct 2024 #3

I've seen bags full of shitted Pampers orangecrush Oct 2024 #5

have you smelled him? Groundhawg Oct 2024 #46

I'm going orangecrush Oct 2024 #47

Good one 3auld6phart Oct 2024 #63

I've long said that we owe our society to the people that collect the garbage. Gore1FL Oct 2024 #10

Sanitation workers orangecrush Oct 2024 #13

Oh yes. llmart Oct 2024 #22

I rode the trucks orangecrush Oct 2024 #39

I agree! They deserve Blue_Roses Nov 2024 #70

So, is it normal to wear a tie??? Farmer-Rick Oct 2024 #11

... orangecrush Oct 2024 #14

It's also not normal to give a rally speech wearing a sanitation worker's safety vest Ocelot II Oct 2024 #27

A real shame that tie didn't get caught in the hopper. Now THAT would have been a photo-op !! nt eppur_se_muova Nov 2024 #68

Basurero Kid Berwyn Oct 2024 #12

I will be taking trash out again orangecrush Oct 2024 #15

My parents told us the same thing! Blue_Roses Nov 2024 #71

Thank you for bringing it home for most of us FakeNoose Oct 2024 #18

Garbage collectors and sanitation workers are THE HEROES of civilization! raging moderate Oct 2024 #20

It is a side of life orangecrush Oct 2024 #26

I always tip them nicely orangecrush Oct 2024 #25

OK that begs a question FakeNoose Oct 2024 #31

On our route orangecrush Oct 2024 #35

May your username, orangecrush, be accurate! Bumbles Oct 2024 #21

His brain orangecrush Oct 2024 #23

And composted. Though I wouldn't use it in my gardens. Too toxic. Bumbles Oct 2024 #49

MY dad worked for the NYC dept of sanitation for 27 years. Javaman Oct 2024 #24

Had my share of stories orangecrush Oct 2024 #29

Great OP right here. Thank you. K&R. LuckyCharms Oct 2024 #28

Most welcome orangecrush Oct 2024 #30

Thank you, and every single person who does, or has done, that incredibly niyad Oct 2024 #32

Thanks, and you can imagine orangecrush Oct 2024 #38

I wish I could rec twice Emrys Oct 2024 #33

That song orangecrush Oct 2024 #36

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.....I live by that that motto Clouds Passing Oct 2024 #34

Respect is the greatest form of sincere thanks orangecrush Oct 2024 #37

If I have more than usual out I tip. Arne Oct 2024 #40

Agree orangecrush Oct 2024 #43

The irony here is. . . DinahMoeHum Oct 2024 #41

Different companies orangecrush Oct 2024 #44

... Kali Oct 2024 #42

Always orangecrush Oct 2024 #45

LOL Kali Oct 2024 #51

you would have liked me, orangecrush NJCher Oct 2024 #48

A perfect customer orangecrush Oct 2024 #50

I used to watch garbage collectors wryter2000 Oct 2024 #52

Not here orangecrush Oct 2024 #53

thank you for your service! LymphocyteLover Oct 2024 #59

thank you for your service! LymphocyteLover Oct 2024 #60

thank you for your service! LymphocyteLover Oct 2024 #61

thank you for your service! LymphocyteLover Oct 2024 #62

This message was self-deleted by its author orangecrush Oct 2024 #54

It's a hard job alright, but certainly one of THE ABSOLUTE MOST ESSENTIAL jobs there is. calimary Oct 2024 #64

Trump climbed into the wrong end of that garbage truck. tclambert Oct 2024 #65

Got that right orangecrush Nov 2024 #73

We were down in Kentucky at a landfill askyagerz Nov 2024 #66

Unforgettable orangecrush Nov 2024 #75

great respect for the garbage collectors Skittles Nov 2024 #69

Agree completely orangecrush Nov 2024 #76

Around Here, It's Different Than It Used To Be ProfessorGAC Nov 2024 #72

If one wants to understand the future of humanity, including opportunity... NNadir Nov 2024 #74

It is another aspect of our ongoing ecological crisis that is underreported jfz9580m Nov 2024 #77

Thanks orangecrush Nov 2024 #78