Trash truck driver jailed

[Sam_2.0]

For starting work too early in the morning.

www.wsbtv.com/news/news/national/sanitation-worker-sent-jail-picking-too-early/nkNYR/

Are you kidding me? Jail?

**updated with a better link**

[Chocolate Lover]

Wow, that's just stupid. 

[zibazinski]

Although doing this noisy activity at 5 am is just nuts as well as rude, this seems to be overkill. Go and sin no more seems a better response.

[zibazinski]

It's jail and weekends only.

[zibazinski]

I'm sorry but fine the bejabbers out of the company that hired this guy and stop punishing the guy. Was it right for him to make noise at 5am? Certainly not, but this is overkill to me.

[Opti]

I'm wondering if my town has an ordinance.

The garbage folks consistently arrive between 5:30 and 6AM, unless there

is a storm. Then they've been here as early as 4ish AM.

[Sam_2.0]

If they don't start work early enough, then they are still picking up trash at 5pm when people get home from work, and then call the company pissed that their trash is still sitting out. I feel bad for our neighborhood collectors (part of HOA agreement). There were a few weeks where everyone was complaining about late trash pickups or missed pickups. So now they start on our street bright & early at 7am. We must have one of those ordinances too, because they start at 7am on the dot.

[NoNamePerson]

Gargage truck rolls by my place at 6am like clockwork. I am assuming that they have to start earlier unless my street is the very first one they hit.

I wonder if the folks that don't want to hear noise before 7 am are the same ones who bitch and moan if their trash is picked up 1 minute after 7 pm.

Oh and I really don't notice my garbage truck being "loud" The only reason I know the time is I am up and usually online and see him drive up from my window.

I know trucks picking up dumpsters can be rather loud with all the clanging and such so maybe it is a dumpster in the above case.  

Is this a 1st world problem

[MarleyKeezy78]

Our trash is picked up between 6amish to 8amish. I don't care if they come at 5am, as long as the trash is picked up, who cares. How about jail time for the idiots who misused 911   Call the company for crying out loud!

[NoNamePerson]

Mar 9, 2015 16:53:22 GMT -5 MarleyKeezy78 said:

Our trash is picked up between 6amish to 8amish. I don't care if they come at 5am, as long as the trash is picked up, who cares. How about jail time for the idiots who misused 911   Call the company for crying out loud!

Holy crap, speed reading caused me to miss them calling 911. I agree!!

[MarleyKeezy78]

I find it hard to believe that they would jail someone for trying to get their work done, if it's an on going issue, fine the company! And that judge needs to be removed from the bench for making such a assinine call like that, we live in the U.S., not some ass backwards country where you can be jailed for petty shit   

[NoNamePerson]

Mar 9, 2015 17:24:46 GMT -5 MarleyKeezy78 said:

I find it hard to believe that they would jail someone for trying to get their work done, if it's an on going issue, fine the company! And that judge needs to be removed from the bench for making such a assinine call like that, we live in the U.S., not some ass backwards country where you can be jailed for petty shit   

Apparently we do    

[MarleyKeezy78]

Mar 9, 2015 17:30:15 GMT -5 NoNamePerson said:

Mar 9, 2015 17:24:46 GMT -5 MarleyKeezy78 said:

I find it hard to believe that they would jail someone for trying to get their work done, if it's an on going issue, fine the company! And that judge needs to be removed from the bench for making such a assinine call like that, we live in the U.S., not some ass backwards country where you can be jailed for petty shit   

Apparently we do    

You're right NoNamePerson, and I am constantly appalled at the stupidity in this country.  We have people making laws and prosecuting when they have no common sense anymore, makes me sad   I wish we could take all the bright, wonderful people from this board and replace this crazy ass government, I think we could make substantial headway to make this country right and whole again. 

ETA: I get to be an Ambassador when we make the transition  

[billisonboard]

The article says that fines have been used in the past and they didn't stop the early pick-ups from happening.

You could jail the owner but I am sure that in this case the owner is only a stack of incorporation papers.  Not to be confused with case when the owner is a human being demanding their religious freedom.

[alabamagal]

Sandy springs is a very upscale neighborhood. It is sad that all those people in their big houses are complaining about the trash pickup. Maybe they forgot to put trash out the night before and were upset.

At my GA house we had a couple of trash pickups late evening. We had an alley that was rarely used and we heard the noises at night but a quick look confirmed it was trash pickup. No 911 calls needed.

Maybe he is so early because he has to work 2 jobs.

Last week I went out at 6:45 to add some stuff to the recycle bin and it was empty already. Certainly not going to complain about it.

[Abby Normal]

What a crock. I hope Sandy Springs enjoys their garbage piling up when people refuse to work for the sanitation companies for fear of being placed in jail.

And really- is it that horrible to actually have them drive through at 5 am.  Hell, my neighbors are way noisier than the garbage truck.

[billisonboard]

Collection times. Save and except as provided in this section, collection shall not start before 7:00 a.m. nor continue after 7:00 p.m. at any location. Operations may only be conducted Monday through Saturday. www.municode.com/library/ga/sandy_springs/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=SPAGEOR_CH46SOWA

How dare the citizens of Sandy Springs decide to pass a local ordinance limiting the hours for trash collection. And making it even worse, they dare to work to enforce that ordinance.

[resolution]

They suspended his sentence because it was getting too much publicity. www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/city-suspends-jail-sentence-sanitation-worker-who-/nkRk5/

[midjd]

Mar 9, 2015 17:24:46 GMT -5 MarleyKeezy78 said:

I find it hard to believe that they would jail someone for trying to get their work done, if it's an on going issue, fine the company! And that judge needs to be removed from the bench for making such a assinine call like that, we live in the U.S., not some ass backwards country where you can be jailed for petty shit   

The judge was enforcing the ordinance as written. If a law is bad, it's up to the city council/legislature/whomever to amend or repeal it, not the judge.

[MarleyKeezy78]

Then impose fines on the company that will make an impact, don't jail the worker for doing his job. Someone has to own the company, jail them, they will get the hint. The company is at fault then for letting the worker take the truck that early anyway. 

[zibazinski]

Yeah, well we don't jail employers who hire illegals so why would we jail an employer that lets the trash be picked up early. Interesting, aren't most cans rubber? Mine is and has been wherever I've lived for decades. How much noise can there be? The truck isn't coming across their lawn but is in the street, right?

[NoNamePerson]

I thought missusing 911 was against the law? Maybe not since not up on 911 law. Hopefully their neighbor isn't laying on floor having a heart attack trying to reach 911 is being called to report "trash pickup is making to much noise".

I can hear it now "well he died in peace and quiet" 

[billisonboard]

Fletch by McDonald

He finds a body. Calls the police business line. Told he called the wrong number. Responds, "Isn't a dead body police business?" Told to call the emergency line. He tells them, "The person is dead. There is no emergency."

[HoneyBBQ]

I think jail time is a bit of overkill, but it seems like nothing else was working including warnings and fines. The employee WAS the one breaking the law. I'm fine with it. 5AM is WAY too early to be banging around waking up everyone. 6:55 AM would be fine and then jail time would be ridiculous. This is 2 hours too early. No. Just no. 

[Peace77]

Mar 11, 2015 10:19:44 GMT -5 @tbird said:

Mar 10, 2015 7:45:11 GMT -5 NoNamePerson said:

I thought missusing 911 was against the law? Maybe not since not up on 911 law. Hopefully their neighbor isn't laying on floor having a heart attack trying to reach 911 is being called to report "trash pickup is making to much noise".

I can hear it now "well he died in peace and quiet" 

I think it depends on the area. I've gone out of my way to try and call other numbers with some issues. They tell me to hang up and call 911.

In some areas, there is no other way to get a police response.

[NoNamePerson]

Ok, I guess I get it. People call 911 to get the police to come out to arrest a trash pickup driver for being on the job to early? I guess that could count as a real emergency.   

[Peace77]

Disturbing the peace and violating noise ordinances is against the law.