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In the Dumps
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There are two sections in Winnipeg, the nice clean part, and the not so clean part. The clean part enjoys a regular type of garbage pickup, as done with a truck equipped with a driver and two men. The not so clean part uses the Autobin trash pickup system. An Autobin truck only has the driver, and a mechanical arm to pick up the Autobin trash bin.
This is supposed to save on salaries, but the problem is there are not enough pickups.
The Autobins overflow, and when they do, the Autobin driver does not pick up the extra trash.
Each Autobin trash bin services several homes. So they stick these in the back lanes. Which means that some poor
resident will get the smelly, messy thing in their back yard. And by the way, if they put an Autobin right next to your
garage, don't keep anything of value in there, since the garage will probably burn down when the Autobin is lit up.
By the way, the two images in the comic come from the City of Winnipeg official web site. I don't think they
had any problems finding examples of scary Autobins.
