Free Shredding

On other new at least to me. You know how they say u learn something new every day well on Thursday 1/28/10 I got a surprise when I learned the City Solid Waste Dept. was shredding and recycling important tax documents for several CPA's. Needless to say as I stumbled across this info I took a look at what a fellow partner was doing and he told me shredding papers the recycling crew picked up I picked one up and it was a Income tax paper for a forwarding agency, and there were more of different clients. I understand they want to go green and recycle but come on don't u earn enough money to pay for a shredding company. Or maybe he goes by the saying "Why pay for it when the city can do it for free" I wonder what his clients would say if they knew someone else other than their CPA was looking at their finacial situation??? HMMMM......

What-A-Bully

Oh man! what a ride I've seeing those signs that the Shell owner puts man.... I mean I'm neither for or against what he is doing but I've got to give him credit for speaking his mind publicly. Wish I could do that without being an outcast at work. He His employees were witnesses to a bullying brother of Andy Reyes and I know for a fact because one of my relatives was working when the guy stormed in demanding to speak with the owner regarding the postings on the sign outside, that the owner would not see the end of it when they win the race for judge. Man come on You know there was is going to be mud slinging in a political race especially when election time nears. Maybe he doesn't know what his brother was doing but at least try to explain to them what there is going to be in a political race. Like they say in that comercial for Tecate "Pa los que no se Rajan" one day I'll be like this guy not worrying if I have job or not well that will be when I'm my own boss I hope that day is right around the corner.......

Discount Us?? I'll take it full price...

O Boy do we have a piece of work over there at city hall I just found out that last year when our department bought two garbage trucks the purchasing department was told by the dealer that if they were going to purchase more truck just to make a commitment to lock the price they got on those ones. Well you know how they are why save some money when we are on a budget.we have the money to spend. They didn't do that, now the price went up I think Mr. G. told me about $15,000 but  any ways here is a pic of they new trucks they're looking at now..

I personally don't like this one it's a Heil, like the McNeilus better. The Heil breaks down a lot ..

Rediscover my A......

It's been a while I haven't posted anything. I'll try by putting up this Slogan, instead of the City Council hiring firms to do studies of this and that or firms to Rediscover our Flavor they should try locally maybe going by the route of this person that came up with this nice piece of saying.....

I bet this one didn't have a cost of 20 or 40KK  but then again it's our city council and they'll just spend to have a second opinion you know they can't decide by themselves...

Characters

I forgot to list my characters in this live action play of mine called the City of Laredo Solid Waste Dep.

1.  El Wino.....

2. Mr. PG

3. RW     4. LG          5. Mamey E.      ....and...

6. El AB aka War Vet. (don't know which war he went to but he says he's a vet) this one is a real charcacter

he knows as much about the Solid Waste Department as I do of being a army soldier (which is not a damn thing) so I keep askin myself why did they make him a  Sanitation Superintendent??? ohh well

There are many more but I'll list them as I go along...

Pitch in

well today's another day gone by.....they've been telling us since monday of last week to pitch in for a "carne asada" to break in the new bbq pit they're making at work. I told them that I don't participate in those functions because I feel like they're doing u a favor by giving u a lunch plate and it's like you're kissing ass just by being there believe me there at that dept. some people can kiss ass like no other i've seen them. I don't go when it's free and u want me to chip in PLEASE... They are doing this to boost employee moral come on You want to boost my moral give me a raise. If not,  u can stick that bbq pit, carne asada, and all the two weeks it took that guy to make it and just put it where the sun don't shine.....Maybe that's why the WINO can't stand me...LOL

Shorter And Sweeter: The Funniest American Idol Original Song Audition Ever

Shorter And Sweeter: The Funniest American Idol Original Song Audition Ever

Random Thoughts

Think I have been doing this the wrong way. Have to make this about me not about my work. Well, think I can write about what has happened to me, how they are, or just some stories of what people do at work. Yeah I think that's it. I'll think of some things that have happened to me over the course of 12 years working for the Solid Waste Department (Public Works Sanitation when I started) which some are pretty interesting. The way some people are....ohh well.....

Raise What Raise??

I was hearing Jay St.john the other morning he was going on and on that the city employees got a raise. I would love to know which ones because I didn't get one. We really got screwed on that deal let me explain how:

 First we used to get a raise depending on your annual employee evaluation. You used to get a 1 to 4% raised depending on your score. Well they changed that because too many employees were complaining that they got a low percentage raise. Their solution: No more employee annual raises they will only get a cost of living increase. And the cost of living increase will be raised from 2% to I think they said 4 or 5% I don't recall correctly so it would be fair. Fair for who I really got screwed.

 For one I always got a 4% annual raise when my evaluation came around. On October all of us would get the mandatory cost of living increase which was 2% across the board. Adding the percentages it would come out a 6% raise for me annually. A raise they took away.

Come October they sent us a flier with our paychecks stating that due to budget restraints there won't be a cost of living increase. Screwed for a second time. NO cost of living raise in October, NO annual employee raise 1, 2, 3 or 4 %  Nothing..Nada.. Those employees complaining should have just kept their mouths shut and at least they would have had their 1 or 2 % raise..

And if some city employees got a raise I would love to know which ones..

Nature's Calling

Did they set the standard??  Or is it in our nature to do so??

City of Laredo Landfill

LBV's New Home

 As promised here is the design of the new Lamar Bruni Vergara home. Pause for a moment and admire the new architecture.....

L. B. Vergara Home

Befor I call it in for today I have one more thing that I need to say I'll be posting a pic of the Lamar Bruni Vergara Home  well the home condition as of this date. Till later then goin night night.....

Shootout

If you didn't see the game between the Cardinals and the Packers boy did you miss a good shootout between Kurt Warner and Aaron Rodgers.  Kurt  played a hell of a game. It was close at the end the Packers did stop a blowout though gotta give them credit for that.  Let's see how the Cards do against the Saints. It doesn't matter though I think my team will win it all!!!!

The Endless Possibilities....

Was watching the news yesterday and I saw this.........http://http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2010/01/06/cho.heroin.how.to.cnn wonder if our city council already heard about these fliers?? Maybe they should come up with ones on how to be a Zetilla??....Oh the possibilities....

New To This

A little behind the times but better late than never. With this I will be trying to recount my daily experiences as I work the streets of Laredo. Man the things you see while picking up the trash on these streets. About the title (Dale Bola) it's sort of slang we use at work it means just to throw it away. Hope you all like it.

Man did we have a lot of work on this day...thought the trash would never end.