Brighton Heights Mom Dumps Her Own Trash In Garbage Truck As Pittsburgh Refuse Workers Stand By

A Brighton Heights mom said she never thought she’d have to dump her own trash in a garbage truck, but that’s what surveillance video shows as two refuse workers stand by watching. That mom said those refuse workers didn’t dump all the trash because it was too heavy; KDKA's Amy Wadas reports.

[@scottlawrence5726]

How did these men get a job they cant do?

[@confirmhandle]

BLM

[@thegermanfool8953]

They're doing this constantly their bodies will eventually give out you could even tell the woman was struggling to lift up the second bin

[@YuhhFeelMe]

​@@confirmhandle yea start a rasicm war

[@YuhhFeelMe]

bro y'all need to work this job so y'all can see how tiring it gets after working your a*s off then y'all won't be quick to talk

[@bond1j89]

@@thegermanfool8953 dude I do 8000 square bales of hay at 60lbs a piece a year and roll a total of 1000 round bales at 800 lbs. The least they could do is dump a 50lb can of trash.

[@joshclark7229]

They better b fired that's embarrassing

[@YuhhFeelMe]

how's it embarrassing?

[@sallyj632]

​@@YuhhFeelMe How's it not? 2 grown men can't lift the trash cans, so a single woman has to do the job for them by lifting up the "heavy" cans herself. Then they sit and stare at her like 2 grumpy teenagers, rather than apologize for their wrong doings.

[@yoloodevil4170]

@@YuhhFeelMebecause you are tok

[@glennjenkins7907]

😂😂😂 you can't even write talking about someone getting fired it should be your teacher

[@jramirez2068]

@@YuhhFeelMebecause an out of shape middle aged mom can pick up and throw away the trash and they can’t. Um hello? Is anybody in there? I mean it’s not that hard to comprehend.

[@freone111]

Lazy workers. Fire them both

[@philipadams8436]

Those men have shamed themselves.

[@ohhi5237]

nah, they enjoyed getting paid and seeing someone else work, you would too

[@glennjenkins7907]

😂😂😂 you sound Goofy

[@tommyx6553]

@@ohhi5237you sound gooffy and shieet

[@samomico9536]

@@ohhi5237 That’s an embarrassment. If you defend them then you are too. I have no respect for a sissy.

[@thulsa2758]

Men? Nah those aren't men. Those are lazy bums.

[@itstrbo]

Lol guess I see why they're called "refuse workers" they refuse to work ...

[@confirmhandle]

💯

[@YuhhFeelMe]

cringe

[@theOneRizzolliMick]

Spot on 🎯hahahaha 😅

[@darkangel13915]

And yet they think and claim they built all of America 😂

[@theholymackerel072]

This is the definition of “pathetic”.

[@djterry1218]

If they can’t do the job for which they were hired then they need to be fired!!!!

[@thegermanfool8953]

I mean no offense but any reasonable person wouldn't try lifting something they can't handle

[@YT_FALLENX]

The people need to know the loaders are carrying bins that weight all day, leaving one behind benefits the worker if it’s even just decently too heavy. The girl hasn’t been jumping and running and lifting all day so it’s kinda obvious on why it would be easier for her, but she didn’t make it look easy she struggled quite a bit from the looks of it. Also heavy bins like that just tire the workers out for the rest of their day. You gotta think… these guys are carrying thousands of bins a day so why don’t I lower the weight on the bin and divide the weight into a few bags so it’s easier. I’m a garbage loader, personally I’ve never left a bin behind but the workers weren’t wrong for doing what they did, it’s just company policy. Not every worker is the “hulk” so if your going to have a bin that heavy every time you should go f*ck yourself. Around where I live if the bin is causing you to struggle, then we use a machine to pick it up, but if it’s a bin that can’t be used with the machine it’s company policy to leave it, unless your confident in your ability to lift. Though our stamina will decrease a lot if we do decide to pick it up, and since we are on a tight schedule we can’t be slowing down anytime during the day.

[@YuhhFeelMe]

Tbh why yo trash can so heavy

[@TrinityoftheNight]

Unions…

[@randyy2820]

To be honest, it goes both ways. Customers can big ignorant too. Have you ever lifted 35 gallons of dirty diapers and kitty litter? Then did that 40 times a day? There could be blame on both ends

[@michaelspinelli6510]

Wow. Kudos to this woman. She shamed these guys. If she were my wife, I'd be proud.

[@muonrockowitz2367]

Those guys should be fired right on the spot no need to investigate.

[@mandalee2of3]

Those poor guys obviously needed her help.

[@samomico9536]

That’s just embarrassing. For a grown man to claim it’s “too heavy” but a woman chucks it like it’s nothing. Grown sissies.

[@thulsa2758]

Please! It's their job. You're an enabler.

[@DakuBoss.]

​@@thulsa2758 it's a joke💀

[@ameliawilder28]

​@@thulsa2758bro she was joking. 😅 Loosen up.

[@JohnDoe-bb4tj]

No one is held accountable anymore, especially city workers, pretty soon we're going to have to "pay off" these type of guys if you want the job done right..

[@theripoffchicago]

Says John Doe. Lol. Next comment will definitely be “ I pay taxes “.

[@alleyoop5993]

A nice Christmas tip would go a long way...

[@billybatts9491]

If they were white...nevermind.

[@roserose4895]

​@@billybatts9491If they were white men they would have done it 🤷

[@yellowpillpeople4745]

i will pay them in giant bags of pennies, but they would be too heavy

[@jamesrosella529]

Sounds like a very ideal way to lower the cost of services to taxpayers? Every Tuesday Garbage trucks drive through neighborhoods, and the citizens place their trash into the vehicle. Why pay 3 workers, when only 1 engages in labor?

[@wy34football]

Sounds like they should find workers who aren’t lazy af and do what they signed up for regardless of how they feel, they didn’t have to take the job. Sounds very organized to have people stay home from work to throw their garbage in a truck…ha…NOT. Dumb ass

[@jamesrosella529]

@@wy34football Never dumb to save people money. Plus, a lot of people seem to be doing nothing now days. Like seating behind a keyboard, and being play nasty.

[@leestir]

These 2 men was showed up by a woman!!! These 2 guys have loss they're Man Cards!!

[@YuhhFeelMe]

bro that's ignorant. You lost all respect

[@misterm5325]

Nah, that stuff flew 20 years ago. It is 2022. Let these broads experience the equality they claim they want.

[@llif619]

That can was to heavy

[@droolalot5795]

They don't have auto pickup? Wow

[@Menibor1]

Not everyone lives in the suburbs of Malibu

[@cynthiakeller5954]

Fire them! They are disgraceful on so many levels. Making a woman put down her baby so she can do the job they are hired to do, smh!

[@Framer_Mike]

They cant fire them , they are blk and just the thought would be racist im sure.

[@drillculture]

@@Framer_Mike has nothing to do with em being black lmao.

[@cynthiakeller5954]

@John Bryer The baby was being held by a...wait for it...woman. A man holding a baby doesn't make it right either. Do you think it was right to put a baby on the ground when the workers are right there not doing their job? Also the woman could be recovering from a c section. You cannot lift anything heavier than your baby for 8 weeks after delivery.

[@cynthiakeller5954]

@John Bryer You said it beautifully! Just why didn't you say it in the first place, lol!

[@YuhhFeelMe]

watch how much garbage you load into your bins then

[@7Bandit7]

“It’s too heavy” Sounds like you need to go to the gym more.

[@brendafleming8155]

Or get a different job.

[@thegermanfool8953]

Or perhaps stop expecting these people to do every single thing despite their jobs being hard enough They're doing this every day without pause of course they're going to be exhausted You can't expect them to do every single thing But if the roles are reversed everyone would be making positive comments on how helpful that guy was for helping the garbage woman

[@YuhhFeelMe]

​@@brendafleming8155 what if they don't want to?

[@YuhhFeelMe]

nah watch how much shii you put in yo trash bins

[@YuhhFeelMe]

​@@thegermanfool8953 glad I ain't the only one who's on their side

[@Ellomarshall50]

Lol those 2 dudes should be embarrassed... wow

[@thegermanfool8953]

Yeah because if I was lifting thousands of those without pause every shift my body definitely wouldn't be exhausted

[@YuhhFeelMe]

they don't care, at least they got a job

[@misterm5325]

These men should be praised. They stood down and let a stong and independent woman show her worth to the world. They are heroes.

[@leporoso1986]

​@steppin_harderrr they got a job they can't handle because they are weak and lazy

[@User_92020]

They're ⚫️

[@willweedman211]

If they think the jobs too tough for them maybe they should be put on light duty if they are so feeble and weak.

[@YuhhFeelMe]

or don't stuff yo trash bins with heavy loads. Y'all won't work as trash people tho as much as y'all talk

[@sagittarius420cheefie]

This is very true oh, I stayed nearby and those trash guys look very familiar because they look like the same guys to pick up my trash, LOL! And they come on the same day. And they definitely do not do their jobs well. There has been numerous times that they have literally left shopping bags with small amounts of garbage just laying on the sidewalk or by the curb. These are shity garbage men

[@sagittarius420cheefie]

I guess the video helped because they damn sure picked up all my trash this time. Lol

[@YuhhFeelMe]

​@@sagittarius420cheefie probably cause you gonna snitch on em. Y'all think that job is that easy then go try it

[@leporoso1986]

​@steppin_harderrr if the little n princesses can't handle, go work somewhere else.

[@billybatts9491]

They want your neighborhood to look like theirs.

[@valcaldwell3867]

Pittsburg: we expect the best from our employees Me: then fire these crappy workers

[@romeoone]

I'm SO GLAD we have the automatic trucks that don't need these extra moochers.

[@elmichellangelo]

Then would complain later that machine are taking your job. Sure.

[@romeoone]

@@elmichellangelo ...luckily, machines won't be able to do my work for years to come. Next!

[@YuhhFeelMe]

these trucks still exist on some yards tho

[@romeoone]

@@YuhhFeelMe ..that's why these workers should appreciate their jobs. Where I am, one guy drives the truck and the truck does everything else (driver pushes buttons, of course). It's eventually going to happen everywhere

[@romeoone]

​@@Mark-ww1ii I'm sure there is something like that for 80 year olds. BUT why are you so hurt? Don't worry, robots arent taking your trash collecting job anytime soon. OR maybe... doesn't bother me at all.

[@hamtrak_p42dcamtrak67]

I saw this at my neighborhood and the guy skipped a can because it was too full but that was because it was packed full of construction waste and even then he tried to pick it up 3 times so they don’t have an excuse

[@eastguntucky9268]

Yeah that’s some men alright lol she showed them how to man up 😂

[@thegermanfool8953]

Bet she won't do it every single day

[@YuhhFeelMe]

she won't work that job tho. Neither will y'all bums who can't do shii

[@misterm5325]

Hey that is what they all want. About time the men stand down and let them do the heavy lifting. Give them what they want

[@thegdog368]

Heard of this in my area. The trash guys were to say the least bad people. The people he chose not to pickup from just started to throw the trash out on the way right behind them as they went by. As time went on more of them started doing it until a small revolt started and the guys were either fired to relocated

[@rebchizelbeak5392]

Yet another reason no to live in the city. Visit, sure. Live there, no.

[@rebchizelbeak5392]

@First Last Hah. Shows you have no idea what you are talking about. Traffic at a shopping plaza? Overpriced house? Ok boomer.

[@nimonnbim1244]

@First Last Enjoy your overpriced rent ahahahahhaha

[@YuhhFeelMe]

who cares

[@billybatts9491]

​@@YuhhFeelMe clearly not you. Which is the main oroblem with you non bowlers.

[@RennieAsh]

I don't see the problem. They are " _Refuse_ Workers"

[@jasminrt1]

Hell, if they pay for trash pickup, and if the trash doesn't get picked up, somebody else is paying

[@wileecoyote5749]

"Its too heavy" But 10 bucks will get it into collection truck

[@tmat2024]

Wow! I forgot there were still refuse workers actually picking up the trash cans. Where is Roc Emerson when you need him?!?

[@samcarroll144]

The only reasons why the trash doesn't get taken 1 pay your bill 2 you have over the limit you you pay 3 your trash is not trash

[@JasperJokerII]

Maybe it's a race issue

[@YuhhFeelMe]

nah y'all only say that cause they black

[@joecowboy5862]

😅😅😅

[@apple700]

Everthing isn't about race. The neighbors got their garbage dumbed. I agree the should have dumped them and gave her a warning about the weight.

[@insideoutsideupsidedown2218]

@@apple700if she could pick it up, it wasn’t about the weight.

[@apple700]

@@insideoutsideupsidedown2218 the weight limit is the weight limit. Follow the rules. Im sure he can lift over 200+ lbs, but do guys want to do that for an 8 hr shift everyday. No. The employers' insurance doesn't cover their living expenses if their back goes out. Safety 1st. Following rules is the 1st step to job security for a garbage collector.

[@jramirez2068]

Look at the guys dumping your trash. There’s your answer:

[@omegablast2002]

Did this man just point at a trash can that wasn't even in the video lol

[@brianthomas3451]

They could do it, they chose not to.

[@YuhhFeelMe]

they don't wanna overwork themselves. Y'all expect them to break they back for y'all

[@jorgeyportly]

​@@YuhhFeelMeand you make excuses for two perfectly healthy men who just want to be lazy. They were disciplined! They didn't do their job.

[@elizabethreina3753]

​@@YuhhFeelMeit's their job, if they don't like the job then let them look for another job They're lazy bums and that's just it

[@Bob-hi2xh]

Even when they work they are Lazy

[@wesleydefoe8812]

Yeah I couldn't have just let her do that myself. As I'm living paycheck to paycheck at 350 a week no benefits as a garbage man in limestone county Athens Alabama. And what's crazy is I've seen tons of people come and go, they all lazy nowadays.

[@oxygen7955]

Wow unacceptable

[@dannybarton794]

I did work on a trash tuck before and they have a rule over like 60 pounds u dont have to take it if u dont want but if mom walked over and did it this easy. These some lazy pos. Need a different job and hire that mom. 😂😂😂

[@dougsnider8780]

I can't post what I want to say.. Maybe they hate the flag on the house?!

[@bond1j89]

thin Red Line Flag - 3X5 Foot with Embroidered Stars and Sewn Stripes - Black White and Red American Flag Honoring Firefighters and EMTs

[@nathanlouis8941]

Well, if it was too heavy, they need to find another job or retire

[@Emma-sz6qu]

UPDATES ??

[@Suesuelouky]

The city is not going to fire them. Too scared to fire them

[@josegomez8098]

Hope these guys get fired lazy bums

[@Slacksfifth]

Stay in school! , if you don't want to pick up trash.

[@YuhhFeelMe]

you have no clue on what your saying. You need to stay in school, just cause they got this job don't mean they dropped out.

[@leporoso1986]

They're probably convicted felons and that's one of the few jobs that accept this kind of people. Since there is no supervisor in sight, they only work as much as their fragile body and lazy minds allow it.

[@wingv313]

They just sat there while a woman put them to shame….tsk tsk tsk 😂

[@croiners4166]

Nobody does their f#cking job anymore nowadays!

[@northernprepper6981]

A lot heavier than my babies mommas ebt card.

[@nordypanda818]

no accountability on both sides, why we even paying taxes?

[@ericb.4608]

Any updates on the two lazy city employees? I'm sure they still have their jobs. Give their jobs to people who actually want to work. She did dump two different cans unlike one person commented. I wonder what would be said if the colors were reversed?

[@user-tq3rr8vy2w]

You brought color into this? So for every situation regarding people who are crappy at their job, it must and will have to be about their race. Fair?

[@juannavarro6405]

I like how the guy in the white acted like he was teaching her a lesson when he sat down!! Clowns!!

[@ElMago222]

They never had discipline, very embarrassing

[@williamriker4889]

Those dudes dressed up like they be at home.

[@malofrijoliero698438]

What are the agreements between the resident and company?

[@MsLightbar]

Those guys look like prime Wast Management employee candidates!

[@TheFoxybrown7119]

Their city needs to upgrade to the rolling bin with trucks that do the lifting!!!

[@YuhhFeelMe]

or just give em rolloff dumpsters

[@ohhi5237]

stop using logic, THIS IS MURICA!

[@kolbyquayle9920]

It’s almost like they know that government contracted work is near impossible to get punished under lol

[@esnips123123]

We have them at every job.

[@kyledailey]

Sure they could pick it up at the first 5000 cans of the shift. Can you get out from behind your desk and lift hundreds, maybe thousands in a 8 to 12 hour shift, or just 2 or 3. Hell, maybe they just started their shift and they are lazy, but you don't know. We don't have most of the facts to make a sure judgement. *DO YOU NEED MORE HELP TO THINK?*

[@bzrwon]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[@misterm5325]

That job is no joke. Walking behind a truck mile after mile in the heat picking up hundreds of bags of trash. I got bait and switched on a job I took once and ended up on a trash truck for 3 weeks before I quit. It was brutal.

[@uncensoredcornishgirl87l16]

I had this here in the uk 3wks in a row. Conveniently Cornwall council while investigating told me the cctv on their trucks wasn't working.

[@nikkisaysgaah4291]

I doubt anything beyond a warning or maybe a write up for those guys. They should get time off

[@amandalyn7005]

Wow. Can’t even get dumping trash right… these are some fucking super stars ⭐️

[@gusplaer]

After investigating, they uncovered the truth. The two guys are just lazy af.

[@devilmecare]

Why so many trash cans? Glad our containers are provided. If she could lift each one by herself then they weren't full. That's ridiculous put like one small bag in each can. Then want to get mad at someone for the dumb crap you do.

[@user-gc9kg6ew7r]

What a disgrace.

[@dora_the_dstroya8424]

Judge ppl by their character, and these boys have bad character.

[@glasjanus]

No, it is a color thing to them! Never trust them.

[@aurora9252]

@@glasjanus It's a color thing to you

[@YuhhFeelMe]

​@@glasjanus nah we never trust you

[@hoodlambo]

@@glasjanus says the person making it a color thing…

[@thatonepipsqueak887]

And they want to complain that Sanitation Workers don't get any respect. This is why, they don't deserve it!

[@liveloveandhope]

oh well same here in Philippines. they are telling that it's heavy.

[@OnTheWaySoon]

Brighton Heights...Place refuse out for collection in a container with a tight-fitting lid not exceeding 35 gallons in capacity and/or not exceeding 35 lbs in weight. If not in a container, it must be sealed plastic bags or bundled less than three feet in length

[@migueldaham4975]

The women should have said it out loud like Ronnie Coleman does. ''LIGHTWEIGHT BABY''

[@pghherby6757]

Same area where a truck rolled over into a house last week.

[@gregwhitenerel7846]

The cans have no lids, so are these people special

[@DomingoDeSantaClara]

Wow that's an old fashioned way to pick up the garbage.

[@samuelguerrero172]

Chinese man says, I feel sorry for your mother

[@wj3186]

Weird. Frustrating and weird.

[@lanelangford3993]

I worked for the city for over 12 years and lost my job for not sleeping in the city. I still own a house in the city.

[@ohhi5237]

stop overloading your trashcan, problem SOLVED

[@runningbear9407]

Fired

[@jeffj126]

Tax dollars well spent! I live in NYC and number years ago I had the same type of experience. I was going to work the garbage men wouldn't move the can so I dumped it myself and I was not polite like this woman and and ask permission of city workers to dump my own garbage. I told the garbage men I was glad to do their job for them. The machines can't get here fast enough to replace city workers!

[@TotoJoy03]

They just pay them too little for hard labor prone to injuries..

[@gargamel55]

NYC will never have the mechanical collection trucks. The population is too dense

[@AmazingJayB51]

Looked like it wasn’t in bags and probably was smelly AF.

[@0-fuks-givin745]

These are not men they should be fired like yesterday. What kind of man watches a woman do the job he is being paid to do. What worms

[@misterm5325]

They are letting her exercise her equality. STFU ya misogynist! These men are heroes.

[@ohhi5237]

no women should do her own job; becasue thats what men are for right?

[@harryknutts1878]

Is this the same sanitation department that crashed there dumpster truck into someone's property and refused to work during the pandemic??

[@ride4kix]

SUE the city.

[@mauropereira187]

That poor baby, babies arent ready for grass yet

[@EthanRamirez13]

Watching people defend this is absolutely appalling. If you can’t do the job you’re contractually obligated to do then GET A NEW JOB. This is why foreigners laugh at us. We give jobs to people who then decide they can’t do their job.

[@scottpierce3351]

Wilksboro Ave. in Brighton Heights, Pennsylvania.

[@21centuryg]

Yeah she lifted two cans. I wonder how her body would feel after she had lifted block after block after block of heavy trash cans.

[@user-ek6it2zk8j]

Thats not an excuse, you should be upset the city is still using this stupid primitive method for trash collection. I live in a poor town of 400 and we have trucks with robotic arms that lift trash cans while 1 driver sits in a/c in his truck. Less salaries /less tax. At the end of the day trash needs to be collected if it isnt people will do stupid sht like burying it or dumping it and all that can lead to disease.

[@terintiaflavius3349]

They did this a few times to us

[@rithyham9288]

I mean if you guys can't lift the trash cans all days, then you should quit. Why working at it when you can't do it? You're also getting pay and idc how much you get paid, but it's your job. We're not lazy, but it's you guys jobs. Lazy workers.

[@ohhi5237]

if youre unable to dump a reasonable amount of trash in your you need to be put under house arrest

[@mikegonzalez4946]

These guys have 0 shame

[@kektacular]

Black Superman’s kryptonite is an honest day’s work

[@sanjayw9878]

The trash truck drivers in my area are the biggest brats and princesses, they always talk about how theu dont have to do simple shit we constantly get into fights with them in our district because they dont want to get out of the truck, when they make a mess they claim they dont have to clean it up because its the persons fault. This isnt even full dumpster containers btw

[@jeromehill7411]

Glad she caught them. They should be in trouble for missing trash

[@Isley112]

"Investigating" meaning we have better things todo

[@AndyB718]

To be fair, if 1100 homes have heavy pales, the men will be toast in no time. There is a certain weight,and if it's constantly loaded heavy, you ask or send a message by leaving it,and when the bosses ask why,tell them it's to heavy. 😊. If any of you feel its easy, you can get on a truck for an hour or so and see.

[@sugibear123]

you're fired

[@teatualasi5676]

They should be fired

[@UntappedShesources]

Why don’t they have the trucks with mechanical arms that dump cans in for them? That’s all we have where I live and I don’t live In some fancy area

[@ohhi5237]

taxes

[@damianjninjutsu]

Too Heavy what bunch of excuses.

[@michellehood3345]

Ridiculous 😢

[@RedHorseman66]

Pittsburgh... Go figure...