I sat through a neighborhood meeting recently where an official was enthusiastically stating that he will ride with the sanitation engineers so he can pass out more fines. On one hand I can't blame him for being enthusiastic. I've ridden on the back of a garbage truck before, it really is fun. The day I got that $8/hr assignment from Labor Ready was a beautiful day, the route was in Windham, NH. An adequately wealthy town that's not entirely highway convenient. The company was subscription-based, meaning that there was plenty of riding time between houses. I suddenly understood what it was like to be a dog with his head out the window. And for that brief moment it didn't matter that I could only afford a flea collar and not a real one. On the other hand, I think what this the gentleman at the meeting was really excited about was fining local residents $25 if their hinged trash barrel lid wasn't shut all the way, or $35 if they put their trash out earlier than 4pm the previous day. I don't think he's ever even heard of working 2nd shift. I'm pretty sure he's gonna be riding the back of the truck with a tie on. What 2nd shift generally involves is leaving at 2 to get to work at 3, staying until 1130 (no paid lunch usually), and not being able to get to sleep until 3 or 4 am. Assuming the trash is going to be picked up sometime in the morning when you'd like to be sleeping so you can do it all again, putting the trash out at 2pm the previous day seemed like a good idea. Micro Waste Management. Ride, doggy, ride.