I spent the last 15 years trying to become an American and failed

Re:I spent the last 15 years trying to become an American an... by rusabd on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @07:11AM (#9770813)

and they are quite efficient - I compare garbage collection here in Seattle to Adelaide and in Australia it's only one person per truck doing most of the work without leaving a cabin.

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Re:I spent the last 15 years trying to become an American an... by danieltillett on Thursday June 25, 2015 @06:47PM (#9781405)

Yes this is what happens when you have well paid labor - you focus of labor efficiency.

I wish we could figure out a way of "garboing" council road crews. With them you see 5 people standing around watching the one poor apprentice do the work.

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