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As a kid, I used to wait for the garbage truck at the window and excitedly wave at the workers when they did their job. I was a huge fan.
Here in Germany, we celebrate the OG version of Santa, St. Nicholas who will tally up if you've been a good kid and give you sweets (usually someone from the local church will dress up as St. Nicholas and visit the houses of those who requested it and do a little show with poems and all that) on Dec 6th. Kids usually get chocolate figures of St. Nicholas for that day.
So one Dec 6th, the (mostly Muslim mind you) garbage workers rang at our door and gave me this chocolate Nicholas and a bunch of sweets and all because every time they went by our house, I'd make their day with my excitement about their usually looked down upon job.
Message is: thank the trash collectors every once in a while. You'd drown in filth without them.
- That is the sweetest story, thanks for sharing
- The trend of garbage guys being mini superheros for kids always cracks me up
  "Mom! Look! Its the guy who pilots the dragon truck!" Yall might as well be a power ranger, driving down your street once a week

Why would anyone think it's strange for anyone to feel fascinated by a garbage truck, or any number of mundane things we take for granted? Do you all know the centuries of progress it took to get us to the point where we can even have garbage men? Do any of you have any sense of gratitude at all?
- Also, to show how much we rely on them, look at those garbage collector strikes in France.
  Yeah, it would be like that without them, but much worse long term.
  
  🤔 I wonder how it'll work in the future. Automated garbage chute system, perhaps?
  Until then, garbage people definitely do deserve respect.
- Not to mention they helped save all of humanity while dealing with the crack fox
- Everything is amazing and nobody is happy!

Disney was never for the kids, it's for the parents to brag that they took their kids there.
The vast majority of kids need very little to be entertained.
Use that money to take time off work and hang out with them more
- I definitely remember those trips and cherish them. I didn't get to go until I was a bit older and those first few times were absolutely incredible. That's an incredibly cynical take tbh. Some people just want to share the things they loved with their kids. Reducing it down to "they just want to brag" just sounds very bitter.
- I still remember stuff from my visit 30 years later so I guess I enjoyed it as a kid
- Cringy cynic take.
  
  Unconstructive low-effort response?
- And for the kids it's usually an awful experience too. I don't know many if any kids who had positive experience with Disney

If only there were somewhere that combined the family fun of a theme park with the engineering majesty of heavy machinery
- This place is way more fun than you might think.
  
  I find that hard to believe (because I think it would be amazing!)

My kids still wears the tracking bracelet Disney strapped on him 2 years ago. Hope they can tell me where he is soon.

i dig the kid's energy, but maybe Valerie needs to let the lad out of the house a bit
- Nah, kids are just into that shit.
  I got my driveway paved a while ago, and there's a preschool across the street. They basically had to cancel everything on their schedule that day because nothing could keep the kids away from the window.

What is it with kid's and garbage trucks?
Like it's right up there with "HORSEY!" amd Firetrucks in terms of "kid wamt ride"
- As an adult man, I can say that whenever i have the chance, i watch the garbage truck pick up dumpsters, empty bins, operate the hydraulics etc.
  
  As an engineering student, I do the same...

8k? Do they have 50 kids?
- Suppose you're going to disney for a week as a family of 4.
  6 days of tickets for 4 people is $2,400. Cheap jetblue tickets on sale might be $1000; honestly, they're probably more. If you're staying at a $350/night hotel room, you're already up to $5,500.
  Then, figure at least $50 in food per person per day, or $100 for the adults if you get alcohol. That's another $1,200-1,800. And if you go to any of their fancier restaurants it'll be a lot more. Add in a couple hundred in souvenirs and you're there.
  Of course, if you're within road trip distance and just go to the park for two days, you could do it way cheaper.
  
  You aren't eating on Disney property for $50/person/day. It's much closer to $100 even for kids.
- Most people don't live close enough to Disney for a day trip. A significant portion of that 8k is probably the other costs of the trip like airfare and hotel rooms.
  
  Forgive me. I guess you can tell what state I'm from.
- The hotel can run you 300-1000 a night, depending on which one you choose.
  
  You can get a suite in the area for less than $200 a night.
- That's like a couple parents and a few kids. I don't get the appeal of spending thousands of dollars just to wait in line and be surrounded by a bunch of annoying people.
  
  It is genuinely an experience to remember for a lifetime, because every tiny forgettable detail is meticulously designed. The staff are painstakingly always watching for anything that might ruin someone's day and anything that can make someone's day.
  Basically, don't judge what other people choose to spend their money on

I can’t explain why but people using “Disney” as a place really bothers me. Disneyland or Disney World, please!
- Yeah, obviously you need to specify world for California and land for Florida.