A joke about job training was posted on Reddit—Jokes on March 9, 2012:
“Do you think bin men get training…Or do they just pick it up as they go along?”
A similar joke was posted again on Reddit—Jokes on June 28, 2017:
“You know there’s no official training for garbage men? They just pick it up as they go along.”
Reddit—Jokes
Do you think bin men get training…
submitted March 9, 2012 by MrPrestige
... Or do they just pick it up as they go along?
Twitter
Jay Prout
@Jason_Prout_
Replying to @CNC3TV
@CNC3TV i’ve always wondered if garbage workers are given proper job training. Perhaps they don’t and have to pick it up as they go along
1:20 PM - 4 Nov 2015 from Edinburgh, Scotland
Twitter
conor
@conorbrn
Do bin men get formal training, or do they just pick it up as they go along?
6:15 PM - 10 Dec 2015
Reddit—Jokes
You know there’s no official training for garbage men?
submitted June 28, 2017 by skeletonator
They just pick it up as they go along.
Twitter
Risqué Jokes
@risquejotd
You know there’s no official training for garbage men?
They just pick it up as they go along.
2:13 PM - 28 Jun 2017
Twitter
Living Sarcasm
@SarcasmLiving
You know there’s no official training for garbage men?
They just pick it up as they go along.
6:25 PM - 28 Jun 2017
Twitter
Elliott Fox
@HypotheticalKid
They don’t give training to garbage men anymore, they’re just expected to pick it up as they go along
8:48 PM - 28 Jun 2017
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