May 6, 2025 • 27 mins
Rob Coburn is a Sales Representative at Myers Container Service Corp. in Winooski, Vermont, where he leverages his networking skills to grow the company’s commercial and residential client base. With two years at Myers, Rob brings experience from retail management and 14 years as a Case Manager and Crisis Worker in Vermont’s social services, excelling in customer relations and community engagement.
At Myers, a locally owned waste management and recycling firm with nearly 30 years of experience, Rob supports sustainable practices and zero-waste goals. His commitment to service, rooted in his social work background, aligns with Myers’ community involvement in local charities, making him a key contributor to the company’s mission in Northern Vermont.
Myers Container Service Corp. is the area's most reliable in garbage removal and recycling services. We are a locally owned company with 12 years of industry experience. Every week here on the Trash Talking and Giving Back Podcast, we highlight local heroes and organizations that are doing great work in our community.
At Myers, a locally owned waste management and recycling firm with nearly 30 years of experience, Rob supports sustainable practices and zero-waste goals. His commitment to service, rooted in his social work background, aligns with Myers’ community involvement in local charities, making him a key contributor to the company’s mission in Northern Vermont.
Myers Container Service Corp. is the area's most reliable in garbage removal and recycling services. We are a locally owned company with 12 years of industry experience. Every week here on the Trash Talking and Giving Back Podcast, we highlight local heroes and organizations that are doing great work in our community.
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Speaker 1 (00:14):
Hey everyone, and welcome to the Trash Talking and Giving
Back Podcast. I'm erin Coolfield, joined by Joe Sinagra. He
is my co host. He is also the operations manager
over at Myers Containers.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
He gets stuff done.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
We'll do the PG version of it, Gets Stuff Done.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Joe, Welcome. How's your week?
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Then?
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Week's good.
Speaker 4 (00:36):
I'm a little tired today, and the reason is it's
actually your fault, Aaron.
Speaker 5 (00:40):
But I'm tired.
Speaker 4 (00:41):
So, as many people do, I have to fall asleep
to television.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
So I my books, my Life's and Open Book.
Speaker 4 (00:51):
I record Judge Judy every day, and I fall asleep
to watching Judge Judy, a fellow New Yorker, so I
got to give her so last night. But usually fifteen
minutes and I'm falling sleep. I usually don't make it
to the first commercial. So last night I'm watching Judge
Shute listening to Judge Judy, and I'm dozing off, and
she's just about the They go to the first commercial,
(01:12):
and what do I hear a familiar voice Because I'm
not watching, I'm just listening. So I hear familiar voice,
which obviously I perk right up, and of course I
was drifting off I'm not really sure what it was,
and it.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
You were like you were just having dreams of this
angelic voice. Probably talking about a restaurant, would be my guest.
I was probably talking about a restaurant.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Yes, you're talking about Maple.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
And I woke up, you know, sort of startled, and
my wife wanted to know, you know, what's wrong, and
I said, I must have said Aaron. And of course
my lovely wife asked me who Aaron was, and you know,
to say, I'm in.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Trouble now, sorry, sorry, Joe's why.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
But I had a good week. How about yourself?
Speaker 1 (02:05):
I had a pretty good week, pretty pretty standard. The
weather's finally turning up here in Vermont, and so that's nice.
I will share with you. In our household, Fraser lately
has been the fall asleep show. I usually read. I'm
pretty good about that, but then my husband, maybe one
out of the seven nights he'll also read, and then
he will put on Fraser, and that's our like go
(02:26):
to fall asleep show at the moment.
Speaker 4 (02:30):
See, I forgot you went to a big, smart university.
I went to a state college. So I TikTok and
then watch you know it's shad shitty for US state
college graduates.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Well, fun, fun fact that we'll get into a different times.
They know you're gonna have questions, but in high school
I was actually on people's court.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Now, definitely that will be another show.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
But I'm not too high class.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
I'm not too high class. I do have a question
for you.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
So you know they always tell you don't go to
the grocery store hungry because you know you end up
spending to my money. So my question to you is
is it appropriate to eat something at the grocery store
that you haven't purchased yet?
Speaker 3 (03:09):
And if so, is there an age limit?
Speaker 4 (03:11):
Because obviously you have a little kid, so you can
go and you can give your your child a cookie
or a juice box. And I'm like that that's fine,
But as a grown adult, are you allowed to open
the bag of dorito?
Speaker 3 (03:21):
It's why you're grocery shopping.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
I'm gonna be honest, show you can, but it's probably
just not really.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
A very good look.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Well that's true.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
They're like, no offense to you, but when you're like
a bigger fellow too, so then they're like, come on, guy,
like exactly, I have given my children like a pouch right,
because they're you go by that pouch aisle and they
see them and they want one and they've got to
have it now. And I always like feel like all
of a sudden, like whoever's watching the cameras everywhere have
(03:49):
like all eyes on us to make sure that we're
gonna pay for said pouch for a dollar or whatever
it is.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
But like, yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
I feel like if I saw a grown man walking
around eating his backs, what's going on.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
A little behind the curtain here.
Speaker 4 (04:08):
You know, we have two producers, and although I asked
him this question, I will guarantee you both of our
producers have eaten in the grocery store before they purchased something.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
No way, no way, there's no doubt. All right, we're
gonna we're gonna ask them at the end. But you
know who we're also gonna ask, because I can already
tell he's gonna be a fun guest today. Oh Jay
just told us never We're gonna ask Rob Coburn, who
is a sales rep over at Myers with you. I
know you guys have been working together for a while.
I was all said to ask him what he falls
(04:40):
asleep to. But now We're gonna have to also ask
him his thoughts on the appropriateness of eating while shopping
at the store.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
As I say this, though, it's.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Like I think, if you're at Costco and you buy
the pizza, you can walk around with it. But that's
different because you pay for that to get it. All right, Rob,
welcome to the show. We're dying to know. Do you
have Have you ever done this? Is it appropriate?
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Aaron?
Speaker 5 (05:03):
Nice to virtually meet you. Yes, I have, actually not
that long ago, shoo. I was starving and I had
to get some Deli meat. So I'm walking down the
met aisle, opening up my slab of roast beef, throwing
it up and putting in a piece of cheese and
eating as I'm going through, and I grabed. I did
not eat the raw chicken.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
Though, So that's a Bob fair.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Where do you draw the line though?
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Like if I'm just like dying for a beer and
I got a twelve pack, like, can I just crack
it open?
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Well? Down South?
Speaker 5 (05:29):
You can't. Unfortunately, we're not up with the times here, so.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
We rock.
Speaker 3 (05:35):
I'm stuffing Louisiana.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
You can open container a lot of stuff down there. Rob,
tell me about Sorry, I'm giggling because our producer told
us to stop admitting to crimes. This is recorded, Rob,
tell me tell us about you and your role at Myers.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
What what do you do?
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (05:54):
Sure? So my name is Rob Coburn. I am a
sales manager for Myers Waist and Recycling. I've worked for
Myers now. I just hit my ten year anniversary last November,
so it's over ten years at this point. And yeah,
I do sales both for commercial sales like your everyday
dumpsters you see behind restaurants and corner stores and industrial parks,
(06:19):
stuff like that. And then I also take care of
the roll off side of things, so big construction projects
think Brington High School Beta, just large construction companies projects,
I take care of those.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Also, how did you get into this field?
Speaker 6 (06:37):
You know?
Speaker 5 (06:37):
It's it's funny.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
I happened.
Speaker 5 (06:39):
So I lost contact with a friend of twenty years
and I found him via Google. I called up the
number I showed up. I used to work with them
back in the nineties, late nineties. I called the number
that showed up and he ends up calling me back.
Left him boycemail. He ends up calling me back like
three days later. He said, hey, my WACKI neighbor just
(07:01):
gave me a message that you had called me, so
apparently it was his neighbor's number, not his. And then
he told me he was working at Meyer's Waist. And
I happened to stop by there one day thinking about
becoming a real estate agent, I believe of nothing else.
I was there to actually talk to a routor to
think about doing that. And I happened to meet Jeff
when he was down there, and he, you know, just
(07:22):
kind of said, hey, are you looking.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
For a job.
Speaker 5 (07:25):
You've got a good personality, and I said I might be.
I slept on it, and then yeah, had more conversations
with Joe and Jeff after that. I used to be
in social services. So it's like one extreme to the next.
You know, if you had asked me eleven years ago
if I looked at dumpsters, I would be like, what
the hell are you talking about? Now?
Speaker 3 (07:46):
I don't look at it.
Speaker 5 (07:47):
I don't know what that is. Now that's all I do.
I drive down the road and I'm looking at dumpsters.
I'm like, what have you done?
Speaker 3 (07:56):
I love that now?
Speaker 4 (07:58):
Now, Rob, I'm know you watched all of our past podcasts,
so you know, this will be in the question we've
asked in the past. But and I know the answer,
but I don't think Eron knows the answer. So you're
sitting and in the background are some Rob's a big
music fan, so he has a lot of music posters
hanging in the background. Is it appropriate to have give
(08:20):
your animal human name?
Speaker 5 (08:23):
So I would have to say yes, And that's because
I have one dog that's scratching out the screen. You
might hear it every thirty seconds because I put him outside.
His name is Dave, and then I have Oliver and
I have Penelope. But so much fun with Dave. Everybody
gets a kick out. Yes, you certainly can.
Speaker 4 (08:40):
Well, and Rob Rob as a golf reference for Aaron,
I'm teeing it up for you, referencing your your background
here so to prompt you.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
Name is Dave.
Speaker 5 (08:54):
Dave Matthews of course, and you probably can't even make
out what those buses are. But yes, my wife and
I love to friends love to attend show, so it's
something we look forward to au through the summer and
sometimes the winter and sometimes in Italy.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
So I grew up in Connecticut and Dave Matthews at
the Meadows in the summer.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Was like the hot ticket to go to all of
the time.
Speaker 5 (09:15):
All yeah, it's making me warm and fuzzy just thinking
about it.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
So yes, okay, tell me a little bit about like
the role that Myers plays at a construction site, right,
And I know, I think it's I feel like it's
something where people, you know, you think of a construction site,
you just think of the big machinery and you do
forget that there is a lot of waste that gets produced.
And so tell me about the role that you guys play,
(09:39):
and then I know that everything doesn't just go into
the garbage, right, stuff, Depending on what it is, it
might go to different places.
Speaker 5 (09:46):
Most certainly so the wayste side of things, As you said,
you don't really think about it on a construction site. However,
it can be crippling. If a construction site does not
have a means to get rid of their waste, they'll
start stock filing stuff. So what Myers does is we'll
place a roll off at that site fifteen twenty thirty
(10:08):
forty yarder for bigger demo projects, and then we will
offer next day dump and returns for when they need
a dump and return of all of the wastes that
they're producing. Initially, they'll usually contact me to help with
a waste management plan and what that is. It's just
a plan to come up with recycling for the waste
that's on the project. And Myers actually has the only
(10:31):
certified construction debris recycling facility at this in the state.
So so we do a great job with that and
we're able to support the customers and what they need
and how they need it.
Speaker 4 (10:44):
Now, Rob, I know you have a personal project that
you are very passionate about that you volunteer at and
you brought Myers into that world though it was something
you were involved in before the Meyers universe, and then
you brought us. And you're very active in Rotary International
and former officer in the St. Albans Rotary Club. So
(11:07):
and you help to organize the big home show in
sant Albans. Maybe tell everyone about a your involvement with
Rotary and for those who might not know about Rotary
and and everything that happens around that.
Speaker 3 (11:21):
And I think we have some cool photos too.
Speaker 6 (11:23):
Great, great, you know, certainly, Oh yeah, but by man,
I mean doesn't get any better than that. So, so, yes,
I am involved in the road the rotary. I am
a rotary and one of the you know, one of
the things I really respect and appreciate about working for
Myers is how they like to give back to the community.
And part of doing so is allowing me to spend
(11:47):
time with the rotary and doing different rotary functions. The
rotary does does so much within our community, our our
major The way we we acquire our made your funds
is through a rotary home show. Myers is kind enough
to donate my time to be able to be the.
Speaker 5 (12:07):
General manager of that show, which brings in a substantial
amount to the rotary, and then all those funds go directly,
all those net funds go directly back into our community.
You see the picture there giving a check. So we
do different things. There's a huge walking path and Aaron,
I don't know if you're familiar with Saint Albans, but
around this Collins Pearly Sports Complex there's a huge walking
(12:29):
path probably two miles soon and a half miles. The
rotary put that in and and and we're actually going
to have a meeting shortly to discuss maybe revamping it some.
But that gets utilized by everybody. Have you been to
Taylor Park before in St.
Speaker 3 (12:44):
Albans.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
I'm not great with names of places I've been. I've been.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
I have been to Collins Pearly from when I did sports,
and I've been to whatever the main like where Mabelfest was,
I've been to that area as well.
Speaker 5 (12:57):
So that's Tour Park. In Tour Park you'll see a
huge Baltain with a bunch of like copper ladies all
the way around that Baltin then't work for shoot years
and years. The Rotary actually put a substantial, substantial hundreds
of thousands of dollars into that pout and to get
it back up and coming. We also do different things
(13:19):
such as support the local schools, Martha's Kitchen spectrum there.
I could go on and on, and my involvement with
that is due to Meyers wanting to get back to
the community and it's great to work for an organization
that supports me and supports that and supports the community
as a whole.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
Well, I've got to be honest with you. I'm the
daughter of a rotarian. I'm the daughter in law of
a rotarian, and.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
So I've been in and around the Rotary Club for
a very long time and I know it's the kind
of thing that sometimes people tend to feel like it's aging. Right,
It's a lot of the members are older, and so
it's refreshing to see young face that is, you know,
super involved in the rotary club. And I guess I
don't know, maybe the Saint albans One skews a little
(14:07):
bit younger than some of the ones that I've been
in and around. But how does someone who you know
is maybe looking to get involved in something like the
rotary club, Like, who is it open to?
Speaker 2 (14:16):
How do they get involved? What's the commitment?
Speaker 5 (14:17):
Like it's opened that absolutely everybody. Our particular rotary clubs
meet the first and third Tuesday, and then we have
other meetings on the other Tuesday, but other tuesdays. But yeah,
the first and to first and third Tuesday of the month.
They can reach out. They can go to our website,
just google rotary in your community. Lots of rotary clubs
(14:40):
throughout the entire state of Vermont, throughout the country, throughout
the world, so it's pretty easy to find if they
just use Google and find a local club. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (14:49):
Now, usually we have some photos of Rob you at Batman.
I heard through the right find that Aaron was in
youth rotary in high school, and we're hoping maybe we
have some photo of that one Aaron.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
No, it just made me really nervous. I mean, I
probably could find one, and maybe maybe next week I'll
share with you like a young Aaron photo, because I'm
gonna tell you right now. I have friends who have
seen a photo of me from like college, like sophomore year.
Speaker 2 (15:18):
And then they are like, whoa, you killed that girl?
Speaker 1 (15:21):
I mean I was like the curly hair like bottle
of hair gel.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
With the seashell necklace, like, it's it's rougher. I let me,
I can.
Speaker 1 (15:31):
I'll try to find it and I'll maybe I'll send
it into the Lincoln Ben.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
It's it's not it's not great, Karen.
Speaker 4 (15:38):
I did see a photo of you freshman year in
college with curly hair too, so.
Speaker 3 (15:44):
You have curly hair for a little bit longer.
Speaker 2 (15:47):
How much stalking of me did you?
Speaker 6 (15:48):
Do?
Speaker 3 (15:49):
You know? But we have so much time together. I know,
the guys gotta know who I'm spending time with.
Speaker 5 (15:55):
She looks a little worried. Joe. I don't know.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
I mean, it's quite, it's quite the photo. I'll try
to I'll throw the Lincoln here and maybe our producers
can pull it in for us.
Speaker 1 (16:07):
Rob, you have worked at Myers for ten years. I
hope Joe did something nice for you, even if it
was just like a little plaque or like you know,
brought you to lunch or just gave you a nice
extra pat on the back. But what are some of
your favorite memories of working there?
Speaker 5 (16:22):
Of working with Myers? You know, going into the office
is always a fun time with everybody joking around. Really,
my favorite memories is just the relationships I felt I
built just not only through Myers, but through my customers.
I'm close friends with a lot of my customers. I
look at my customer base as my book of business,
and I know it's not my business, but in my mind,
(16:44):
my book of business is my business, and I just
really thoroughly enjoyed being there for them, helping them out
when they have a need. I'm kind of a one
point liaison for them, so we just establish a relationship
and it's a relationship that just continues going. So to me,
that's some of my most fun things. Having Joe do
cookouts at the office whenever we do customers staff appreciation
(17:08):
days is always fun. And then some of the evening
events we've had that I'd rather not share hair has
been good times, Rob.
Speaker 4 (17:17):
Where do you see the industry going? You know, over
the last in your ten years here, you know you've
seen recycling has become more of a priority for you know,
first it was the residential but now you know, we're
seeing more builders and contractors looking for recycling. Where do
you see the industry as a whole going, Because I
(17:39):
think what a lot of people don't understand is everything
that's involved in waste management. It's not just bringing the
trash bag out to the street corner anymore.
Speaker 5 (17:47):
Yeah, I mean, the industry it's crazy. It's just over
the ten years I've been here, it's it's changed so
much over that time. And where I see it going
in the future is just, I mean, just continuing to
be busy er and finding new means of recycling, new products.
(18:08):
So I think that's the biggest the biggest thing we
have to overcome and figure out. And that's that's why
I foresee us and in others in the in the
industry and at our state levels doing is just trying
to figure that out.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
Well, I think it's kind of cool, right, some industries,
there's fears that technology will take it over. Right, newspapers
they talk about digital advertising, like, you know, just other
jobs like being able to have robots doing them, like
there will never be a time when there's not going
to be a need for trash.
Speaker 5 (18:41):
Yeah, no, you're absolutely right. I mean you can't. There
are no part of our business really or a business model.
Can a robot do that job? Could interact and sell customers,
maybe eventually with via you know, chat and so on
and so forth. But Buddy once told me there's there's
two fields, at least for me personally, not myers at
(19:03):
a hole, there's two fields you'll never have to worry
about finding a job if you're good at One is
sales and the other one is being a bartender. So
but I think you could move that sales one to
trash as a whole. You know, you really, you're absolutely right.
So I can feel confident. I've loved ones and family
members that are in industry that eventually AI could take over.
(19:26):
I mean and in maybe not in my lifetime, but
in my kid's lifetime. I could see that happening maybe
in our lifetime. Look how much it's come in such
a short time now. Heck, the iPhones are what twelve
years old?
Speaker 2 (19:38):
I would say that.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
I'm like I remember, like I mean, I was born.
I'm forty, so you know I was born. And then
just if you think about, like, what are the things
that weren't even like dreamt of being a thing forty
years ago that are now like so common.
Speaker 2 (19:52):
And everyone has them.
Speaker 1 (19:54):
Yeah, and now what will we have forty years from
now that like our kids and grandkids are like trying
to show us how to use and we're like, no, no, no,
look at this iPhone and.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
They're like, what do you mean it's a thing like
mine's implanted in my head?
Speaker 3 (20:07):
Like that's true.
Speaker 1 (20:11):
Oh hey, look at her nice necklace.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
Isn't that the best part?
Speaker 1 (20:19):
The bottle of hair jel And this was so this
one's easy to find. I was on the diving team
at Syracuse fun fact, and so this lives just on
the internet if you google me Aaron Colefield.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
This one shows right up. Joe. I feel like this
must be what he's seen already.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
So he's not surprised, but you're welcome to the rest
of the world out there. That is Aaron Colefield circa
two thousand and two, two thousand and three. I did
have a boyfriend in high school, believe it or not.
So you know that there it is right, that's enough then.
Speaker 4 (20:56):
In total openness, and it will track what Rob being here.
I was talking to uh to my wife about this,
and and my wife asked me, well, how old is Aaron?
And I said she's our age and and Vicky looked
at it and she said, you know, I love you,
but she's not your age.
Speaker 3 (21:16):
So and she's not Rob's age.
Speaker 4 (21:18):
So why I was talking to you was I was
curious how old you were, Aaron. And sadly because our
producers and Rob will do this when I look at
your birthday, I won't give it out. But it started
with an eight, not a seven or a six like
some people on our podcast in the background. So when
it starts with an eight, I was a little you know,
(21:41):
I put my head down a little bit on that.
Speaker 1 (21:43):
Well, I need to meet Vicky soon because now you've
got her wondering how old I am, and you're like
falling asleep.
Speaker 4 (21:50):
Dream of they you know, they say you know that
the meme going around when a when you're supervisor gives
you to you what to do, or when a coworker
tells you what to do and their birthday starts with
a two, you need to tell them to show up.
Speaker 3 (22:05):
So that's funny.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
So I have a sales idea for you. Two here.
With Mother's Day.
Speaker 1 (22:11):
Rolling around, I've been seeing a lot of memes about
what mom really wants for Mother's Day, and then it
flips to a picture of a dumpster in her yard.
Speaker 3 (22:20):
I love her. That's perfect.
Speaker 4 (22:22):
Yes, not good, it's very true. My wife already has
her Mother's Day gift. We've been together a long time.
I asked her what she wants, and she's got what
she has wanted for the last couple of years, which
is a day not home and not with us. Fun fact,
she's spending the day with a very good friend, high
(22:44):
school friend of Rob's. Her best friend is was good
friends with Rob back in the early nineties.
Speaker 3 (22:54):
That's Mother's Day.
Speaker 2 (22:55):
That's that's wild. That's good.
Speaker 1 (22:57):
Good for her, good for her telling what will be
happening in the Barker household, but probably won't be that exciting.
Speaker 4 (23:04):
Wow, the perfect age where they will make the little
they'll make cards for you, and I'm sure Alex won't
make you do anything, and we always when our kids
were little, it was didn't have to change diapers on
Mother's Day or Father's Day.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
So well, so I will give my husband credit. He's
a really good diaper guy. And so that's been a
treat for me. That's definitely been a treat.
Speaker 3 (23:30):
Rob.
Speaker 1 (23:30):
My final question for you. It's my final question for everyone.
What is something either about Myers or about what you
do that you wish more people knew or that people
are surprised.
Speaker 2 (23:42):
To hear or learn you know?
Speaker 5 (23:46):
For me about Myers, what it is is that we
are We're the largest non public collar in the state
where family owned and operated. We have well over seventy employees.
And when I talk to people in the smaller communities,
they're like, oh wow, I didn't know you're that big,
(24:06):
or oh wow, I didn't know you could be on
the Browington High School job where you could have the
mayor support that side of things. Also, you know that
it is family owned and they are very involved. It's
very easy for me to get the owner's here. It's
very easy for anybody to get the owner's ear and
that's something that I think customers like and appreciate and
(24:28):
are surprised by every day for a company our size,
I would.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
Agree with that.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
I think Vermont's who y I've lived and I grew
up in Connecticut, lived in RhE Island, lived in Louisiana,
lived here. If there's one thing I've learned about vermontors,
it's like they love local. They love supporting local people,
and they love like seeing with their own eyes that
that's what's happening and being able to know, like they
could get to Jeff if they want to, and he's
going to listen to them and give them the time
(24:54):
and day. Yes, all right, Well with that, I'm just
going to ask what you fall asleep to watching?
Speaker 2 (25:01):
Or do you listen to Dave Matthew's band.
Speaker 5 (25:04):
You know, I'm one of those guys I have to.
Speaker 3 (25:07):
I don't have to.
Speaker 5 (25:07):
I need a dark room. Heck, I have a loud
sound machine. So I'll watch some TV and then I'll
just turn it off and fall asleep with my thoughts
thinking about what I'm going to do the next day.
Speaker 1 (25:17):
And you and my sixteen month o will have the
same go to bed habit. Thank you so much for
joining us here on the podcast.
Speaker 5 (25:27):
Thanks for having me. I appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
Yeah. Absolutely, so this time of the.
Speaker 4 (25:32):
Year, now that it's May, one of the guilty pleasures.
I have many, many guilty pleasures, but one of my
guilty pleasures this time of year is seeing all of
the prom photos that are going on for friends and everything.
Speaker 3 (25:46):
So I thought it'd be good homework for everyone on
air and off.
Speaker 4 (25:51):
Air, and our producers for next week, share some prom
photos and you know they're still you know, some are
probably yours, probably digital erin and my and and Ben's
is probably you.
Speaker 3 (26:04):
Know the old you know, go to the store, I.
Speaker 2 (26:08):
Know where there are some and they're in a photo album.
Speaker 3 (26:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (26:12):
And then our other producer is probably that old you
know where you put the thing over your head with
the yeah, one of those big lights from from prom
with our other producer. But I think it might be
fun for everyone if we all dest off some old
prom photos from from yester years.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
Yes, absolutely, And when we whoever our guess is for
next week, we'll have to see if we can get
them in on this too.
Speaker 2 (26:35):
I bet they'll do it, and I.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
Get a chance to redeem myself from that Syracuse picture
already I love it well.
Speaker 3 (26:40):
Of course, of course, what's then Karen.
Speaker 4 (26:42):
You know, and I might not recommend going to Google
May because there'll be all kinds of good stuff for you.
Speaker 1 (26:49):
You did send a text with an old school photo
of you, then I guess I should have had.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
Them load in here.
Speaker 3 (26:54):
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2 (26:55):
We'll check out the promp pic next week. I'm looking
forward to that one.
Speaker 3 (26:58):
I love it, love it.
Speaker 1 (27:01):
All right. Well, that is another week of the Trash
Talking and Giving Back podcast with Myers Containers. It's so
much fun, kind of just shining an extra light. Everyone
knows about the trash side of things, but it's so
fun to talk about the giving backside of things as well.
Speaker 2 (27:16):
We thank everyone so much for watching, and we'll see
you next week.
Hey everyone, and welcome to the Trash Talking and Giving
Back Podcast. I'm erin Coolfield, joined by Joe Sinagra. He
is my co host. He is also the operations manager
over at Myers Containers.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
He gets stuff done.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
We'll do the PG version of it, Gets Stuff Done.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Joe, Welcome. How's your week?
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Then?
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Week's good.
Speaker 4 (00:36):
I'm a little tired today, and the reason is it's
actually your fault, Aaron.
Speaker 5 (00:40):
But I'm tired.
Speaker 4 (00:41):
So, as many people do, I have to fall asleep
to television.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
So I my books, my Life's and Open Book.
Speaker 4 (00:51):
I record Judge Judy every day, and I fall asleep
to watching Judge Judy, a fellow New Yorker, so I
got to give her so last night. But usually fifteen
minutes and I'm falling sleep. I usually don't make it
to the first commercial. So last night I'm watching Judge
Shute listening to Judge Judy, and I'm dozing off, and
she's just about the They go to the first commercial,
(01:12):
and what do I hear a familiar voice Because I'm
not watching, I'm just listening. So I hear familiar voice,
which obviously I perk right up, and of course I
was drifting off I'm not really sure what it was,
and it.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
You were like you were just having dreams of this
angelic voice. Probably talking about a restaurant, would be my guest.
I was probably talking about a restaurant.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Yes, you're talking about Maple.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
And I woke up, you know, sort of startled, and
my wife wanted to know, you know, what's wrong, and
I said, I must have said Aaron. And of course
my lovely wife asked me who Aaron was, and you know,
to say, I'm in.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Trouble now, sorry, sorry, Joe's why.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
But I had a good week. How about yourself?
Speaker 1 (02:05):
I had a pretty good week, pretty pretty standard. The
weather's finally turning up here in Vermont, and so that's nice.
I will share with you. In our household, Fraser lately
has been the fall asleep show. I usually read. I'm
pretty good about that, but then my husband, maybe one
out of the seven nights he'll also read, and then
he will put on Fraser, and that's our like go
(02:26):
to fall asleep show at the moment.
Speaker 4 (02:30):
See, I forgot you went to a big, smart university.
I went to a state college. So I TikTok and
then watch you know it's shad shitty for US state
college graduates.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Well, fun, fun fact that we'll get into a different times.
They know you're gonna have questions, but in high school
I was actually on people's court.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Now, definitely that will be another show.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
But I'm not too high class.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
I'm not too high class. I do have a question
for you.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
So you know they always tell you don't go to
the grocery store hungry because you know you end up
spending to my money. So my question to you is
is it appropriate to eat something at the grocery store
that you haven't purchased yet?
Speaker 3 (03:09):
And if so, is there an age limit?
Speaker 4 (03:11):
Because obviously you have a little kid, so you can
go and you can give your your child a cookie
or a juice box. And I'm like that that's fine,
But as a grown adult, are you allowed to open
the bag of dorito?
Speaker 3 (03:21):
It's why you're grocery shopping.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
I'm gonna be honest, show you can, but it's probably
just not really.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
A very good look.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Well that's true.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
They're like, no offense to you, but when you're like
a bigger fellow too, so then they're like, come on, guy,
like exactly, I have given my children like a pouch right,
because they're you go by that pouch aisle and they
see them and they want one and they've got to
have it now. And I always like feel like all
of a sudden, like whoever's watching the cameras everywhere have
(03:49):
like all eyes on us to make sure that we're
gonna pay for said pouch for a dollar or whatever
it is.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
But like, yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
I feel like if I saw a grown man walking
around eating his backs, what's going on.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
A little behind the curtain here.
Speaker 4 (04:08):
You know, we have two producers, and although I asked
him this question, I will guarantee you both of our
producers have eaten in the grocery store before they purchased something.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
No way, no way, there's no doubt. All right, we're
gonna we're gonna ask them at the end. But you
know who we're also gonna ask, because I can already
tell he's gonna be a fun guest today. Oh Jay
just told us never We're gonna ask Rob Coburn, who
is a sales rep over at Myers with you. I
know you guys have been working together for a while.
I was all said to ask him what he falls
(04:40):
asleep to. But now We're gonna have to also ask
him his thoughts on the appropriateness of eating while shopping
at the store.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
As I say this, though, it's.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Like I think, if you're at Costco and you buy
the pizza, you can walk around with it. But that's
different because you pay for that to get it. All right, Rob,
welcome to the show. We're dying to know. Do you
have Have you ever done this? Is it appropriate?
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Aaron?
Speaker 5 (05:03):
Nice to virtually meet you. Yes, I have, actually not
that long ago, shoo. I was starving and I had
to get some Deli meat. So I'm walking down the
met aisle, opening up my slab of roast beef, throwing
it up and putting in a piece of cheese and
eating as I'm going through, and I grabed. I did
not eat the raw chicken.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
Though, So that's a Bob fair.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Where do you draw the line though?
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Like if I'm just like dying for a beer and
I got a twelve pack, like, can I just crack
it open?
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Well? Down South?
Speaker 5 (05:29):
You can't. Unfortunately, we're not up with the times here, so.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
We rock.
Speaker 3 (05:35):
I'm stuffing Louisiana.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
You can open container a lot of stuff down there. Rob,
tell me about Sorry, I'm giggling because our producer told
us to stop admitting to crimes. This is recorded, Rob,
tell me tell us about you and your role at Myers.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
What what do you do?
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (05:54):
Sure? So my name is Rob Coburn. I am a
sales manager for Myers Waist and Recycling. I've worked for
Myers now. I just hit my ten year anniversary last November,
so it's over ten years at this point. And yeah,
I do sales both for commercial sales like your everyday
dumpsters you see behind restaurants and corner stores and industrial parks,
(06:19):
stuff like that. And then I also take care of
the roll off side of things, so big construction projects
think Brington High School Beta, just large construction companies projects,
I take care of those.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Also, how did you get into this field?
Speaker 6 (06:37):
You know?
Speaker 5 (06:37):
It's it's funny.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
I happened.
Speaker 5 (06:39):
So I lost contact with a friend of twenty years
and I found him via Google. I called up the
number I showed up. I used to work with them
back in the nineties, late nineties. I called the number
that showed up and he ends up calling me back.
Left him boycemail. He ends up calling me back like
three days later. He said, hey, my WACKI neighbor just
(07:01):
gave me a message that you had called me, so
apparently it was his neighbor's number, not his. And then
he told me he was working at Meyer's Waist. And
I happened to stop by there one day thinking about
becoming a real estate agent, I believe of nothing else.
I was there to actually talk to a routor to
think about doing that. And I happened to meet Jeff
when he was down there, and he, you know, just
(07:22):
kind of said, hey, are you looking.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
For a job.
Speaker 5 (07:25):
You've got a good personality, and I said I might be.
I slept on it, and then yeah, had more conversations
with Joe and Jeff after that. I used to be
in social services. So it's like one extreme to the next.
You know, if you had asked me eleven years ago
if I looked at dumpsters, I would be like, what
the hell are you talking about? Now?
Speaker 3 (07:46):
I don't look at it.
Speaker 5 (07:47):
I don't know what that is. Now that's all I do.
I drive down the road and I'm looking at dumpsters.
I'm like, what have you done?
Speaker 3 (07:56):
I love that now?
Speaker 4 (07:58):
Now, Rob, I'm know you watched all of our past podcasts,
so you know, this will be in the question we've
asked in the past. But and I know the answer,
but I don't think Eron knows the answer. So you're
sitting and in the background are some Rob's a big
music fan, so he has a lot of music posters
hanging in the background. Is it appropriate to have give
(08:20):
your animal human name?
Speaker 5 (08:23):
So I would have to say yes, And that's because
I have one dog that's scratching out the screen. You
might hear it every thirty seconds because I put him outside.
His name is Dave, and then I have Oliver and
I have Penelope. But so much fun with Dave. Everybody
gets a kick out. Yes, you certainly can.
Speaker 4 (08:40):
Well, and Rob Rob as a golf reference for Aaron,
I'm teeing it up for you, referencing your your background
here so to prompt you.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
Name is Dave.
Speaker 5 (08:54):
Dave Matthews of course, and you probably can't even make
out what those buses are. But yes, my wife and
I love to friends love to attend show, so it's
something we look forward to au through the summer and
sometimes the winter and sometimes in Italy.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
So I grew up in Connecticut and Dave Matthews at
the Meadows in the summer.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Was like the hot ticket to go to all of
the time.
Speaker 5 (09:15):
All yeah, it's making me warm and fuzzy just thinking
about it.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
So yes, okay, tell me a little bit about like
the role that Myers plays at a construction site, right,
And I know, I think it's I feel like it's
something where people, you know, you think of a construction site,
you just think of the big machinery and you do
forget that there is a lot of waste that gets produced.
And so tell me about the role that you guys play,
(09:39):
and then I know that everything doesn't just go into
the garbage, right, stuff, Depending on what it is, it
might go to different places.
Speaker 5 (09:46):
Most certainly so the wayste side of things, As you said,
you don't really think about it on a construction site. However,
it can be crippling. If a construction site does not
have a means to get rid of their waste, they'll
start stock filing stuff. So what Myers does is we'll
place a roll off at that site fifteen twenty thirty
(10:08):
forty yarder for bigger demo projects, and then we will
offer next day dump and returns for when they need
a dump and return of all of the wastes that
they're producing. Initially, they'll usually contact me to help with
a waste management plan and what that is. It's just
a plan to come up with recycling for the waste
that's on the project. And Myers actually has the only
(10:31):
certified construction debris recycling facility at this in the state.
So so we do a great job with that and
we're able to support the customers and what they need
and how they need it.
Speaker 4 (10:44):
Now, Rob, I know you have a personal project that
you are very passionate about that you volunteer at and
you brought Myers into that world though it was something
you were involved in before the Meyers universe, and then
you brought us. And you're very active in Rotary International
and former officer in the St. Albans Rotary Club. So
(11:07):
and you help to organize the big home show in
sant Albans. Maybe tell everyone about a your involvement with
Rotary and for those who might not know about Rotary
and and everything that happens around that.
Speaker 3 (11:21):
And I think we have some cool photos too.
Speaker 6 (11:23):
Great, great, you know, certainly, Oh yeah, but by man,
I mean doesn't get any better than that. So, so, yes,
I am involved in the road the rotary. I am
a rotary and one of the you know, one of
the things I really respect and appreciate about working for
Myers is how they like to give back to the community.
And part of doing so is allowing me to spend
(11:47):
time with the rotary and doing different rotary functions. The
rotary does does so much within our community, our our
major The way we we acquire our made your funds
is through a rotary home show. Myers is kind enough
to donate my time to be able to be the.
Speaker 5 (12:07):
General manager of that show, which brings in a substantial
amount to the rotary, and then all those funds go directly,
all those net funds go directly back into our community.
You see the picture there giving a check. So we
do different things. There's a huge walking path and Aaron,
I don't know if you're familiar with Saint Albans, but
around this Collins Pearly Sports Complex there's a huge walking
(12:29):
path probably two miles soon and a half miles. The
rotary put that in and and and we're actually going
to have a meeting shortly to discuss maybe revamping it some.
But that gets utilized by everybody. Have you been to
Taylor Park before in St.
Speaker 3 (12:44):
Albans.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
I'm not great with names of places I've been. I've been.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
I have been to Collins Pearly from when I did sports,
and I've been to whatever the main like where Mabelfest was,
I've been to that area as well.
Speaker 5 (12:57):
So that's Tour Park. In Tour Park you'll see a
huge Baltain with a bunch of like copper ladies all
the way around that Baltin then't work for shoot years
and years. The Rotary actually put a substantial, substantial hundreds
of thousands of dollars into that pout and to get
it back up and coming. We also do different things
(13:19):
such as support the local schools, Martha's Kitchen spectrum there.
I could go on and on, and my involvement with
that is due to Meyers wanting to get back to
the community and it's great to work for an organization
that supports me and supports that and supports the community
as a whole.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
Well, I've got to be honest with you. I'm the
daughter of a rotarian. I'm the daughter in law of
a rotarian, and.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
So I've been in and around the Rotary Club for
a very long time and I know it's the kind
of thing that sometimes people tend to feel like it's aging. Right,
It's a lot of the members are older, and so
it's refreshing to see young face that is, you know,
super involved in the rotary club. And I guess I
don't know, maybe the Saint albans One skews a little
(14:07):
bit younger than some of the ones that I've been
in and around. But how does someone who you know
is maybe looking to get involved in something like the
rotary club, Like, who is it open to?
Speaker 2 (14:16):
How do they get involved? What's the commitment?
Speaker 5 (14:17):
Like it's opened that absolutely everybody. Our particular rotary clubs
meet the first and third Tuesday, and then we have
other meetings on the other Tuesday, but other tuesdays. But yeah,
the first and to first and third Tuesday of the month.
They can reach out. They can go to our website,
just google rotary in your community. Lots of rotary clubs
(14:40):
throughout the entire state of Vermont, throughout the country, throughout
the world, so it's pretty easy to find if they
just use Google and find a local club. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (14:49):
Now, usually we have some photos of Rob you at Batman.
I heard through the right find that Aaron was in
youth rotary in high school, and we're hoping maybe we
have some photo of that one Aaron.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
No, it just made me really nervous. I mean, I
probably could find one, and maybe maybe next week I'll
share with you like a young Aaron photo, because I'm
gonna tell you right now. I have friends who have
seen a photo of me from like college, like sophomore year.
Speaker 2 (15:18):
And then they are like, whoa, you killed that girl?
Speaker 1 (15:21):
I mean I was like the curly hair like bottle
of hair gel.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
With the seashell necklace, like, it's it's rougher. I let me,
I can.
Speaker 1 (15:31):
I'll try to find it and I'll maybe I'll send
it into the Lincoln Ben.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
It's it's not it's not great, Karen.
Speaker 4 (15:38):
I did see a photo of you freshman year in
college with curly hair too, so.
Speaker 3 (15:44):
You have curly hair for a little bit longer.
Speaker 2 (15:47):
How much stalking of me did you?
Speaker 6 (15:48):
Do?
Speaker 3 (15:49):
You know? But we have so much time together. I know,
the guys gotta know who I'm spending time with.
Speaker 5 (15:55):
She looks a little worried. Joe. I don't know.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
I mean, it's quite, it's quite the photo. I'll try
to I'll throw the Lincoln here and maybe our producers
can pull it in for us.
Speaker 1 (16:07):
Rob, you have worked at Myers for ten years. I
hope Joe did something nice for you, even if it
was just like a little plaque or like you know,
brought you to lunch or just gave you a nice
extra pat on the back. But what are some of
your favorite memories of working there?
Speaker 5 (16:22):
Of working with Myers? You know, going into the office
is always a fun time with everybody joking around. Really,
my favorite memories is just the relationships I felt I
built just not only through Myers, but through my customers.
I'm close friends with a lot of my customers. I
look at my customer base as my book of business,
and I know it's not my business, but in my mind,
(16:44):
my book of business is my business, and I just
really thoroughly enjoyed being there for them, helping them out
when they have a need. I'm kind of a one
point liaison for them, so we just establish a relationship
and it's a relationship that just continues going. So to me,
that's some of my most fun things. Having Joe do
cookouts at the office whenever we do customers staff appreciation
(17:08):
days is always fun. And then some of the evening
events we've had that I'd rather not share hair has
been good times, Rob.
Speaker 4 (17:17):
Where do you see the industry going? You know, over
the last in your ten years here, you know you've
seen recycling has become more of a priority for you know,
first it was the residential but now you know, we're
seeing more builders and contractors looking for recycling. Where do
you see the industry as a whole going, Because I
(17:39):
think what a lot of people don't understand is everything
that's involved in waste management. It's not just bringing the
trash bag out to the street corner anymore.
Speaker 5 (17:47):
Yeah, I mean, the industry it's crazy. It's just over
the ten years I've been here, it's it's changed so
much over that time. And where I see it going
in the future is just, I mean, just continuing to
be busy er and finding new means of recycling, new products.
(18:08):
So I think that's the biggest the biggest thing we
have to overcome and figure out. And that's that's why
I foresee us and in others in the in the
industry and at our state levels doing is just trying
to figure that out.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
Well, I think it's kind of cool, right, some industries,
there's fears that technology will take it over. Right, newspapers
they talk about digital advertising, like, you know, just other
jobs like being able to have robots doing them, like
there will never be a time when there's not going
to be a need for trash.
Speaker 5 (18:41):
Yeah, no, you're absolutely right. I mean you can't. There
are no part of our business really or a business model.
Can a robot do that job? Could interact and sell customers,
maybe eventually with via you know, chat and so on
and so forth. But Buddy once told me there's there's
two fields, at least for me personally, not myers at
(19:03):
a hole, there's two fields you'll never have to worry
about finding a job if you're good at One is
sales and the other one is being a bartender. So
but I think you could move that sales one to
trash as a whole. You know, you really, you're absolutely right.
So I can feel confident. I've loved ones and family
members that are in industry that eventually AI could take over.
(19:26):
I mean and in maybe not in my lifetime, but
in my kid's lifetime. I could see that happening maybe
in our lifetime. Look how much it's come in such
a short time now. Heck, the iPhones are what twelve
years old?
Speaker 2 (19:38):
I would say that.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
I'm like I remember, like I mean, I was born.
I'm forty, so you know I was born. And then
just if you think about, like, what are the things
that weren't even like dreamt of being a thing forty
years ago that are now like so common.
Speaker 2 (19:52):
And everyone has them.
Speaker 1 (19:54):
Yeah, and now what will we have forty years from
now that like our kids and grandkids are like trying
to show us how to use and we're like, no, no, no,
look at this iPhone and.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
They're like, what do you mean it's a thing like
mine's implanted in my head?
Speaker 3 (20:07):
Like that's true.
Speaker 1 (20:11):
Oh hey, look at her nice necklace.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
Isn't that the best part?
Speaker 1 (20:19):
The bottle of hair jel And this was so this
one's easy to find. I was on the diving team
at Syracuse fun fact, and so this lives just on
the internet if you google me Aaron Colefield.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
This one shows right up. Joe. I feel like this
must be what he's seen already.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
So he's not surprised, but you're welcome to the rest
of the world out there. That is Aaron Colefield circa
two thousand and two, two thousand and three. I did
have a boyfriend in high school, believe it or not.
So you know that there it is right, that's enough then.
Speaker 4 (20:56):
In total openness, and it will track what Rob being here.
I was talking to uh to my wife about this,
and and my wife asked me, well, how old is Aaron?
And I said she's our age and and Vicky looked
at it and she said, you know, I love you,
but she's not your age.
Speaker 3 (21:16):
So and she's not Rob's age.
Speaker 4 (21:18):
So why I was talking to you was I was
curious how old you were, Aaron. And sadly because our
producers and Rob will do this when I look at
your birthday, I won't give it out. But it started
with an eight, not a seven or a six like
some people on our podcast in the background. So when
it starts with an eight, I was a little you know,
(21:41):
I put my head down a little bit on that.
Speaker 1 (21:43):
Well, I need to meet Vicky soon because now you've
got her wondering how old I am, and you're like
falling asleep.
Speaker 4 (21:50):
Dream of they you know, they say you know that
the meme going around when a when you're supervisor gives
you to you what to do, or when a coworker
tells you what to do and their birthday starts with
a two, you need to tell them to show up.
Speaker 3 (22:05):
So that's funny.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
So I have a sales idea for you. Two here.
With Mother's Day.
Speaker 1 (22:11):
Rolling around, I've been seeing a lot of memes about
what mom really wants for Mother's Day, and then it
flips to a picture of a dumpster in her yard.
Speaker 3 (22:20):
I love her. That's perfect.
Speaker 4 (22:22):
Yes, not good, it's very true. My wife already has
her Mother's Day gift. We've been together a long time.
I asked her what she wants, and she's got what
she has wanted for the last couple of years, which
is a day not home and not with us. Fun fact,
she's spending the day with a very good friend, high
(22:44):
school friend of Rob's. Her best friend is was good
friends with Rob back in the early nineties.
Speaker 3 (22:54):
That's Mother's Day.
Speaker 2 (22:55):
That's that's wild. That's good.
Speaker 1 (22:57):
Good for her, good for her telling what will be
happening in the Barker household, but probably won't be that exciting.
Speaker 4 (23:04):
Wow, the perfect age where they will make the little
they'll make cards for you, and I'm sure Alex won't
make you do anything, and we always when our kids
were little, it was didn't have to change diapers on
Mother's Day or Father's Day.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
So well, so I will give my husband credit. He's
a really good diaper guy. And so that's been a
treat for me. That's definitely been a treat.
Speaker 3 (23:30):
Rob.
Speaker 1 (23:30):
My final question for you. It's my final question for everyone.
What is something either about Myers or about what you
do that you wish more people knew or that people
are surprised.
Speaker 2 (23:42):
To hear or learn you know?
Speaker 5 (23:46):
For me about Myers, what it is is that we
are We're the largest non public collar in the state
where family owned and operated. We have well over seventy employees.
And when I talk to people in the smaller communities,
they're like, oh wow, I didn't know you're that big,
(24:06):
or oh wow, I didn't know you could be on
the Browington High School job where you could have the
mayor support that side of things. Also, you know that
it is family owned and they are very involved. It's
very easy for me to get the owner's here. It's
very easy for anybody to get the owner's ear and
that's something that I think customers like and appreciate and
(24:28):
are surprised by every day for a company our size,
I would.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
Agree with that.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
I think Vermont's who y I've lived and I grew
up in Connecticut, lived in RhE Island, lived in Louisiana,
lived here. If there's one thing I've learned about vermontors,
it's like they love local. They love supporting local people,
and they love like seeing with their own eyes that
that's what's happening and being able to know, like they
could get to Jeff if they want to, and he's
going to listen to them and give them the time
(24:54):
and day. Yes, all right, Well with that, I'm just
going to ask what you fall asleep to watching?
Speaker 2 (25:01):
Or do you listen to Dave Matthew's band.
Speaker 5 (25:04):
You know, I'm one of those guys I have to.
Speaker 3 (25:07):
I don't have to.
Speaker 5 (25:07):
I need a dark room. Heck, I have a loud
sound machine. So I'll watch some TV and then I'll
just turn it off and fall asleep with my thoughts
thinking about what I'm going to do the next day.
Speaker 1 (25:17):
And you and my sixteen month o will have the
same go to bed habit. Thank you so much for
joining us here on the podcast.
Speaker 5 (25:27):
Thanks for having me. I appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
Yeah. Absolutely, so this time of the.
Speaker 4 (25:32):
Year, now that it's May, one of the guilty pleasures.
I have many, many guilty pleasures, but one of my
guilty pleasures this time of year is seeing all of
the prom photos that are going on for friends and everything.
Speaker 3 (25:46):
So I thought it'd be good homework for everyone on
air and off.
Speaker 4 (25:51):
Air, and our producers for next week, share some prom
photos and you know they're still you know, some are
probably yours, probably digital erin and my and and Ben's
is probably you.
Speaker 3 (26:04):
Know the old you know, go to the store, I.
Speaker 2 (26:08):
Know where there are some and they're in a photo album.
Speaker 3 (26:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (26:12):
And then our other producer is probably that old you
know where you put the thing over your head with
the yeah, one of those big lights from from prom
with our other producer. But I think it might be
fun for everyone if we all dest off some old
prom photos from from yester years.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
Yes, absolutely, And when we whoever our guess is for
next week, we'll have to see if we can get
them in on this too.
Speaker 2 (26:35):
I bet they'll do it, and I.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
Get a chance to redeem myself from that Syracuse picture
already I love it well.
Speaker 3 (26:40):
Of course, of course, what's then Karen.
Speaker 4 (26:42):
You know, and I might not recommend going to Google
May because there'll be all kinds of good stuff for you.
Speaker 1 (26:49):
You did send a text with an old school photo
of you, then I guess I should have had.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
Them load in here.
Speaker 3 (26:54):
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2 (26:55):
We'll check out the promp pic next week. I'm looking
forward to that one.
Speaker 3 (26:58):
I love it, love it.
Speaker 1 (27:01):
All right. Well, that is another week of the Trash
Talking and Giving Back podcast with Myers Containers. It's so
much fun, kind of just shining an extra light. Everyone
knows about the trash side of things, but it's so
fun to talk about the giving backside of things as well.
Speaker 2 (27:16):
We thank everyone so much for watching, and we'll see
you next week.
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