Special to El Rrun-Rrun
We've heard of office kitties, coffee funds, and petty cash, etc.,
These are collections by office personnel, usually, to buy small items or float workers a few dollars for lunch or some other incidental money outlays.
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But at the City of Brownsville landfill, the workers there seem to have taken it a notch higher and use the fees generated by residents bringing in brush or other waste for their own use.
Just recently, a man who had some brush to throw in the landfill was asked if he had a receipt from the Public utility Board (PUB) and when he couldn't produce it, was charged $1 to throw the brush he had collected when he trimmed tree in this house.
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"The guy took the dollar and put it under the cash register," he said. "I asked him for a receipt and he just laughed at me and pushed me along. The money never went into the register."
And there at the booth - for everyone to see - they were also selling snacks and LED light items, etc. to turn up a little extra cash.
"Whatever we make on the side is our business," said an employee named Alex when asked where the cash for the candy went.
The M&Ms are $1. Soft drinks kept cold in the fridge are .75 cents and he he didn't ask how much it was for the LED lights.
Why not sell everything for cash if cash is not reported? As long as it's a cash transaction no one is the wiser.
Staff still get paid an hourly rate by the tax payers and open a side business to make ends meet. Is anyone on the city administration keeping an eye on this store?
We've heard of office kitties, coffee funds, and petty cash, etc.,
These are collections by office personnel, usually, to buy small items or float workers a few dollars for lunch or some other incidental money outlays.
But at the City of Brownsville landfill, the workers there seem to have taken it a notch higher and use the fees generated by residents bringing in brush or other waste for their own use.
Just recently, a man who had some brush to throw in the landfill was asked if he had a receipt from the Public utility Board (PUB) and when he couldn't produce it, was charged $1 to throw the brush he had collected when he trimmed tree in this house.
"The guy took the dollar and put it under the cash register," he said. "I asked him for a receipt and he just laughed at me and pushed me along. The money never went into the register."And there at the booth - for everyone to see - they were also selling snacks and LED light items, etc. to turn up a little extra cash.
"Whatever we make on the side is our business," said an employee named Alex when asked where the cash for the candy went.
The M&Ms are $1. Soft drinks kept cold in the fridge are .75 cents and he he didn't ask how much it was for the LED lights.
Why not sell everything for cash if cash is not reported? As long as it's a cash transaction no one is the wiser.
Staff still get paid an hourly rate by the tax payers and open a side business to make ends meet. Is anyone on the city administration keeping an eye on this store?