I work in dietary at a nursing home, and I can tell you 100 percent that almost every employee doesnt give a **** about the residents that we are payed to serve

In all likelihood it's a crap job and the employees don't care about their work, the people in the city or the peoples' property. Pretending that they are somehow DOING THEIR HONORABLE CIVIC DUTY and taking pride in their job is a ridiculous assumption.

It's new york. people yell out their windows all the time. doesn't mean the guy in the tow truck wasnt ****ing stupid though.

Adding fuel to the fire, city workers actually get paid a pisston (especially when it comes to sanitation services). All the more reason why these dumbos should give a **** but clearly don't.

They may very well not because they've had too many experiences with people like you and that camera man. Doesn't change the fact that they're the ones out there doing the work to help deal with a situation that has ground the city to a halt while pansies insult them from the comfort of their apartment or from behind a computer. I definitely think they messed up but not so bad as to warrant all of these insults. As mentioned previously the guy that got the loader stuck probably was not an experienced operator and I also think the wrecker operator incorrectly thought that if he got some momentum involved the loader would gain traction and steer away from the car.

I'm also curious, do we know that this was a city car? I know it was mentioned near the beginning of the thread but do we know that it is fact. That makes me wonder a few things like was it parked near the office it belonged to and, if not, why was it parked there? Was it parked in front of a residence and, if so, do we have yet another example of personal use of government property? You know what would be really hilarious is if this is a case of somebody taking the "company car" home, leaving it parked on the street to get destroyed, and now the city holds the employee (that drove the car) responsible for the damage because the car never should have been there. This, of course, is a lot of conjecture on my part but completely plausible having worked with and around so many government workers over the years.

Well, it is New York City and if you take into account cost of living and taxes their money is going to go as far there as it does in many other places. The scary thing is that the pay data for these people is actually available by name. I just looked up the entire transportation department, every position including names and wages/salary for last year. So, if we had his name we could see how much that loader operator was paid in '09 (if he's salaried, otherwise hourly or daily wage). I'm sure the wrecker was from a private company.