I live on a narrow street, so the garbage truck often completely occupies all driveable space when I leave in the morning. But since I take public transportation, it never occurred to me how much it would suck if I parked at the end of the block (dead end) and was trapped by the garbage truck.
I drive my kids to school, and I usually make it out of my neighborhood before the garbage trucks hit. This morning we ran a few minutes late, and wound up behind a complete asswipe who was inching up the block (clearly on purpose) while there was a line of cars behind me.
An old friend of my wife was married to a sanitation worker. He flat out admitted that they purposely block traffic and work slowly and don't give a damn. Your tax dollars at work.