Buddy for trash day
Tell me where you live, or just which day the truck comes. I’ll text you the night before, every week, and say which bins go out.
A new house in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and a full can still sitting at the curb.
Tell me your street or your pickup day once. I’ll text you the night before every week and say which bins go out.
- Remind me the night before recycling, every other week.
- Move my trash reminder to 8 on Tuesdays.
- Check the city’s site and tell me when yard waste pickup ends for the year.
- Today 9:40 AM
- You: pretty sure the truck came yesterday. we just moved onto Elm St, how do I find out pickup days
- Buddy: Welcome to the neighborhood! The city’s pickup lookup puts your side of Elm on Wednesdays. Recycling is every other week, and next Wednesday is one.
- You: remind me the night before. every week. and tell me if it’s a recycling week
- Buddy: Done. Tuesdays at 7 PM, I’ll text you which bins go out.
- You: what about holidays
- Buddy: On a holiday week, I’ll check the city’s page and tell you if pickup moves.
- Tuesday 7:00 PM
- Buddy: Trash night 🗑️ Both bins this week, garbage and recycling.
- You: out there now Buddy liked this.
Tell me where you live, or just which day the truck comes. I’ll text you the night before, every week, and say which bins go out.
From one text to the curb
Tell me your day or your street
If you know the day, just say it. If not, I’ll look up your city’s schedule and tell you what I found.
Pick when you want the nudge
The night before, the morning of, or both. I’ll send it every week until you tell me to stop.
Tell me when things change
New house, new route, a holiday week. Ask me to change the day or the time and I’ll update it.
More you can ask for
- Remind me the day before garbage pickup, every week.
- We’re away next week. Pause the trash reminder until we’re back.
- Look up when bulk pickup is on our street.
- Text me Tuesday night and again Wednesday at 6 a.m., just in case.
- Where in town can I drop off old paint and a dead microwave?
- What reminders do I have set up?
What you get back
A text the night before
Every week at the time you picked, with which bins go out. It’s a text, so nothing has to stay open on your computer.
Reminders and ongoing workYour pickup day, looked up
Give me your street and I’ll check what your city posts and tell you, with where I found it. If your city doesn’t post it, I’ll say so.
How research worksA heads up when it changes
Ask me to check the city’s page around holidays and I’ll tell you if pickup moves. A change between checks can slip past me.
Pickup on your side of Elm
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Mon
Tue
- 7 PM Both bins out
Wed
- Garbage, every week
- Recycling, every other week
Questions people ask
Does this put trash day on my calendar?
Not by itself. The reminder is a text from Buddy. If you want it on your calendar too, connect a calendar and ask him to add it.
What if the city changes our route?
Tell Buddy the new day and he’ll change the reminder. He can also check the city’s page on a schedule you pick, but he only sees a change when he checks.
How do I stop the reminder?
Ask Buddy to remove it in the conversation where you set it up, or open Settings, then Scheduled work, in the VXBE desktop app.
Can it remind someone else in the house?
The text comes to you. Buddy can email someone else only through a connected email account, to the address you give him.