r/houstoncirclejerk

finally getting around to cleaning out our garage and holy crap we have accumulated so much stuff over the years. We've been in our house in spring branch for about 8 years and I think we just kept shoving things in there and closing the door lol. Old furniture, a broken treadmill, boxes of god knows what, a tv from like 2014 that weighs 900 pounds... you get the idea.

My wife wants it done before her parents visit next month (of course) so now it's suddenly urgent. I looked into renting a dumpster but honestly I don't want to deal with loading everything ourselves in this heat and also I'm pretty sure our HOA would lose their minds if I put a dumpster in the driveway.

Has anyone used a junk removal service in houston that was actually decent and didn't charge a crazy amount? I've seen a few on google but the reviews are all over the place and I can't tell what's legit anymore. Ideally someone who can just show up and take everything in one trip.

Also is this the kind of thing where I should get multiple quotes or does everyone pretty much charge the same? No clue how this works lol

i work as a regular office admin in houston. last week, the ceo dumped the entire company holiday party on my desk. i have to find a venue for 150 people, figure out the food, the drinks, and the music. my normal workload hasn't changed, so i am supposed to just magically plan a massive event during my lunch breaks. to make it worse, the budget they gave me is ridiculously small for this city. i feel so taken advantage of. how do i pull this off without working free overtime?