Small business owner frustrated, says it’s been 10 days since garbage pickup [Video]

ROCHESTER, Mich. (WXYZ) — The owners of Penn Station East Coast Subs in downtown Rochester are busy enough serving their delicious sandwiches and tasty fries, and the last thing they want to worry about is whether their garbage is getting picked up.

Bernie Marconi took 7 News Detroit reporter Kimberly Craig and photojournalist Brian Schwartz behind the sandwich shop where there is a pile of garbage so big that you can’t even see the trash bins that can usually hold a few days garbage.

Sean Marconi, who owns a number of locations with his wife, said they’re contracted for two garbage pickups a week but it’s been ten days since the shop’s garbage has been picked up by Priority Waste. And before that, it had been another ten days.

Sean’s father, Bernie, told 7 News Detroit that when they try to call about their missed pickups, they’ve been stuck on …