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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Trash collectors.  They show up and take away the mess.  To me they are some of the most important people around.[/quote]

I did this one summer while in college.  It was hard work but predictable.  Everyday started at 6:00 AM, but we spent the first hour, until 7:00 when we actually started work,  at local diner having breakfast, which was just a cup of coffee and cereal.  One of the customs for this job back then.

Manager teamed the college kids with the trucks that did not have felons.  The ex-felons where on a bunch of trucks but we never interacted with them other than driving past each other in morning and at dumps.  Did not really understand the reason for the grouping until later in life.  Owner eventually retired to florida.

But for short term, it was fun hanging on the back of a truck and going through neighborhoods.  I learned the distinctive smell of maggots.  Usually from business trash sites.  Also there was one customer that would let the garbage collectors use his home pool during the rounds.  We would stop for about 30 minutes.  He told stories about labor union leaders from the 30's.  This was in the 70's when I did this.   Very kind old man back then.

I could not do it forever, it is very physically exhausting work to do every day.[/quote]

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