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The Garbage Man

for under 10$ an hourly wage you too can be the lucky one who rides around on the back of a pungent & filthy green garbage truck for ten hours a day hopping off and then back on at a breakneck pace in order to empty those large cans filled with all the disgusting refuse that one can imagine, but did you know about the action adventure life that comes with this profession? the garbage man sees all starting at 4am, he is often greeted by inebriated women in robes stumbling out to molest them on their lawn even if it has begun to rain--- the garbage man needs to jump off the back of the truck quick like a bunny when the truck slides too far to the side of the road on hard terrain almost hitting traffic signs (which might very well decapitate the garbage man in question)--- the garbage man finds all of the little erotic nothings which people throw away in their trash but which end up tearing open in the dumping & it isn’t hard to find out the existing realities, those old men with **** libraries that are purged biweekly or those couples who are trying to save their sex lives by incorporating sex toys & bondage apparatuses--- he can be greeted by those who do not pay their bills & whose garbage does not get picked up by loud profanity, sometimes people will even throw things at him if they are so inclined. he is out there heaving your waste come rain or shine with the garbage reeking in the hot summer sun or with his fingers & toes freezing in the winter--- he’s tramping through the snow banks with his hands double-gloved & no lunch break in sight as the truck runs on a strict time schedule--- he’s out there doing another job that you won’t do yourself, making less money than you & scrubbing off the remnants with lava soap.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011




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Date: 7/26/2011 7:33:00 AM
Glad that Lava Soap is still around..I have written one about the Garbage Man or Truck..Welcome to soup..May your stay be long with many more post that are as creative..Enjoyed reading your ideas about the garbage man.Some people who work for garbage companies make more per hour just according to the postiion and where one lives...Sara
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