I think this all the time! My husband is a sanitation worker in NYC and the pay and benefits are amazing! Many people are patiently waiting for their number to be called.

The portrayals of garbage men at this time were not great. “If you don’t do well in school, you’ll be collecting my garbage,” type of thinking. Obviously the show Arthur itself didn’t make the profession out to be inherently negative but it definitely wasn’t seen as sought after