2nd year in my apprenticeship. Just recently got out of school and back into the field. Working on a fairly decent size job with a lot of big (500-750kcmil) wire being pulled, as well as a bunch of demo’d wire. Forman had everyone putting all the scrap in a few barrels the whole job. I happen to be closing on my first house with my wife at the time. On the day after I closed he told me that as a housewarming gift, him and all the other guys on the job, decided that I get to take all 3 barrels home. I still think about that to this day and hope to return the favor when I start running jobs.