# Garbagemen

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/garbagemen/51917
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [July 21, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/garbagemen/51917 "2008-07-21T19:36:05Z")
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### Author: ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2008, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/garbagemen/51917/27 "2008-07-22T06:55:08Z")

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> [@Daddie](#):
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> Some people have other values in life : it’s called doing what you need to do to provide for yourself.
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> People will hate on any job out there.
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> You may be a porn star / prostitute, but live in a mansion and drive any car you want, yadda yadda.
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> You may pick up garbage, but if it is a good living why the fuck not?
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> “Oh, you pick up garbage? What a shitty job.” says the people who probably won’t make 2/3s of what you do.
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> I’d rather pick up garbage and make good loot than work retail or deliver pizzas. (sorry jam.)

word, and for people that are not smart and cannot hack a job where you need a certain level of education, it is one of the next best things. My buddy is a garbageman in NYC and makes more than cops and firefighters in the city.

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