Plea #38: I'm the trash man.
Kids see me in the street- even off work, and go, "Oh, look, it's the trash man!"
That's alright... They're not wrong, are they?..
It's interesting, though.
Being the trash guy of the kingdom makes me simultaneously one of the MOST recognizable people in the place, while also being the least glamorous.
When people think of being a trash guy, they don't see it as a first-pick career; that's for sure.
And it doesn't help my reputation when I smell like trash all day.
It's not MY fault! What am I supposed to do? Go wash up after EVERY STOP?
NO! OF COURSE NOT!
So I stay smelly 'til I get home for the day. Then I finally get to clean off.
But that's the majority of people's experience with me. Interacting with the smelly guy in town...
The pay's surprisingly good though.
I'm not the richest guy in town by any means, but I get paid probably as much as the old gravedigger, Troy.
He and I... We're pretty much in the same boat. Weirdos doing the 'gross' jobs.
Now that I think about it... He might get paid a bit more than I do, though.
You know, I don't even think most people KNOW what I do with the trash!
They see me take it, but I'm pretty sure they're clueless past that point.
You wanna know what I do once I load up my wagon? I'll tell ya'...
I take the trash, and I put it in this great big hole.
And this hole is BIG. And old too.
In fact, I've been doing this for... what? 20-some odd years? And I've used the same hole the entire time!
It's starting to get up there in height, but I reckon it's got another 10-20 years in it at least.
But I'm serious, I load the trash into a wagon, wheel it outside the castle walls to the hole in the back, and dump.
It's hard work, but I admit... It's not very sophisticated.
I don't know what they're gonna do once I retire... They'll probably find SOMEBODY but... Well...
Actually I don't know what I'LL do once I retire...
Man...
It's gonna be hard to live down the trash man reputation...
...
I really don't know *what* I'll do...