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Ewwww they do deserve more respect than they’re given because I definitely would not want that. I hate bad smells and those type of worms.
Depends on where you're from, the shift in mentality in my country was pretty fast once we saw the salary. >

What country? >

If you can get into a unionized position, it's one of the few jobs left with a retirement pension plan.  
To be honest, I have tremendous respect for them. They're out in shitty weather dealing with unknown waste hazards.  Sometimes they're at risk of being hit by vehicles. >

Mhm! They deserve utmost respect >

Honestly yeah, none of us want to live in a world where we have to deal with our own rubbish. It's a service we all benefit from yet people have the audacity to look down on those providing it. >

Don't they make decent money?
It's one of those secret jobs that everyone thinks is bad but is actually good? >

52k where I live >

You'll make 100k+ near me with the right company. Blue collar jobs are talked down in high school but can easily make as much or more than a job with a degree without student debt. You just have to be willing to do physical labor. >

Thing is mental jobs you can do well into your 70s, physical jobs your body is shot by 55 >

You should be a manager of some type by then or else you’ve kinda failed at it >

I wanted the job, like really bad. It's actually fun, may stink a little in the summer, you think it's raining, no it's just maggots dropping on your skin.
The pay isn't bad, where I'm from and you can start work early and be done early. Most people I met there are also fun guys. You are all over your city, always eating somewhere else, always doing your break on the outside. It's a pretty good job to have, imo.