The career of garbageman or cleaning lady is generally looked down upon by the common people, yet it is the common people’s garbage they are cleaning. The latter should be frowned upon, not the former.

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    In grade school, teachers would threaten students with the prospect of having to be a garbage collector if they didn’t pay attention in school. Meanwhile, the garbage collectors were making more than the teachers.