I want to be a garbage (wo)man but everyone is against it!
I find the job fascinating and I like manual labor. I don't want to go to school- YET, anyway. I want to be a trash collector but all my friends and family are dead set against me doing that. Guys say they "wouldn't touch me after doing that" (ummm, you weren't allowed to anyway but ok), my parents think I should go to school and "act like a lady" and my girlfriends say they won't hang out with me anymore. I talked to a trash truck driver about my interest and he looked in disbelief and said "good luck honey" in a patronizing way. But I want this! I'm thinking of just moving cities and cutting off my family and friends and making a new life on my own. It sounds crazy to do this for trash but I can't believe people's negative reactions.