When asked 'what he does', a neighbor of mine always tells it like it is: He was a 'garbage man' and is now retired.
What comes out in subsequent conversation is how he built it up from one truck and route into many of both and later sold out (at the top of the market) to Waste Management.
When you hear the story standing in the living room of his $1.5 million paid-for house, you become a believer. And waving to the paid-for his-and-her Mercedes' as they pass becomes more than a neighborly gesture.
It is appropriate homage to a lifetime of disciplined work ethic.
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