"The department's many benevolent societies make up another set of subcultures. These are organized around religion (the Holy Name, for example, serves the department's Roman Catholics) and ethnicity (like the Afro-American Benevolent Society, the Emerald Society and the Columbian Society, among others). One of the newest of these is the United Women of Sanitation Association."
-I've been waiting for this all week! So fascinating!
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
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That anthropologist-in-residence for the New York City Department of Sanitation thinks she's such a fucking big shot.
She always gets the best tables at Waverly.
Or at least that one table that doesn't have any other tables near it.
I would agree that "anything that flies out of the hopper" is dangerous.
I am a big fan of Mugatu's Derelicte fashion line right now.
The best garbage is in the garment district. I once swapped an FIT student two custom dresses for a haul of silk brocade, a gross of zippers, and some high-grade leather-strength sewing machine needles.
But where do they store their swag in the interim? Do they just strap it to the top of the truck? How often do sanitation workers have to exfoliate to get rid of the smell? Any crazy rodent stories? How about happy-ending kitten or puppy stories? I have more questions than answers!
It's a little-known fact that sanitation workers are at greater risk of on-the-job injury and on-the-job fatality than police officers or fire fighters.
Wow!
i believe that is due to an overwhelming number of people that still throw away loaded guns after the unsuccessful gun fight and chase