That changed sometime in the last 10-20 years.

Now you hear people talking about how good those jobs are and how well they pay.

I’m like 99.9% certain that change happened because of those robot arms on garbage trucks.

That’s all it really took.

They still pay well, and it is not all sunshine and roses, a dump will still stink and trucks will still have to be washed, but it’s not anywhere near as backbreaking now.