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EPISODE OF OUR NEW SEGMENT, LABOR[Labor of Love - Environmental Waste Field Technician ]
OF LOVE, WHERE WE TAKE YOU ALONGSIDE SEVERAL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AT THE CITY OF PLANO AND SHOW YOU WHAT IT TAKES TO DO VARIOUS JOBS HERE.NEXT UP, ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE SERVICES TECHNICIAN.
TODAY I AM SHADOWING ARTHUR DOUGLAS, DOUG FOR SHORT.
HE'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE FIELD TECHNICIAN.
HE'S ONE OF THE GUYS SWAPPING OUT YOUR DAMAGED TRASH CART FOR A NEW ONE OR PICKING UP YOUR EXTRAS.
WE GONNA WASH OUT, CLEAN 'EM UP, AND THEN WE HAVE NEW LIDS OVER HERE.
RECYCLING THE REUSABLE CARTS IS KEY.
Y'ALL READY TO GO OUT? LET'S GO.
DOUG HAS ASSIGNED CARTS TO SWAP OUT OR DROP OFF AT HOMES AROUND PLANO.
THESE ARE THE DISTRICT MOUNTS.
DOUG SAYS SOMETIMES THE CARTS ARE TOO HEAVY TO PICK UP OR MAYBE HARBORING UNWANTED VISITORS.
LOOKS PRETTY GOOD APART FROM THE FACT I CAN SEE OUTSIDE OF IT.
OF COURSE, FINDING SNAKES OR TRASH PANDAS DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN, BUT DOUG HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR A WHILE NOW AND KNOWS ALL THE TRICKS.
BEFORE YOU PICK, PICK THE CAN UP.
GO OVER THERE, KICK IT, KICK IT, SHAKE IT.
ONE HOUSE HAD A A DEAD CAT IN THE TRASH DOG.
NO, NOT LIKE, WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? YEAH.
DID YOU KICK IT? THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE.
YOU ONLY REALLY NEED TO, WE GOTTA KICK IT.
THE ONLY NEED, NEED TO KICK IT.
IF IT'S LIKE IN THAT GRASS, THAT'S WHERE THEY BE.
YOU WANT WRITE THIS NUMBER DOWN ME WHERE THEY COULD TAKE THIS? I ALREADY WROTE IT DOWN, DARN IT.
WHERE THEY COULD TAKE THIS NUMBER OUTTA SERVICE.
THIS CAN THEN I'M GONNA GET UP HERE.
I'M GONNA GET YOU A NEW CAN AND WE'RE GONNA WRITE THAT NUMBER DOWN WHERE THEY CAN PUT THAT CAN IN SERVICE.
BACK IN THE TRUCK, DOUG TOLD ME HIS STORIED PAST OF THE LAST THREE DECADES IN PLANO.
I FEEL LIKE IT REALLY FITS ME.
YOU KNOW, I, I, I I JUST LOVE IT.
YOU LIKE THAT, DON'T YOU? AND I GOES, DUDE, SO HYPE.
IF I DIDN'T, DIDN'T FIRST START WITH THE CITY, I DID CONSTRUCTION WORK.
YOU KNOW, SO THIS IS EASY TO ME.
WELL, MOST OF THE STOPS ARE PICKING UP CRACKED CARTS.
YOU WANT CANDY? YOU GOT CANDY.
YOU TOLD ME THERE WAS CANDY IN HERE.
YOU EVER GET SCARED YOU'RE GONNA HIT SOMETHING IN THESE ALLEYS? NO.
I I PART TO GO OVER EVERY TURN YOU MAKE, I'M LIKE, AH, WE'RE GONNA HIT, WE NEVER DO.
SOMETIMES CARTS NEED THEIR WHEELS REMOVED, SO WE'RE GONNA BUST OUT THE HAMMER.
HAMMER AND RECYCLE USABLE WHEELS.
YOU WANT TO GET THAT? GET THAT.
JUST POP RIGHT OFF AND IT POPS RIGHT OFF.
I DIDN'T GET MUCH TIME WITH THE HAMMER.
YOU GOT, WE GOTTA DO THESE LIKE THIS.
STARTING AT AROUND SIX IN THE MORNING, DOUG WILL GET THROUGH A COUPLE DOZEN CARTS A DAY.
HE'S GOT THE WHOLE ROUTINE DOWN.
KNOWING HOW TO MAKE HIS JOB EASIER ALSO HELPS.
SEE WHAT I MEAN? I TRY TO KEEP THAT STILL WORK.
SEE, THE LESS YOU HAVE TO USE, DON'T LET THE TRUCK WORK.
SOMETIMES YOU'LL RUN ACROSS SOME GARBAGE BAGS, BUT DON'T LET THAT DETER YOU.
YOU WANT TO TILT IT? TURN YOUR HEAD.
JUST DON'T FORGET YOUR GLOVES.
ANOTHER THING DOUG WANTS YOU TO KNOW ABOUT THE JOB YOU GET THREE DAYS OFF A WEEK.
WATCH IT THE END OF THE LINE FOR ME.
I DON'T WANNA TOUCH YOUR HAND.
WE'VE GOT PLENTY MORE EPISODES TO COME FOR NOW, THIS IS LABOR OF LOVE.