One time my mom and I were driving around and I had scrap in my truck. We happened to pass a lady on the street with her little boy (we were in a very nice neighborhood but that shouldn't even matter!!) and she pointed to my truck and said something to her son about ''Dirty.'' I didn't catch exactly what all she said but it wasn't nice. My mom even rolled her eyes and ''tsk tsk'ed'' at her comments. Most of my family know what I do and all have good things to say about it. Buuuuuuut.....that could also be in part from all the goodies I run across and pass out to them!Lol! Seriously though, most of my family gives me a ''List to be on the lookout for'' and if anyone does have a problem with what I do i don't let it bother me and I don't care what they think.
I never looked down on ''garbage pickers'' as most folks like to call us before I started doing it myself but I DO have a better appreciation for how hard working it all is. I feel proud of what I can provide and accomplish with scrapping and that's all that matters. I may not always have money in my pocket but I always have something lying around that I can turn in for money if I need to, even if its just a $5 dollar bag of cans.
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