I am going to write the script for a new TV show. I have gone over many of the shows presently on, like getting logs out of the swamps, losing weight, bosses taking entry level positions in their own companies, dirty jobs, and so many more creative ideas.
My show is going to be "Trash men of Licking County."
It is going to center on a driver, Edward, the guy who drives the big truck around all day, the truck with the big hump in the rear, hooking onto dumpsters, emptying the dumpster in his truck, putting the empty dumpster back where it was, and driving to the next pickup.
I think we have all been amazed at how he is able to set that big dumpster down, right in the same spot each time. I have closely followed him on his rounds, researching, and his accuracy is nothing short of miraculous. The tension as he is lowering the dumpster grows, how accurate will he be, can he find just the right spot, and he always does.
His driving skills are incredible. He is able to maneuver that truck around, in very cramped areas, and back that truck up, perfectly aligned, with the dumpster he is going to empty.
I have seen him pick up a dumpster that had a small couch in it, full of plastic bags of trash and garbage, and still empty it all into his truck. I have seen him load tables, old carpeting, a broken book case, and on a number of occasions he has emptied dumpsters that were completely filled, and not drop one trash bag.
He even has mastered the art of compacting the garbage in the truck, while the truck is moving, and he is nonchalant about it, head erect and looking straight ahead for oncoming traffic, as if nothing is going on, mapping out in his mind, the best route to his next stop, all the time being in compacting mode.
While interviewing him, in an honest and open interview, he revealed that on some occasions he has had to go to work when he didn't feel well, on one occasions he drove the truck with a temperature of 100 degrees. He told me, "There aren’t many backup drivers that can do the job, so I have to head out and do the job, regardless of how I feel. It just has to be done. Heck, one time while I was on vacation, they called me at the camp ground where we were staying, and instead of camping that day, I drove in, got in the truck, and did my route, while on vacation, yea, it's that important a job."
Eventually you will meet the Dispatchers, the Scheduler, and more importantly, the maintenance people who keep those big trucks rolling. Without them there would be no trucks and no show. We will delve into the close relationship of the driver and the mechanic. In this case, Edward’s mechanic is a pretty lady, Vivian. She does her job in tight white slacks, black medium heel shoes, while wearing a low cut white tank top. She is so good at her job, highly skilled in the mechanics of the truck, and more importantly, the mechanism that works the loading and unloading, she rarely to never gets dirty.
She and Edward have known each other for many years, they went to high school together, but didn’t notice each other till a few years ago. They meet every morning for breakfast at a local coffee shop. These brief encounters were harmless, for a while, then, something happened, and then one morning as Edward was picking up his truck, playing on the Musak System in the background in the garage was “Love is a Many Splendored Thing,” and their eyes met for just an instant, and they both knew that they were more than friends.
The show will delve into the relationship of these four people, Edward and his wife, Eunice, who works as a cashier at the local Speedway Gas Station, Vivian and her husband, Kevin, who teaches mechanics at the local vocational school, and the interaction of the four people as they slowly suspect that something is wrong, feelings have changed, and Vivian comes home with greasy handprints on the back of her white low-cut tank top.
Kevin gets his coffee at the local Speedway, every morning, and has noticed the cashier is spending more time putting cream in his coffee, and the two sugars are placed in the cup with a suggestive body movement. As Kevin leaves the Speedway each morning, he glances back, over his shoulder, gives a wink and a nod, he gets a sly smile in return, and heads out to school, with a knowing spring in his step.
Each week a new character will be introduced, management will become involved, routes may change, new trucks are introduced, new paint colors on the dumpsters, all designed to keep the viewer in suspense.
The Trash men of Licking County, the much anticipated new hit show of the upcoming season.
