A sanitary job

The sanitation worker was watering the park’s lawn as I came closer. I requested to interview her but she denied because it was “office hour” and she was supposed to do work. I persuaded “Just a few questions, please!” so she smiled and agreed. 

Looking at her young elegant face, I could not believe that she had been doing this job for 5 years and she had already got a husband and a some-month-old child. She shared that every day she woke up at 5 to clean up trash, sweep leaves, and water trees and lawn. When being asked whether doing this work because life had given her no other choices or because she liked it, she confirmed “If you didn’t love doing this, you could never do this.”