This comedian’s first shift as a garbage man will have you cracking up. The funnyman, Charlie Berens, tried his hand as a sanitation worker, picking up trash for the city of Milwaukee, but things did not go well. Watch the short but hysterical clip to see why Charlie’s time as a sanitation worker will likely be quite short.
Starting a new job is both an exciting and anxiety-filled situation. Everyone wants to get off on the right foot, impressing their new co-workers with their skill and knowledge, hoping to show others why they were hired. Also, there is a pretty significant fear that we won’t impress others, and that they may even question how we managed to get the position.
Of course, there are things we can do to make sure things get off on the right foot. For starters, showing up to work on time is simple, but it shows that we respect the job and everyone else’s time. No one wants to work with someone who is chronically late. Also, adhering to the rules and workplace etiquette will go a long way toward earning others’ respect.
However, those are just two of the many things Charlie had difficulty with during his first shift as a garbage man. Luckily, Charlie’s time as a Milwaukee sanitation worker was caught on camera, and that skit was posted on YouTube.
Moments into his first shift, Charlie was already a major disappointment as a garbage man.
“So, Charlie showed up 15 minutes late and spent the next half hour apologizing for it,” Derek, an actual garbage man, said.
“Yeah, I got a touch of the Catholic guilt,” Charlie said. “My motto is ‘Say sorry first, figure out why later.’”
From that point forward, things went from bad to worse for Charlie. He was told that anything in the trash cans had to be thrown away, but he kept finding things that he wanted to take home.
By the end of his shift, he had a nice little collection of items. Hey, what’s one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, right?
Proverbs 17:22 “A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.