Speaking of jobs that Americans don't want to do...

[Horse with no Name]

Because of all the rain, I am having septic system problems.:puke:
The guys just left after spending an hour knee deep in sewage waste...that is one job THIS American wouldn't do.

[IsItJustMe]

1. I will, for a dollar. LOL

[Horse with no Name]

2. Trust me

I just handed over almost $200..I'd have even given you $2.;)

[Deja Q]

3. Well, you are not all Americans.

Would I do it? If paid a fair wage, yes.

And many in the janitorial system are underpaid as far as I'm concerned. Typically jobs requiring the most effort or the jobs with the least amount of demand get paid the most. :think: It's an incentive for people to take them.

[ClintonTyree]

4. Hey, your sewage.......

is their bread and butter! ;) I know a few guys that do this for a living. It takes a period of adjustment but after that it's just another job.........so they say. They make damned good money, I'll tell you that!

[gizmo1979]

5. That's really a shit job!

But seriously,if you have a strong stomach there is lor's of money to be made in the septic business.

[northofdenali]

6. Gotta admit, our septic/sewer/etc. workers here

(very little illegal immigration) make BIG BUCKS. Of course, you can call 'em out in the middle of the night at 50 below to fix your problem, as well as at breakup when it's flooding all over your lawn. They are worth what they get paid.

[PsN2Wind]

7. Had a friend just retire

sold his Roto-Rooter franchise as he had his septic pumping service a couple of years earlier. His retirement is going to be quite comfortable
as he, a gringo California native, was doing one of those jobs that "Americans won't do". Well he did it and made a great living.

[Warpy]

8. I would if it paid well enough

I did worse when I was a nurse.

[Horse with no Name]

9. I thought so too

But this "shit" beat all I had ever seen....:puke:

[Warpy]

10. Nurses often have to stand in blood and/or human waste

while dodging the flailing fists and feet of the patient who put them there.

[Horse with no Name]

11. I got "whipped" with an NG tube once

But that was after he disconnected the tubing from his Foley and connected it to the suction that his NGT was connected to. (OUCH) Of course he had already pulled his central line out. He had a Posey on--but slipped out through the end of the bed...took 6 of us to get him back in bed, but not before he snatched his NGT and starting snapping it like a whip and hitting us with it--snot and gastric contents and all.
He was a little *confused*.:D

[Warpy]

13. Sounds like a typical day in the trenches to me

and they wonder why so many people quit nursing after a very short time.

Odd that they don't recognize ASSAULT as a reason to restrain patients any more. Nurses are supposed to be punching bags and are blamed for not being able to talk the patient down.

[Hubert Flottz]

12. The GOP Guys and Gals in Congress don't want to do their jobs

protecting our constitution.