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Yeah.  I guess you could say I’m a grave digger.  I don’t know what else you’d call it.  Cemetery technician?  I guess groundskeeper would work, but I do more than just keep grounds.  It ain’t bad, really.  I mean, it’s a job.  Backhoe work is what it is.  And then when you’re not digging graves, you mow lawns and stuff like that.  So I guess that part would be grounds keeping.  But I’m the guy who runs the backhoe.  I mean, you gotta know what you’re doin’.  There’s not a whole lot of space in those plots, and you do not want to hit another vault while you’re digging.  That would probably be your job, right there.  And they expect it to look clean.  All the dirt in a neat pile and then cover the pile with Astroturf.  It’s so nobody’ll know.  They must think people are really that stupid.  I guess if I worked for myself I could wear whatever I wanted and smoke wherever I want – whenever I want.  If I wanted to tell a joke I wouldn’t have to worry about somebody overhearing me.  I wouldn’t have to be told when I can take my breaks and when to eat my lunch.  Yeah… no one to tell you what to do.  And they expect you to stay ‘till five, even though from about 4:30 on we’re just sittin’ out in the barn, playing cards, waiting until 5:00.  But it is steady work.  That’s hard to get when you work for yourself.

 

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