As a kid, I thought the trash truck was the coolest thing on four wheels. It had two steering wheels which meant you could steer it from either side or maybe sit in the middle and steer both at once. And if that wasn't cool enough, someone else got to ride on the back, holding onto the side while the truck was moving.
The trash truck would pull up to our house on Saturday morning, and the person on the side would hop off to dump our trash cans into the back. Then they'd pull a lever, and the trash truck would swallow it all up, compressing it into oblivion. I really wanted to drive the trash truck and ride on the side. Plus, I'd be able to find all the treasures people threw out.
In the end, I never got to fulfill that dream, but I did work in a restaurant for several years and I also valet parked cars at a country club. But that's a story for another day.