posted on April 10, 2003 09:10:27 AM new
SAVANNAH, Ga. - Florence Jackson needs more than a pooper-scooper in her current job.
Armed with a steel-brush broom, an oversize dust pan, a plastic barrel and disinfectant sprayer, she cleans up after the horse-drawn carriages that wander downtown.
As Savannah's first equine sanitation technician (or horse manure scooper), Jackson has to move quick.
"If you wait too long, the manure dries out and it gets dusty," she said covering her mouth. "When it gets like that and the wind blows, watch out."
As the number of horse-drawn carriages for tourists has increased, so has the problem of smelly waste. Officials said they hired Jackson as horse poop scooper because carriage companies were failing to clean up after their horses.
Each of the city's three carriage companies will be billed $9,670 a year - enough to cover Jackson's salary and equipment. The horses add the to historic charm of the downtown district, but city officials worry their byproducts will drive tourists away.
"It's foul," City Manager Michael Brown said. "These odors are absolutely obnoxious, and if we allow it to continue it will put the Historic District out of business."
posted on April 10, 2003 04:08:46 PM new
ROFLMAO!!!!!
"Be kind. Remember everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." - Harry Thompson
"I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it." - A Few Good Men
posted on April 10, 2003 08:14:17 PM new
From a business standpoint, I don't know if that would be a very good idea to hire such a person. Judging by the threads that he's started and taken part in, I think it might take long hours of training to show him how to do it properly.
Hiring a 10 year old boy might be a better choice.
posted on April 10, 2003 08:46:55 PM new
You probably need the money more than I do. Go for it! Especially since you are in the room and board business.
posted on April 10, 2003 08:51:17 PM new
I'm not in the room and board business so that let's me out and besides, I don't need to make any more money for the IRS. LOL!
