Your name: Forrest Glenn Tipps III
Your job: Solid waste worker
Joel Andrews/The Lufkin Daily News |
Forrest Glenn Tipps III operates machinery and does whatever other tasks are needed at the city's recycling center. |
Your employer: Lynn Winthrop
How long have you been in this job? Six months on Feb. 14.
What are your normal working hours? 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Your job duties: Running a front-end loader and other machinery; tagging people's cans when needed, cleaning the recycling center and doing any other task as needed.
What do you like most about your job? Working on new skills, getting to see my friends every day and knowing I can have a career with this job.
What do you like least about your job? It's very cold in the winter.
What would you be doing if you weren't doing this job? I'd be looking for a career, because I'm not sure what I would have in mind.
When you were in high school what did you think you would be doing now? Being a computer graphics designer.
What would you like to be doing 10 years from now? Still working here because I would have 10 years left of work to retire.