[quote=Dervish]
The sad truth, isn't it? The worst part is, even if you go into college for a field that's in high demand, there's no telling if it's going to be a different market by the time you graduate. Oh yeah, the statistics for what's used is pretty mind boggling. Also, solid waste management's really interesting and it makes you REALLY conscious about what you throw into the trash. XD But yeah, my field's really good and in huge demand; Alberta's something like 3000 operators short of what's required. I can imagine everywhere else is also facing a similar shortage of skilled workers. Oh, and for everyone reading this: If it isn't coming from your own body or toilet paper, don't flush it. All your condoms, tampons, paper towels, left over food, dead pets, bullet casings, articles of clothing, beer cans, cell phones, grease, your ex's personal belongings, pictures of your ex, and so on do not go down the pipes easy and don't treat. Also, they clog up your service connection and like your colon after taco bell night, it will back up on you one day and every drain in your house will quickly remind you of what you've had to eat and your poor life choices from the past several years suddenly come back to haunt you and fill your house with a stench so foul you'll look like you opened up the Arc of the Covenant during a Nazi blind bag party on some uncharted island.
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Eugh....that stench.

Ours was worse: Septic tank. Septic tank that leaked, at the bottom of a mountain, roughly 16m above the ocean.
When the rain came down [i]hard[/i] for a long time, we could have a geyser of foulness 4' high in the basement shower. Fucking hydraulic pressure.