"People like this
feed the prejudiced opinions."

Beautiful! As West Virginians say about certain relatives, "She's one of ours, but we don't claim her." A perfect instance of the exception proving (probing, testing) the rule.

Sorry for the thread drift in response to an off-hand comment.

Back on track, during my misspent youth I was a

hot-dog vendor
gardener/groundskeeper
apprentice operating engineer
mouse killer
factory hand
dishwasher
dry cleaner
truck driver
nurses' assistant
homesteader and herb vendor
house cleaner
migrant academic laborer