[ WP ] The New York sanitation workers have always secretly had the job of ridding the streets of cryptid monsters . Time to take out the trash !

*In 1881, New York City ’ s Department of Street Cleaning was formed. Later known as the Department of Sanitation, its founders pioneered such current practices as recycling, street sweeping, while maintaining professionalism and cleanliness within its own ranks. It is the largest sanitation department in the world, with 7,201 uniformed workers and 2,230 collection trucks. * 
 
 *Source: Wikipedia* 
 
 *Secretly, the Department had a secondary objective handed down to them by the Mayor of their fair city: to rid the streets of any “ undesirable ” creatures they may encounter along their routes. This practice continues to this day. * 
 
 *Source: Me* 
 
 The white heap of metal and gasoline bellowed its way down the block, stopping every few minutes as the man in uniform hopped off the platform on the back, and flung black bag after black bag into the compactor. Up front, the driver sat back, easing off and on the brake pedal. His smudged, thick, Department of Sanitation regulation shirt was unbuttoned, revealing a New York Rangers tee stained with coffee and burger grease. 
 
 The driver turned to the seat next to him, where I was, roommate ’ s camera in hand, wearing stuff way too clean considering the night I was about to have. 
 
 “ Before we start, can I ask you a question? ”. 
 
 “ Sure, Frank. What ’ s up? ” 
 
 “ Why are you making a movie about us? Isn ’ t there a ballet or an art opening that your teacher would like more? ” 
 
 “ Students always go for that type of shit. I want to go outside the box on this. Something you see everyday, but you know nothing about. OK, Frank, ready for your closeup? ” 
 
 I pressed record, and immediately, Frank tensed up, trying to avoid eye contact with my lens. “ Relax a bit. Now, I ’ m going to jump around questions, but lets start with why you became a sanitation worker. ” 
 
 “ Well… ” Frank started, talking with his hands and his mouth, “ I wanted a union job, and with my father working 35 years for the Queens East department, I thought this was the way to go. I don ’ t mind getting my hands dirty, you know? My father was able to raise me and my two sisters here, and now I ’ ve got two of my own, and it makes me feel a little better knowing I ’ m making their home a little cleaner and safer. ” 
 
 “ Safer? ” 
 
 “ Oh, you ’ ll see. Anyway, was that good? ” 
 
 “ Yeah ”, I replied. “ Great, so…what ’ s a typical night like? ” 
 
 “ I do four nights a week, 8 to 5, with an hour break at midnight, where me and Danny go get 2 Bros Pizza or something at Starbucks. Danny ’ s been doing this almost as long as I have, and we ’ ve got a pretty good routine. We switch spots every hour, working Midtown for like two years now. ” 
 
 “ What ’ s the weirdest thing you ’ ve seen? ” 
 
 “ Hmmm…I ’ ve got two. During the day, I saw a live ratking. ” 
 
 “ Ratking? ” 
 
 “ That ’ s when like 50 rats congeal together with grease and shit, and they become a ratking. Hundreds of limbs move as one, and more get added on as they pass other rats. Usually, we pass the dead ones that collapse on themselves, but I saw a live one. ” 
 
 I winced. Rats have always weirded me out. “ What about at night? What ’ s the weirdest thing you ’ ve seen then? ” 
 
 “ Frank! ”. I could see Danny have from the driver side rear view. “ Get ready, we ’ re coming up on it. ” 
 
 “ Coming up on what? ” I tried to smile, but as Frank reached by his legs and pulled out what I can only describe as a bulkier shotgun, I backed away just a bit.
