Merrill had been putting on weight. He didn't like it, just because he was a garbage man...err sanitation engineer, wasn't any reason to be heavy. He didn't have to be a particularly strong man anymore. The truck was designed to do, excuse the pun, heavy lifting, but that didn't mean he should let himself go to pot.

He guided his truck from one house to the next. On this run, he wasn't picking up garbage per se, he was picking up recyclables. He simply had to drive his truck next to the barrel and it would lift it up all by itself. Automation was an amazing thing. Merrill didn't worry about losing his job, someone still had to drive the truck and make corrections that the automation couldn't handle.

In front of the Anderson's place was a perfect example. The wasn't attached to the barrel. The truck AI told him so. He would have to get out and fix it. The truck couldn't lift the barrel with an improperly attached lid, all the garbage (or in this case recyclables) would spill onto the street. As long as people couldn't place a lid properly onto their waste barrels Merrill would have a job.

While the AI was doing it's work, Merrill unwrapped a greasy, bacon cheese burger. This was going to his dinner.

He was about to take a bite when the truck's AI informed him of a problem. He had to get out of his truck. Walk all the way around to the barrel, find the lid, affix it properly and then restart the truck's AI. He had to do it, four or five times a run. He complained every time.

Merrill zipped up his blue overalls, it was a bit warm in the truck, exited the vehicle, and went in search of the missing lid to the garbage barrel. If he couldn't find it, he would have to actually lift the barrel into the receptacle area himself.

While he was searching, he saw the front door of the house he was in front of open. It was a rare occasion for the owner of the house to step to the curve. Was this one of those rare occasions when the homeowner had something to say to him? Maybe they would apologize for the lid not being on the barrel.

He saw a woman coming toward him. She was well dressed. She wore a green plaid knee-length A-line dress with a crew neckline. She wore opaque white pantyhose and dark blue slip-ons with a small heel and carried a light blue (with a hint of green) purse.

As she came closer, Merrill could tell she was distressed. Merrill could hear what she was saying "Oh my god! No, not him! Anybody but this! Please I need to fight this! Please not him!"

She was walking quickly right towards him.

"Is there anything I can do for you, Ma'am?" Merrill asked.

"Yeah, you can take off all your clothes."

"I can what?" Merrill asked. "No one had ever said that to him before. But he didn't have time to ponder what she said. He was instead of pulling down the zipper on his overalls.

"What the fuck?" he exclaimed. Usually, he would control his language when out in public. There wasn't any easier way to get fired than saying something to a customer that wasn't in the department's standards.

Once the zipper was completely down, he bent down to untie his work boots. They couldn't be removed without untying the laces for obvious reasons. No one who dealt in garbage removal wanted their shoes to come off at the wrong time. Stepping into smelly garbage.was the least of the problem, there were also other sharp and dangerous item that could be intermixed with the rest of the refuse.

When he got his boots off and looked up again, he saw that the woman, (Mrs. Anderson, Jamie although he didn't know her first name) had removed her dress and was unfastening her lacy minimizer bra. Merrill hadn't realized how big the woman's boobs were until now. He couldn't help but stare.

Not that his hands didn't continue undressing. He pulled his undershirt over his head and his boxers down to the floor, leaving him in only socks.

Merrill continued to stare at the woman's breasts until she hid them for a moment when she bent down to pull off her pantyhose. (She had unbeknownst to Merrill already stepped out of her slip-on.

"What is going on here!" Merrill finally said.