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The five families of feces - The porta-potty business is as dirty as you’d think. But one man keeps coming up smelling like roses.

Posted by cfabbro
Tags: business, usa.ny.nyc, porta potty, toilets, charles w howard, author.david gauvey herbert, source.new york magazine, long read, paywall
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/charles-howard-porta-potty-king-of-nyc.html

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Title
The Porta-Potty King of New York City Faces a Threat to His Throne
Authors
David Gauvey Herbert, Brian Finke
Published
Feb 6 2019
Word count
3745 words

4 comments

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    cfabbro
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    "Five families of Feces" is a pretty good alliteration for the title, but "How one man got hugely affluent off human effluence" was the alternative that was rattling around in my head after...

    "Five families of Feces" is a pretty good alliteration for the title, but "How one man got hugely affluent off human effluence" was the alternative that was rattling around in my head after reading the article. ;)

    p.s. Mr. Howard seems like a real lovely human being. /s Is it wrong of me to hope the class-action his drivers brought forth ruins him?

    4 votes
    1. Pilgrim
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      Your title is much, much better.

      Your title is much, much better.

      1 vote
  2. DashEquals
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    Glad to see the workers taking action here. I'm worried that this type of action won't be able to happen in the future, with more and more companies forcing arbitration.

    Glad to see the workers taking action here. I'm worried that this type of action won't be able to happen in the future, with more and more companies forcing arbitration.

    2 votes
  3. SwanSong
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    This is a shit article.

    This is a shit article.

    1 vote