Bottle pickers have always fascinated me. I refer to them as "The Oxen of Society".
My "bottle guy" is a deaf mute elderly guy who I see every couple of weeks. Obviously communication is limited so I hardly know anything about him except that he always has a smile and puts in a hard days work. I heard his wife is also a picker but they work separately.
I'd imagine how well a picker does could really vary. My guess would be that the biggest factor would be lifestyle. A guy going for 6 bucks to drink a Big Bear by the river would cash out sooner than the guy who needs 40 bucks for his daily junk.
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