These days people who do manual work often recieve far more money than people who work in offices.People who work in the offices are frequentely referred to as "white-collar workers",for the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work.Such is human nature that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers.This can give rise to curious situations.As it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman for the Ellesmere corporation .
When he got married ,Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job.He simply told her that he worked for the corporation.Every morning he dressed in a smart black suit.He then changed into overalls and spent the next 8 hours as a dustman.Before returning home at night,he took a shower and changed back into his suit.Alf did this for over 2years,and his fellow dustman kept his secret.Alfer's wife has never discovered that she married a dustman,and she never will,for Alfer has just found another job.He WILL soon be working in an office.He will be earning only half as much as he used to,but he feel that his rise in his status is well worth a losS of money.From now on he will wear a suit all day , and others will call him "Mr.Bloggs",not "Alf".