In my opinion, any job that is not "traditional," with a boss and building and management hierarchy, is looked a as being somewhat shady. I have been a self employed handyman since '98, and I have noticed that until I get to know the people, I am looked at with some suspicion. I think it also has to do with methods of income that people think are beneath them or require little intelligence. I deliver pizza and people think stupid, unmotivated people deliver pizza (truth is, I have found pizza guys are motivated, second job guys). I have a feeling many scrappers are using scrap to augment income from their more "traditional" jobs (I do).
In the end, I would bet a days worth of scrappers at a yard would survive on an island better than an equal number of DMV employees... I would make an equal bet they would kick their a$$es at Jeopardy, too.
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