15 pages in length. The life of a tow truck driver or mechanic is anything but glamorous, with duties ranging from changing flat tires on a busy highway to digging someone out of a mud pit, always sporting a pair of perpetually oil-soaked hands, wearing a uniform that does not stay clean for more than the first hour and on top of it all, earning a wage that can sometimes be topped at the corner fast food restaurant. In an industry that caters to people in trouble, towing companies provide a rescue service based upon employees who are often on-call twenty-four hours a day and can be called out at all hours of the night. What is the incentive for aspiring to such a job with a long list of unattractive aspects and few redeeming ones? Bibliography lists 11 sources.