Secret Service Agent

Plumber

You get to have a gun

You have a suit and shaded glasses

You get to meet the president

You get to scare people because of the shaded glasses

You get to protect the president

The U.S. Secret Service has two distinct areas of responsibility:

Treasury roles, covering missions such as prevention and investigation of counterfeiting of U.S. currency and U.S. treasury bonds notes and investigation of major fraud.

Protective roles, ensuring the safety of national VIPs such as the President, past presidents, vice presidents, presidential candidates, their families, and foreign embassies.

You make an honest living of about $40,000 per year

Plumbers work with water, which is fun

They ensure that people get water for their house

A plumber is a tradesperson who specializes in installing and maintaining systems used for potable (drinking) water, sewage, drainage, or industrial process plant piping.

Austen says that city plumbers make $500,000 dollar every year. That is false. Plumbers only make about $40,000 every year. This slide was only to clarify how much plumbers make, NOT to hurt anyone’s feelings.