There was no door to the bathroom when Kimberly Scott first started at the City of Charleston Refuse Department in 1997.
But it didn't matter.
According to her cousin Tonya Wilson, she'd say "'They aren't anything but a bunch of men anyways' and she'd keep walking."
But on Friday night, 19 years and a bathroom door later, Scott celebrated her retirement at the Civic Center in Charleston.
There was a buffet filled with barbecue, a bar and, most importantly, a dance floor.
The band played Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" as Scott and her friends and family danced.
It was a career worth celebrating. Scott was the first woman to work for the refuse department, starting off as a laborer after getting the job from her brother and working her way up to a driver after a year and six months.
Tuesdays were spent on the West Side, Thursdays in South Hills, Fridays on the West Side Hills, but it was the Wednesdays in Kanawha City that were special.
On her Wednesday a route, a man named Denny would wave to her and say hello, every week.
"We didn't go down the road without Denny coming out to talk to her," said Stephen Austin, who was Scott's laborer for five years.
Scott made a lot of memories on her routes and got to see all of Charleston.
"I had some of the best memories of my life at that job," Scott said.
One of the things that made the job special were her co-workers.
"It was like they were my brothers," Scott said. "If I needed anything or I needed help, they would."
And Scott earned the respect of everyone that she worked with.
"I was always kind of amazed that she could work the truck," Barbara Goff, who does the payroll for the refuse department. "It took guts."
Not only did Scott drive the truck, but she didn't get into a single accident during her tenure.
"So many men who are on that job walked away," her brother, Billy Foye said.
Not only did she work hard for the city, she also worked hard for her family. After her mother died, Scott ended up taking care of much of the family.
"She's the backbone of the family," said her niece, Nicole Breckenridge. "There for anyone and everyone."
Scott was there for Breckenridge when they were walking home from the pool in North Charleston and she fell, scraping her knee.
Scott carried Breckenridge home and then, to cheer her up, did cartwheels around the yard.
"I didn't know she had it in her," Breckenridge said.
Scott helped keep the family upbeat with her sense of humor.
"We stayed laughing," Breckenridge said. "She likes to joke all day long."
Breckenridge said Scott had dreams that she wasn't able to pursue because of the responsibility of keeping the family together.
"She's a very dedicated person, she sacrificed a lot," Breckenridge said.
"She probably would have done bigger and better."
But when Breckenridge asked her aunt what she would do if she hadn't had to take care of the family, her aunt jokingly said that she would have moved to Hawaii and become a hula dancer.
And while she wasn't doing the hula, Scott did sway to the saxophone, enjoying the beginning of her much deserved retirement.
"I'm glad that she's able to relax now," Breckenridge said.
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