I worked for a shelter, I was told I would be working with the dogs. i started off cleaning up the kennels and sorting out the food. I occasionally got to do a bit of paperwork. I was doing that for ages before I started going at a different time to volunteer to walk the dogs, then I started working with them.
I didn't care about cleaning up the mess, someone's gotta do it, and you don't start a job at the top, you've gotta work your way up

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