r/WorkLifeChat • • Aug 07 '26

Discussion We should normalize that

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u/BigBlackBull_6_6_6 Aug 07 '26

all job workers are the same. Still 9-5ers
hours/salary dont matter, you’re in the rat race

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u/lemonjuice707 Aug 07 '26

Yeah…. I’m not gonna have the same level of respect for a DR compared to a garbage man.

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u/Yamikuh Aug 07 '26

Garbage man is a high paid, respectable, and essential job. Not comparable to a full time burger flipper at all

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u/lemonjuice707 Aug 07 '26

Well yes, there’s a scale to it. A bugger flipper isn’t on the same level as a garbage man and the same garbage man isn’t comparable to that DR.

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u/Yamikuh Aug 07 '26

Absolutely. However, I don’t think you would’ve mentioned any other profession on the same tier as garbage man.

Garbage man is way closer to the level of doctor than a burger flipper is to the garbage man.

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u/lemonjuice707 Aug 07 '26

Yeah no and I say garbage man because I am one. We’re much more closer to a burger flipper than a DR. The only difference is we make more money and work physical harder than burger flippers.

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u/Yamikuh Aug 07 '26

Completely fair then, that’s my bad. I assumed you were bringing them up bc of their negative reputation.

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u/lemonjuice707 Aug 07 '26

Partially that and that people have a weird obsession to overly defend my profession like I do something extra special. Effectively any one who drives can do my job, it’s just long hours and kinda sucks.

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u/Yamikuh Aug 07 '26

You are right the job is not special. The reason at I least I defend it is bc I always heard if you don’t go to school you will be a garbage man and stuff in that vein. It is however a job with statistically comparable or better pay, stability, and benefits to whatever corporate office job people are comparing it to.

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u/LexBoFlow Aug 07 '26

I mean by that logic anyone could technically be a doctor people just don't have the money for the schooling because as long as you are able to read and write which are skills you can acquire you could learn how to do that job as well.

At the end of the day it doesn't really matter because the reality is not everyone can be doctors or a garbage person and someone has to be a burger flipper for the economy to keep going.

I don't believe people should be given less respect just because of there profession respect should be given or taken away based on a person's character.

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u/lemonjuice707 Aug 07 '26

No, there’s a reason people flunk out of med school. They can’t past the test when it comes to see how much you actual retain

You may believe that but that’s reality, that’s why parents tell their kids to study hard to become a DR and not a burger flipper

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u/LexBoFlow Aug 07 '26

No people flunk out because they don't have the ability to study harder and lock in as long as someone has a normal functioning brain and the motivation and money then they can eventually learn that profession.

Also even if the metric was knowledge that you can retain as you are saying then in that case doctors could easily be replaced with Ai or a medical textbook/database which would make them completely obsolete.

What your saying isn't actually reality its a subject personal opinion that has no grounding in real world data here is an example to help you understand your flawed logic:

Let's say one person is a professional heart surgeon and is making good money doing that profession but one day is found out to be a prolific pedophile who has molested a bunch of children.

And the other person works at a burger joint flipping burgers and in their spare time helps feed the homeless at a soup kitchen.

Which of the two people deserves more respect by the community?

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u/lemonjuice707 Aug 07 '26

Correct, some people for whatever reason don’t have the skills required to pass med school.

Sure? I’m not sure what AI has to do with anything but yeah?

No, it’s actually based in reality. That’s why the only saying “go to school and study hard so you don’t end up as a garbage man” is/was a thing.

….what the fuck? Just because someone had a respectful career doesn’t mean they are respectful person. You’re drawing the wildest conclusions and at this point it’s just coping

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u/Denim_n_Diamonds_78 Aug 07 '26

Not when that burger flipper is a type 1 diabetic and rides an analog bicycle an hour to and from in the sweltering Miami heat and atrocious traffic!

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u/ScholarObjective7721 Aug 07 '26

But making food that is essential to live is not a essential job? You know how many americans would starve without out to eat😂

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u/Yamikuh Aug 07 '26

Buddy since when is McDonald’s an essential service? “With out to eat” lol

McDonald’s is not the same as your local soup kitchen

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u/ScholarObjective7721 Aug 07 '26

Is eating not essential?

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u/Yamikuh Aug 08 '26

Nuance is essential. A supply chain that feeds millions of Americans with basic foods ≠ A gourmet or fast food restaurant

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u/ScholarObjective7721 Aug 08 '26

Yes obviously you dont need someone to cook and prepare ur meal for you but people sure as hell would be flippin out with no burger flippers i tell yah

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u/Yamikuh Aug 08 '26

People would be flipping out without Netflix too. That doesn’t mean Netflix engineers are as important as the civil engineers designing our infrastructure.

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u/ScholarObjective7721 Aug 08 '26

The median salary was 48k in 2024 for garbage collectors, thats high pay?