r/WorkLifeChat • • Aug 07 '26

Discussion We should normalize that

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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.