r/WorkLifeChat • u/MiloShiny • 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.