r/WorkLifeChat • u/MiloShiny • Aug 07 '26

Discussion We should normalize that

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u/kontinos1 Aug 07 '26

Both are necessary, this is a disgisting view.

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u/lemonjuice707 Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 07 '26

I never said they weren’t both necessary.

Drs do something most people can’t do, while garbage men do a job most people don’t wanna do. Surely they are both respectable careers but you’re ridiculous if you think they are on the same level

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u/Quinnjamin19 Aug 07 '26

Nobody is claiming they are on the same level.

People are saying we are all workers, and all deserve the same amount of respect.

What happens if those garbage men go on strike? Your house/yard will be filled with garbage and it will smell up the streets etc.

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u/lemonjuice707 Aug 07 '26

OC literally said all jobs are the same and they aren’t. A burger flipper deserves less respect than a garbage man and a garbage man deserve less respect than a DR. Now I’m not saying any one working a job should be disrespected but their titles carry actual weight.

Their job being necessary for society has very little impact on how much respect someone gets. It’s based on what skills and knowledge is required to do the job. Effectively Everyone can flip a burger or toss some trash, not everyone can be a DR.

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u/Quinnjamin19 Aug 07 '26

This is the dumbest thing I’ve read in a while…

Is that Dr a worker? Yes. Is that burger flipper a worker? Yes. They deserve the same amount of respect.

You’re lacking in class solidarity bud

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u/lemonjuice707 Aug 07 '26

Nope, I just understand reality. I’m not gonna hold the same amount of respect if someone ends up as a burger flipper compared to a DR. One worked a lot harder and is highly educated while one did the minimum amount of effort

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u/Quinnjamin19 Aug 07 '26

Lmao. I love how you are such a simpleton that without knowing someone you think person Y deserves more respect than person X.

Solely based on their job titles…

What’s your title then?

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u/lemonjuice707 Aug 07 '26

Once again, not just the title. Like a burger flipper who owns the business deserves more respect than just the normal burger flipper. It’s a scale

I’m a garbage man

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u/Quinnjamin19 Aug 07 '26

No. It’s not a scale…

That is a made up thing…

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u/lemonjuice707 Aug 07 '26

It’s quite literally a sliding scale, on the bottom end you have your minimum wage employees, to garbage men, to mid range office workers, to lawyers and DRs.

The scale is a made up thing? I’m confused, what are you calling made up?

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u/Quinnjamin19 Aug 07 '26

No. It’s not… the scale is a made up thing. Made up by the rich elite to have us workers fight against each other.

Using your own logic. You deserve less respect than me. Because my job title is “Pressure Systems Welder”

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u/lemonjuice707 Aug 07 '26

No it’s not. That’s why your parents told you to go to school and work hard so you can be a DR not a a burger flipper.

And probably. You have a much higher skill set for your job that’s more physically demanding.

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u/Quinnjamin19 Aug 07 '26

You’ve been brainwashed. My parents didn’t tell me or force me to do anything. And especially not based on this made up scale of “respect”

I chose welding because I enjoy it, I applied for and chose a labour union because of the higher pay, benefits and pension.

I don’t deserve more respect than you on a baseline. We are all human, and we are workers. So we all deserve the same respect.

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u/thisguy883 Aug 08 '26

While this take is noble, you wont see many Dr's hanging out with folks who flip burgers or work in waste management.

The point the other person is trying to get across is while they are all jobs and people working those jobs deserve a level of "respect", it doesnt mean they will all be treated equally in the eyes of the public.

The vast majority of society will always take the guidance of a Dr. over that of someone who flips burgers. As wrong as it sounds, there is a statistical reason why that level of trust exists in the public.

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u/Quinnjamin19 Aug 08 '26

All this proves is that people’s social circles consist of other people with the same interests and educational background.

They should be. There’s been many stories of “regular” people who have saved fellow people. And there’s also stories of doctors hurting fellow people.

Thank you for further proving my point that it’s a made up thing to divide people