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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]America's obsession with the proper job title and blue collar vs. white collar is laughable.

Know what jobs are respected in other countries?  Jobs.  That's it.  Having a job is respected.

I grew up in France and my father was garbage man.  When I tell people in the US what my father did, they make a face and some say, "oh, sorry, I didn't realize." as if I should be ashamed that he went to work each day and provided for his family.  I actually had one friend (now ex-friend) tell me that I shouldn't demean him by not calling him a sanitation engineer!

I don't look down on any workers.  I admire my doctors who had the intelligence and drive to follow that path.  I also admire that my lawn service guy can transform an ugly patch of land into a beautiful garden for me.  I appreciate the bathroom attendant at fancy restaurants who goes in after each person uses the bathroom to make sure the seats are free of pee sprinkles.  [/quote]

This.  My dad's a retired union electrician who built his own house.  He can't spell to save his life and wouldn't read a book unless someone was pointing a gun at his head, but he worked hard everyday to provide for our family, sometimes in the freezing cold or hottest heat.  His union health insurance helped to pay for several surgeries I needed as a child to correct a congential head/neck defect.  I"m proud of him.[/quote]

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