O is for Over-hyped Occupations

By - April 17, 2013

You know what I'm sick of, Blog Club? I'm sick of all these facebook posts/bumper stickers/commercials about how much teachers or nurses, etc. make a difference and how we should repost this status if you know a nurse who makes a difference or hug a teacher today and thank him for helping.

Now don't get me wrong, folks. I'm not saying nurses and teachers aren't great. They are, and they make a difference. But you know who else is great and makes a difference? Garbage men. But does anyone think to give them a pat on the back and a thank you? Nope. Does anyone post a status about how we should be thankful for our garbage men who sift through piles of our human filth every day? Nope.

And when you get down to it, the garbage men do way more for us to be thankful for than many of the more glorified occupations. I mean, seriously...who says, "I want to be a garbage man when I grow up"? (Side note: okay, so my dad said that...but that doesn't count). When people ask garbage men at parties what they do for a living (side note: garbage men go to parties, right?), do you think when they answer, "I'm a garbage man," that it's more often people nod and say how impressed they are or more often stare at them awkwardly, put up two fingers, crucifix style, and back away slowly? They clean up our junk, my cat's dirty litter, my gross moldy food that was left in the refrigerator too long. They do what nobody else wants--or is willing--to do.

*Sigh* Poor garbage men. Always a garbage man, never a nurse.

What do you think are the least appreciated occupations?