“Everybody Hates Me Until They Need Me”: 30 Professions That Are Underestimated Until People Need Them In Emergency Situations

Yes. I don't think people actually hate them. I think people are snobby about their job, though.

And toddlers love them! We'd wait for the trash truck every Monday and the guys were always awesome about waving to us. He thought it was better than Disneyland. Same with the recycling truck/guys. :) Don't forget to tip them during the holidays! (If you live somewhere that has the custom)

"you need to study or you'll end up a *garbage collector*" They are union workers who make damn good money who are needed for a society to function.

I have a friend who is a garbage man. He loves to joke about it calling himself a Disposal Engineer. Which is apparently a good type of engineer to be because he makes bank.

I do because my town doesn't have any. But the sanitation workers at the dump I always give a hello and a thanks to!

We leave a 6 pack out at Christmas for them here, we love our garbos in Australia

They are heroes to little boys who love the trucks, the noise.. and the guys are really nice!

All the mothers who point them out to their children and say "That's what happens when you don't go to college."

My BIL is a garbage collector. No one makes fun of him, because in our area it's a 6 figure state job. People apply and are in lists for years, it's a highly desirable job here. Plus, he gets tips at Christmas and brings home free stuff.

It might not be labeled as hate. My Dad's been in the business for around 30 years, and both my brother and myself have both collected trash and recycling. Everyone asked why I would collect trash - as if it were a "bad" job to have and was only a stepping stone. Truth: I did it to help Dad out because instead of having the regular guys do holidays, he would do those himself. One of the best Thanksgivings was just me and my Dad, freezing cold, and we had gotten the turkey into the oven before the trash run, so we got up around two, got everything ready, then out at 4 to go get the truck. We were really tired, so after doing the trash we pulled into a closed business's parking lot and actually slept for an hour or so before taking the truck back and then driving an hour home and there was the lovely turkey full of Dad's from-scratch stuffing and it was such a beautiful starry morning and the sunrise was every possible shade of red and orange and gold all at once. But folks look down on

You do not live in NYC, they get paid too much and do a half a$$ job. Make messes and expect homeowners and businesses to clean up behind them. Skip stops when they feel like it, make illegal and false claims, dare I continue. Let's not mention 2010 and the last major blizzard, where teams were found sitting and eating in a Dunkin donuts instead of plowing the streets. Causing busses with kids and people to be stuck on roads for hours without a way out.

This is first because we decided people at McDonalds were essential and forced them to go to work during the pandemic. Many of them died due to ant-vaxxers who wouldn't wear masks and a company who was willing to let them die to make record profits. They are still paid less than every non-essential worker not only at their own company but most others. "Working at McDonalds" is still considered an insult.

That is so true! You can always tell whether someone has had a service job (restaurant, retail, etc.) by how they treat those serving them. When you come upon a customer who disrespects or demeans the person helping them, you know they have no f*****g idea what it takes to deal with customers on a regular basis. My husband and I worked together in a resort call center in an escalated/complaint department and we could tell by the first 30 seconds of the call whether we were going to help/fix their problem. If they were respectful and polite, we would do everything within our discretion to solve their problem. But if they started out the call by yelling/insulting/disrespecting us, they would get NOTHING but the bare minimum effort from us. Interactions matter. Treat people with respect - a nice conversation can really make someone's day and takes the sting out of all the other s****y customers that person had to deal with before you.

And why hate on ffw? They bring you food! Food good!

Agreed! I taught my son as much. He agrees to the point that he explained this to his lazy somewhat entitled friend currently studying Finance funded by the parents. Friend rarely goes to class and complains about take out food he orders every day. My son said, "Dude, you are clueless! Get a job at McDonald's, then complain." Ah, how lovely when we learn our children actually listened.

Absolutely agree! If everyone had to work in customer service, especially high pressure cs like fast food, everyone would be more understanding and accepting of things not being immediate and perfect. I think everyone should also have to work in a bank for 6 months too in order to understand how important budgeting is and that banks are for profit businesses.

I'm a former nurse and I worked as a home carer for several years and nurses and care assistants don't get the praise they deserve. Ask any junior doctor who taught them to do most things and they'll tell you the nurses did from putting in a canular to dressing a wound.

I see some people replying to you don't know the difference between an EMT who does "basic" (for lack of a better word) rescue services to get someone to a hospital while paramedics can perform more serious life saving procedures including minor field surgery like tracheotomies, as well as preliminary diagnosis, things that a lot of nurses aren't allowed to do.

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It works both ways Paramedics are not nurses but some want to be and belittle those who are Nurses are not paramedics and likely couldn't do what they di. We all compete when we should get along and make less works for all

Sometimes you just gotta chuck that chair. You know, for science.

stardust I am underqualified to tell you this but if you are over 16 then PLEASE consider emancipation. I am not well-versed in law outside the united states, but denying you a therapist and mental well-being may be grounds for emancipation. And if anything please stay safe and do not go to jail for adult charges.

I misread that as "chuck her down the stairs". It may be called for, but please don't. Just make fun of her when she needs those scientists.

For legal reasons, I have to suggest a different approach, but personally, I think *suspicious glances* YOU SHOULD THROW THE F*****G CHAIR

my dad did something similar. I literally flipped the table and threw a glass of water in his face.

Science is a good thing, and just because I don't understand the results, I trust that the science community does their best to get the most accurate. But always look where the money came from, Nestlé, Exxon, or an unbiased science fund. I hope you never loose trust in scientists!

As if someone would continue their education for multiple years studying science, just to lie. WTF!?

Do it. Then tell her that scientists have proven that throwing chairs at people is 99.9% less likely to kill them than shooting them with a gun. (Please note, this is a made up figure and no scientists or other humans were harmed whilst I was making this up as far as I am aware.).

Makes me think of the current Pfizer vaccine causing strokes in some people. I can just hear the anti vaxxers claiming vindication, but that's the catch 22 isn't. The scientists are telling you the truth and warning you of the danger...they aren't lying to you which is the whole point. If they're not lying about the bad why would they lie about the good. Scientists get paid either way, their only agenda is science.

Tell her she should not phone 911 or whatever is the emergency number where you live when someone is hurt, etc. or even go to the hospital if she thinks that way. I will add that someone need to be "hit over the head with a piece of heavy mining equipment and left bleeding in the moonlight" as the late George Carlin once said in one of his monologues.

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Here's the thing, you shouldn't believe everything because everyone is different. Some scientists will lie and others won't. You can't classify everyone under one umbrella.

Bill Bryson (author who studied science papers to write his book) stated in the end of his well-researched book that the most likely cause of a pandemic would be an airborne virus. This book, A Short History of Nearly Everything, was published in 2003. It's pretty safe to say we don't listen to science.

"we assumed it would be a flu virus"... You know MERS, SARS-COV-1 etc were all coronaviruses? Why would the trend change? The WHO said that it wasn't communicable, and for coronaviruses(like SARS-COV-1), you should assume it's communicable until otherwise noted, considering we have colds that are coronaviruses, in dogs the most deadly one is parvo, and for cats it's Feline INFECTIOUS peritonitis, all of which are super-spreadable. For FIP we bleached the room and didn't use it for 24 hours or something. There was SARS-COV-1... And what did we learn? Subunit vaccines were the way to go... What was funded and used? A technology that doesn't immunize and had all the negative effects that inactive and modified vaccines had for SARS-COV-1. We also didn't use the medications that were effective against SARS-COV-1 because magically things that had antiviral properties were obviously the wrong choice for this pandemic.

Yet many of those same people who complain that tradesmen charge too much will defend a CEO's "right" to 400 times their average employee's wage.

Depends on the country. Here in Germany apprenticeships are paid, are 3+ years long usually and require a visit to a school for theoretical education once or twice per week.

Yeah, that’s weird. Those guys are held in pretty high regard where I live, it’s considered a qualified, steady and well paid job. We know damned well that we couldn’t do what they do ourselves, and therefore we shut our traps.

my apprenticeship was paid, even the classroom hours

Yep. Plus, there are expenses the business has to pay for. The staff that schedules the work, sends the invoices, pays the bills. All the taxes/withholding for the employees, benefits, paid time off. All of that is reflected in that hourly rate charged by the trade. I may pay $180/hour for that plumber, but the plumber isn't making anywhere near that. It's the total cost of running the business. Here in the US, my paycheck doesn't even reflect all the money that's paid in for Social Security and taxes. If you get PTO, subsidized health insurance, and other benefits, that's not shown on your paycheck. I cost my employer a lot more in just my compensation than my paycheck says. That's before you get to the general costs of the business.

Where do you live that „tradies“ have to pay for their education?