Quote (Thor123422 @ Jun 30 2016 10:46am)
I'm not expecting to make a lot of money. I'm just pointing out that it's ridiculous to say people aren't making a decent living because "they're not willing to work hard and uncomfortable jobs".
I worked hard and uncomfortable jobs, it was definitely not a determining factor in my success.
I've worked retail, I've worked food service, I've worked in construction. I can 100% absolutely tell you I would take any of those 3 jobs over my office/desk job I have today. It's mindless. In retail, you have items to put onto shelves or you have customers to ring up for the goods they purchase. In food service you cook the food, ring up to the customer, they leave. You prep food, you clean after the day is over. Obviously in retail and food service you get customer complaints, but who cares, it's easy stuff and the worst case scenario is you call a manager or you have to give a refund. In construction, even easier. Okay yeah it's physical labor, but it's mindless often times and the times that it isn't, it's super black and white simple. In all 3 of those, you clock out, go home, don't have to think about it again until the next day.
In what I do now it never ends. If a customer calls me at 11:00 at night, I have to answer. If I don't finish a project, it weighs on me until I do. If I make a mistake, I don't make them a new burger to satisfy them, I have to explain to my manager why we lost $250,000 in the blink of an eye. If the company has layoffs or if I make a mistake and get fired, I don't just leave restaurant A and go to restaurant B or go from a CVS clerk to being a Walgreens clerk, I have to build a resume and craft my skills in a way that is attractive to other employers and it typically takes a lot longer to get a job in professional service/business/office style companies than in retail/food service/blue collar. It just is, I've been there, I have tons of friends who have been there.
Tl;dr - people who say "sitting behind a desk all day" is easy, are fucking idiots.