Or hey, you also mentioned bus drivers, I couldn't pick just one article about city and school bus drivers striking, but in road-dominated societies, that's a pretty big deal.

So really, a ton of this is simply recognizing who does the work that actually keeps society going. If people like waste management and transportation and other services were actually treated with respect, they also wouldn't have to deal with as much "shit attitudes" either.

But instead, they're constantly pointed at by the communities they serve, who say things like "You don't wanna be a garbage hauler or bus driver...study hard so you can one day sit in a corporate office and make six figures contributing nothing to society!"

[–] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 1 points 7 months ago

That changed sometime in the last 10-20 years.

Now you hear people talking about how good those jobs are and how well they pay.

I’m like 99.9% certain that change happened because of those robot arms on garbage trucks.

That’s all it really took.

They still pay well, and it is not all sunshine and roses, a dump will still stink and trucks will still have to be washed, but it’s not anywhere near as backbreaking now.