Asking only workmans wages I go looking for a job....

[JoyDivision]

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How time changes, I am listening to a song written by Simon and Garfunkel called the boxer and it sounds hair raisingly good on my seperates system but one line makes me thing the line in the title.

Isn't it ironic that workmen are are now actualy one of the highest paid people in the country depending on the trade? I am not saying there is anything wrong with that, it just highlights the age old snobbery regarding trades.

I earn a lot less than most workmen, but get treated with a lot of respect from doctors etc because I went to university, but I have a few people in the trade and they get looked down all the time despite they have a skill better than mine.

Have the arse showing swearing wolf whisteling minority spoilt the image of builders?

 

[Matt1959]

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I earn a lot less than most workmen, but get treated with a lot of respect from doctors etc because I went to university,

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lol, you cannot be serious!! you mean to say Doctors ask if you went to Uni or somehow know anyway and that you have NOTICED that you are being treated with more respect compared to a tradesman because of it?

 

[stugster]

Haha

Drink?

 

Just a come on from the whore's on seventh avenue.

Now where's me shovel.

Earl

 

[JoyDivision]

They usualy ask. Now for some reason they don;t ask my mates in the trade, even though I have a friend who is a spark and has a bloody masters!

 

No doctors ever asked me if I went to uni ,and I make the queen sound like a cockney.

And I am an Earl.

Earl

 

[Matt1959]

JD, lets get this straight - you are saying the Doctor asks if you went to Uni???
I've never been asked this question by any medical professional (or any professional - ever) in nearly 30 years NEVER!!!

 

[stugster]

I think the irony is in the name "workmen" in that, I'm yet to see them doing just that

 

[An Oasis]

...Isn't it ironic that workmen are are now actualy one of the highest paid people in the country depending on the trade?...

Don't think so mate, workman's rates are not that high. Most of them are buggering off abroad in search of better times.

 

[captainlockheed]

Have the arse showing swearing wolf whisteling minority spoilt the image of builders?

Yes !! thankfully Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse are addressing this problem

 

[maxine]

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Have the arse showing swearing wolf whisteling minority spoilt the image of builders?

No good for me then - I can't whistle

 

[Deleted member 9840]

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but get treated with a lot of respect from doctors etc because I went to university

JD, how many doctors do you know? As the business professional that you portray, surely you must be able to quantify this statement.
I feel you have just made this up to try and improve your own perception of yourself.

Steve