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inanna

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1. From the comments section at Guardian link:

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Sat Dec 20, 2014, 01:58 PM

Dec 2014

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20 December 2014 10:44am
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It's not just waiting staff. The whole concept of a 'hierarchy' of work is institutionalised in this country. If you empty bins, wait on tables or sweep roads you are viewed as a lesser being.
A job is a job. That it pays less doesn't diminish either the value (in societal, not monetary, terms) or the person carrying out the work. If this were properly recognised then the UK would be a more decent and respectful place.

^^ Sums up my thoughts completely.

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Spare a thought for your waitress this Christmas - it’s not a job for the faint-hearted [View all] inanna Dec 2014 OP

From the comments section at Guardian link: inanna Dec 2014 #1

As an ex- longtime waitress, very good read. Thanks inanna. nt Mnemosyne Dec 2014 #2

Former "coffee shop girl" here.... inanna Dec 2014 #3

I always try to treat service workers with respect nichomachus Dec 2014 #4

I find the checkout clerks mainstreetonce Dec 2014 #5

Not sure.... inanna Dec 2014 #6

Probably not, but Sherman A1 Dec 2014 #7

I don't think they are, murielm99 Dec 2014 #8

I work at a post office arikara Dec 2014 #9

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