All across this country of ours, people live and work and play, in big cities, small towns, suburbs, and rural spaces. A great functioning society requires a broad swath of people with varying skills, doing various jobs. For the past few decades, the focus on the "important" jobs has declared that office work - ostensibly obtained via a college degree - should be the life goal of every person.
Other jobs are often considered "starter" or "menial" or "service-industry", relegating them to a lower rung in our society, and thus the people who work them. But where would we be without those invisible people who do those invisible jobs? Who do you think makes sure your office is clean and ready when you show up in the morning, latte in hand? Someone needs to clean our offices and schools; someone needs to restock the shelves at the store, someone needs to flip the burgers while we wait at the drive through doing "important business" on our smartphones. Where would we be without the plumbers and AC techs and electricians and hair stylists and nannies and landscapers?
We are starting to find out.
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