bitjunkie 58 points 5 days ago

Many trash collectors are union, and the pay is already good specifically because of the stigma, smells, finding bodies, etc. He might be making more than her.

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expatriado 36 points 5 days ago

also, many dress nice jobs pay poorly

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bitjunkie 19 points 5 days ago

For real, she could be making spreadsheets for 10 an hour for all we know

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Trex202 5 points 5 days ago

Aaaaaaaaannnd her job is now obsolete

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riskable 21 points 5 days ago

Not just stigma, smells, and other mild/gross annoyances. Garbage collectors are in the top ten most hazardous jobs.

Main issues:

Repetitive stress injuries
Spinal and disc injuries
Slips and falls
Traffic strikes
Crushing injuries and pinches
Flying debris
Needlesticks and sharps (diseases and infections)
Bioaerosols and molds
Animal and insect bites
Toxic chemical exposure and diesel exhaust
Thermal stress
Hearing loss

Elevated cancer risks:

Lung
Bladder
Gastrointestinal and liver
Leukemia and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Skin

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jaykrown 5 points 3 days ago

Yea I think highly of and respect individuals who do trash collection, it's not easy, and very few can actually do it well. It's like a custom job every pick up.

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fireweed 41 points 5 days ago

I mean, if my partner waltzed in one day and announced they'd gotten a job with ICE, "ashamed" wouldn't even begin to cover it.

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Whitebrow 27 points 5 days ago

Yeah but in this case the person is actually contributing to a better society

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EggInDisguise 16 points 5 days ago

As always, context matters.

I do believe the comment was specifically in reference to "I can't fathom being ashamed of your partner for a JOB" bit. Which, yeah. I agree with. Working for ICE is a shameful job, and people are getting divorces over it.

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Malica 6 points 5 days ago

That would be a complete moral failing

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bizarroland 3 points 5 days ago

Yeah, that would be the end of the relationship. I would literally lay down an ultimatum. It's either that job or me. But hopefully, they wouldn't have gone and gotten that job or even applied to it without talking to me first.

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bizarroland 34 points 5 days ago

I didn't see anything that indicated that she would be ashamed of him. Am I missing something?

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tacosanonymous 16 points 5 days ago

Same.

Also, in my city the trash collectors are paid well with great benefits. Very competitive and sought after jobs.

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boonhet 4 points 5 days ago

Ehh, they're paid so well because the jobs are very much not sought after. The smell is something else.

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Asafum 14 points 5 days ago

I'm glad people feel that way, because I'm ashamed of myself for working in a factory. When I was on dating sites years ago I'd "pass" on professionals because I'm not on their level. :/

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bizarroland 10 points 5 days ago

Blue collar and white collar can work together very well. People that work with their minds need to rest with their hands and people that work with their hands need to rest with their minds. But there is considerable overlap.

Your competing capabilities could make for very interesting weekends in a long-term relationship.

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captainlezbian 7 points 5 days ago

As an engineer, I'm married to a professional, but that wasn't a foregone conclusion. I value intelligence, not necessarily career, other professionals have different priorities. I've dated tradeswomen, women with no career skills, women who've done sex work, and one woman with a bizarre skill set who's a farmer last I heard.

Don't pre reject yourself over insecurity

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lonefighter 11 points 5 days ago

Without trash collectors, our society would be a trash filled wasteland or filled with smoke from burning trash heaps. Pests and disease would be far more widespread than they are now. They're underappreciated heroes. We quite literally couldn't have civilized neighborhoods without them.

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melfie 7 points 4 days ago

Society can likely function just fine without a lot of the work that happens in offices, but that’s not the case with trash collection and many other blue collar jobs.

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SilverJeyJey 5 points 4 days ago

Shaming someone for having a job is wild

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Mulligrubs 5 points 5 days ago

Where I live this is one of the few union jobs left (besides cops, of course).

Odds are good that she depends on his health insurance.

(Unions are down to 10% of our workforce, down from over 40% in 50s. We need a labor party in the USA but good luck with that)

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BarneyPiccolo 1 point 3 days ago

Unionize Everything!

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Caption_Mo 3 points 5 days ago

I'm damn insecure myself, but I don't like the fact that this is something to celebrate because it's too rare.

And shoutout to all people who don't withhold their love and support for their loved ones.

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toynbee 2 points 5 days ago

I mean ... Regardless of whether she should she ashamed or not, no matter which way you lean on the matter ... Presumably, if he's her husband, she knew his job before marrying him and accepted any stigma that might come along with it?

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deegeese 2 points 5 days ago

Is that Buenos Aires?

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eestileib 1 point 5 days ago

I think you're right.

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MonkderVierte 2 points 4 days ago

Ashamed? For public kissing?