most pple don't look down on service workers bc of the job, they look down bc they need someone to feel superior to

abt 15 yrs ago i worked in hotels, restaurants and other service jobs while attending a top 30 university

one of my co-workers had a phd in molecular bio and chose the unionized service job bc it offered more stability than lab work

yet customers still talked to us like we were unintelligent or meant to be there

just in the last few days, i've watched customers invent dirt, demand refunds after eating everything, and speak to workers like they ae beneath them. no one stepped in. no one defended the worker.

the shift manager cleaned the imaginary dirt and told the kid, "you do whatever the customer says". it felt wrong.

society teaches pple that a low status job = a low status person, and they act accordingly. but work is work. no one is too good for it-a lot of pple just think they are