Remember the Workers
Through a few links of Twitter, I came across a video from Mike Row on Dirty Jobs, speaking at the TED conference. For those of you who don’t watch his show, he basically goes around the country doing the jobs that no one in their right mind would think of doing. He does the job alongside the people that normally do them, and the jobs are usually far more difficult (and disgusting) than they sound.
He made a point in his video that we seem to have forgotten the workers.
The people that do these jobs – roadkill scrapers, trash sorters, sewer workers, pipe fitters, welders, steam fitters – those are the people, really, who are at the core of this country that keep it going.
The media typically takes the job and makes a joke, or stereotype of the person that is doing the work.
Small business owners depend on their employees – we all know that no matter how great the idea is, if you don’t have people willing and able to actually put in the time and do the work, oftentimes menial and dangerous – your dream eventually comes to a standstill.
Most of us were there – we did the work, we worked on the floor, in the field, in the cubicles. Now that we are working for ourselves, when the time comes to thank the people that work with and for us, we need to remember who is helping us to fulfill and chase our dream. A pat on the back, a heartfelt “thanks”, a dinner, a bonus, a raise – no matter how you do it – just remember the people that helped you along the way.
They are the people that build this country from the ground up, with their hands, sweat, and blood.
Support the workers.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/mike_rowe_celebrates_dirty_jobs.html
