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Sure, but bad jobs exist in any industry. My claim is that good ones exist in service, which is contrary to what the narrative taught in public schools would have you believe.

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Because it's the exception and not the rule?

We’ve taught people to feel like scum if they’re working in food service and to treat people in food service like scum, then justify the indoctrination by saying it’s “usually true”.

Any cursory examination of other cultures would show it doesn’t have to be this way.

We all certainly agree on that! The fact is though that you will be treated like scum working in food service in a way you usually aren't working in, say, software development. I can confidently say this because I've done both jobs. It's not any more honest or realistic to deny this.

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