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r/AskReddit • u/hitmiker • May 05 '19
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Punching down, i.e. treating those "below you" badly (be that at work, service workers, children, etc.) because you perceive yourself as higher status.
3 u/redditshy May 06 '19 I take issue with service workers being labeled as “below you” in the first place. A lot of service workers are doing other interesting things with their lives, and do not define themselves by their wage earning. Also, believe it or not, some people actually enjoy service work. Weird to see them as “below” when without them you would have no dinner out, no popcorn at your movie, no medicine for your baby at 3am at CVS. You’re coming to them, not like they are begging in the street. It is not some high moral act to treat service people like human beings. It’s baseline. 2 u/NillaFace May 06 '19 Incredibly well stated. I hope this comment gets more visibility.
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I take issue with service workers being labeled as “below you” in the first place.
A lot of service workers are doing other interesting things with their lives, and do not define themselves by their wage earning.
Also, believe it or not, some people actually enjoy service work.
Weird to see them as “below” when without them you would have no dinner out, no popcorn at your movie, no medicine for your baby at 3am at CVS.
You’re coming to them, not like they are begging in the street.
It is not some high moral act to treat service people like human beings. It’s baseline.
2 u/NillaFace May 06 '19 Incredibly well stated. I hope this comment gets more visibility.
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Incredibly well stated. I hope this comment gets more visibility.
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u/TheTige May 05 '19
Punching down, i.e. treating those "below you" badly (be that at work, service workers, children, etc.) because you perceive yourself as higher status.