If you got paid the exact same amount per hour/day

[Ramathorn]

blue collar job or white collar job? 100k, 200k, whatever number you want to use. Would you rather be a ditch digger or a lawyer.


And yes, I raelize it's a hypothetical.


I'd like to think of myself as more of a blue collar guy myself.

 

[Fat Crazy Hippie]

White collar, because I am lazy, but realize others should be rewarded more than I do for doing real hard sweaty work and effort.

 

[jmatt]

Blue collar.

I was never happier than when I was doing something that I had to physically work at.

I was in better shape, I was stronger, and I always felt a greater sense of accomplishment when I finished a job.

 

[BA93]

Peter seemed to prefer outdoor work over Initech

 

[random horn]

I think I'd feel less dirty being a ditch digger than a lawyer

 

[Ramathorn]

BA, that's sort of what I'm getting at. Working at Dell, I have to juggle a crap load of **** in the air. But, I think ditch digging could get monotonous, tiresome as well. And, there's a certain stigma against blue collar work.

 

[Napoleon]

What color collar does a gigolo wear?

 

[LonghornSurgeon]

Can I pick 2 jobs? Pirate Doctor... enough said.

 

[fratboy_legend]

i would make furniture. seriously.

 

[Bookman]

Which job would I be able to work more hours?

 

[El Sapo]

That would be no collar, Napoleon.

If you got paid the same either way I don't see how you could not choose a blue collar job. Why sit in an office watching another gorgeous day go by when you could be outside enjoying it?

 

[airportlobby]

Many blue collar jobs are terrible for your body, not to mention intellectually stultifying. And then there is the sense of achieving very little with your accumulated time. A job that leaves you physically exhausted may be a nice change of pace on occasion, but it's a hard way to spend a decade.

I have a white collar job, but my dad was blue collar (baked, drove cabs, etc.). Disabused me of any romanticism I had towards the work.

On the other hand, farming has always seemed rewarding to me. Probably b/c I know nothing about it.

 

[OldHippie]

I worked at carpentry, roofing, mason's helper, general laborer for 4 years. It gets really hot in the summer and cold in the winter. I learned a lot of valuable skills but I was glad to start working in an office when I finally got around to it. Plus whoever said that over the long run it is very hard on your body was right.

 

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[bozo_casanova]

Blue, provided I owned the means of production

 

[Rip76]

"White collar, because I am lazy, but realize others should be rewarded more than I do for doing real hard sweaty work and effort."

Exactly what I thought

 

[Hornius Emeritus]

I want to be a stone mason.

 

[BA93]

You might feel a sense of accomplishment when you finish a day long outside project at your house. But do that day-in and day-out, cold rainy weather, or scorching hot.... I don't think being outside would turn out to be all that great.

Ask the blue-collar guy if he would rather be inside, chatting up the new cute intern, or checking out Hornfans half the day.

 

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[utexas_61]

blue collar

 

[Hornin Hong Kong]

very hard question - but if you said something other than ditch digger -say park ranger no question - park ranger.

I'd prefer most things outdoor to being an investmentbanker if the money were even reasonably close.

 

[general35]

blue collar during the fall and spring, white collar during the winter and summer.

 

[Ramathorn]

Didn't have to be ditch digger. Let's say painter, of course that would be multi-collored collar. Heck, a janitor?

 

[THEU]

I used to unload semi trucks and stocked shelves. I loved it. I loved seeing the product moved and put up nicely and I loved the people that I worked with. It could be mind numbing sometimes, but that was more when I had to work the floor (This was a retail place). I would pick that over white collar work.

 

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[HoosierHorn]

i work at home wearing a tshirt and shorts on most days. when i actually put on clothes. i'm in sales. when i'm not at home, i'm wearing a jacket and tie and talking to people. i'm good at it. i can't say i'd prefer to dig ditches or paint or anything blue collar... UNLESS it was my own company and i was making more money. but for the some money, i'll sit here and be out of shape.

 

[MaduroUTMB]

I'd cut grass for a living. Some of my best ideas come when I'm pushing a mower in August.

 

[Seattle Husker]

When I used to work for a very large software company I'd pass the guys mowing the grass on our campus. As I stressed out over what I needed to do that day my mind always gravitated to "damn that would be a great job if I could support my family with my current income". Mowing the grass is instant gratification. It's low stress, good exercise and work that "stays at the office".

When I retire I may take up that work. At a minimum I might someday own my own landscaping company focusing on yard/grounds maintenance.

 

[Ramathorn]

Husker, that kind of sums it up. When I'm outside on break or come back from my two hour lunch, I watch the guys mow the lawn and think "that doesn't look too bad."

 

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