tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post4199929910904635170..comments2024-03-27T20:10:46.984-07:00Comments on The Rambling Taoist: Do You Want This Job?The Rambling Taoisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730292897416827840noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-19984768061439641862011-09-27T16:10:15.026-07:002011-09-27T16:10:15.026-07:00You're right. Everything is relative. I bet ...You're right. Everything is relative. I bet for many of the world's most impoverished the job of a tomato picker sounds humane and well paid!! I'm sure there are even those who are jealous of the litter pickers!The Rambling Taoisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04730292897416827840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-2625777074406548312011-09-27T13:12:29.803-07:002011-09-27T13:12:29.803-07:00My wife was a lucky one in her country. She worked...My wife was a lucky one in her country. She worked 10 hours a day 6 days a week and was expected to work the 7th day free as either training or to supervise. She was a school teacher and earned $8 a day at the peak of her career. <br /><br />On this wage she looked after her family, supported all the non working elderly and young and saved enough to free herself, enough to get her a visa and a years study overseas. <br /><br />It always blows me away how she did it but she often sites a far worse story as contrast. An 8 year old girl for example who after school took a bicycle out for most of the night (risking all the night has to offer) and she collected plastic bottles and other waste, she'd carry it in huge lots tied to herself and her bike to a place where she could sell it for, well, nearly nothing. This money she'd take home and freeloading relatives would take it from her. She then slept under the stairs before school again. <br /><br />There are so many terrible tales we are oblivious to. 2/3 of people on earth I think have a life that most of us could not bare. <br /><br />What a world eh? As long as a few have an OK time then it's fine for the majority to be in poverty. <br /><br />The tomato job sounds rubbish, have you seen the litter pickers in India, South America and so on? These kids were born on landfill sites to parents who lived there and they make shelters from rubbish and spend the day, bare foot, picking for valuables in our waste. <br /><br />Tomatoes for thought for us all.Ta-Wanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01123753659706310015noreply@blogger.com