I’m okay compensating janitors well.
They’re like IT, the place can’t run without them. It’s not glamorous work but it’s important at the scale of a school.
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When I was in highschool I got to talking with one of the janitors. He had two Masters degrees and the janitorial work gave a better work life balance than anything in his field.
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I had a parent use me as an example for their kid as to what not to be. I was working as a janitor at the school and she said something along the lines of this meme when she picked her kid up. Never mind it was a small school and I was also the bus driver, maintenance crew, after school counselor, and cafeteria help. If it wasn't for me and one other guy doing the same things, her precious little child wouldn't have had a (private charter) school to go to. Its rude AF and if you do this your a shit human.
I felt bad for all my high school mates who went into heavy debt and didnt even end up in the field they studied. I went right into trades and im at least not in school debt
My friend has a zoology degree, spent time as an officer in the military, and runs a successful business building training systems.
She's super stoked to be fullfilling one of her biggest dreams, going on an Antarctic expedition.
As a janitor.
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Doesn't have to work out of hours marking work. Doesn't have to give a fuck about children's dramas or parents or curriculums or lesson plans.
There are other bonuses as well.
You guys think I'm just some untouchable peasant? Serf? Peon? Well, maybe so. But following a broom around after shitheads like you for the last 8 years, I've learned a couple of things. I look through your letters. I look through your lockers. I listen to your conversations, you don't know that but I do. I am the eyes and ears of this institution, my friends. By the way, that clock's 20 minutes fast.
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What's wrong with being a janitor?
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Mr Willis is secretly a millionaire who earned $8 million by investing in stocks.
PS. The name of the person on the link is actually Ronald Read, and yes, he worked as a janitor until the day he died.
Come to Canada, we have well-paid teachers here with fantastic benefits. I never understood memes about under-paid teachers until I learned American teachers make hardly any money.
It reminds me of a post where someone said that Breaking Bad would never work in Canada because (1) he wouldn’t need to pay for any procedures anyway, and (2) even if he did have to, he’d make enough to afford whatever OHIP/insurance/etc wouldn’t cover.
It’s wild to me that teachers aren’t some of the best paid workers in a given country. I grew up with “oh they’re a teacher, yeah they’re well off” and to think that’s not the case down south blows my mind.
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Joke's on Willis. The school is going to fire him and demand teachers do his job after hours.
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In my state janitors make $14/hour median. Not even a third of a first year kindergarten teacher.
That's not right but this meme is a tankie joke.
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