Meowth wrote:
Quitting because you had to do physical work for once in your life or mentally couldn't handle standing in a trailer with boxes coming down a set of rollers means I'm elitist, okay. I was simply stating facts.
I did not say you were an elitist. I said you were a phony elitist.
An elitist is someone who sees themselves as part of a legitimate hegemony of the elite, defining this identity through prowess in chosen pursuits.
A phony elitist is someone who genuinely sees themselves as ordinary at best, but tries to assume the mantle of elitism by bringing the bar down to the level of the ordinary and common, then defining his identity entirely in the double-negative.
According to your facts - the sole qualifications for doing your job is not being mentally retarded, physically deficient or claustrophobic. Then how does the UPS choose between everyone (several hundred thousand people per urban area) who meets those criteria? You take such pride in your job yet claim that all it means is that you are not retarded, puny or claustrophobic. Since those are marginal accomplishments, it stands to reason that your motivation is profound insecurity. Hence, phony elitist.
Anyway, back to the topic...I know that it seems like I am rejecting ideas out of hand, but I just don't see how the ideas yet mentioned would be applicable.
