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Refuse to Do Business with a Person Who Looks Down on Menial Work

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If there's any reason why some people are angry with the rich--it's because of rich people who look down on the poor. Some people are born rich without knowing the struggles of the one who originally acquired the wealth. Some rich parents make the fatal mistake of making their children feel entitled. Meanwhile, some rich parents make their children do the right thing by not waiting until things get too far. Some rich parents end up making their children attend middle-class schools, do summer jobs, work as employees in their own businesses, and teach them the value of wealth, especially by narrating the struggles before they got wealthy. In looking for a business partner, I feel it's very important to look at the attitude of these people. How do they treat people who do menial work? I could imagine looking forward to a business contract. However, it turns out that the potential business partner is a spoiled brat . Maybe, it's already a red alarm if I'm invited to an

Why "Low-Level" Work is More Important Than You Think

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Summit Staffing I'm glad that Cebu City is moving forward from Odette. I started to see repairs are going slow as they can be or as fast as they can be. Electricity was slowly restored so that means I didn't have to endure the irritating noise of the generator. It was a blessing to have a generator but it was also a hindrance. The generator was only used to avoid the issue of spoiling food and to charge gadgets. The use of the car to charge gadgets wasn't good for the battery. Now, the electricity is back and power tools labor can be done with both carpenters and electricians. This reminded me of how Philippine society tends to look at "low-level" workers or the menial labor force. I was told that if I don't study hard--I would end up like the man on the road. The man on the road was cleaning. The other climbed very high areas. Then in third-year high school--we had the poem "The Road Less Taken". It was something to think about how "low-level&q