"A student once told me about a scenario she observed at the service station where her husband works. As she stood in the shop, several of the mechanics and waiting customers laughed and made comments to the man who emptied trashcans and cleaned bathroom:
"He would make someone a great wife, don;t you think?"
"Look at how good he cleans!"
"Wanna come clean my house?"
When she asked her husband about it, he told her that the man was a mechanic at the shop who had asked the boss if he could take over the work of the recently fired "cleaning lady" to make some extra money." (117)
I believe that your work does not define you or who you are but that is not the way that society sees things. The scenario that was observed is a perfect example of how people judge someone by the type of work that they do. When the husband explains to his wife that he was merely taking the job of a "cleaning lady" for extra cash it's clear that the only reason he was doing that job was for the money. The people who ridiculed him for working a "womans" job were just basing him on the fact that he was doing all the cleaning around the station. Your work is simply just a way to live; it does not define your personality or the person that you are.
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