Dignity of Labour - Do you really practice it?

it completely depends on that person and on how good he is with whatever he/she is doing. I don't have a problem in giving respect to a peon or a watchmen or a tailor, i do respect them and greet them with a smile on my face. But if a person is rude or sick or ill-mannered himself, than i won't respect doesn't matter if he/she is my co-worker, maid or some minister. Good topic and nice observation Cbeee. I would like to hear you opinion about it too :)

No, I have give up the idea. At a timeI was respecting everyone without considering their jobs. Almost all of them was not fit for that. When I used to say a rickshaw puller in a respectful salutation the nothing but demanded excess fair. And so on. Now I started to call them like others, hai rickshaw!, I am getting better resonse and paying actual fair. It is the irony of my fate, whom I tried to give the same treatment I have been cheated.

Yes, I do. I respect anyone who works and does a good job at whatever it is they do. The way I see it ....someone has to do it. The doctor who fixes my heart would be clueless as to how to fix my cable when I have a problem. All jobs are important. It's all about the pride one takes in his/her work and their attitude.

I just try to treat everyone how I would like to be treated. I am lucky that I have a really good job, but I could be a grunt laborer pulling wire for an electrician in an attic or something. So I just put myself in their job and how they must feel. Then I treat them how I would want to be treated.

Hi cbeee....I think everyone should be treated equal regardless of the type of work they do. They are out there making a living and taking care of their families and obligations as everyone should be doing. I am going to treat the man who picks up my garbage the same as I would treat my attorney or physician. They deserve this respect for doing their job with the best of their ability. Although some may think that becasue people go to college to further their learning for a profession, some are not lucky to be able to afford this luxury, but they are out there working and doing a service just like the educated man is doing. I have no prejudice and think everyone should be treated equal until they give you a reason not to. flutterby

Every one who works hard and earns his livelihood deserves our respect and admiration. Every one of us must realize the dignity of work. There is no shame in doing our work by our own hands. Yes, I treat every hard working person equally and try to reward them befittingly. Labourers are also respectable for us, for they do a great job for us. Never underestimate anyone, for God has not created anything without purpose.

well, dignity of labour is something we Indians are sadly lagging behind and I believe its one of the main reasons why our country is lagging behind. Here people with little education and doing menial jobs are really looked down upon…they earn less and the social position depends mainly on how much they are earning and what their profession is. frankly speaking, I am not immune to this practice around me…we still have sweepers and servants and labourers who are not really allowed into the house and shown respect. Well, civility is there (even this was lacking a few decades back) but respect is definitely not there. And if you see it from a practical point of view, this is prevalent everywhere. In my office itself, the receptionist gets the least respect…she is thought of more as a dumb beauty who can just talk and smile and dress well! As we move in, the respects start increasing too…from the secretary to the manager at top and then of course there’s the boss! So it finally comes down to the type of work we do…it defines how people react to us and what they expect of us. As I said, nobody is rude to anybody and courtesy is always there, but respect depends a lot on the type of work we are doing.

Theoretically, I think so. However, I am not sure of it practically, especially when I am at work. Everybody would like to have a better job, including me. Thus I think in this way, I am not practicing this rule. If I practice it, it will be the same to me no matter what job I am doing.

Hi! I think treating people good or bad is inborn. This is due to the type of sorroundings and circumstances we grow up. I person brought up in slums or bad sorroundings would not generally be polite to any one. But a person brought up in decent and well off family would be more likely to treat people on a proper manner they deserve. Now leaving all the hipocracy aside do we treat a air hostess and a waiter from a small tea stall in same way?? I agree with 'sona' that if we give more respect to a non deserving person then we end in a sorry state.

In my own stand, dignity of labour is being affected by a lot of factors. At the instance of looking back on what I have been into practicing such profession, sometimes I came across of being guilty not doing it since I do see that not all are being dignified in their work. Even at the modest that we do a big effort, always environment factors, personal factor, unfairness, these make them making us not so dignified to our professions.