You know, that’s a great point. I’d totally do a “shit job” if it paid decent and be a ton happier. I’m trying to organize and lead and only doing it for the money, and I hate it.

I enjoyed working as a dishwasher, but I'm 6'3 so my back hated it.

Some people like doing work like that

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Liking something and settling for something are very different things. Most of society is built up around excellence and providing those who can with opportunities to do so.

The big issue with this is that it can make tons of people feel guilty for never living up to their aspirations. Mediocrity is frowned upon yet it's the majority of the bell curve.

Go to a job you don't hate, don't hurt others, enjoy life when you can.

Good point, there are tons of people who can do it. Hence no need to pay them much, since enough do it for less. How to change that? If the people above, saying they would do it for more money, actually do it... What about those doing it now? You only need so many bus drivers etc. and obviously when too many apply higher qualifications will win. Can they do what they did previously?

That changed sometime in the last 10-20 years.

Now you hear people talking about how good those jobs are and how well they pay.

I’m like 99.9% certain that change happened because of those robot arms on garbage trucks.

That’s all it really took.

They still pay well, and it is not all sunshine and roses, a dump will still stink and trucks will still have to be washed, but it’s not anywhere near as backbreaking now.