Doing The Jobs Illegal Aliens Won’t Do
Michelle Malkin asks: What was your worst job?
In high school, I did dock/janitor work for The Denver Dry company, which included cleaning the bathrooms. Having grown up with five sisters, there were no illusions on my part in regard what girls are capable of. Nonetheless, the lady’s bathroom chore was far and away the worse part of that job. “Powder my nose” masks all manner of…er…um…well…ah…gack…
But that job pales in comparison to the work I did in nursing homes for three years while working my way through college. There was much to that job which was rewarding and much that I’d rather not think about. Frankly, makes picking lettuce, mowing lawns, cleaning homes and working construction all look like a walk in the park. My take away lessons from that experience included a healthy respect, even at that age, for my elders, a good diet, exercise and retirement plans.
What made it possible to work these jobs was the belief they were stepping stones to better opportunities. I remember having a sense of the need to “pay my dues” in the trenches, as it were. Having worked these jobs lead to a much greater appreciation of the success I enjoyed later in life. Nearing 30 years later, I still remember those early jobs and the lessons I learned.
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January 12th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
you think that is all illegal aliens do are you really that deprived of knowledge.. illegal ailens have jobs that include going thru sweres crawling on their hands and knees to ensure that our toilets work for us every time we feel it neccesary to take a shit……lets see what else how about when they cant really get a steady job because our government makes it impossible for them to become legal and they have to do random disgusting chores because frankly no one no one not even someone who has held the seat for grandma while she did her business would fathom as you have proofed…. and on top of that sir i would like you to try picking fruit for 14 hrs a day and getting maybe enough to eat off what you make i understand that americans work hard too those who no one it is and im not even going to pretend like have struggled in my life but i also understand that at least we are protected by law but our government doesnt want them to be legal because people like our president and his coworkers have illegal immigrants working for them all the time and well their cheap…..im not saying that we dont have a problem will illegal immigrants because we do but shunning them is going to get us no where what we need to realize is its not the imagrants who are screw us its our government…..please just think about it
January 12th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Do you honestly believe that is all illegal immigrants do is construction and pick fruit well let me tell you that their are illegal immigrants who crawl threw sewers to ensure that you can flush your toilet every time you feel it neccesary to take a shit and thats not even the worst of they endure jobs that you could not even fathom as you have proofed…….i would like to add that working in the hot feilds every day 14 hours day and then maybe making enough to feed themselves isnt as easy as you may think i would much rather hold a portable toilet for grandma…..now im not saying that americans dont work hard because we do i mean people in other countries would consider even our desk jobs slave labor they way we depend on our jobs and the way our employers treat us and im not going to sit here and even pretend that i have struggled like say you have or millions of americans are but i will say that its not the illegal immigrants fault that they want to be able to feed their children or buy them gift on christmas how could hold that against someone how the concern should be our government they talk about illegal immigrants day in and day out but the truth is they dont want a soultion they use illegal immigrants themselves why get rid of them they use it as a ploy to attract your attention away from other problems and concern you things that arent really the issues not that illegal immigration isnt an issue but not allowing them into our country is not the answer their needs to be a well thought out plan to allow them in under certain conditions but no one is working tward that……shuning illegal immigrants is not the answer our government is…please just think about it
January 13th, 2008 at 10:35 am
First off, ceci, take a breath. Breeeeeeeathe. It makes for better punctuation.
Whereas I’m no stranger to construction and hard manual labor, such as digging out tree stumps and such, for earning a living, you have no experience working in nursing homes. There’s a bit more involved than “hold[ing] a portable toilet for grandma.” You’d know that if you knew the work beyond just visiting grandma on the odd weekend. I have the comparative experience you lack.
I don’t slight the work illegal aliens do – it is hard work. It’s when illegal immigration apologist such as yourself hoist the “Doing the jobs American’s won’t do.” banner, I take pointed exception. It’s a lie. In all the places I worked, there were no illegal aliens cleaning the pus out of grandma’s bed sores or cleaning up from the bed frame and floor what emptied from her bowls after she died, sadly forgotten by her family. In fact, there were no illegal aliens there at all.
So take a deep breath, ceci. And when you can do that after working for three years in a nursing home (half of that time on the night shift), come back and leave an update comment on your experience with the air there.