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What are the most important jobs in your city/town?

a.  Police
b.  Fire fighters.
c.  Teachers.
d.  Health-care workers.
e.  Refuse collectors.
f.  Mayor/city counsel.
g.  Clergy.
h.  Mini-mart clerks.
i.   Postal workers.
k.  None of the above/other_________________.

Posted - April 8, 2021

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  • 52903
    That’s not only too vague, it’s also situational, subjective, and objective, depending on perspectives.  “Important” based on what criteria?
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      April 8, 2021 11:57 AM MDT
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  • 44173
    Importance is based on one's opinion . I might say 'refuse collectors', and you might say 'health-care workers'. It's rather an opinion poll without the need for "Why?".
      April 8, 2021 12:03 PM MDT
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  • 52903

     

      Even with that caveat, it’s still a vague concept. For instance, let’s look at the first entry on your poll. When I’m driving the streets and highways here, the utter lack of enforcement of traffic laws is glaringly apparent in that speeding, dangerous lane changes, tailgating, running of red lights and stop signs, etc. either happen way too often because of few officers on scene and pulling over the offenders, or happen way too often because there are so few officers available to enforce the laws, thereby encouraging ne’er-do-wells to do as they please.  As such, police officers are or would be extremely important if they were more plentiful, more present, more effective, and more proactive. On the other hand, police officers can also be seen as the most important entity based on the enforcement that they do carry out regardless of the fact that they are stretched so thin and do what they can when they can, making them deserving of admiration. So that leaves a multi-faceted way to look at just one entry on the poll, and that’s before even comparing it to any of the other entries, to include k, which gives the opportunity to name countless other possibilities. 

      The second entry, firefighters (single compound word, no space, no not a two-word phrase in this particular context).  They’re also extremely important, their presence, training, readiness, knowledge, abilities, image, etc. can hardly be ignored. Yet, I rarely give them a thought at all. It’s usually until or unless they’re needed in an emergency that the average person gives them a thought at all. Does that make them any less important? Does it diminish their importance? Does it make them less important than the others in the poll choices? When I’m waiting for a piece of mail that‘s highly relevant to me at the moment, I might not be thinking of police officers or firefighters at that particular moment. If a home-invasion robber and an arsonist burst into my home while I’m waiting for the letter, as the zip ties are being tightened around my wrists and ankles and the duct tape seals my mouth shut, and as the liquid propellant is being doused indiscriminately around the abode, the postal employee drops a notch or two in my perception of hierarchy and the cop and bombero advance on the list. 

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    This post was edited by Randy D at April 9, 2021 7:19 PM MDT
      April 8, 2021 12:26 PM MDT
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  • 44173
    no not a two-word phrase.
      April 8, 2021 8:16 PM MDT
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  • 52903
      April 8, 2021 11:34 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    Probably health care workers because those professions cover a lot of territory.
      April 8, 2021 1:11 PM MDT
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  • 52903

     

      And none of the others cover a lot of territory?
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      April 8, 2021 4:52 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    They may.
      April 8, 2021 5:05 PM MDT
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  • 10449
    B.  This town is lucky to be home to the Cal Fire air attack base for a large section of eastern California.  The people who fly those bombers have the most important jobs in this town - year round.  (and I seriously doubt that anyone around here will disagree)
      April 8, 2021 2:55 PM MDT
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  • 44173
    B. b.
      April 8, 2021 8:18 PM MDT
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  • 10449
    tomato Tomataha 
      April 8, 2021 9:40 PM MDT
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  • 44173
    Potato potahto.
      April 9, 2021 12:28 PM MDT
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  • 10449
    You mean: tater, potater....spud.
      April 9, 2021 12:34 PM MDT
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  • 19942
    a.  Police
    b.  Fire fighters.
    d.  Health-care workers.
    c.  Teachers.
    e.  Refuse collectors.
      April 8, 2021 3:19 PM MDT
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  • 17364
    A.  We are served and protected by a first class Sheriff and his department.
      April 8, 2021 4:08 PM MDT
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  • 1893
    a.  Police
    b.  Fire fighters.
    c.  Teachers.
    d.  Health-care workers.
    e.  Refuse collectors

    and Postal workers
      April 9, 2021 11:47 AM MDT
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  • 10449
    K) the most important job around here is the Rez boys who will set up a gauntlet at the top of Nanoose hill to stop the Russian troops when they invade Vancouver Island. Cheers and happy weekend!
      April 9, 2021 12:41 PM MDT
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  • 22853

    k)   The J Advocate    (the letter 'J' was left out of your list)

    ;)
      April 9, 2021 7:01 PM MDT
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