26 Professions That Everyone Hates and Roasts Until They Actually Need Their Help

Our school custodians were vital and amazing! As a teacher, I relied on them so much. Not just to clean, but our kids loved them!

Our high school custodian was a heart surgeon in Iraq in the late 80's - when he and his family escaped the regime and moved to Canada they refused to acknowledge his certifications and he was forced to take a job tidying up after upper middle/upper class teenage s*itheads who mostly treated him like the garbage they threw on the floors. Thankfully I was one of those artistic weirdos who didn't give two f's and had many long conversations with him. Omar - you are a treasure!

At every job that I've worked at I spent more time talking and hanging out with the janitors/custodians/housekeeping staff then my fellow co-workers in my department. I know how hard their jobs are and considering how I grew up, schools that I went to and the place that I live, I've ALWAYS felt more comfortable with them. We ALL come from and live in the same places, so I can relate to them more then most of the people in my department, especially since they aren't going to look down or judge me.

When I'm in the hospital I always say thank you to the janitors. The hospital wouldn't run without them.

In my gap year I worked at a very hoity toity/famous hotel in Banff, Alberta. I slaved as a housekeeper for exactly one day (moved to front desk after they found out I was multilingual). Things discovered in that day: rich people have no qualms about sh*tting in the bathtub and leaving it there. Massive amounts of d***s just left lying around. People treat hotel rooms like their personal garbage. People trying to trick housekeeping into taking money by leaving some on the bed in plain view WITH a note that says: "TIP" - confirmed with other staff members that this happens frequently & if they DO take it the "guest" will call management and tell them the money was stolen just to get comped rooms and services. That was ONE day! From there on out I've treated hotel rooms better than my own. Housekeeping is RIDICULOUSLY underpaid!!

I am almost always polite toward people doing the kind of jobs people disrespect, but would never deign to do by themselves. It sometimes surprises me that it surprises them, and I have to wonder how people treat them. And I said "almost always" because you run into a******s in every profession.

At the hotel I'm working at, the absolut "spine" of housekeeping is provided by ukrainian women fled from their country 2-ish years ago. They have so vartious backgrounds, sadly, they don't really speak english or german, they never learnt "western" languages in the 70s and 80s, when they were at school-age, and now being older, is a bit harder for them. Too bad, because 2 of them were cooks at home, and in a hotel you always need a hand in the kitchen. But the language barrier makes it impossible to work in a kitchen, where quick communication is a key.

Yep. My husband is in IT and it is exactly like this. He only gets praise and thanks from people in his field.

Saw a guy lose his job like this.

YUP. The same with accounting. An old consulting company of mine elected a new CEO who told admin, IT, and Accounting staff that they needed to enter the tasks they did that day so they know what the consutling staff has to go through. And that's so asinine considering sometimes you aren't that busy but your job is to be hand for when it does.

Ha ha, teaching, alongside nursing, must be one of the most rewarding, and thankless jobs.

I wish I could upvote this to the top of the list!! Teachers LITERALLY make almost every other profession possible.

Ex-teacher here.

Somebody please explain "grooming children" and "use litter boxes", because I don't like what I found in google for the former.

Don’t know what country you’re in, hope it’s not Australia. I’ve always found you helpful and polite.

I alway wave at these people. Sure, a few minutes may be spent waiting your turn to go but driving on a newly paved road is worth it.

I respect them. I'm mostly meeting the maintenance guys fro my city's public transport system. Man, those guys are working over the night to fix things with tram-rails, and keep it safe. Sure, they are paid extra for night-work, but anyway .... how many of you would completely f-ck up your biorhythm to fix your city's tram-rails?

If it’s the UK, that would perhaps be because the quality of the pothole repairs is c**p; vast sections of road are closed of for the smallest pieces of work; areas of work are routinely devoid of humans doing any work; and when there are people, the ratio of “guy working: colleagues watching guy work” is phenomenal.

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I don't hate cops, I hate crooked cops and those who abuse their power in law enforcement.

Its not that we dont need them, its that they often make things worse

End Qualified Immunity in the USA!!

When I needed the cops (our house was broken into) it made me dislike them even more because it was apparent they wouldn’t be of any help. Unlike TV they are basically useless at solving most crimes.

The problem is, even when you need them they often don't come out, or help in anyway if they do.

If an item is not in stock, don't shout at the shop floor workers, just thank them for taking the time to check.

I still remember this woman (had to be late 80s or early 90s) who seriously called me disgusting b/c I broke the news to her that the facial wipes she wanted were discontinued and we did not have any more. Like I personally had a hand in Olay's item distribution.

Yes, I've worked in retail and so has several members of my family have been treated like absolute dogshit. The amount of BS that they had to deal with during Covid is insane, like they didn't already deal with enough a******s already before it hit. I've always LOVED the idiots that insist that if it's not on the floor, then it must be in the back. Like there is some magical, endless warehouse through those back doors that lead to the stockroom. I can count on one hand the amount of times that I found something, because we hadn't gotten a certain item on the floor stocked yet. If there is a hole it means it's OUT OF STOCK.

I only complain about them when they're tailgating me at 70mph then get in the far left lane(illegal) to pass

I'll never forget a very late night trip returning home. Only trucks were moving and myself. When they noticed me approaching turned on their right flash, to indicate that it's clear ahead to pass them and switched on their high beams, making day the night. A light tapping on my horn, when I was abeam, was my thanks.

Here in the states the problem with truck drivers is a lot of them think they own the road and are aggressive/rude.

A vital service.

As a Canadian who has had one. You provide a vital service. You comfort someone(s) who are making a life changing choice. And you follow through with counseling and other family service after. Thank you

Security Officers are like a step-parent for a society of adult children.

I don't like businesses (restaurants) that don't pay servers a living wage. Or politicians who back laws allowing sub minimum wage for food workers. Also, servers who are FOR the tip system because they rake it in. Other than that, I don't have a problem with food service workers.

And they keep adding stuff to the job description like financials. No, get a book keeper