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25 Of The Best Responses To New York’s New Mayor Eric Adams Calling Workers ‘Low-Skill’
Nobody’s immune from making verbal slip-ups, no matter how much experience with public speaking they have. Newly-minted New York mayor Eric Adams is facing quite a bit of heat right now from some politicians and the crowd on Twitter for a recent gaffe. He accidentally referred to workers as ‘low-skill’ instead of ‘low-wage.’
Some people believe that Adams directly insulted low-wage employees, and Bored Panda has collected a series of tweets that show what social media users thought of the mayor’s words. Scroll down to have a read.
However, politics is more complicated than just that and sometimes it can be hard to hear the message through the noise. Some think that it’s unfair to criticize Adams so harshly, considering the context of his comments: he was expressing support for low-wage workers. Others think that the comment itself might not be the main issue at all, but rather him urging employees to go back to working from the office rather than from home.
But what’s your opinion? Let us know in the comments what you think of Adams’ ‘low-skill’ comment, dear Pandas. Do you think it was an honest mistake or do you believe it shows something about his attitude towards anyone in a low-wage position? What’s your verdict on NYC’s new mayor so far?
Bored Panda reached out to celebrity, pop culture, and entertainment expert Mike Sington for a few comments on how public figures can avoid gaffes and how he interpreted Mayor Adams' words. Scroll down for our full interview with Mike.
Eric Adams just said “Low skill workers like cooks, messengers and Dunkin’ Donuts employees don’t have the academic skills to sit in a corner office” pic.twitter.com/KaoY9MNZ8J
— Achmat X (@AchmatX) January 4, 2022
Reporter: Many workers don’t feel safe going back to work and employers want to delay back to office.
Adams: pic.twitter.com/qthAGKHZOf— Achmat X (@AchmatX) January 4, 2022
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DDmaybeandor 4 years ago
Low skilled is not the same as low valued. There are people who’s only employable skill is sweeping. They still deserve a livable wage. That is what this man is arguing for. You just need to hear before and after.
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DDmaybeandor 4 years ago
That’s pretty much his point. If you listen to more, he’s saying, ‘you sit behind your desk making decisions about the most vulnerable, stop being a selfish prick and give my hardworking front line people a livable wage’.
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DennyS (denzoren) 4 years ago
I know right...no longer essential...in reality we were just expendable.
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MotherofGuineaPigs 4 years ago
I have worked retail and food service - Those that work 3rd shift on the weekend at Waffle House deserve hazzard pay.
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Lioness Nature 4 years ago
The Workers of Kellogs cereal distribution did it and they won. And when corporate tried to trick them into a bogus deal with a lot of fine print just get workers back on the line the workers called BS on it and continued to strike until their demands were met. Strike started October ended in December. Unionizing works. Bring back unions.
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Olga Dremina 4 years ago
Immigrants also can have all the degrees, but they don't have papers, or their University is not valid in your country.
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DennyS (denzoren) 4 years ago
All jobs require skills, just different skills. Even when they say "unskilled laborer"....like you need a lot of skills to do that job. Calling it "unskilled" or "low skilled" is ridiculous.
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Narwhal Blast 4 years ago
As someone who has had a lot of jobs to keep myself in uni - bartender, waitress, barista, maid, receptionist, etc - I met so many condescending, stupid and rude people, just because "I was serving them".
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Ozacoter 4 years ago
This is so important and most native people doesnt realise it. Many immigrants doing the lowest jobs are extremely educated. They are just discriminated and unable to find a job in their fields. As a migrant most of my colleagues have minimum a bachellor and the vast majority struggle to even find jobs as cleaning ladies.
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DDmaybeandor 4 years ago
Manufactured rage. Listen to before and after. Sounds like he’s arguing for livable wage. Sounds like someone (1%) wants to take light off the real issue by making it about something else.
Gavin Johnson 4 years ago
He’s used a poor choice of words AND been taken out of context. An editor’s delight, he’s gifted the opposition a great little soundbite that undermines his own stance. As you rightly say, manufactured outrage, it’s looking for something to be offended by and he’s unwittingly provided it.
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RP 4 years ago
You can be a highly skilled person doing a low-skill job. It is not an insult, it describes the amount of training you need to do the job. It does not mean that the job should not be well paid, that would have to been a second (and wrong) argument.
DDmaybeandor 4 years ago
RP thank you for a concise and we’ll put statement of fact.
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Emily 4 years ago
By all means, let us combat the people who don't understand certain jobs and call them "low-skilled" by calling jobs that we don't understand "low-skilled." Heavy sarcasm implied. Can we not just be upset about the lack of livable wages, why does everyone resort to pretending that politicians and policeman are useless and unskilled?
DDmaybeandor 4 years ago
Manufactured rage. Listen to before and after. Sounds like he’s arguing for livable wage. Sounds like someone (1%) wants to take light off the real issue by making it about something else.
Gavin Johnson 4 years ago
He’s used a poor choice of words AND been taken out of context. An editor’s delight, he’s gifted the opposition a great little soundbite that undermines his own stance. As you rightly say, manufactured outrage, it’s looking for something to be offended by and he’s unwittingly provided it.
Load More Replies... RP 4 years ago
You can be a highly skilled person doing a low-skill job. It is not an insult, it describes the amount of training you need to do the job. It does not mean that the job should not be well paid, that would have to been a second (and wrong) argument.
DDmaybeandor 4 years ago
RP thank you for a concise and we’ll put statement of fact.
Load More Replies... Emily 4 years ago
By all means, let us combat the people who don't understand certain jobs and call them "low-skilled" by calling jobs that we don't understand "low-skilled." Heavy sarcasm implied. Can we not just be upset about the lack of livable wages, why does everyone resort to pretending that politicians and policeman are useless and unskilled?
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