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I've done menial work all my life. Labouring, farm work, kitchens, restaurants, bar work, cleaning toilets, cleaning houses and now I fix bikes.
It's all I have known.
What you've mentioned I've experienced, in terms of how you are treated.
I'm not making value judgements on people based on class or education. Just that class and education have divided this country.
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I think though that people can also be nicer about agriculture and fishing, manufacturing etc... there's an element in the UK and other countries that such work means you aren't intelligent in any way and less of value (see the bollocks about unskilled aka cleaning / agricultural / hotel etc job immigrants etc...) as a person.
It's hard graft and I couldn't handle a cow or fishing ship, a bit of respect for each other is good too.
I'm just 3 generations away from farmers and my partner two.