Defender Of Manual Work Gifts

'The computer will never replace maintenance engineering.'

"Will you be putting her in day care or bringing her up artisanally?"

The role of administration.

"But if you were a real boy you wouldn't be allowed to work such long hours."

"How would you rate your toleration for risk?"

Employment Agency. I didn't hire him -- Those bipedal guys are are afraid to get their hands dirty.

'It's a beautiful lighthouse. However, hauling the batteries up the stairs has taken its toll on my back.'

'It's coffee time Earl, take a break.'

"Look - we'll whistle when it's fifteen dollars an hour."

Top - Perhaps

"Don't be irreplaceable, because if you can't be replaced...you can't be promoted."

"They never told us what carrying twenty times our own weight would do to our knees."

"For a list of the ways artificial intelligence is killing your job, please press one."

Manual Worker

Maternity Ward "Just call me the Secretary of Labor."

A plunger in an outhouse

'Let's be fair and take a vote - how many here think we need a minimum wage increase?'

'I've tried hunting, and I've tried gathering, but what I really want is a desk job.'

Well paid job

"I'm really impressed with your work ethic."

'Larry, did you replace the cartridges in all the respirators this morning?'

'I'm actually looking for a manual labourer...'

"We appreciate your eagerness, but stop gnawing the furniture."

"Larry...GRUNT!...next time you feel like giving that extra 10 percent at work...would you mind giving it to someone else?...GRUNT!"

"I shoveled 5 driveways and made $40."

This is the last position I take where the job description is "heavy responsibility."

'You're being replaced by a machine...But at least it's an American-made machine.'

"You're all work and no play. I like that in an employee!"

'We do a lot of grunt work here. Grunt if you're OK with that.'

Workers constructing barcodes

'No... It's too heavy, lads. We need the forklift truck.'

When the going gets tough... Then and Now

'No, you can't telecommute.'

Working For Coconuts

"Every year these minimum-wage jobs get harder and harder."