There's no escaping it, sitting around vaguely working but mainly

[Pat Vegas]

This is a fact.

No different than paying a person to wash your car or any other “menial” task which one chooses not to do through laziness or simply not being fúcking arsed. See also gardening tasks, home DIY or repairs and to a lesser degree internet shopping.

Quite often tasks one could complete but we choose not to and instead we choose to pay.

None of the above are looked down upon.

Why can't I find a decent carwash. None of the wons do a good job near me.

They rush the job, I appreciate them putting that black stuff on my wheels to make them shine.
but please clean the bird **** off.
I expect more for my £12 to be honest.

I feel weird sitting in the car whilst all these eastern european blokes clean my car

[Ash]

Why can't I find a decent carwash. None of the wons do a good job near me.

They rush the job, I appreciate them putting that black stuff on my wheels to make them shine.
but please clean the bird **** off.
I expect more for my £12 to be honest.

I feel weird sitting in the car whilst all these eastern european blokes clean my car

They're not really there to launder your car though, tbf. They are there to launder cash for their gangster owners.

The place at the bottom of Swains Lane has gone now, and so has the garage on Holloway road where you can hire a squirty thing to do it yourself. Hence the car is now right state. I will have to take it to the Kentish Town won which is a nuisance because of the traffic.

[Pat Vegas]

They're not really there to launder your car though, tbf. They are there to launder cash for their gangster owners.

The place at the bottom of Swains Lane has gone now, and so has the garage on Holloway road where you can hire a squirty thing to do it yourself. Hence the car is now right state. I will have to take it to the Kentish Town won which is a nuisance because of the traffic.

I remember a bit up from Highgate station.

Still won in Stroud Green Road the finsbury park station end. There is also one in the Esso in Hornsey Road.

But I wouldn't mind doing it my self don't seem to find many petrol stations with the hose anymore.
I could do it at home but I'd have to run a hose out the window and people will start moaning.

[Ash]

No different than paying a person to wash your car or any other “menial” task which one chooses not to do through laziness or simply not being fúcking arsed. See also gardening tasks, home DIY or repairs and to a lesser degree internet shopping.

Not sure they are the same. DIY and repairs takes some skill which I am very happy to rely on a professional for. Car washing requires infrastructure and storage space for this equipment.

[Monty92]

I've become used to it. The problem lies in your own prejudice, of course. You see cleaning someone else's house as a demeaning thing to have to do because you are a snob. Your discomfort has its roots in your deep-seated contempt for anyone who performs what you see as menial tasks for money.

Were you simply to see it as a valid and worthwhile occupation and the person doing it as a hardworking individual deserving of your respect independent of what they do, your discomfort would vanish.

Does the same apply to prostitutes? Asking for a friend.

[Burney]

Does the same apply to prostitutes? Asking for a friend.

Well, I've never transacted with a prostitute, but in the sense that they are individuals trying to do the best for themselves and thus deserving of consideration, kindness and respect, then yes. What would you suggest? Treating them with contempt?

[Viva Prat Vegas]

What would you suggest? Treating them with contempt?

Not at the prices they charge
I imagine Monty likes to haggle

[Monty92]

Well, I've never transacted with a prostitute, but in the sense that they are individuals trying to do the best for themselves and thus deserving of consideration, kindness and respect, then yes. What would you suggest? Treating them with contempt?

I would never treat anyone with contempt for their choice of profession. I, of course, reserve the right to secretly hold them in contempt.

[Burney]

I would never treat anyone with contempt for their choice of profession. I, of course, reserve the right to secretly hold them in contempt.

Of course you do. But what you have to realise is that that's your shortcoming rather than theirs. Your contempt is a function of your own narrow-mindedness and represents a severe failure of empathy and imagination on your part.

[SWv2]

I would never treat anyone with contempt for their choice of profession. I, of course, reserve the right to secretly hold them in contempt.

To be fair you have always shown yourself to have a snide, condescending view of most people.

I don't think profession has ever been a criteria.