Friday December 23, 2005

Unsung heros

I think it is too easy to get carried away with how impressed you are with sports folks who break records, win medals, people who invent clever stuff and so on. For me the folks who just do their job and get on with it are heroes for many reasons. This is not an exhaustive list I am sure I will have missed out some folks who also deserve a mention..

Emergency services folks. All of them (including lifeboatmen) are called to get us out of trouble wether of our own making or not. I think they don't get paid a lot, work long and awkward hours and each of them must over their career be exposed to some pretty horrible experiences car crashes and so on. These folks really deserve our praise.

Utility workers, folks like dustmen, folks who sweep the roads, the people who put up the hated traffic cones and roadworks signs on busy roads. These jobs are dirty and dangerous.

Hospital workers including nurses, doctors and folks who clean the hospitals up cook the food etc. Again not well paid, long hours and the environment is not the nicest with sick people etc. I include here folks who work in nursing home for old folks etc

Air stewards. A glamorous job? I don't think so. If you speak to them even international flights they dont' get to stay long at the destination nowadays and wheeling trolleys back and forth between seats is not my idea of fun. I bet you get all sorts of pain in the neck customers and there you are stuck with them for anything up to eighteen hours..

Finally the folks who work in war ravaged areas and relief efforts after natural disasters/famine. These guys are putting their lives at risk to offer help to those suffering in these areas of the world

Of course in this festive season a lot of these folks will be working keeping these essential services running. They of course deserve our thanks for doing so.

Meanwhile I am now off for Xmas and will be back on Wednesday 28th December the first day back at work in the UK after the Xmas break. Happy Xmas all !