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SGR 04-28-2021 01:33 PM

Seems like a pretty cushy job to me. I don't have any panic button under my desk.

Trollheart 04-28-2021 01:40 PM

Seriously people? Auf Wiedersehen, Pet?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auf_Wiedersehen,_Pet

Boys from the Blackstuff was amazing too. Not comedy per se, but a lot of black humour. What about Only Fools and Horses? Couldn't call that white collar...

SGR 04-28-2021 01:45 PM

What about The King of Queens, American sitcom focused on the life of a UPS driver? Might not count since that's not the constant setting though.

Trollheart 04-28-2021 02:09 PM

How are cops classified? I mean, there are a ton of cop comedy shows, not least among them Police Squad! (in color) and Brooklyn Nine-Nine...

The Batlord 04-28-2021 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 2170815)
How are cops classified? I mean, there are a ton of cop comedy shows, not least among them Police Squad! (in color) and Brooklyn Nine-Nine...

**** off.

SGR 04-28-2021 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 2170815)
How are cops classified? I mean, there are a ton of cop comedy shows, not least among them Police Squad! (in color) and Brooklyn Nine-Nine...

Blue Suits = blue collars

Marie Monday 04-28-2021 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2170808)
How is it a question if convenience store clerk is a blue collar job?

it's just that since I'm not a native speaker the finer shades of the terms white/blue collar are vague to me, I actually had to google it. My reasoning was it's not really white collar since it's not a comfortably paid office job but also not blue collar since it's not manual labour? But maybe with technological advances blue collar = manual labour is an outdated definition?

The Batlord 04-28-2021 02:20 PM

If you can be described as a "schlub" then you are blue collar.

Psy-Fi 04-28-2021 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 2170815)
How are cops classified? I mean, there are a ton of cop comedy shows, not least among them Police Squad! (in color) and Brooklyn Nine-Nine...

Maybe "grey-collar" in between blue and white collar.

Marie Monday 04-28-2021 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2170825)
If you can be described as a "schlub" then you are blue collar.

now that's a clear definition at last


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