Using tools on the job and carrying the same around in public - there's a difference, no? Do you see it?
Using tools on the job and carrying the same around in public - there's a difference, no? Do you see it?
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Maybe I'm not being clear:on the job or at home.
*Most people in contemporary urban societies do not need to make use of such tools
*Those that do compartmentalize their use to work situations
*Hobbyists who use such tools confine their use to that specific context
*Consumers out about the town simply do not ever carry such tools and have no expectation of others carrying them in their environment
*Front-end/customer service workers have as their primary - and usually only - tool the computer
What;s so hard to get about this?
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Even nerdy engineers carry such tools in case they need to fix something.Originally Posted by Montmorency
Listen, seeing a plumber walking around with their tool-kit is taken by the observer as part of the plumber's job. It's analogous to a man in a business suit carrying a briefcase.They live in suburbs and get their hands dirty.
Now, if the plumber were then asked if they were currently heading to a job/assignment, and they responded, "No", that would be taken as bizarre.
Just as bizarre as a businessman-by-day going out for (non-business related) dinner with briefcase in hand.
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I think you are a little hide-bound in your viewpoint. Obviously you live in a large urban center, but most people do not.
What you may think of as normal is actually a narrow view. Most men do ware such out to dinner, mostly because their wife would object, but they would come to the dinner table at home with such, and likely ware it shopping or around town.
Speaking of bizarre, why don’t you go to a Wallmart and report back on what you have seen. ;)
Education: that which reveals to the wise,
and conceals from the stupid,
the vast limits of their knowledge.
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Half the US lives in cities of more than 1 million inhabitants...
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