Some folks today are surrounded by family. Others ~ many, many others ~ are on the job and often unseen, working for our safety, health, comfort, convenience or entertainment.
Some volunteer their time, some are well-paid. Others are scratching out a living, doing the best they can, or earning what they can to pay college tuition, for themselves their kids or grandkids.
I created a list of these kinds of jobs, so I could pause throughout the day to appreciate the gifts of others’ time. Join me in acknowledging:
- Members of the military and their civilian support staff.
- Police, fire, EMT, doctors, nurses, medical techs, home health aides.
- Mental health professionals.
- Dispatchers.
- Taxi and bus drivers.
- Call center workers (health, insurance, crisis, food safety, technology).
- Cashiers and clerks.
- Electric, water, gas and sewer utility staff.
- Airport and airline employees.
- Red Cross volunteers (responding to fires or connecting military families in crisis).
- Journalists, producers, radio and TV engineers and technicians.
- Road crews for emergency repairs.
- Movie theater employees.
- Gas station attendants.
- Clergy.
- Funeral directors.
- Information technology workers.
- Truck drivers.
- Florists, postal, package and food delivery drivers, food servers.
- Kitchen staff, valets.
- Hotel employees.
- Car rental agents.
- Plumbers, furnance-repair specialists.
- Tow truck drivers.
- Security officers.
- Custodians.
Did I miss anyone? Let me know; I’ll update the list!