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Like the man says, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it.
Last week, Enterprise assistant sports editor Tony Dondero took a look at some of the unsung heroes who toil behind the scenes at local games.
It goes without saying that the article barely scratched the surface -- there are hundreds of people in South Snohomish and North King counties doing the grunt work, and not just at sporting events.
However, these workers are becoming harder to find as America's perception of a "good job" has shifted in the past 50 years to focus on low-impact jobs with high-yield results.
High school students and their parents are bombarded with statistics on how much better life will be with a college degree; with a degree, you're practically guaranteed a high-paying job in an air-conditioned office. Manual labor rarely enters the picture.
The college propaganda machine seems to have worked all too well. High school juniors and seniors are facing increasingly stiff competition as they apply to institutions of higher learning, while enrollment in trade schools is down.
The truth is, not every student has the aptitude or the inclination for four years of study. This doesn't make them any less ambitious than their college-bound counterparts -- it simply means their talents lie in other directions.
The plumbers, sanitation workers and other hard-working folks in this country aren't likely to have graduated from your typical four-year college, but without them, civilization would come crashing down around us.
So let's show a little appreciation to those who labor behind the scenes to help keep society running along smoothly.
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