Thank Your Food Placement Coordinator

It all started years ago when a comedian decided a housewife should be called a "domestic goddess" or "domestic engineer." It was her way of drawing attention to the true value of the job. How often do people look down upon others who have what they consider to be lesser jobs? Recently a grinder store advertised that they wanted "sandwich artists." Why not?

If a job title change will increase self-esteem and prove worthiness to others, here are a few suggestions: bagger as "food placement coordinator"; stock boy as "food arrangement specialist"; cashier as "scanner technician"; bank teller as "monetary circulation specialist"; short order cook as "expeditious food preparer"; fast food cashier as "expeditious order processor"; mailman as "mail escort specialist"; secretary as "managerial coordinator"; telephone operator as "communications specialist"; car mechanic as "auto diagnosis and repair technician"; reporter as "research and communication specialist"; janitor as "cleansing agent"; seamstress as "material transformer"; librarian as "book loan processor and research specialist"; trash collector as "refuse alleviator"; trucker as "vehicle transportation specialist"; religious officiate as "soul coach".

Now doesn't that make a doctor or lawyer sound plain? You could even shorten the job descriptions, like M.D. For example, a V.T.S. would be a vehicle transportation specialist. Okay, these names are just in fun—we can't all be brain surgeons, but aren't we glad we're not? Who would fix our cars or cut our hair?

How often do you get in line at the grocery store with a bagger, but by the time you are up next, the bagger has moved on down the line? Doesn't it make you want to say, "Hey, that's my food placement coordinator!"

There are so many people in our lives that we take for granted. If it weren't for your auto diagnosis and repair technician, you would be walking. All of these people save us precious time in one way or another. We should be thankful for them.

God says even the very hairs on our heads are numbered—each one of us—so each one of us is important. Each one of us is worthy and deserves respect, no matter what our job title.

I always thank my food placement coordinator. Shouldn't we? Don't take anyone for granted—thank someone this week!