What do you mean with So "your throat hurts" after a few days' work? I'm finding it difficult to muster sympathy.? Why should anyone hurt anything after work? Where is the health and safety service for these people? And for you I guess... Is this some kind of sentiment I am to Dutch to understand?
I don't think it's a Dutch vs USA thing. More a white-collar vs blue-collar dichotomy. Some people don't seem to understand or appreciate how good they have it, and their complaints ring hollow to me. It's a matter of perspective.
>"Why should someone hurt after any work?"
Because some work is just HARD. It involves dangerous things (chemicals, biologicals, heavy things, powerful equipment, sharp edges, heights, etc.). The world is built by people willing to take on these tough tasks and not all of it can be accomplished by a digital assistant, or through pushing a button.
The bit about the actor bursting into tears from the idea of being paid to read a second day shows a serious lack of self-awareness and perspective.
Ask a stone mason how his shoulders and knees feel after a few days of stacking block. Or the oilfield worker, after a few hours of stacking straws on a derrick. Same goes for the guy in the steel mill working hour 10 of a 12-hour shift, the office janitor tidying up at night, the line cook at the restaurant on the corner, or the long haul truck driver clocking mile 600 with 200 more to go. Some work is just hard.
For the actors, watching a season or two of Mike Rowe's "Dirty Jobs" would be a suitable counterbalance.
