Originally posted by: Moth3r
Replace "ballistic" with "hi-vis", and "gun" with "hard hat", and that could equally be applicable to any of the rail maintenance gangs or traffic management crews I've worked with over the course of my career.

When's National Cone-boy Week?

I really expected a little more respect from you. I have the utmost respect for blue collar workers; they are the people making this nation run. I can’t claim to know this as well as you, although I have been a trash man so I know what it’s like to be neglected doing a job that people need to have done by others. No one here is saying what blue collar workers do is meaningless, it’s quite the opposite Police are Blue Collar workers, you should be glad a group of blue collar workers are receiving recognition. But if you can’t recognize that Police put on a uniform everyday to protect and help people like you and your family and if you can’t give credit where credits due for people who do that, I don't know what to tell you. If something was created for blue collar workers such as traffic management workers, I wouldn’t try to take away what those people have done for others by bringing up another group of people that deserve recognition. You could try and do something about it rather that complain that one group of people have something that another doesn’t. If you were just being light hearted I apologize for making it serious, just means a lot to me. And I meant no disrespect throughout that.