That’s What He Said

You have to understand the worker in this society. This is a society of profit, right? But in the socialist society the elevator man could be an honored person, too, just the same as the highest person. Because they don’t get there unless the elevator man lets them up…

—Harold Patrick, freight elevator operator*

*from Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do by Studs Terkel

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