>Hi Folks! > > > The other day I was at my dentist's office for checkup and >cleaning. As the dental assistant was scraping my teeth I was thinking: is >she blue collar or white collar worker? I know she is "unproductive" >worker. Can someone care to comment? > > Fikret I don't understand why you think someone providing health care is an unproductive worker (assuming she's working for a capitalist enterprise, that is, the business is incorporated -- which is likely): she's an employee and wage laborer and the health care she provides is part of a service sold as a commodity by the dental corporation. Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]