I agree that respect is indeed earned, what I meant was the respect we all should have for each other from the get-go. Too many times people in certain trades and professions are quick to judge someone in another line of work, not realizing that every trade, profession, job, etc has it's own challenges that could be equal or more than our own. Engineers are guilty of this as well, sometimes assuming electricians are not as intelligent as they are and will act condenscending towards them which causes a reaction as well on their part escalating the problem. Well, I guess that's the way it is, it's tough to alter human nature and our many, many faults. I don't believe engineers deserve any more respect than anyone else on this planet, respect of others should be by default in my book regardless of what they happen to do to put food on the table.
