I mean menial in the sense that these jobs don't have pay that reflects their difficulty and importance. During college I worked on the dock for an LTL truckin

I mean menial in the sense that these jobs don't have pay that reflects their difficulty and importance. During college I worked on the dock for an LTL trucking company, and it was difficult. The pay was about double minimum wage, but given the difficulty, risk, and importance of what we did, the pay should have been more.