oh dear the old pearl "average wage" has risen its ugly head again.
what is wrong with paying poeple what they are worth? nurses, fire officers, police and other public support sector workers are doing a job to coin a phrase "serve and protect" and i have the upmost respect for what they do.
stressfull conditions play part of thier job roles every day in thier working life and others expect them to be happy to be paid the same as say a shelf stacker.
instead of expecting these poeple to go the extra mile on their allready strechted own back, why not give them a little incentive?
im sure if everybody was in a pretty much thankless job where most people probably havent got the manners to be cicvil to you then they would be a little less compasionet.