Blue collar people generally don't drive very expensive cars, vacation in exotic places, live it the most expensive parts of town, make millions of dollars and retire in their 30's. It's a silly description by people that think if you work hard you must be blue collar or vice versa. I used to know some 'blue collar' workers in Buffalo that called in when they weren't sick, milked hours, slept on the job.... it's a myth that blue collar is always something special. Every color collar has it's good and bad eggs.