I am SO going to use this retort

I was on the bus Tuesday night, going home after my last Art Law class. I was sitting directly behind 2 older women and couldn't help but overhear their conversation. OK, I was eavesdropping, sue me. One woman was complaining about how her sister wakes up soooo early, and her sister always gives her a bit of grief for sleeping in, and why does she wake up so early? The friend said, "well, it's her choice, she can wake up early if she wants." They continued talking about how strange it was that the sister is up so early. I soon heard the first woman say the sister wakes up at 7(!) and why should she herself wake up early too, after all "it's not like I am going to farm or milk cows."

Well, I suppose if you think that waking up at 7am is only for people who farm or milk cows, then I agree, stay in bed until 8. But I found it funny that she equates the "early" hour of 7 with people who work with the land, not with say any OTHER profession. Like doctors, lawyers, traders (right, Dave?), waiters/waitresses, teachers, cashiers, bus drivers, tube drivers, students, maybe just generally HUMANS. Who thinks 7 is so early that only farmers are awake? Has she never been out of bed at 7am? In my experience, the world is awake at 7. I don't walk around the streets at 7am and only see farmers rushing by, pitchforks in hand. Or men in overalls carrying big buckets of milk. No, I see other people too, just going about their business. But I decided, from now on, if Dave ever gives me grief about sleeping in, say until 8, I am going to reply that I don't farm OR milk cows, so there is no point in me being awake at 7am. If it works for that woman, it may just work for me.