The Noble and the Beasts Chapter 2: An Elf's Place
So a lot of the menial work around the eaglardian manse’s interior (they disliked working out-of-doors) was tended to by a host of nearly silent scaly feet, which padded their way about when nobody was looking, and made sure every room was in perfect
Guythreepwood Commission: When one door closes
It was alot of heavy lifting and menial work but," he gazed back over the fruits of his labor. "worth every bag of fertilizer." "yeah no kidding." mike had had just about enough of this guy being impressive.
Misconstrued
Jobs have nearly gone extinct with robots doing all the menial work and providing all the necessities of life. most humans and other alien races don't work to earn their share of universe's resources. i'm an exception. i'm a merchant.
A Father
I did menial work, i guess you could say, bouncing at a bar, earning extra cash doing odd jobs and working at a junkyard. i liked it there, but i knew my life wasn't going to amount to anything. then i fond out i'm related to a rich family."
Unresolved Paths (Final chapter)
Or become “bottom feeders”, to do menial work in exchange of sustenance if they were somehow unable to hunt for themselves.
Do You One Better - Commission for Basque
One of the many perks of having boatloads of money was having other people do the menial work for you.
Café Plaisir: Shadow of Eclipse: Chapter 4
Mary had hit up every job on the pokecenter's bulletin board, but most of them were, predictably, either bounties for lost or wanted creatures she had no way of finding, construction work that required a whole team of pokémon she didn't have, or menial work
The Dark Eternity to Come
Kmt jobs, i think, 1c or below; they were just good for menial work, anyway, not really verbal. i refused to participate, even when the corporation agreed to put them down chemically rather than just throwing them in a furnace.
Enochian: Book 2, Chapter 6
Look at the way the dragokkaren slaves are used by companies, for genetic testing and menial work... they're treated as badly as they were under narrius."
The Vengeance of the Dragon King Part I: Wyverns in the Wilds
Commander tannis seemed to take a perverse pleasure in ordering his wyvern to do menial work and pointless drills just to assert who was in command. it seemed the wyvern was all too happy their hierarchy had been completely upended. "kyyaaaaaaa-rrrgh!"
The Vengeance of the Dragon King Part I: Wyverns in the Wilds (Complete)
Commander tannis seemed to take a perverse pleasure in ordering his wyvern to do menial work and pointless drills just to assert who was in command. it seemed the wyvern was all too happy their hierarchy had been completely upended. "kyyaaaaaaa-rrrgh!"
The Rikifur Chronicles: Chapter 21 - Wolves
Because they have slaves perform the menial work, they have much of their time free to perfect their fighting skills and wage war.