> He had some rather ridiculous examples. E.g. he was touring a factory in Hong Kong and claimed workers had picked noisy and hazardous work environments over m

> He had some rather ridiculous examples. E.g. he was touring a factory in Hong Kong and claimed workers had picked noisy and hazardous work environments over more pleasant ones, because it paid better. How is this a ridiculous example? Did he just invent it or was that indeed the actual reason why they were working there versus a more pleasant place?