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It's not slavery, that's a ridiculously naive and dumb statement. It's a shitty job, but it's not slavery.
by Gortal278 5y ago
It's not slavery, that's a ridiculously naive and dumb statement. It's a shitty job, but it's not slavery.
- dsr_ 5y agoThere's no inherent reason why it has to be a terrible job, either.
- amiga-workbench 5y agoThey're dealing with the general public, they're nowhere near well compensated enough to put up with that.
- acomjean 5y agoOur cafeteria at work is union. There is something about getting a decent wage which seems to inspire them. The food is really good (the best cafeteria of the 4 I've had at work) and they're quite pleasant.
- dsr_ 5y agoIf you see the same people every day, it can become natural to treat them as coworkers rather than staff. Treating people well starts with paying them well, but has to continue with respecting them.
- erdos4d 5y agoIt promises to suck every shred of energy from you in exchange for a poverty wage, and you get treated like utter shit by society if you don't go along with it. I think there are some parallels here actually.
- rollcat 5y agoWhere's the line, if a "shitty" job is about the only one you could get, and you can't even afford to stay without one for say, one month?
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- xyzzyz 5y agoHow many people are we talking about here? How many restaurant workers literally have no other job or other option available to them whatsoever? Have you ever actually looked into that, or are you just hypothesizing based purely on feeling-inducing narratives? Or is it just a trolley-problem style hypothetical, not meant to represent real world conditions?
- rollcat 5y agoI do have a close friend trapped in a complex situation, so yes, I'm certainly biased, but also very much the opposite of hypothetical.