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> while this digitized economy is intentionally hiding all human-to-human interaction I haven't worked in the service industry, but I heard, repeatedly, that t

• lotsofpulp 5y ago
  If you ever worked in retail, restaurants, or hotels, having to deal with the general public is the worst part of the job.
• cblconfederate 5y ago
  Indeed that is true , but it is also their only opportunity to increase their payout. Being at the mercy of a machine with no options is more bleak. Telling people to "shut up and work" turns them to serfs
• RC_ITR 5y ago
  A dirty-little-not-secret about people who complain about “then end of human interaction” is that many of them only have interactions with people who are forced to be nice to them. I would miss that too, but it’s not worth torturing an entire class of people over.
• uncomputation 5y ago
  I’ll throw in my two cents. I’ve worked in food service before and for me the worst part was not interacting with customers but rather the other 90% of boring monotony during down times. And having to do “busy work” to satisfy management’s desire to see us constantly working even if that “work” was cleaning already cleaned countertops rather than checking your phone. If it was between having to stand around at an empty cash register or dealing with even a quiet customer, I personally would take the human interaction. Then again, I do obviously recognize there are some people who are just awful customers who make you wanna scream.