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What if you’re in charge of embedded programming for the milkshake machine? wouldn’t you want to learn about how the system you work on directly impacts its use

by reidjs 5y ago

What if you’re in charge of embedded programming for the milkshake machine? wouldn’t you want to learn about how the system you work on directly impacts its users? Also, who doesn’t want to make milkshakes for a day or two? That sounds way more fun that staring at a computer for hours on end. You can say that would sweeten up the contract for me.

999900000999 5y ago
What about when some disgruntled customer thinks you put the wrong milk in his milkshake and start screaming at you? Having to work a shitty job when you're a teenager is a right of passage, I'm not doing it in my thirties.
- danaris 5y ago
  Screw that. No one, whatever their age, should have to work a job where they're treated like garbage.
- reidjs 5y ago
  If that were to happen, you’ve probably got the financial security and confidence to tell that customer to go F themselves and receive applause and accolades from the rest of the team (and other customers). No one should act like that to anymore, especially towards people working a demanding job.
  - 999900000999 5y ago
    Did you ever work retail? Everyone from managers to co-workers to customers can be extremely mean . M That's one of my main reasons for getting out of those fields, I don't like customer service. I don't have patience for you getting upset with me because your wife's not getting you enough attention or whatever's going on at home. I'm an extremely chill person, but if anyone's confrontational or angry I'll just avoid that situation. I remember I was at a grocery store or something and an elderly man started cursing at the employees because he couldn't figure out the automated checkout. That's not for me. I don't care that the technology is confusing and hard, I'm not tolerating someone cursing at me.
rdiddly 5y ago
I see what you did there. Nothing wrong with solving those problems, but when your business model IS the problem, there's not much the front line can do. Actually if they want to uncover some creative solutions, they should make everybody be the CEO once a month, instead of the most powerless position in the company. Surely they've heard of the so-called Great Resignation. I think this is just a sly way of doing a layoff.
capitalsigma 5y ago
If you work on the milkshake machine, maybe you try it out once or twice a year for fun. It seems hard to justify 1x/month.

by reidjs 5y ago

999900000999 5y ago

What about when some disgruntled customer thinks you put the wrong milk in his milkshake and start screaming at you? Having to work a shitty job when you're a teenager is a right of passage, I'm not doing it in my thirties.

danaris 5y ago
Screw that. No one, whatever their age, should have to work a job where they're treated like garbage.
reidjs 5y ago
If that were to happen, you’ve probably got the financial security and confidence to tell that customer to go F themselves and receive applause and accolades from the rest of the team (and other customers). No one should act like that to anymore, especially towards people working a demanding job.
- 999900000999 5y ago
  Did you ever work retail? Everyone from managers to co-workers to customers can be extremely mean . M That's one of my main reasons for getting out of those fields, I don't like customer service. I don't have patience for you getting upset with me because your wife's not getting you enough attention or whatever's going on at home. I'm an extremely chill person, but if anyone's confrontational or angry I'll just avoid that situation. I remember I was at a grocery store or something and an elderly man started cursing at the employees because he couldn't figure out the automated checkout. That's not for me. I don't care that the technology is confusing and hard, I'm not tolerating someone cursing at me.

rdiddly 5y ago

I see what you did there. Nothing wrong with solving those problems, but when your business model IS the problem, there's not much the front line can do. Actually if they want to uncover some creative solutions, they should make everybody be the CEO once a month, instead of the most powerless position in the company. Surely they've heard of the so-called Great Resignation. I think this is just a sly way of doing a layoff.

capitalsigma 5y ago

If you work on the milkshake machine, maybe you try it out once or twice a year for fun. It seems hard to justify 1x/month.