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If the elevator man doesn't think his job is bullshit, it doesn't not fall under the definition of the author.
by marcod 3y ago
If the elevator man doesn't think his job is bullshit, it doesn't not fall under the definition of the author.
- omginternets 3y agoThis makes the author's definition a rather uninteresting one.
- noam_compsci 3y agoThis isn’t correct. The author calls bullshit jobs anything in the service sector. The book takes the approach of “these people say their job is bullshit” to be tactful, as dunking on people is seen as a generally bad thing to do.
- marcod 3y agoI believe you read that wrong. He said that service jobs provide something essential to customers, even if they aren't well paid and can often be quite soul-sucking and are explicitly not the BS jobs he's talking about.
- makeitdouble 3y agoWe'd still have a situation where the elevator operator does a valuable job, but without acknowledging it. Should we call that a bullshit job ?