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>Pretending that every person in the world can work whatever job they want is worse than sugar coating reality. Sure, except I did not say or indicate anything
by brk 3y ago
>Pretending that every person in the world can work whatever job they want is worse than sugar coating reality.
Sure, except I did not say or indicate anything remotely that extreme.
Many people equate being a server at an average restaurant to an unskilled minimum wage job (and it is). In that same general category you have:
- Cashier
- Retail worker
- Telemarketer
- Receptionist
- Warehouse labor
None of these people are forced to take food service jobs, there are other options in the same skill/pay category.
To me, it is far greater malicious deception that we have a category of business that is essentially allowed to advertise false pricing, where as a customer you are expected to routinely pay much more than the stated price for things.
If a cup of coffee should be $6, instead of $4.50 plus a tip, just make the coffee $6 and pay the worker minimum wage.
- moritzwarhier 3y ago> To me, it is far greater malicious deception that we have a category of business that is essentially allowed to advertise false pricing, where as a customer you are expected to routinely pay much more than the stated price for things. I agree with you on that. "Malicious deception" was not intended as a personal attack, I understand if it sounds like that. I tried to express how far off from reality this is when looking at all kinds of work, not only waiters. I can sympathize with preferring being a waiter to e.g. unskilled factory or warehouse jobs. There are just so many break-neck types of work that destroy the health of anyone doing them... in short: my point wasn't much more than "markets aren't fair and some people have to choose between bad options"