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> the original 'Bullshit jobs' post, even before it was a book Is here: https://strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/ https://strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/ > food serv
by pdonis 2y ago
> the original 'Bullshit jobs' post, even before it was a book
Is here:
https://strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/ https://strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/
> food service jobs (and hairdressing) were specifically mentioned as not bullshit jobs
I don't see that in the article; in fact the article mentions "all-night pizza delivery" as a bullshit job (or more precisely a job that only exists because so many other people are working bullshit jobs), which would at least suggest that other food service jobs might be categorized similarly by the author.
> and that distinction between liking the job vs it being bullshit was stated
I don't see this stated in the article. The article does state that the author found many people who believed their own jobs were pointless, and correlates this with those jobs being bullshit; but if anything that suggests that not liking one's job is not very distinct from the job being bullshit.
- gota 2y agoI can't check but trust you over my memory. It must have been in the book, then, that these points are made I distincly recall a section on "Why hairdressers are not bullshit jobs", referring to a Hitchhikers Guide joke, and at least one bit about food services being "shit" jobs (but not bullshit jobs). I recall the latter because it was a point of argument with a friend when we read it. Someone commented something similar below. When I have time I will check