I worked for an electronics/computer retailer for 18 months, making about $8 per hour, in California, in 2001. Miserable job: two days opening at 7 am; two days

I worked for an electronics/computer retailer for 18 months, making about $8 per hour, in California, in 2001. Miserable job: two days opening at 7 am; two days closing at 11 pm; one day starting at 9am. I was working Sat-Mon-Tues-Thurs-Fri. I was off on Sunday and Wed. Look how miserable was it: low pay, odd timings, odd days off. Then I found another job that was paying $13 per hour in 2002. It was a security guard job. I could read books at work, and walk around. Sure, it is a miserable job compared to a programmar gig; but better than my retail job. If you are a student, working part time in retail or in any service job, your experience is not miserable: you are getting pocket money, after all. But service sector employs more full time adults. If you are an adult working in these places, you see people without health insurance, working two jobs, lack of sleep, unhealthy people. Psychological impact is tremendous. And journalists, researchers don't compute the cost of psychological impact, as individuals bear the cost. When I was working as a security guard, one day a colleague did not show up for work. A week later, we found that he died of cardiac arrest. This guy was a weightlifting champion in his younger days. He was paying child support, working two jobs: working 80 hours a week, in odd time schedules. This working model is exported to other countries, to other industries from the service sector. Welcome to the new World!!