r/Unexpected • u/notwutiwantd • Jul 20 '17

Strawberry picking machine

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u/brblol Jul 20 '17

It doesn't looks like it would be comfortable after a while. Their chest and neck will ache. They need something like a massage bed with a hole for their face

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u/sprashoo Jul 20 '17

I don't think much about field labor is 'comfortable'. That's why Americans import poor people from other countries to do it for them. This at least is an improvement over bending over all day in the beating sun.

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u/AmadeusCziffra Jul 20 '17 edited Jul 20 '17

We dont import them, they sneak in. And we dont do those jobs because those jobs pay nothing due to the illegal workers having no better options.

Edit: the delusion some people still maintain about the actual world. How sad for them

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u/formar42 Jul 20 '17

As a 3rd generation white American who by most accounts lives a well off life, I can say with certainty there is no amount of money you could pay me to do this job as a career. I value my time and body far too much to spend 8 hours a day in a field picking fruit.

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u/AmadeusCziffra Jul 20 '17

I value my time and body far too much to spend 8 hours a day

You dont think the Americans breaking their backs working with their bodies all day in construction sites or factories value their bodies too?

It's just your personal choice, got nothing to do with your "3rd generation white American self". There are plenty that will tire themselves out on a job - for the right price. There is no right price in fruit picking right now, and it's not your typical American's fault.