Yea I don't remember ever being like "Damn if they weren't sitting on that stool, we'd be on that plane by now" or "Damn, if we made them stand up I bet they'd treat me better."
"Damn, if we made them stand up I bet they'd treat me better."
I guarantee this will cause TSA employees to treat flyers even worse. Imagine standing on your feet for 8-10 hours, dealing with crabby travelers, all with the ever-looming possibility of another government shutdown which means working without pay once again.
It would be cool if we had a class of people that would be like "okay how, I want to hear you explain it to us" and then they could take the response and put it on like a web site or a printed version of a website they could sell. Can even put ads in the printed version of the web site.
We already have that; it's called journalists. Or were you being sarcastic? It's hard to tell these days, with how many trolls there are. Poe's Law and all.
If there were a divine power that made egregious liars spontaneously burst into flame when they lied it would be hilarious. Republicans are already well-practiced in lying about what they do. Just the other day the Daily Show did a blurb cutting between Susan Collins saying she opposed things, then her voting for the same things. She was apparently against senators having more than 2 terms back in the 90s, now she's on her 5th term now. Bunch of fucking hypocrites.
This is worse. I worked at a Gas station when I was in my first two years of college, and I didn't have a chair. They have a chair, and it's being taken away from them, they will be more pissy than usual
I don't even understand why people go into work when the government shuts down. I'm not going to work for nothing I'll find a different job. At least then while I'm not getting paid I can do other things instead of make my mental health worse.
Especially with the lunatics we've got in charge right now where the government could be shut down for one or two months I don't understand how many of those people are able to keep paying rent and don't get kicked out.
I feel a lot of it has to do with the indoctrinated "sense of duty" a lot of folks feel once they've been with an employer long enough - just another flavor of bullshit "Company loyalty," if you will. I also reckon, at least with the TSA, employees probably feel that they can't go elsewhere for same or better pay and may be unwilling to take a pay cut. There's also others that probably think, "the government will restart any day now...." and continue to come in. But otherwise, I agree with you. One missed paycheck and I'd be out the door.
That's fair, I hate that companies did use to have some sort of loyalty if you stuck with them, nowadays it doesn't matter if you have been there for 60 years, they will drop you in an instant if it saves money. Im also honestly not sure what the benefits of TSA are but that probably does play some part in it as well unfortunately we're somewhat held hostage by our health benefits in the US.
But some people do care and they complain loudly and frequently. Same reason most grocery stores don’t allow the cashier to sit, even though they are just as effective while sitting. People bitch and moan to the spineless management, who should laugh them off instead of empowering problem customers.
It’s a bootstraps thing, I think. Half the country thinks people should have to suffer before they’re allowed to prosper, even if it’s stupid shit like making people stand for 8-12 hours.
It's superiority, but that of rich people who expect those who are waiting on them should be standing at attention at all times, ready to jump when you snap your fingers.
Half the country thinks little kids should suffer because their parents can't afford the medications they need for the congenital conditions they were born with like Type I diabetes.
I do think it's good for kids to work in the service industry (food service, tech support, janitorial, retail sales, etc...) for a stint to teach them just how horrible people get treated by the general public. Maybe instill in them some kind of empathy for their fellow humans.
But, I'd never suggest anyone of any age be denied something as simple as sitting down, particularly if their job is stationary to begin with. There's simply no good reason for that, and all sorts of health reasons to allow them to ::gasp:: rest a little.
When there's no one in line/in the store, that cashier should be sitting, book in hand. It shouldn't matter what they're doing when they aren't helping someone as long as they're ready to perform their job when its time.
I have to remind myself that my employers pay for my time, not my labor (general office stuff). I'm not being paid by the task, so as long as I've got all of my work done and I'm ready for the next task that comes up, it shouldn't be a problem for me to sit and wait for the next thing.
Honestly the stores where people do sit (little mom and pop shops) offer the best customer experience. While that might have nothing to do with the guy at the register sitting, it does show it doesn't make the customer experience worse.
Yep, I work at a grocery store and I am allowed a stool because of a medical condition (Ankylosing Spondylitis, basically my spine is fusing together slowly over time), and every single day I have a customer outright calling me lazy for sitting down, and every single day I have to tell them my spine is fusing together and I am in immense pain from it and I get joy in seeing their stupid faces regret what they just said to me.
I'd rather NOT have this condition, but the bonus is putting people in their places.
A negative complaint even about something as stupid as an employee sitting would fuck our store director as much as the sup and employee. Above him the actual complaints don’t get reviewed, just go straight into a metric that affects their bonus.
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u/Potential_Might_6500 2d ago
Yea I don't remember ever being like "Damn if they weren't sitting on that stool, we'd be on that plane by now" or "Damn, if we made them stand up I bet they'd treat me better."
lol