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Stanos
Sep 22, 2009

The best 57 in hockey.
Yeah when I was working retail I'd stock shelves all day in peace (it was soothing in an odd way to shut my brain off and work) but most of the time I was pretending to be busy to avoid the wrath of floor managers while also having to ask them if there was something that needed to be done. Probably a lot of that was a lack of structure and bad managing but one lovely person could also put a nice dent in my day.

As for the main topic, work for the sake of work has no value for I'd guess 95% of people. There are some people who just have no aim and others who work just to have something to do but I'd wager if you instituted something like a minimum income just for living you'd see a lot less people working 40+ hour weeks and more people doing whatever they actually enjoy doing. You'd have others that enjoy their jobs and want to keep coming in but those truly fulfilling jobs are few for most people I'd wager. I know if I didn't have to worry so much about putting a roof over my head I'd probably try to learn another language or something along those lines.

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Stanos
Sep 22, 2009

The best 57 in hockey.
Isn't Chili's pretty automated these days? I can't remember the last time I went to one if ever but I seem to remember a lot of hubbub about them automating the cooking/hostess work.

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