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‘Guys. She Quit After One Shift’: Person From An Office Job Tries Working In A Food Service Job, Gets A Reality Check
What do you think of when you think of working for minimum wage? Flipping burgers? Sweeping floors? Putting money in a cash register? Maybe if you haven’t had one of those jobs before. Otherwise, you’re probably thinking of carrying bags of garbage that weigh half as much as you do, sweating profusely, sticking your hands in disgusting substances, and being treated like dirt by the general public.
A Tumblr page that invites followers to submit stories airing their frustrations with working in service jobs posted this submission in which a waiter witnessed what happened when someone who was used to having a cushy office job gave food service a try. She didn’t even last one shift after finding out what anybody who works in food service could have told her, that “low-skill” jobs are not low-effort.
Image credits: gurmit singh (Not the actual photo)
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Someone submitted this story to a blog where service workers vent
Obviously, every work environment has its disadvantages, but another person who went from working in retail to a desk job agreed that it feels downright luxurious compared to being on your feet all day and being nagged not to lean on the counter or drink water in front of customers.
People with desk jobs might take their freedom for granted: a study in the UK in 2016 found that on average, office workers spent barely three hours of their eight-hour workday focusing on work. That’s not necessarily a condemnation of them—psychologists suspect that there’s simply an upper limit to the time people can focus on cognitive work like writing, and in a culture of 40-hour work weeks for all, that time just isn’t used efficiently.
This user shared their experience going from retail to a desk job
You might have been told before that everybody should work in food service at least once in their life. Reading this thread, it’s hard not to agree. If you eventually end up in a job that’s less physically demanding, knowing what the service world is like can give you empathy, unlike people who verbally abuse service workers and argue against minimum wage increases from a position of not even knowing what their jobs are like.
Commenters agreed that service jobs are not for the faint of heart
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John L 4 years ago
There seems to be an inverse relationship to how much someone is paid and how hard they work. Well I guess that's what happens when you shift to a service based economy from an industrial one.
Monika Soffronow 4 years ago
The prez getting briefed watching his favorite tv shows and communicating with his fellow citizens via Twitter comes to mind. Saad
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Daniel R. 4 years ago
I work in an office where this girl got hired from a completely different background job and now she takes absolute full advantage of stopping and chit chatting/gobbling up all the snacks in the break room because she never had that before at any other of her jobs. I get it's new to her and she likes the leniency but don't just abuse the system - you'll ruin it for the rest of us. For anyone reading this heading to a job where they are lenient about your tardiness or breaks, please keep the rest of your co-workers in mind and not blow it for everyone else.
Geri Stevens 4 years ago
Cut your comment out and stick it to her monitor (=
Load More Replies... John L 4 years ago
There seems to be an inverse relationship to how much someone is paid and how hard they work. Well I guess that's what happens when you shift to a service based economy from an industrial one.
Monika Soffronow 4 years ago
The prez getting briefed watching his favorite tv shows and communicating with his fellow citizens via Twitter comes to mind. Saad
Load More Replies... Daniel R. 4 years ago
I work in an office where this girl got hired from a completely different background job and now she takes absolute full advantage of stopping and chit chatting/gobbling up all the snacks in the break room because she never had that before at any other of her jobs. I get it's new to her and she likes the leniency but don't just abuse the system - you'll ruin it for the rest of us. For anyone reading this heading to a job where they are lenient about your tardiness or breaks, please keep the rest of your co-workers in mind and not blow it for everyone else.
Geri Stevens 4 years ago
Cut your comment out and stick it to her monitor (=
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