There is some truth to it---but only in cases of extreme busyness---such as
if the salesman was in the process of making a very big sale.
What it really does show is a lack of courtesy. It also shows that
employees will tend to be undervalued as people and members of a team.
I also work in a small business. My time is valuable. But, if we are
cleaning up, I clean right along with everyone. The president empties the
garbage and the recycling and does everything along with everyone else. We
are a team.
My .02
Roni Bregman
At 10:02 AM 4/23/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>I work in a small business. I do it because it is
>temporary and pays the bills, but I am not happy here.
> I have posted before about things that happen in the
>workplace and need changing, and here is another one:
>
>I was told yesterday that I should go get the shipping
>and receiving clerk (who was doing his stuff, in the
>back of the building) to carry a box from one room to
>another instead of asking a salesman (who was right
>there next to me) because the salesman's time is more
>valuable. The task took less than a minute to
>complete. [The only reason I didn't move the box
>myself is that I have an injury at the moment]
>
>In such a small business, which people have said is
>family-like, I was just appalled at the idea that the
>salesman should be so high and mighty. It really made
>me feel ill. Classism and so forth....Very painful.
>
>At one time, I heard the president/owner tell someone
>that his time was more valuable than that of the woman
>waiting for him to interview her. Again, how
>sickening.
>
>Any thoughts on any aspect of what I'm saying?
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