Protestant Work Ethic
1. Unequal wages.
2. Salesman's job is entirely a waste.
3. To convince people by mild forms of deception to purchase
your product.
Russell, that's it. You nailed it.
thanks
/d
Russell Edwards wrote:
> > there next to me) because the salesman's time is more
> > valuable. The task took less than a minute to
> [...]
> > Any thoughts on any aspect of what I'm saying?
>
> Hi Heather, I have been thinking about this a lot over the last couple
> of years. My uneducated opinion (ie I haven't read Marx and all that
> stuff) is that profit/greed-driven capitalism is basically fatally flawed.
> Unequal wages are a consequence but in fact I have a problem with the
> entire idea of people spending most of their time doing something they
> don't enjoy for somebody else, so that they can be considered worthy by
> our society of eating and having basic living standards. I'm finding
> this a bit hard to express but maybe I will try again when my thoughts
> are less jumbled. But yes, I do very often feel guilty being served by
> shop assistants -- especially if they start calling me sir.
>
> I suppose it is all tied in with the protestant work ethic ...
>
> in your specific example, firstly the salesman's job is entirely a waste.
> His job is to convince people by mild forms of deception to purchase
> your product. But regardless of the ethical value of the jobs, the salesman
> sits on is butt all day in an office whereas the storeman or assembly
> line worker or whoever works much harder! And for less pay!
>
> cheers
>
> Russell
