Moral of the story, Patrick? Your friend never HAD to work at Wal-Mart...
YOU don't HAVE to shop there... And strippers do NOT have to take their clothes off. --- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know a guy who worked for a while at a Wal-Mart > distribution center in Raymond, New Hampshire. His > job was to pick boxes off the shelves and chuck them > onto the right conveyor belts to be shipped hither and > yon. His quota in a 12-hour shift was 5,000 boxes. > > Now, let's talk about exploitation. > > 12 hours = 720 minutes. > Subtract a 30-minute meal break and four 15-minute > breaks -- one every two hours -- and you have 630 > minutes to throw 5,000 boxes. > > To throw 5,000 boxes in 630 minutes, the thrower > would have to chuck one box every seven and a half > seconds. That's almost eight boxes per minute, or 476 > boxes an hour. > > If the boxes weigh an average of 20 pounds each, the > thrower must lift 9,523 pounds per hour. > > My friend was reviewed periodically -- I believe every > quarter. He got a black mark for every review period in > which he failed to meet his quota. Wal-Mart discharges > a box chucker after 12 unsatisfactory reviews. > > This fellow is a burly guy, yet his best day was 3,000+ boxes. > > Why does Wal-Mart set such an impossibly high quota? > I can't say. But here is a company that uses people up and > throws them away. And many of us applaud that policy by > shopping there. Gotta love those low prices! > > Ultimately my friend quit to stay home with his toddler > daughter while mom worked as a psychiatric nurse. > > So here's an employer that treats its poeple like meat in a > job that has no future. Yet, for this guy, it served a purpose -- > for a while. > > Was this guy exploited? Not as a sex object, no, but perhaps > as a laborer. Was he indignant about his situation? Not really. > He took it in stride, and never aspired to be a Wal-Mart box > chucker all his life. > > So what's the difference with sex workers and strippers? The > key seems to be not in the word "exploitation," but in the > phrase "sex objects." What I pick up in Judy's quiet indignation > is, sex is something sacred, of the spirit, and to objectify > someone in the pursuit of sex -- to make a woman a thing > instead of a thinking, feeling partner in the pursuit of something > divine -- is the defilement. Not the "exploitation," or sleazy > treatment on the job. > > Which gets back to points made earlier: some women feel good > dancing, or stripping, or collecting $50 for a few minutes of contact > with a fully-clothed john. For those who don't like it, welcome to > the reality of having a job you don't like and don't intend to keep. > > - Patrick Gillam > > --- In [email protected], akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can you define what you mean by exploitation? Maybe its a semantic > > problem in my not being able to see the exploitive aspect of dancers. > > Is choice the key factor for you? So if a dancer has other options, > > then per your view, would there be no exploitation? > > > > --- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Why don't we think of exploitation as a matter of > > > degree? When there is no choice, such as a child being > > > forced into slave labor, that is true exploitation. > > > But when there is a degree of choice, such as > > > stripping or taking an underpaying job, that is not > > > complete exploitation. There is a degree of > > > exploitation in it though. So, Judy, i do understand > > > your point. > > > > Judy wrote > > > > > > > > > > > Strip clubs exploit women as sex objects. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
