An interesting experience, though quite exhausting.
I learned some new stuff
- a whole cashier job - might prove useful one day; and it's not that easy how you could think it is
- a lot of new cleaning methods
- thorough statistics on everything
- a hard working discipline - a lot of people leaving soon just because of this; on the other hand, a lot of employee benefits and a possibility to progress quickly in ranks if you're good
- recycling everything
- surprised about how many different tasks has to be done in just a small restaurant
- rules on doing everything - but employees are taught to understand it and it works very well
- it's not by chance McDonalds is that successful
- the restaurant where I've worked is famous for the good working team; on the other hand there are McDonald restaurants famed for the bad team - but those are exceptions
- hygiene rulez
- ...
- it's easy to earn a lot of money nowadays; but is it worth it?
- a lot of people like steady lives; I probably don't; still, people are different and I can use it to my advantage
- live and let live
- some people don't acknowledge the existence of cashiers
6 comments:
Yes:
"it's easy to earn a lot of money nowadays; but is it worth it?"
Yes, is it?
"Yes, is it?" - I feel the implied answer "no it isn't". Yet I must say I didn't really mean it that way. I meant it precisely as a question - and perhaps without an objective answer.
For myself, I feel it maybe doesn't...but I have to think about it further.
Money just allows you to trade utility, ie. exchange a unit of work (e.g. an hour as a cashier with McD) for a unit of something else you value. For as long as there is something you don´t have (e.g. food or the means to travel) and value more than the marginal unit of your free time, you will find it worthwhile to earn more money. This choice is a personal privilege (as long as you have such an opportunity), not a dilemma!
:-)
OK, I understand. I wrongly substitute "money" for the "something else I value" stuff.
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but then, money is not an universal value unit. Is it OK to say a lot of stuff I value is money-cheap, but time-expensive?
Correct, time is a constraint (scarce commodity). However, the value of labor is generally not derived from time and, to some degree, you can influence the value of labor/time spent ratio through your educational and professional choices. Also, the disutility of work (ie. the time spent at work) may differ depending on the actual occupation - some people do prefer their jobs to any alternative activities.
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