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> it turns out the doorman was performing a number of other vital functions (customer experience, for example) which weren't considered.

That's just bullshit. And barbaric.

Making someone stand in place all day primarily to open a frickin door (or other menial tasks) for others is a degrading job.

What "vital functions" exactly?

Whenever I see someone in a job where they're not even provided a chair, I feel ashamed. Like doormen, guards, "traffic police" that act as meat-based traffic lights, standing right smack dab in the middle of exhaust fumes all day without even a face mask.. it all seems such a ridiculous and archaic ceremony

Should we also bring lamplighters [0] and phone operators [1] back?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamplighter

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switchboard_operator

parent Razengan 15 days ago

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