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LooseWilly

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14. Define "had to do"... in countries with mandatory military service, you can't just get fired...
Mon May 7, 2012, 03:14 AM
May 2012

you face jail time for not following orders in a military chain of command.

Would those who slack hard enough in their service jobs be eligible for incarceration?

If so— I'm with you 100%!!

Make the rich a$$holes break a sweat over a greasy burger grill... and dumping those grease traps at night... or face jail time. Force the CEOs to treat their sons and daughters like they treat the brown & white & black kids desperate for money for college, or just to pay bills... working at the absurd retail/fast food/etc. corporate de-humanizing jobs.

They may come to appreciate how hard the lower classes work for their money... or they might just be such a$$holes that they will be tormented and traumatized by being stigmatized by their fellows (and in these jobs, when no one will lend you a hand when you need it... you can be mighty f&^%ed... especially when OSHA is afraid to do any regulating of the workplace). Let them carry their emotional scars like the rest of us... and potentially their physical ones too.

On the other hand, the threat of prison time will just lead all the corporate upper management a$$holes to lean on middle management to lean on the "associates" (or whatever bullshit title given to the grunt jobs) to do ever more onerous jobs... which would lead to increasing suckage for all those who have no prospect for "liberation" after a mere two years... because there's always an a$$hole somewhere in the corporate offices who'll think to "leverage" the situation...

Maybe it would be easier to just sentence the children of the rich to prison for two years when they turn 18?...

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Rich kids would get bought off by rich parents. bluerum May 2012 #1
Politicians do "public service" don't they? Or is it "government jobs". SharonAnn May 2012 #10
That's a fair point but if we are going to force people into jobs we should also force them all jp11 May 2012 #2
For a short time, I worked as a waitress RebelOne May 2012 #3
go figure.... handmade34 May 2012 #4
I also waited tables for a little over a month. Never want to do it again. stevenleser May 2012 #22
I think that everyone needs to spend a year or two without electricity Tumbulu May 2012 #5
Probably have a lot more dead customers.. Fumesucker May 2012 #6
I think they'd be better served by working in a homeless shelter, hospital, etc... cynatnite May 2012 #7
What you're suggesting is that everyone do "women's work". EFerrari May 2012 #8
Service jobs like . . . CenaW May 2012 #9
How do you think some of us got through college? JDPriestly May 2012 #13
Impossible to pay for college with min. wage jobs now. . . CenaW May 2012 #21
Used to be you could live -- not well -- but live on a full-time job at minimum wage. JDPriestly May 2012 #26
So true. And they would never, ever been mean to a waitress or store clerk. JDPriestly May 2012 #11
Exactly. Its very hard work. undeterred May 2012 #16
Beats being unemployed. Zalatix May 2012 #12
+1 n/t lumberjack_jeff May 2012 #18
Define "had to do"... in countries with mandatory military service, you can't just get fired... LooseWilly May 2012 #14
if i had my way it'd be my method to re-instill civility among the populace. NuttyFluffers May 2012 #15
I have advocated for this for years reflection May 2012 #17
What if the moon were made of green cheese? cali May 2012 #19
It wouldn't change a thing aikoaiko May 2012 #20
I would approve of a national draft for that... lastlib May 2012 #23
What's needed is more ProSense May 2012 #24
When Daddy makes rich kids work to "build character", they learn that work is a game. ieoeja May 2012 #25
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