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NuttyFluffers

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15. if i had my way it'd be my method to re-instill civility among the populace.

Reply to undeterred (Original post)

Mon May 7, 2012, 04:06 AM

May 2012

a "service" draft where people have to fight in the trenches for 2+ years before they're allowed the privileges of adult citizenship. a few years of having to grin and bear it, instead of throttling the rat bastard customer across the counter/table/whatever, instills patience and love for your fellow suffering human working in the service industry. or at least it trains you to shut your trap and treat them better once you're released from the trenches. either way, it's a form of suffering i dearly approve of to be administered universally; it's such an abject lesson in maintaining empathy, or at the very least civility.

nothing like understanding the pain of others to promulgate patience and polite society.

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What if everyone had to do service jobs for a couple of years? [View all] undeterred May 2012 OP

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