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Are people bad at their jobs or are the jobs just bad?

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287 points moonka | 2 comments | 02 Apr 25 21:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.444s | source
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thi2 ◴[02 Apr 25 22:59 UTC] No.43562762[source]▶
> At Fred Meyer, our local Kroger-owned grocery store, a bagger in his 70s put all my frozen items in a normal bag, and my chips in the cold storage bag I’d brought from home.

A) Having to work a job (obviously not done out of passion) 70+ is really disheartening B) I don´t understand why this even is something that has to be done by a worker. I bought the groceries. I know where I want my stuff in my bags. Or I just toss them back in the cart and load it properly at the car.

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dkarl ◴[02 Apr 25 23:32 UTC] No.43563020[source]▶
He might not be doing it for economic reasons. He might be doing it to get out of the house. My mom's physician suggested volunteer work or a part time job to keep her active instead of sitting on the couch all day.
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1. bflesch ◴[03 Apr 25 06:02 UTC] No.43565338[source]▶
Not sure if you're joking, but volunteer work is quite different than having to stand at the checkout line packing backs in a commercial setting.
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2. dkarl ◴[03 Apr 25 16:30 UTC] No.43572099[source]▶
Volunteer work is a lot like part time work, in that it's mostly low skill, and the work varies from physical labor to office work, and from behind-the-scenes jobs where you only interact with other volunteers to intensely face-to-face jobs where there's no hiding from the emotions of the people you serve.