What struck me the most in the book, was that almost everyone was more concerned with the status of their jobs rather than the quality of work they were putting out. Sometimes good quality work can also boost your status. eg. If the prostitute had wine pon de bodie hed a little harder and balance pon she head top. Then maybe one of the high level guys, might have given he a permanent job.
Work today has lost alot of it's meaning, unless you really love your job or you getting paid really good, no one is giving 100% only to be treated like used toilet paper. Everyone is over worked, underpaid and looking foward to the weekends. Nothing is like it use to be, maybe if someone cared about the average working then the he might care about work a little more. Then maybe we can back to the days when productivity, quality and fair wages existed in the work place.
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Great observations! But I wonder: are things actually getting worse, as you describe? Why do you think they used to be better? Remember that Terkel is interviewing people in the early '70s.
ReplyDeleteI like the "no one gives 100% to be treated like toilet paper". I agree with that quote.
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ReplyDeleteSo very true. I was also thinking about jobs where I was fairly compensated... and remembered that I did not like every day on the job. I guess that is why they call it work.
ReplyDeleteWe don't have to like it we just have to be respected.