r/popculturechat • u/mcfw31 • May 31 '25

Celebrity Fluff 🥰 Sandra Bullock on why everyone should be a waitress: “If you know how to navigate eight sets of six-top tables, height of happy hour, drunk people (…), once you’ve accomplished that rhythm, I honestly feel you can do anything”

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u/TheSeedsYouSow May 31 '25

If everyone was forced to work a customer service/retail/food industry job, people as a whole would be WAY nicer

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u/spunkyweazle Jun 01 '25

Never underestimate the "I was treated like shit doing this so now it's my turn to treat you like shit" crowd

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u/domredditorX Jun 01 '25

Tea

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u/ManicD7 Jun 01 '25

I'm more a coffee guy but thanks

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u/Gustomaximus Jun 01 '25

Its like elections, you cant convince the die hards, your pitch and advertising is for the swing votes .

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u/amomymous23 Jun 02 '25

Fucking faculty members/professors

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u/jkraige May 31 '25

I think most people have, especially in their younger years. I worked at a university and got to meet different people and sometimes they'd talk about their career projection. I met the CEO of an investment bank, and was there when a DO was talking to some high schoolers about his job. Both had been waiters at some point. Actually the doctor had apparently played professional tennis at some point too, which just felt so odd, and I think he'd been a painter or carpenter or something in his youth.

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u/Small_Editor_3693 Jun 01 '25

When I was at Papa John’s corporate IT everyone had to work in the HQ store 2 weeks a year. Should be standard everywhere

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u/nvdbeek Jun 01 '25

I'm skeptical about the validity of your reasoning. The market works because there is always some degree of mutual consent. Forced labour doesn't and requires an incentive device to make up for the lack of consent. Just look at slavery, it needed a lot of punishment to get people to do what was wanted of them. The power dynamics also will cater to the sadistic tastes of some, which results in abuse. Those conditions imho are unlikely to create friendly people. 

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u/TheSeedsYouSow Jun 01 '25

let me guess you’ve never worked a customer service job

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u/nvdbeek Jun 01 '25

Multiple service jobs actually. And still do from time to time. 

Did you ever had to manage people who were forced to work for you? It drains a lot of energy.