The secret of how to be miserable is to constantly expect things are going to happen the way that they are "supposed" to happen.
You can have faith, which carries the understanding that you may be disappointed. Then there's being a willfully-blind idiot, which virtually guarantees it.
A good workman is known by his tools.
Originally posted by Marc Peabody:
That isn't a half-bad idea. The call centers won't be overseas.
But how does the call-taker know that the McDonalds they are answering for is out of parfaits or that there will be a five minute wait for onion rings?
Scenarios like that would make the drive-thru experience much more frustrating.
Originally posted by Tim Holloway:
We've all heard the dire predictions that all the high-paying jobs will flee overseas and leave only the McJobs. And then there's the automated fast-food equipment that McD's has been playing around with. But just when you thought it couldn't get any crazier:
they thought up this.
Mike Gershman
SCJP 1.4, SCWCD in process
Originally posted by Mike Gershman:
Every time I get angry about what is happening to our jobs, I remind myself that we made a good living doing things like this to other people's jobs.
Mark Herschberg, author of The Career Toolkit
https://www.thecareertoolkitbook.com/
Originally posted by peter wooster:
the states and China, who are strangely still tied together economically.
Mark Herschberg, author of The Career Toolkit
https://www.thecareertoolkitbook.com/
The secret of how to be miserable is to constantly expect things are going to happen the way that they are "supposed" to happen.
You can have faith, which carries the understanding that you may be disappointed. Then there's being a willfully-blind idiot, which virtually guarantees it.
Originally posted by Tim Holloway:
But didn't someone recently run some sort of TV commercials about how no one ever complimented a burger by saying "Now that sure tasted efficient!"?
Mark Herschberg, author of The Career Toolkit
https://www.thecareertoolkitbook.com/
Originally posted by Mark Herschberg:
*It got bad for the US in the 80's when "third world" nations like Japan started offering serious competition. It got worse in the 90's when efficent companies beat out inefficent ones. As Eastern Europe and Asia continue to progress it will get even worse (where worse means "more competitive" which is ultimately better for everyone except the shlumps who didn't see it coming_. I can't wait for Latin America to finally stablize and open up their economies.
There will be glitches in my transition from being a saloon bar sage to a world statesman. - Tony Banks
There is a down side to it though - as markets become more free, the gap between the rich countries and the poor countries should, in theory, narrow - the poorer countries will become richer and the rich countries will become a bit poorer.
Originally posted by Don Kiddick:
This sounds like an up side to me.
There will be glitches in my transition from being a saloon bar sage to a world statesman. - Tony Banks
Originally posted by Don Kiddick:
This sounds like an up side to me.
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Originally posted by Jeroen Wenting:
And if soon the callcenter is outsourced to Shanghai someone oldeling one tliple cheasebulgel with extla ketchup hold the pickels may well get something different altogether...
working in Shanghai CHINA PRC
Originally posted by Jeroen Wenting:
Would you still think it an upside if it's you loosing his job, his life savings, and ultimately his home to some half dozen Indians (for example) who can do the same thing more cheaply even when it takes half a dozen of them to do the job you do on your own?
Because that's what's happening.
Originally posted by Dave Lenton:
There is a down side to it though - as markets become more free, the gap between the rich countries and the poor countries should, in theory, narrow - the poorer countries will become richer and the rich countries will become a bit poorer.
When this happens, the richer countries will either have to accept losing a share of the world market (and probably a drop in standard of living)
Mark Herschberg, author of The Career Toolkit
https://www.thecareertoolkitbook.com/
Originally posted by Mark Herschberg:
I think you're misremmbering the quote, they said, "boy that was a good value." Cheaper and cheaper.
--Mark
The secret of how to be miserable is to constantly expect things are going to happen the way that they are "supposed" to happen.
You can have faith, which carries the understanding that you may be disappointed. Then there's being a willfully-blind idiot, which virtually guarantees it.
Originally posted by Tim Holloway:
Cheap isn't the overriding definition of what I live for. I'd rather go for value.
The secret of how to be miserable is to constantly expect things are going to happen the way that they are "supposed" to happen.
You can have faith, which carries the understanding that you may be disappointed. Then there's being a willfully-blind idiot, which virtually guarantees it.
Originally posted by Tim Holloway:
No. While in English, "cheap" can be used to mean "good value", the converse is not guaranteed.
Mark Herschberg, author of The Career Toolkit
https://www.thecareertoolkitbook.com/
Originally posted by Mark Herschberg:
You are half correct. The theory says that the gap between rich and poor countries will close (which is good). However, this doesnot imply a decrease in the standard of living, or that the current rich countries will become "poorer" in a non-rlative basis. The belief is that everyone is better off.
The only question is: are you trying to live well, or live better than your neighbor?
--Mark
There will be glitches in my transition from being a saloon bar sage to a world statesman. - Tony Banks
Originally posted by Tim Holloway:
It wasn't Subway, I don't think, though they did briefly use the term "Styrofood" to allege that most burger-joint products had flavor virtually indistinguishable from the boxes they came in.
There will be glitches in my transition from being a saloon bar sage to a world statesman. - Tony Banks
Originally posted by Mark Herschberg:
Yes, many may claim McFood's is not a good value at any non-ngative price, but those who like MacDonald's--including kids, and families on cross-country driving vacations, my neighbors (when I was in grad school) who lived on welfare--do consider MacDonald's a good value. Anyway, my point was, such a cost savings does hav positive impact. For thos neighbors for example, with their 3-4 kids, saving a dollar per person did impact their bottom line.
There will be glitches in my transition from being a saloon bar sage to a world statesman. - Tony Banks
Originally posted by Dave Lenton:
In the long term this is probably true - if the world were to be made a totally free market tomorrow, in 50 years time we may all be living at a nicely high level. In the short term, these things probably take a while to balance out. Markets cannot adapt instantly, so there could be short term problems.
Mark Herschberg, author of The Career Toolkit
https://www.thecareertoolkitbook.com/
The secret of how to be miserable is to constantly expect things are going to happen the way that they are "supposed" to happen.
You can have faith, which carries the understanding that you may be disappointed. Then there's being a willfully-blind idiot, which virtually guarantees it.
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