Uncle worked down at city dump. He loved it. He was kind of a garbologist in a way. He was fascinated by all the things folks threw away. Retired there too. Got a job right out of high school and worked until he was 62 and retired. Dude has so many “trash” sculptures. That is to say, sculptures made out of trash. I think you’d be surprised the jobs folks enjoy doing.
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Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 4 hours agoSome yeah, but undoubtedly not enough to keep it working. For example i doubt that many people enjoy working at garbage disposable or basically any waste disposal. Of course these jobs should be fully operated by machines. Or any assistant jobs in manufacturing or jobs that operate in shifts.
waddle_dee@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
FishFace@piefed.social 3 hours ago
Do you think your uncle was in any way representative of the millions of people employed in waste disposal? The city of Birmingham’s bins have gone partially uncollected for over a year due to a dispute over pay. If waste disposal workers were, in general, doing it for the love of it, they’d surely be happy to do it for minimum wage.
Seems more likely your uncle was the odd one out, and most people need to be paid to do stinky work.
Micromot@piefed.social 3 hours ago
I think that mostly happens because it’s a hard job and because people need money to live. If they didn’t they wouldn’t need more pay
FishFace@piefed.social 2 hours ago
If it’s so enjoyable, why don’t they do it as a hobby and have a different paying job?
To be clear, I think the answer is obviously that, to most people, it’s not that enjoyable.
waddle_dee@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Most people need to be paid to do work. Bad argument. I won’t be responding further, if this is how you argue.
FishFace@piefed.social 1 hour ago
If you agree most people need to be paid to do work, then we have no disagreement on the topic at hand, so there is no need to argue at all.
Kn1ghtDigital@lemmy.zip 3 hours ago
I met a guy last week who was unusually passionate about water filtration and wanted to make a business globally. People are wonderfully weird.
ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Would you really trust podiatrists or proctologists who were in it just for the love of the game?
curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 3 hours ago
Tbh I’d kind of trust them more. Even if they got off thinking of my feet later (which, who cares, have at it), they are going to put a lot more effort and get a lot more knowledge than someone just doing it for the high billing rate, dont you think? And probably care more about the quality of my arch than the guy writing a prescription for orthotics because the manufacturer just bought him a nice dinner.
Just because they are pervs doesnt mean they’d be bad at it, I’d say they’d be even better at it than most. Wouldn’t you think?
MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 hours ago
On thee contrary, I don’t trust any medical profession that is in it for the money.
curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 3 hours ago
Ehhh I bet you’d be wrong. Only anecdotal obviously, but at practice and games for the kids, a lot of dads just chat when there isnt much going on. A couple of them work for the local garbage company. One of them commented that he doesnt know how I stay inside and work all day, he really enjoys being outside with the trucks in the morning, then enjoying the afternoon outside with the kids. Another one is a mechanic for them, he always thought the trucks were cool, and he still enjoys working on them (though he will 100% tell you, in great detail, which manufacturers suck for various parts). Haven’t talked much with the last one about work, I think he is the only one just straight up doing it for money though.
And who knows, maybe the guy who likes being outside says that to be positive about his choices in life, but I see him at the park with the kids a lot, I’ve run into him heading out to the trails on his mountain bike, etc, so I believe him that he’s perfectly happy doing it.
Automation for unwanted tasks is great though, I agree, and where automation should be focused.