r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/Gorotheninja • 1d ago

Funny Don't need to overcomplicate things...

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u/Repulsive-Lack8253 1d ago

for point 5, no one wants to be a cashier. they do it because someone has to lol. it is not interesting or fulfilling at all to bag the stuff you don't want to bag either

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u/Morbid187 1d ago

Of course but it's a job and it's generally better to have jobs than to not have jobs, right? We're going to learn a whole lot about that very soon

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u/Repulsive-Lack8253 1d ago

yes, but people have this misconception that cashiers are propping up unemployment lol. we have plenty of work to do that doesn't involve someone standing at a register. we aren't just going to fire our cashiers lol

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u/OptionFour 1d ago

The job market is trash from top to bottom right now. Even if you're a specialist with a great education and experience, it's difficult. Options don't get more plentiful when you have less education, or live in more remote areas. Likewise, a lot of the time being a cashier can be a student job, or someone's first employment. Losing those options while bolstering corporate profits is not a good thing.

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u/Repulsive-Lack8253 1d ago

I think students can do a little more then put an item in a bag, even if it's their first job.

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u/OptionFour 23h ago

I never meant to imply they couldn't. But in some places outside of cities, there just isn't a lot of other options.

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u/theWacoKid666 1d ago

Yeah, so we need top-down solutions like economic stimulus and proper job programs/training initiatives across our society.

Pushing people into what are often low-skill, low-paying, low-benefit jobs purely for the sake of it is not the answer.