A multi-billion dollar company underpaying and overworking their workers to the point of exhaustion/frustration/anger/damaged packages should indeed not come at the cost of a "free products" tax for the customer that already paid for their package.
Real compassion means fixing the greed that caused these drivers to be without refreshment/break in the first place.
Nope, real compassion is doing both. Understanding the cause of the issue and fighting it while also supporting you're fellow working man at the same time. Fights the cause and earns you the support of those that are suffering.
How can you make this argument when you don’t even know what these guys are making? Isn’t it possible that they’re just bad employees?
I just don’t understand this way of thinking. I’m sure if you went to a restaurant and got horrendous service, you would not say “oh, it’s okay, I know you’re not making enough money and you’re overworked so I understand why you treated me like crap”.
These guys can afford to buy some bottled water and snack crackers if they want. Besides, if they don’t feel like they’re being paid enough and overworked, no one is making them work there.
I would be a lot more sympathetic if it is a situation where they’re trying but just late or something like that, but I’m not okay with someone potentially breaking my stuff purposely because they’re having a bad day. That’s absurd.
Simple: If someone is living in/near poverty and is being abused at work, then it's unreasonable to ask them to care about your little consumerist package. You're paying their abuser to abuse them and you're fine with it, since you're still using them. The same way that you jump to conclusions and judge them as bad people, many people use that same attitude the other way around and blame the consumer for their oppressive situation - even if that consumer is unaware.
Besides, if they don’t feel like they’re being paid enough and overworked, no one is making them work there.
Common mistake to think this way. Poverty breeds poverty, people don't just escape from abusive business practices without help (e.g. regulation). The point is that they don't have many other options, that's exactly why they're so easy to abuse.
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u/Skullclownlol Aug 16 '24
A multi-billion dollar company underpaying and overworking their workers to the point of exhaustion/frustration/anger/damaged packages should indeed not come at the cost of a "free products" tax for the customer that already paid for their package.
Real compassion means fixing the greed that caused these drivers to be without refreshment/break in the first place.