Antiwork

Okay, let me run something by you Mr. Capitalism. If you have studied economics on a high end you would know about game theory. You would know about zero sum game theory and Nash's examination of scarcity competition. I assume you haven't heard of any of this based on your other statements and will run down these concepts quickly. Zero-sum game theory is basically treating everything as a competition where there is a winner and a loser and argues that you play to win even if your actions cause harm to you and your partners because if you don't assume the worst you will be left at a disadvantage. It's the backbone of most capitalist actions. It's used for everything from something simple like low balling offers to things more complicated like advertising and politics on every level. It's also used in scarcity- which is the concept that things can…

At my current job where I work as a waitress, there’s so so many issues within the workplace that make it a horrible place to work. Before anyone asks why I haven’t quit sooner, the people I work alongside are lovely and the chefs feel like parents to me. But enough is enough. I’m only 22, I’m fairly timid and standing up for myself is a tough task that thankfully I’m getting better at. I sat down with some members of management where I work and told them that we don’t get breaks even if doing a 12+ hour shift, I’m doing the job of five different employees yet still on minimum wage and without tips anymore as the payment system has changed, there’s bullying of staff by management, some staff leave at 1am to return at 9am… a whole lot of issues that make it a bad place to…

Example: “Hey, make sure you get carts quickly today, we’re going to be busy.” “Where were you?” “Get me some ___” (when they could/should get it themselves)

Kroger's Unions suck. We all agree. I try to be a Devil's Advocate sometimes and in conversations about how unions are good, I typically use Kroger as the example of a union that doesn't work out. And seeing as we're all pretty pro union, we should take the time to talk about unions that don't stick up for workers, why those unions are run the way they are, and maybe ways to change them. The way I understand it based on what I've heard from others (I may be wrong) is that no one in the union gets a raise unless everyone gets a raise, which results in workers staying at just above minimum wage for years on end. I know people who worked at Kroger that got their pay up to $17 an hour and they weren't in the union. They picked up shifts and negotiated their pay up.…