• schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business
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    Reported by a worker at McD. Wtf, they’re the group that would benefit the most from a change in the healthcare system. Idiot.

    Or, and hear me out here, we can view this with a little sympathy: there’s $60k in rewards for anyone who turned this guy in, and the person who did it makes peanuts at McDonalds.

    Now, I don’t know if I would do it, but I can completely and utterly sympathize why someone who makes poverty wages would turn class traitor for what almost certainly life-changing money.

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          With the review bombing and public hatred of that McDonald’s location? Fired is more like it.

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              The corporation? Definitely not. But review bombing and boycotting will hurt the profits of that franchised location, and its owner certainly will.

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                  Probably very few if any. Admittedly the outlier, I read Chipotle reviews because I’ve had too many of them give a time for pickup then proceed to dilly-dally for 20-30 mins past the time they gave me. Not cool. I’m happy to wait, but don’t tell me it’s going to be done.

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                  I have never looked at the reviews for a fast food franchise. They’re all much the same, which is kinda the point.

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                    The food and ingredients are the same, but the quality can vary a lot depending on how bad of job they do cooking it. When you’ve been disappointed enough by buying dry and borderline-burned breakfast, you stop trusting that all locations are equal.

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                  When you’re an out of towner looking for the nearest place to go and get coffee or use a public bathroom, reviews matter.

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                  If I’m stopping by somewhere out of town, yes. Food quality varies by location, and I’m not going to waste my money on an undercooked meal at McDonald’s when the competitor down the street is better.

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            I meant more like, that’s the best accolade you may get as someone working for McDonald’s. But yes, McDonald’s absolutely has a reason to support the status quo in terms of corporate rule.

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        No way the average person working at Mcdonalds does anything but blow 60k even if they get it.

        Edit: To be clear, I spent 4 years working at one. Good people, bad people, but not much economic sophistication in either group.

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          Yeah, the fucking idiot will probably all blow it on something stupid like an ER visit.

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        They’ll let him order anything he wants off the dollar menu!

        Which is really just a pack of fries, minus the fries at this point, becaues what store has a dollar menu anymore?

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      I don’t. Might as well just be a cop if you think like that, plenty of room for bootlicking morons in that profession.

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        Here here. I’m poor as shit, got no insurance whatsoever, 60k would be somewhat life changing for me. I would never ever squeal on a comrade like that, even for millions.

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      Neat how that works. Keep the populace poor and they become a wall to wall surveillance system for you. And people worry about technology…

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      that person might get 60k…

      maybe because of this circle jerk, regime will pay out to prove a point.

      but there is a lesson in this discussion folks.

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        If I remember correctly, they can be anonymous. If that’s the case, they wouldn’t really be easily taxable. Still, we are talking about the government here, and if they tax lottery winnings, I would bet they tax rewards.

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        shooter and ceo were closer in class than the shooter and working class

        Ah, good ol’ “anyone who makes enough money to pay rent is part of the capitalist class, not the working class”

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          Family supposedly owns a country club. Prominent baltimore family. If that is so, that is definitely up there in the capitalist class and not working class. Still was rooting for him. Just would have alot cooler if was a working class guy.

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            He was a white collar working class guy. His work history is full of positions at various tech companies working as an engineer. It doesn’t appear that he was handed any sort of dynasty.

            He was upper class, and he had better opportunities than your average American, but he was still a worker.

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        Some people think anyone whose parents actually owned a house are “the elites”.

        No. The CEO earned more in a year than even someone with a six figure salary would earn in a lifetime.

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            Maybe his family did, but judging by his work history, he wasn’t personally wealthy enough to be owning a country club.

            If he was “owns a country club” rich, his work history would mostly just say “Owner and CEO of whatever country club”.

            There’s no reason to work any sort of normal job if you have that kind of income rolling in.

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            Could well be in debt up to their eyeballs and barely making a profit, for all we know.