On: Don't ignore the janitor

[deltasevennine]

I'm not insulting the janitor. I'm insulting myself. And you. And everyone else who works at the company who steps on him. I'm saying, that a "hi" and a smile is utter bullshit. We all know we're stepping on him and a "hi" and a "smile" is opium to make us feel better about ourselves.

You completely misinterpreted the post.

[knorker → deltasevennine]

I don't think I misinterpreted. You're embarrassed about making more, right? It's not fair?

You're not making it better by ignoring him. You're making it worse.

You can't change capitalism. But you can change the world by adding humanity for the people you pass in your life.

Not doing that adds insult (ignoring) to injury (unfair compensation).

Believe me, I know the feeling of looking at my salary and feeling embarrassed.

[bobsmooth → deltasevennine]

I think ignoring someone because you're embarrassed by them is only marginally better than ignoring someone because you think you're better than them. A smile and a nod are free.

[deltasevennine → bobsmooth]

Marginally. And obvious. We don't need an article to tell us the basics about how to be decent people. The article wasn't written to tell engineers obvious things that we all already know and likely do.

It was written to make us feel better about ourselves. "Be nice to poor people" is a better title for this article.

[bobsmooth → deltasevennine]

Ok, so why do you find being nice to poor people so difficult?

[deltasevennine → bobsmooth]

I don't. I find it hard to read an article that is essentially an instruction manual for rich people on how to be nice to poor people.