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I drink your milkshake! a metaphor for capitalism
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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 2326081" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p>so i am a fuel truck driver right now, and it is another industry which has been ruined by capitalist corporate BS.</p><p></p><p>i fill up at the refineries and they just changed their "safety" rules this year. so basically if you forget to put on your seatbelt, your automatically banned forever across the country, and therefore lose your job. </p><p></p><p>if you forget to put on your hard hat or eye goggles, you get a 1 week suspension or something. from the time of the incident and 1 year from that date, if you overfill your truck (which is quite easy and common) you are banned forever. theres also no explanation why overfilling the trucks is such a big deal, because the computer automatically cuts it off anyways. the penalties are so severe that i honestly dont think they thought it through enough. but when it comes down to it, i think its all about $$$$$ > a decent life for people.</p><p></p><p>so, we let these corporations trash the planet and they cant even give us secure employment. we are unionized, and im not aware of teh unions doing anything to stop this unethical system. a fine would be more just, but even then you are taking from the poor and giving it to the rich.</p><p></p><p>theres a few other industries which have been ruined: the big railways, i dunno about UPS because i dont konw if it was better in the past or not but it was awful when i worked there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 2326081, member: 56035"] so i am a fuel truck driver right now, and it is another industry which has been ruined by capitalist corporate BS. i fill up at the refineries and they just changed their "safety" rules this year. so basically if you forget to put on your seatbelt, your automatically banned forever across the country, and therefore lose your job. if you forget to put on your hard hat or eye goggles, you get a 1 week suspension or something. from the time of the incident and 1 year from that date, if you overfill your truck (which is quite easy and common) you are banned forever. theres also no explanation why overfilling the trucks is such a big deal, because the computer automatically cuts it off anyways. the penalties are so severe that i honestly dont think they thought it through enough. but when it comes down to it, i think its all about $$$$$ > a decent life for people. so, we let these corporations trash the planet and they cant even give us secure employment. we are unionized, and im not aware of teh unions doing anything to stop this unethical system. a fine would be more just, but even then you are taking from the poor and giving it to the rich. theres a few other industries which have been ruined: the big railways, i dunno about UPS because i dont konw if it was better in the past or not but it was awful when i worked there. [/QUOTE]
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