tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532040.post113095035170571167..comments2023-11-03T08:25:59.048-07:00Comments on The Enlightenment Project: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12587322265256780784noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532040.post-1131336146412486862005-11-06T20:02:00.000-08:002005-11-06T20:02:00.000-08:00Of course, they are at your service and you are no...Of course, they are at your service and you are not at theirs, so one can be a drone to the extent it floats one's boat.MThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02341704109256270557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532040.post-1131336034376947302005-11-06T20:00:00.000-08:002005-11-06T20:00:00.000-08:00Most of my shopping is at places that cater to yup...Most of my shopping is at places that cater to yuppies and pay better than minimum wage. Sure, some of the workers just put on a happy face because they're paid to, but I think many take these jobs because they like to interact with people--e.g. the counter people at Starbucks--and they enjoy the job less to the extent their customer is a drone.MThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02341704109256270557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532040.post-1131335461103943292005-11-06T19:51:00.000-08:002005-11-06T19:51:00.000-08:00The work is pure drudgery and being constantly exp...<I>The work is pure drudgery and being constantly exposed to the public and having to handle these little interactions as part of the job makes it stressful as well as boring.</I><BR/><BR/>You make it seem like there's no difference between working an assembly line and working a cash register. But we have a word for the distinction: The latter is the "service industry." I guess the demise of MThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02341704109256270557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532040.post-1131306637131152462005-11-06T11:50:00.000-08:002005-11-06T11:50:00.000-08:00Some people don't have mates or friends or loving ...<I>Some people don't have mates or friends or loving families. Maybe that social transaction at the register is important to them, whether they realize it or not.</I><BR/><BR/>And by the same token maybe that social transaction is another miserable little irritation that they have to deal with. And maybe to the cashier, it's just an additional misery about what is under the best of conditions a Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12587322265256780784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532040.post-1131296136433497852005-11-06T08:55:00.000-08:002005-11-06T08:55:00.000-08:00My spouse is shy and I used to be shy, or at least...My spouse is shy and I used to be shy, or at least much less outgoing in public than I am now. I think of myself as having made "progress" and not merely changed by becoming less, but I agree with you that the issue isn't exactly moral, and that largely it's practical. But I think to be shy is to be less than "real," because really we are emotional. I suspect one needs a certain amount of "real"MThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02341704109256270557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532040.post-1131141109076539342005-11-04T13:51:00.000-08:002005-11-04T13:51:00.000-08:00Excellent post. It takes me more than a glance to ...Excellent post. It takes me more than a glance to accept anybody into my personal space. I am not a misanthropist, I am just shy. I do not do 'touchy-feely' except with the few people I love - and often not then, to my discredit. It worries me that 'emotional intelligence' seems to imply that we have to pretend to be close to people regardless of our authentic feelings. I despise the chimpanzee MikeShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08233159424542347960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532040.post-1131056374217040292005-11-03T14:19:00.000-08:002005-11-03T14:19:00.000-08:00>> I like being private in public.That piece reall...>> I like being private in public.<<<BR/><BR/>That piece really resonated with me. Thanks for posting it.<BR/><BR/>KarenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com