Fast Food Workers are Way More Likely Than Anyone Else to Say They Make the World a Worse Place?

 

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A new survey asked people whether their job makes the world a better place or a worse place.  And of the people who said "I make the world a worse place" . . . 42.3% were FAST FOOD WORKERS.  Bartenders were second, attorneys were third, fashion designers were fourth, and investment banking associates were fifth. 

 

 

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Whenever I go to McDonald's, I get the sense that the employees HATE me . . . and all the other customers too.  But I didn't realize they also hated THEMSELVES.

 

 

--A new survey asked more than 30,000 workers in the U.S. if their job makes the world a better place or a worse place.  Only about 1% of the people surveyed said they make the world a worse place.  So who made up that 1%?

 

 

--Fast food workers were, BY FAR, the most likely to say they make the world a worse place."  42.3% of people who say they're making the world worse are in fast food. 

 

 

--The next closest was bartenders . . . at 5.8%.  Senior attorneys were third, fashion designers were fourth, and investment banking associates were fifth.

 

 

--The survey was also sorted by industry, not just by specific job.  And when they did it that way, the fast food industry came in as fourth-most likely to say they're making the world a worse place.

 

 

--The tobacco industry came in first, gambling was second, and gas stations came in third.  Fast food was fourth, and liquor distributors were fifth.

 

 

(New York Times)




Originally posted on February 21st, 2012