[ExI] plastic turkeys

[William Flynn Wallace]

But Spike, maybe that guy packing the plastic turkeys has an IQ of 75 and
is ecstatically happy to have that job - not lousy at all.   We, ofcourse,
would quickly become insane. bill w

On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 12:32 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> >…> *On Behalf Of *William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
> *Subject:* [ExI] plastic turkeys
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> >…I had a symbolic encounter this morning with a plastic turkey.  …
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> >…So we are kind of stuck without anyone or anything to thank that we are
> not making plastic turkeys, not that there is anything whatsoever wrong
> with that. Just a thought.  bill w
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> Hi Billw, this comment brought a smile and some pleasant hours of
> pondering and recalling fond memories of my career opportunities to observe
> mass production (or in this case lower-midlevel production (typically what
> we used to call class 4, perhaps 10 thousand units.)
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> Let’s do a little thought experiment pls and work backwards thru the
> process which ended with the plastic turkey selling BBQ grills at Home
> Despot or equivalent purveyor of BBQ grills, hoping to point out,
> particularly this time of year, that an outdoor gas grill is a great way to
> roast one’s holiday turkey or pot roast (I have used my grill for that
> purpose and it works.)
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> The lowest level guy in that whole guy in that chain of production has a
> lousy job.  She is the one whose job is to take the plastic turkeys and
> package them in a paper box, tape it shut and load them onto a truck headed
> for the post office or UPS.
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> The reason I wrote about that is that every other job going north in the
> skill level chain of production, is a great job.  I completely understand
> why whoever holds those jobs would be thanking their favorite deity or
> evolution.
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