For anyone who remembers the unlamented Mr. Amazon's Bookshop sequence from the beginning of this year.
Every year amazon.com searches for over 1,000 smart, friendly and dedicated people with a strong work ethic. Amazon's focus is on “working hard, having fun and making history as Earth’s Most Customer Centric Company.”…
…must be able to stand on feet for 8-10 hours, walk 10-15 miles a day, must be able to repetitively lift, bend, stoop, and squat while selecting items.
via www.sekjobs.com and, of all things, http://popwatch.ew.com.
Warehouse jobs exist for the employment of mole people. The disturbing part of this job description isn’t walking 10-15 miles a day, it’s that on mile 12 or so someone is going to come by on a dumb little supervisor go cart and ask if you’re “having fun.”
Yes, that would certainly tempt me to exercise my customer centric punching muscles.
“YES SIR, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE HISTORY WITH EARTH’S MOST CUSTOMER-CENTRIC COMPANY. WHERE SHOULD I STACK THESE CHASTITY BONO CARBON-NEUTRAL VIBRATORS?”