Why are people always shocked when a company does something inhumane like tells its workers to keep working or they will get fired even when there is a tornado happening? This is the very definition of a free market and capitalism at its best! So why are people so surprised?
Personally, I am more shocked that was the managers, who are also hourly workers, were the ones telling this people to work or be fired, and not the corporate people.
However, I truly do not think Capitalism or a free market is the blame here. The assumption made is that the company just wants to produce more products, so that they can sell more, and in turn make more money.
The problem with this thought is, if you fire people for leaving work when they were in fear for their safety, that is a wrongful termination, which leads to a law suit, that costs that company money. These lawsuits would cause for more losses, as money is concerned, rather than just closing down the warehouse for a night ever would.
Also, it would actually be better for the company to let these workers go home during a very bad storm, as in the case of this warehouse, if no one was in there, no dies in their workplace, which covers them from being sued. Which in turn, still saves them money.
In general however, It is safer to stay inside during a storm, especially when there is tornadoes, especially at night time. You get to the lowest floor as possible, and put as many walls as possible between you and the outside. Employers are taught to tell and lead customers and employees during a tornado to their safest point in the building.
Are you really that naive bro? You really think the managers there had no incentive at all to tell the workers to keep working? Do you really think they had zero contact with corporate in that situation? How fucking gullible are you bro?
Jump back some 150 years - industrial 'revolution'; and workers exploitation. The only thing shocking to me is that the bad guys managed to come back :)
What is there: some 'laws' had been thought out; and ideas like workers unions exist. But you're somehow right: the ''masses'' appear to be very willing to be kept under the thumb.
Union i believe for the most part have been all dismantled and of course all through lobbying lol and yea it does seem the masses are content to be blind and told what to do unfortunately...
I can understand taking shelter in a school and inside an office building but yea there is something wrong and inhumane about threatening amazon drivers to keep delivering and warehouse workers to keep working instead of taking better shelter. I assume a warehouse building would provide very little shelter against a tornado and might as well be out in the open but i have to do more research on that its just my initial gut Instinct
"tells its workers to keep working or they will get fired even when there is a tornado happening"
Except that's not what happened. This is typical media on a witch hunt to create sensationalism and controversy. Listen to what actually happened, instead of listening to what they imply. There was NO tornado warning when they were told they couldn't leave. There was no reason to leave.
Even if there really was a warning at the time, that's still no reason to leave. Leave and do what? When there is a warning, you have no idea where it will hit, when it will hit, or if it will hit.
If people want to be upset about something, they should be upset with the media. This isn't even news. It's the media manipulating the news and turning it into something that it isn't.
Dude did you not see those videos up there? Lol i mean its true none of us was directly on the scene when it happened but at least be open to the idea it might be true with the current state of things you know?
Yes I watched the videos in their entirety. Listen to what they actually said instead of what they imply. Or maybe you just don't understand tornadoes and tornado warnings. I live in tornado country. I've been through this many times.
At the time when they were told not to leave, there was NO warning. The warning had expired.
A tornado warning just means a tornado has been spotted somewhere in the larger surrounding area. It means people should keep an eye out and be prepared to seek shelter. Leaving a building and going outside is one of the worst things you can do. If at all possible you don't want to be outside if there are tornadoes around - or at least be able to get to shelter ASAP if it heads your way. If there is a tornado in the immediate area, you sure as hell don't have time to drive all the way home. You are better off staying where you're at.
What the company told them to do was the right thing. They were told to get in the hallways and bathrooms. They absolutely do NOT want to leave a building and go home. Personally, when there are watches or warnings, I just keep doing whatever I was doing.
But all that is moot because there was no warning when they were told not to leave. There was no reason to go home. There was no reason to quit working.
Are you serious? A warehouse is absolutely the worst tornado shelter you can be in? Did you even see photos of that warehouse? And you really think there is no" reason" to stop working? Are you seriously that insane to believe that?
It might be one of the worst *indoor* shelters. But it's better than being outside.
"photos of that warehouse?"
That's completely irrelevant. That's after the fact. If you have a magic wand and know where it's going to hit then anyplace is better than where it hits. But without knowing where it might hit, you have to play the odds, which means staying indoors instead of going outside.
But you keep missing a very important point. There was NO tornado warning when they were told not to leave.
Why the fuck are you lying? You know for a fucking fact they had plenty of tornado warnings? They had plenty of time to get to a place with better shelter and no a candle factory warehouse with tons of chemicals is not safe no matter what delusional universe you live in
As opposed to when people had to keep working at Chernobyl after the explosion, and the government actively lied both to its people and the world covering it up?
Corruption and greed are present in every economic model that has ever existed.
But because of branding folks would rather be dead or see others dead, rather than be called a "libtard". It appears to be the most effective way to control folks. Who puts their lives and the lives of their families. . . secondary to their politics?
It's odd that you assume that this wouldn't be the case where anyone has the power. It's not the system, it's the people. Even if you change the system, doesn't necessitate people changing.
Hmmm different systems... Different incentives... Let me think about that... YoU ArE ToTaLlY RIGhT! wHy DiD i EvEr AsSuMe A mOnEtArY pRoFiT SyStEM iS aT FaUlT?
I really don't believe people want to continue to work in the face of a tornado lol at least if they are not threatened to do so by their boss and company
If theyāre being paid to itās easy to rationalize. Iām absolutely sure the employers threats were more convincing. But there will always be casualties to storms because people believe theyāll be ok.
I don't know man that just doesn't seem very plausible even war veterans can be afraid of mother nature's force let alone you your average untrained civilians.
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Who are you claiming was greedy? The technician were greedy? Or the government? Who was greedy? Also thats not what caused the meltdown of Chernobyl. That should be my line... š
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