TSA Agents are miserable enough as is. Let's make their feet hurt too, that'll improve the experience for everyone
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In the US, the cruelty often found in menial jobs seems to be part of the point.
Grocery clerks aren’t allowed to sit down in the US, either. It’s stupid.
They are at Aldi
What a nice European cultural import.
I wish I could somehow convey to whoever is collecting data on me that this is a thing I like.
Like there's all these entities trying to collect data on me to figure out how to sell me stuff and I want them to know the fact that Aldi lets cashiers sit down positively influences my decision to shop there. If other grocery stores adopted this I would prefer them over stores that do not.
That’s not mandated by the government though.
Grocery executives believe that US consumers see sitting as lazy and standing as diligently working. Whether or not a sufficient percentage of consumers actually hold the belief should be irrelevant, but it’s a cultural norm (even though it’s objectively worse). The government is functioning as an employer in this case, and is somewhat equivalently failing its employees for the sake of perception by the public. The more important government failing to be angry about is that sitting isn’t protected by OSHA, and the bigger societal failing is that capitalism has suppressed unions to the point that they can’t effectively even win this as a reasonable concession.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90836431/why-dont-cashiers-in-the-u-s-get-to-sit-like-the-ones-in-europe
They stand in markets in Japan too. I wonder how many countries allow sitting vs standing.
May as well hold out for the ICE-style ski masks & electric shock gloves, too.
Sir, is that a nail clipper with a file...?
::zzzzzzzt zzzzt::
The people who do the ID checks literally have no reason to stand. They're sitting on the other side of a kiosk and checking your ID. All the physical security checks are done by other people after that
Yeah but how else can the "leadership" show that they are in control. If you have time to sit you have time to quit lol
As someone with minor foot issues that make standing for any length of time painful, I can’t wait for TSA to be understaffed.
ANNNND the Money we save on CHAIRS we can Spend on HELPING American Citizens! ADS for Donald Trump!
They already have chairs, they are going to take them away and probably throw them in a dumpster
Nah, it's the government. They'll pay for a warehouse to store them and a security company to guard the warehouse.
Removing every bit of humanity, one step at a time. The us is a dark place and it’s getting darker every day.
Non - Paywalled https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/tsa-officers-now-not-allowed-to-sit-down-while-checking-boarding-passes-and-ids/ar-AA2ddioI
I can’t wait to be sexually assaulted by someone who’s not allowed to sit down!
This kind of shit is how you can tell a boomer is running it. Stupid outdated cruel decisions. I hate TSA as an institution, but a lot of people employed there are just trying to get by, same as the rest of us.
It is unprofessional for them to stand on two feet at the same time. Instead they should have to stand on one foot at all times. They should be forced to wear sensors in their shoes and be penalized if they spend more than 30 seconds in an 8 hour day with both feet on the ground. I think this would promote readiness and show a more professional appearance.
"Nine times out of ten it's an electric razor, but every once in a while... it's a dildo. Of course, it's company policy never to imply ownership in the event of a dildo. We have to use the indefinite article, 'a dildo', never... your dildo."
There are a thousand other jobs that can't either. Cry me a river.

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