I love the SwissMiss blog – but this is just odd. Or bad. I’m annoyed that I even watched it. For a second, I thought it was going to be an advocacy piece for card check.
I think one of the key things that it points out, subtly, is that
“Hey, it’s not the system. There IS NO SYSTEM. There is only you and me and he and she — either doing our JOBS well or badly. Sometimes that’s not directly our fault — sometimes we do badly because they don’t give us what we need to do our jobs well — but if you aren’t doing your best, if you aren’t at least TRYING to get the things you need to do your job right… the world is screwed up just a little bit more because of you not doing YOUR JOB.”
I’ve never seen New York look so homogenous. IMHO, fire the casting company and the voice-over actor. And maybe the writer too, considering the point is unclear.
What does this want to say? That we should be greatful that we are allowed to work 40 hours a week, 48 weeks a year and 50 years in a lifetime in order to be able to make a living? In order to ACTUALY BUY THE THINGS WE PRODUCE EVERY DAY? Do you even realize that the only reason that these people have their job is that someone else makes a fortune by using their working power, and they will stop working and stop making a living exactly the moment when their empolyer doesn’t make any profit anymore? Damn, this shit makes me angry.
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Besides swissmiss, Tina founded and runs TeuxDeux, CreativeMornings and her Brooklyn based co-working community Friends Work Here. (She also started Tattly which was recently adopted by BIC)
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I can’t figure out if this is serious or taking the piss.. #orwellianchills
May 14th, 2012 / 7:08 pm
I love the SwissMiss blog – but this is just odd. Or bad. I’m annoyed that I even watched it. For a second, I thought it was going to be an advocacy piece for card check.
May 14th, 2012 / 9:49 pm
Unusually long for a commercial, but not bad.
Dunno what the problems of the people above were.
I think one of the key things that it points out, subtly, is that
“Hey, it’s not the system. There IS NO SYSTEM. There is only you and me and he and she — either doing our JOBS well or badly. Sometimes that’s not directly our fault — sometimes we do badly because they don’t give us what we need to do our jobs well — but if you aren’t doing your best, if you aren’t at least TRYING to get the things you need to do your job right… the world is screwed up just a little bit more because of you not doing YOUR JOB.”
;-D
May 15th, 2012 / 2:37 am
I’ve never seen New York look so homogenous. IMHO, fire the casting company and the voice-over actor. And maybe the writer too, considering the point is unclear.
May 15th, 2012 / 4:25 am
What exactly was the point of this ad? And what are they trying to sell?
May 15th, 2012 / 5:28 am
What does this want to say? That we should be greatful that we are allowed to work 40 hours a week, 48 weeks a year and 50 years in a lifetime in order to be able to make a living? In order to ACTUALY BUY THE THINGS WE PRODUCE EVERY DAY? Do you even realize that the only reason that these people have their job is that someone else makes a fortune by using their working power, and they will stop working and stop making a living exactly the moment when their empolyer doesn’t make any profit anymore? Damn, this shit makes me angry.
@Candi – https://www.wk.com/campaign/the_employees_first_effect – they’re serious. Completely out of their minds, but serious.
May 15th, 2012 / 7:27 am
Love this.
May 15th, 2012 / 9:00 am
I really didn’t get it either. I’m a little sad that I didn’t get it, honestly. SM, could you give us your perspective on this, please?
May 15th, 2012 / 9:05 am