Yes, I'm sure the people who were working at that sweat shop in Bangladesh were really thankful for the employment … until the combination of locked fire escapes, uncharged extinguishers, and supervisors who told workers to get back to the lines as the fire alarms went off led to their deaths. Then, probably, not so thankful.
Oh, and that Triangle Factory Fire in New York? Totally a bunch of impoverished laborers who were glad for the job and resented any imposition of "workplace safety" and "occupational hazard" and other Taker-centric Euro-Socialist Marxist Intervention in the Free Market.
I mean, after all, if a job turns out to be fatal, the Free Market will adjust to it and the dead will refuse to work there in their next life.
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Fox Host: People Who Died In Walmart Factory Fire Were Thankful For Their Jobs
The 129 Bangladeshis who died in a fire caused by poor fire safety conditions in their garment factory should be thankful for their jobs, according to Fox Business host Charles Payne. Speaking with Ne…
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That phrase 'you should be thankful for your job' really irks me. It's just give employers permission to exploit and abuse workers.
How is that even relevant?
@Avo – (Waves hands) INSERT OBLIGATORY FOX ANTI-UNION MESSAGE HERE (waves hands) … “And on to the next story!”
You can be thankful that you have something, but still want it to be better…
Yes, +Sandy L., but it's often used as a bludgeon to tell people to shut up and not advocate for their own rights.
I think it's the difference between feeling grateful that one has a job (or at least some income coming in) and being told to be grateful for a job (because I can take it away from you like that [snap]).