Wow... straight people getting a feel for how LGBT must feel in most of the religiously backwards conservative USA for benign public displays of affection. Welcome to their world.
Aesop probably wrote a fable on this idea... what might happen is that someone he is giving money to now will have some unexpected good fortune in the future and feel inclined to share it with Reed in return for his generosity.
Since we are human beings these things have always happened, and will continue to happen... we are just made more aware of them by an ever present Big Brother surveillance system. Sometimes I think there are some things we should not be made aware of... for our own mental health.
I visited Paris recently, and I was not prepared for the service attitude, but then I thought about it and it made perfect sense... I am from the US where the 'staff' essentially has no rights, is overworked and mistreated, and where the customer is always right. The staff has to adopt a fake, obsequious attitude and has to endure much abuse.
So basically, in the US everybody wins except the staff... the people at the top get 'theirs,' the customers get 'theirs,' but the staff gets the shaft. Not in France... they don't exploit the staff like we do here, as they have basic rights too! It was a good lesson to learn. The business and management education climate in America propagates this attitude, as it is in their best economic interest, so don't expect any changes. There has been no workers revolution here and until we have one, expect to get crapped on in every way. And if you don't like it, your fired!
American business management sucks. I predict they will be the first against the wall in the coming revolution.
R. Daneel Olivaw.... from Asimov's Robot and Foundation series, by far. One of the most breathtaking events in science fiction occurs when you find out that one of the main characters all along was actually a humanoid robot!.. and one that can read minds at that...and has been alive for thousands of years, controlling man's destiny behind the scenes.
So basically, in the US everybody wins except the staff... the people at the top get 'theirs,' the customers get 'theirs,' but the staff gets the shaft. Not in France... they don't exploit the staff like we do here, as they have basic rights too! It was a good lesson to learn. The business and management education climate in America propagates this attitude, as it is in their best economic interest, so don't expect any changes. There has been no workers revolution here and until we have one, expect to get crapped on in every way. And if you don't like it, your fired!
American business management sucks. I predict they will be the first against the wall in the coming revolution.
One of the most breathtaking events in science fiction occurs when you find out that one of the main characters all along was actually a humanoid robot!.. and one that can read minds at that...and has been alive for thousands of years, controlling man's destiny behind the scenes.