Incredibil!, ... refuz bani/spaga Optiuni

[Veritas]

Deci, nu-mi revin...Nu-mi pornea masina...Am pornit pe jos pana la service-ul apropiat..Nu-i cunosteam, nu eram clienta lor. A venit imediat un baiat cu o masina si cabluri, a impins masina pana in strada, mi-a pornit-o, si NU A VRUT SA-MI IA NICI UN BAN!!!! A plecat in tromba, si m-a lasat cu banii in mana. Nu a vrut sa primeasca nimic, nici un pachet de tigari.

Nu am mai patit asa ceva, sa-ti faca cineva un serviciu si sa nu primeasca bani...

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[jet li]

Gift Economy. Singura economie reala. Unde cei care se poarta bine nu mai sunt "fraieri" ci oameni respectati. Unde viata intre oameni are sens. Noi ne jucam cu gunoiul asta numit bani. Care "noi" cand poti reduce totul la niste hartiute cu numere ?

De ce e singura economie reala ? Pentru ca jocul asta cu banii se va prabusi intr-o zi. Daca sistemul a cazut, si nu mai e paine la supermarket taranul nu iti mai vinde nici un cartof. Nu poate manca bani. Iti va da insa daca l-ai ajutat odata. Daca intre voi sunt relatii ca intre oameni nu intre masini. Relatii pierdute odata cu apartitia ideii de "al meu".
Asa era intr-un trib, fiecare ajuta cand putea, impartea cu altii ce avea, apoi era ajutat neconditionat daca avea nevoie.


http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter4-4.php

It was the task of industrial society to destroy all of that [reciprocity]. All that "community" implies—self-sufficiency, mutual aid, morality in the marketplace, stubborn tradition, regulation by custom, organic knowledge instead of mechanistic science—had to be steadily and systematically disrupted and displaced. All of the practices that kept the individual from being a consumer had to be done away with so that the cogs and wheels of an unfettered machine called "the economy" could operate without interference, influenced merely by invisible hands and inevitable balances . . .

Would you pay more for one that does? Should love be part of the job description? What about companies who advertise that they "care about the customer"? Their employees answer the phone full of enthusiasm to talk to you. The cashier at the supermarket wishes you a nice day. We recognize all these expressions of caring as phony, because we know that someone cannot be paid to care. At most we can muster the semblance of caring. Similarly, commodified services are never as authentic or as nourishing as the personal relationships they replace.

The result is a near-universal loneliness and a phoniness so pervasive we hardly notice it. What can we expect when the people who perform crucial life-giving functions only do it because they are paid to? In many cultures, to prepare food for another was considered an intimate act. To take care of someone on a physical level is intimate; it has been the basis of family, friendship, and community from time immemorial. Now that these functions have been sold off, the relationships they once fostered are left hollow. No wonder that divorce has risen wherever the modern economy has replaced traditional "home economics", leaving the family with a domain reduced, in Emile Durkheim's words, to "emotional release and the sharing of affections.

Acest topic a fost editat de jet li: 30 Aug 2009, 09:42 PM

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Jet li, sunt deacord cu ce ai scris mai sus, insa nu am incredere ca o sa apucam noi ziua in care se va renunta la folosirea bacnotelor.