| ▲ | senko 3 hours ago |
| > If a bank actually wanted to serve working people, they would be open on weekends. You do know that people also work in banks, right? |
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| ▲ | RupertSalt 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| It's about white collar versus blue collar. White collars have the luxury of limited hours, resting on the weekends, and being able to take time off work when they have an appointment or obligation. |
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| ▲ | alsetmusic 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | This is absolutely true. When I worked as at a restaurant, the mantra from management was: "You got time to lean, you got time to clean." I've worked a lot of blue-collar jobs before making my way into office work. Blue collar workers will get chided for pulling out their phone. I'm posting this comment to HN on either side of a call that came in while I was reading the thread. In my first real office job, I grew anxious when someone from down the hall came and conversed with my office-mate for ten minutes. We had all this work that needed to be addressed! I'm obviously acclimated to office culture now; I'm just trying to underscore the difference in work culture for those who may not have worked in physical labor environments. The people working those jobs aren't even an afterthought to many people (which I can attest from having dealt with people who mistreat workers). |
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| ▲ | nkrisc 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Are you trying to say that banks can't be open on the weekends because then bank employees would have to work weekends? Much like any business that operates on the weekends? They would have time off during the week and wouldn't have the issue that people working Mon-Fri have because they could go to the bank on their day off on Tuesday or whatever. |
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| ▲ | senko 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | > Are you trying to say that banks can't be open on the weekends because then bank employees would have to work weekends? Much like any business that operates on the weekends? I'm saying there's a reason not all businesses (or government institutions) work 996[0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/996_working_hour_system |
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