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A Boring Dystopia

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/21284770

Role Description

This is a part-time on-site volunteer role at Shoppers Drug Mart in Toronto, ON. As a volunteer, you will be responsible for assisting with various tasks and providing support to the staff. This may include helping customers find products, restocking shelves, organizing inventory, and maintaining a clean and organized store environment. Your role as a volunteer is crucial in ensuring that our customers have a positive and seamless shopping experience.

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 44 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Volunteer? As in no pay? And people applied?

[–] theareciboincident@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Volunteering is a common graduation requirement for American high schools and liberal arts college courses.

Got to get them nice and docile for corporate drone life while they’re still in their formative years.

[–] ech@lemm.ee 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is completely incorrect. It is not common at all (honestly I doubt it exists anywhere) to require students to volunteer work for a damn convenience store, or anything of the like. Some might require volunteering with community programs and non-profits, which has nothing to do with making anyone "docile" for future employment. Keep your crap cynicism to yourself and leave proper volunteer programs alone.

[–] teamevil@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yo I never got paid as an intern

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 months ago

While highly abused, internships are narrowly defined by law as educational and not the same as volunteering. I've also never heard of high schools requiring them. Usually a requirement for some college/uni degrees.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago

Not for a fucking for-profit business, it isn't!

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Ah, yeah didn't think of this. I volunteered cleaning garbage from nature to get those hours. Seems kind of weird to go work for a corpo for free but I don't wanna judge people's options too hard.

[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah if you're gonna volunteer, do it for something less soul crushing. You got the rest of your life for the soul crushing work.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Can recommend cleanup crews. It feels good to remove tonnes of waste from the environment.

[–] radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Did you do it to get your diploma? Or did you do it to maintain membership in the National Honor Society or the Student Council or some such?

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

It was a specific class at community college. I'm pretty sure it was some sort of "college success" course.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago

This seems to have been in Canada

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why steal, sell the goods and go to a dealer and buy oxycodone when I can volunteer here and just steal Oxy.

[–] macisr@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

Good point haha.

[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 3 points 6 months ago

For the glory of the Mammon!