The Cave

The sorting facility I worked in was barely heated and poorly lit. Sorting packages all day, going who knew where. You just loaded. After a while, you wondered why.
I thought of Plato’s Cave.

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Sunra Rainz says:

January 15, 2022 at 5:02 pm

Now I need to read upon Plato’s Cave! You’ve given me homework 🙂

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Dale says:

January 15, 2022 at 6:12 pm

Now I also have to check into Plato’s Cave!

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1. Lou Carreras says:
  
  January 15, 2022 at 8:16 pm
  
  We had a saying, that management wanted to treat us like mushrooms, “keep us in the dark and cover us in bullshit.” Working out what was actually going on where we worked, and what the reality was made me think of Plato’s Cave which was an allegory for knowledge and reality. It was a terrible place to work.
  
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  1. Dale says:
    
    January 15, 2022 at 8:49 pm
    
    Yeah, that’s unfortunately the attitude in lots of places.
    
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Keith's Ramblings says:

January 16, 2022 at 11:09 am

I too had to look up Plato’s cave and now I think I know what it means! I immediately thought of an Amazon warehouse when I read your words!

My thirty-four!

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1. Lou Carreras says:
  
  January 16, 2022 at 4:10 pm
  
  Exactly! In my case it was UPS, but basically, any hub/ warehouse with frantic poorly controlled work flows.
  
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Bill says:

January 16, 2022 at 12:58 pm

I am here for the money. Well done.

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