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A Boring Dystopia

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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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[–] [email protected] 44 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Volunteer? As in no pay? And people applied?

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 17 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yo I never got paid as an intern

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 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.

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

This seems to have been in Canada

[–] [email protected] 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 2 points 6 months ago

Good point haha.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

For the glory of the Mammon!