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Old 01-03-2015, 09:14 AM   #123
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Originally Posted by hildea View Post
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/horrifying?s=t
Definition 1 might be to strong, but #2 is spot on. Is that second definition obscure or out of touch with how the word is commonly used?
No. That definition's not out of touch with how the word is commonly used. But if you're "shocked and dismayed" by what you've read about working conditions at Amazon, it just means you're probably out of touch with manual labor environments in general. Amazon warehouse working conditions are no more "horrifying" than most warehouse/factory environments in America are. Amazon just gets held to some fictitious higher standard because ... well let's face it ... mostly because it's chic to hate on the perennial powerhouse team that succeeds too much, too often, for too long.

I've worked in environments (not ages ago either) that would make an Amazon warehouse seem like vacation with a payraise; and didn't hate those jobs.

Some people still labor. It's not horrifying; it just is.

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