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Because America is a shit hole. And people who make these rules don't have to stand for 8 to 12 hours

Feeling privileged in America requires being able to make others whom you think are beneath you suffer. It’s the American way. That’s why the 1% relish being cruel. It makes them feel important.

Seee, that seems like a masochistic YOU thing that shouldn't have to apply to everyone else.

"But it looks lazy!"

It's capitalist cruelty.

The Bosses (and the current admin, the Grand Ol Party of Bosses) must be appeased

And just standing in one spot is the worst form of that. Register duty was so much worse than shelving or customer service because walking feels better than just standing.

It's very simple: We (America) hate them.

I understand it and it has nothing to do with being "amiable". There is nothing friendly about it, it is all about making sure that service workers know their place and customers can always feel superior to them. If the workers are not suffering then can you really say they are giving their all?

They want people tired, overworked, underpaid and worn out from being treated poorly. So many forms of passive micro-disrespect that all adds up.

Conservatives want an underclass. They want slaves to be better than. Hierarchy: that's their entire fucking game.

Both are good points, the leg support and the occaaional walking to encourage lymph return.

Everyone over the age of like 60 in this country is a sadistic fuck.

Yes but consider the bosses' sadism.

Got to punish the plebs.

Service employers have contempt for their employees and want them to know it? That's certainly true when your employer is the Trump Administration. It might also make it harder to retain employees because Trump and GOP don't think the govt should employ anyone (except them).

Aldi lets their cashiers sit down and they are super fast and efficient ¯\_( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )_/¯

Travelers unanimously agree that service is better when service workers are comfortable.

I don’t understand it, and I was born here and have lived here all my life.

Submission. That's it. 🤷‍♂️

They are my favorite Had not seen this re the RNC www.huffpost.com/entry/steely...

www.jointacademy.com/us/en/facts/... You're also talking to someone who got arthritis in my 30s after my years in customer service jobs with lots of standing, and my mother dealt with her own body issues from her many healthcare and retail jobs that required extended standing.

You've immediately jumped to the only actual reason people say this, "I suffered so other people should too"

Just to give the reasonable counterpoint with distinct data, there.

Standing all day is also really bad for you though. Probably the optimal solution here is a high chair that lets you easily switch between sitting and standing without having to adjust anything else.

Also is standing in place on your feet any better than sitting? I was recently standing in place for many hours (watching a bike race where you can't move without losing your spot) and every 2 hours my fitness watch would alert with "you've been sitting for a while, time to stand!"

The thing is whether it’s a grocery checkout or this or an office or whatever, I think it can be a good initiative to encourage standing when possible but taking the chair away completely and mandating it the whole shift is not good.

Humans are meant (as much as any animal is “meant” to do anything) to move around all day, and walk a lot. Standing in one spot, or pacing between a few spots, isn’t very like that. You start standing weird to be in like a “resting” position, which starts causing cascading posture weirdness

Standing up won't do shit for your health if you stay in the same place lol

Boomers in my area bitch about Aldi letting their checkout staff sit down while scanning groceries.

Because if we’re not all pissed at eachother we get pissed at them

They must pay these people very very well.

Another reason to love Aldi's.

Folks don’t know how hard it is to be on your feet on a hard surface for 8 hrs a day…they’re just asking for more FMLA claims🙄

In practice this is going to make TSA a less desirable employer, which will lead to understaffing (annoying travelers) and/or wage hikes (paid by the taxpayer).

Its mainly something boomers and gen x beleive in. If a worker is not constantly in motion, their not working, and your loseing money. "If youve got time to lean, youve got time to clean".

Me either. It also violates any ADA modifications for disabled personnel. It is stupid.

Never ceases to amaze me that Americans are weirded out by cashiers sitting at the register in Europe.

Personally I'd be less amiable on my feet all day.