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Looking at the way they break down everything in McDonald’s is really crazy and I find it interesting because I know it works like this in other places to. Also this makes me look at McDonald’s a different way. I guess you can say I appreciate them a little more but then again I don’tContinue reading “(H) 497-507 Leidner, Over the Counter at McDonald’s”

This chapter really got to me because I can really relate to it. I have tried so many of these things on counting my money and my time to see if I can live on my own. In reality I can not and won’t be able to survive. Yes many people do and they surviveContinue reading “(H) 411-424: Ehrenreich, Nickeled and Dimed”

I think the fast food campaigns should fight for a $15 hour minimum wage because to some people that is there only job. Not only that but fast food industry is really big and provides everyones needs to eat. As for unionization yes I think there should be one for fast food places because itContinue reading “JCB p.79 Fight for $15”

A corporate brand that me and my family really means something to us is Levi’s. This brand is meaning full to us because it never let us down me and my family always where Levi’s. My dad is a truck driver so his clothes and pants last him a long time and for me, myContinue reading “JCB p.79 Corporate Ideologies”

This chapter is really interesting because I am a fast food worker and I never really looked at fast food workers in any way. In todays world there are some people that see fast food workers as not getting paid enough or not doing enough in life. I am barely starting my life and IContinue reading “(JCB) Chapter 3: Fast Food/Work and Economy”

I am at Starbucks and everyone is in their own little world. Some are by themselves and some are with their loved ones or friends. No one is talking to strangers they are talking to the ones they came with. Also the fact that everyone is on their phone and have headphones on doing theirContinue reading “JCB p.105 Coffee Shop Ethnography”

If Hitler asked me to electrocute someone of course I would do it because I am scared of him and because he is in higher power than me. In this chapter an experiment was done by Milgram and he showed in the experiment how we do something if it is ordered. I find it interestingContinue reading “(H) 269-276: Meyer, If Hitler Asked You…”

I remember I would always wear pants that were from Walmart in high school. In high school every girl would wear pants only from American Eagle. I felt like I didn’t belong because my friends will always ask me have you tried American Eagle pants and I would say no. I saved my money toContinue reading “Required Entry: JCB p.140 Shopping for “we-ness””

I didn’t think shopping of being a way we are and shapes us. In this chapter it talks about social solidarity and anomie. Social solidarity is a group of people that like the same things. Anomie is ” a concept that makes us understand why shopping might appeal to people who lack social connections: ifContinue reading “(JCB) Chapter 5: Shopping/Social Order”

How does strian roles and conflict roles operate your life? Role strain operates in my life by me being a student. I have to do well in school and don’t mess up and get good grades. As for role conflict I am a worker, daughter and a student. I have all these problems to faceContinue reading “Mandatory Blog Post”