This is a true story. Some years ago the following exchange was broadcast on an Open University sociology TV programme.<\/p>\n

An interviewer was talking to a female production-line worker in a biscuit factory. The dialogue went like this:<\/p>\n

Interviewer<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 How long have you worked here?<\/em>
\nProduction Lady<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Since I left school, about 15 years.<\/em>
\nInterviewer<\/strong>: \u00a0 What do you do?<\/em>
\nProduction Lady<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I take packets of biscuits off the conveyor belt and put them into cardboard boxes.<\/em>
\nInterviewer<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>Have you always done the same job?<\/em>
\nProduction Lady<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes.<\/em>
\nInterviewer<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>Do you enjoy it?<\/em>
\nProduction Lady<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Oooh yes, it’s great, everyone is so nice and friendly, we have a good laugh.<\/em>
\nInterviewer<\/strong> (with a hint of disbelief):\u00a0\u00a0 Really? Don’t you find it a bit boring?<\/em>
\nProduction Lady<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Oh no, sometimes they change the biscuits…<\/em><\/p>\n

Don’t assume that the things that motivate you will motivate someone else and recognise that sources of happiness may vary widely between people.<\/p>\n

Adapted from Business Balls: ethical work and life learning website<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a true story. Some years ago the following exchange was broadcast on an Open University sociology TV programme. An interviewer was talking to a female production-line worker in a biscuit factory. The dialogue went like this: Interviewer:\u00a0\u00a0 How long have you worked here? Production Lady:\u00a0\u00a0 Since I left school, about 15 years. Interviewer: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n