The biscuit factory story (making assumptions, other people's perspectives, individual needs and motivations)
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: How long have you worked here?
Production Lady: Since I left school (probably about 15 years).
Interviewer: What do you do?
Production Lady: I take packets of biscuits off the conveyor belt and put them into cardboard boxes.
Interviewer: Have you always done the same job?
Production Lady: Yes.
Interviewer: Do you enjoy it?
Production Lady: Oooh Yes, it's great, everyone is so nice and friendly, we have a good laugh.
Interviewer (with a hint of disbelief): Really? Don't you find it a bit boring?
Production Lady: Oh no, sometimes they change the biscuits...
following lessons within it:
• Do not impose your own needs and ambitions on to other people who may not share them.
• Don't assume that things that motivate you will motivate someone else.
• Recognise that sources of happiness may vary widely between people.
Regards,
Shijit.
From India, Kochi
122This 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: How long have you worked here?
Production Lady: Since I left school (probably about 15 years).
Interviewer: What do you do?
Production Lady: I take packets of biscuits off the conveyor belt and put them into cardboard boxes.
Interviewer: Have you always done the same job?
Production Lady: Yes.
Interviewer: Do you enjoy it?
Production Lady: Oooh Yes, it's great, everyone is so nice and friendly, we have a good laugh.
Interviewer (with a hint of disbelief): Really? Don't you find it a bit boring?
Production Lady: Oh no, sometimes they change the biscuits...
following lessons within it:
• Do not impose your own needs and ambitions on to other people who may not share them.
• Don't assume that things that motivate you will motivate someone else.
• Recognise that sources of happiness may vary widely between people.
Regards,
Shijit.
From India, Kochi
hi Srijit
Nice try. howver it has to be little elaborative to make others understandable.
I think we all are judgmental and its based on our past experience. Its very difficult to be nonjudgmental but it is not impossible. Being nonjudgmental is a skill, which can be learned/acquired. we can train ourself to be nonjudgmental. If we can master that, definitely we can treat people as 'people' and also will be a good human being.
Thanks and regards
Abhijit
From India, Bhubaneswar
Nice try. howver it has to be little elaborative to make others understandable.
I think we all are judgmental and its based on our past experience. Its very difficult to be nonjudgmental but it is not impossible. Being nonjudgmental is a skill, which can be learned/acquired. we can train ourself to be nonjudgmental. If we can master that, definitely we can treat people as 'people' and also will be a good human being.
Thanks and regards
Abhijit
From India, Bhubaneswar
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