Venkatesh Rao@vgrPoll: what do you feel when somebody does menial tasks for you *in your presence*?A bit guilty41.7%Awkward but not guilty48.6%You enjoy being waited on6.3%A sense of power, control3.4%319 votes·Final results4:20 AM · Jul 24, 20161 Quote Tweet4 Likes
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 24, 2016http://genius.com/Tennessee-williams-the-catastrophe-of-success-annotated…
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 25, 2016Replying to @vgrInteresting. N=319. By an overwhelming 91% people around here feel guilty or awkward about receiving menial servicesQuote TweetVenkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 24, 2016Poll: what do you feel when somebody does menial tasks for you *in your presence*?Show this poll2
sol@fire__exit·Jul 24, 2016Replying to @vgri usually feel that i could do a better job for myself than they could, so awkward and impatient2
Patrick Atwater @patwater·Jul 24, 2016Replying to @vgrthis poll screams bradley effect type bias opportunity... takes a very honest self aware person to say they enjoy controlling people1
woody walters@walters_woody·Jul 25, 2016Replying to @alasdairtweets and @vgryou nailed it. The trick is not labeling jobs as menial. Are they any less important?! Menial=underpaid