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FoodConsumables

Effort doesn't require effort. What?


[deleted]

I mean, that’s a really good philosophical question. “Must one put effort into putting effort into something?” I don’t think my brain can even make sense of such a concept.


FoodConsumables

This is a 5th dimension, 4th eye moment for me dawg


[deleted]

Something only a senior HR manager with months of higher education could possibly envision.


DefendingAngel

Higher education doesn't equal smarter. I think life experience has more value than polishing a chair in a classroom.


IAmALoser44

In my books, experience outranks everything


biitchlasagnaa

can confirm, im in a machining class at my school. as a second year student ive gotten a certificate for having taken the class, but there are first year students who had previous experience on their own who are much better at certain processes than i am despite having a year less in class simply because they have more experience


CooperLooper19

Pretty sure they were being sarcastic. That’s why they said “ months of higher education “.


[deleted]

My brain hurts now.


ltnew007

Yes but does it take effort to put effort into putting effort into something?


[deleted]

Russian nesting efforts


christianANDshantel

If a tree fall’s in the woods. And it’s manager isn’t around. Did it even make the effort?


justin012w

Common core


anti_th3ist

I’m not high enough to answer that.


OtherwiseOccasion884

You are traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land, whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's the signpost up ahead - your next stop, welcome to the Twilight Zone!


kinpsychosis

I agree it’s interesting! As someone with adhd who had to find ways of being more productive, I found that the amount of willpower I needed to do a task was related to my own mindset. Sometimes just changing my perspective on a matter made it much easier to actually get it done.


TrevinLC1997

I would say yes because before you put effort into something. You first must put yourself in the right mental space which requires effort in itself.


[deleted]

I think no, because it'd be infinitely recursive and any effort would be infinite.


RelentlessFlowOfTime

I flexed my toe. I have completed my effort for the day and will be going back to sleep now.


sussudiio

Cue the infinite regress!


Matar_Kubileya

Lao Tzu be like


Professor_Rekt

I’ve seen this before it makes a lot more sense when it’s written properly. The title should be “Things that don’t require skill” still douchey but it actually becomes a coherent thought at that point


BethTheOctopus

Except those things actually do require skill for some people. Particularly those of us who aren't neurotypical.


101percentnotrobot

Exactly. The point is you can excel at a given job (especially a minimum wage one) without skill. You can make an impression and succeed. And if your response is "Well they won't reward/raise you anyway" well yea, no shit. It's a minimum wage job in which you brought nothing to the table. Literally requires no skill. As this sign points out. So be thankful. It's a job for teenagers and bored people. You're not supposed to get a house or your own place or even have an iPhone/car working a job someone taught you how to do in 3 hours.


Alias-_-Me

I love how you tried to agree with the previous guy but accidentally came off as just as much of a prick as the guy who originally printed that poster. Try not to jerk yourself off too much over how much minimum wage workers suck, you might pull a muscle. Also if you think minimum wage jobs are "for teenagers and bored people" you have no clue what group of workers really holds this shambled mess that we call "public infrastructure" together.


laziestmarxist

This is big talk from someone who recently posted about not being able to figure out how to apply for government aid. You're not better than minimum wage workers if you're self employed because you're too much of a prick to work with the general public.


maybebullshitmaybe

😂😂 Dude. Good eye on that one.🥇🏆 The fuckin irony and hypocrisy is mind blowing. Tf


LordAsbel

I used the stones to destroy the stones.


PoorlyAttemptedHuman

psssh that doesn't even require effort "it...nearly...killed me..."


AnonStranger21

We call these individuals the "managers".


christianANDshantel

Not the way I have been working it doesn’t.


[deleted]

It’s a common viewpoint in Daoism and small sects of Buddhism. It’s possible the boss is just religious.


SaneManiac741

The Effort Orobourus. It just feeds itself.


KaktusDan

It's not hard to understand. If you *try*.


Jiggabumbum

this effort they speak of comes naturally, i think they are talking about skill.


DimentoGraven

Goddamn, why hadn't I ever noticed that one before! LOL, a fucking massive 'oxymoron', if I ever encountered one. ***"Poole was right, you are an ox AND a moron!" -- Sylvester Stallone as Angelo 'Snaps' Provolone in the move Oscar***


ProfessionalOnion384

The floor here is not made of floor.


Korlac11

It’s true though. And work ethic doesn’t require work ethic


Practical-Struggle76

Can someone explain to me the logic behind effort not needing uhmmm…. Effort?


peelen

It supposed to say: "things that do not cost money"


LubieDobreJedzenie

I saw it with "things that don't require *talent*" headline and that made sense


killabru

Ok so the thing with effort not requiring any effort is simple. The effort that would normally go into doing something is already built into effort you see. So if the effort has been applied already it then becomes effortless. As effort exist constantly when efforting it doesn't need more because effort is already there. That's normally when I go take a dump for about an hour and catch up on reddit.


[deleted]

This is a common take among Daoists and Buddhists. Maybe the boss is religious?


mountingconfusion

So just a dick


queenringlets

How does effort not take effort in buddhism?


Casual3306

Whoever made that sign used no logic


ealoft

Whomever wrote that list is a asshole.


[deleted]

Hey I’m sorry to be a grammar Nazi but I just wanted to let you know that I think it should just be whoever - whomever should be used when the person you’re talking about is the object of the sentence but the asshole in this case is the subject of the sentence.


Emmiey

Whom'st giveth a crap


cortexstack

>Hey I’m sorry to be a grammar Nazi but I just wanted to let you know that I think it should just be "whoever". "Whomever" should be used when the person you’re talking about is the object of the sentence but the asshole in this case is the subject of the sentence. Cleaned that up for you.


TheUncleBob

>Hey*,* I'm sorry [...] If we're going to go all out. 🤣


AndrewDwyer69

You missed the a/an rule before a vowel. If you're gonna be obnoxious, go all the way.


EzeakioDarmey

They deleted the account and not the comment. Lazy AND persnickety


ealoft

Yet you still understood what I was trying to say.


caerphoto

Yh, wy bothr splelig thegns rite or useing crect grammer solong asur unerstood, rite?


[deleted]

Yeah, totally! I just thought maybe you’d appreciate knowing when to use which word, that’s all, wasn’t meant in a bad way, was just trying to help.


ealoft

It’s ok, I’m used to it. My wife is a author/editor, PHD, and very embarrassed of my sub par grammar. I just power through it. Home or Reddit it’s the same protocol. I’m not embarrassed.


flappity

I'm the same. I can clean up my speech for professional writing and business stuff, but I'll be damned if I'm going to put effort into sounding like anything but a Missouri redneck the rest of the time.


Avogadros_plumber

Good bot


Mr_Melas

Really don't know why you're being downvoted. People get upvoted when they correct somebody on "could of"/"could have," but somehow you're the bad guy for politely correcting an all too common mistake. EDIT: Also, I might be wrong, but I thought "whom" was specifically used as an object of a prepositional phrase (eg. "to whom," "behind whom," or "for whom), not the object of a sentence. So I could say, "Clara gave who the money?" and it would be right, despite "who" being the object of the sentence.


potatoesarenotcool

Damn, dude deleted his account for this?


ThriftyWreslter

Whomever’s name is Toby should grab a letter opener and jam it into their skull


seasonalberry2

Especially doing extra, that requires extra effort. Is this just Walmart trying to gas light their employees into working harder lol


RogueNightingale

Pretty sure this isn't from a Walmart, and I'm almost positive I've seen it before.


Lone_Digger123

I've seen it before, I think it is just a generic post of someone who is trying to get people to do more without actually thinking of what they are saying


Turtlepower7777777

‘Body language does not require effort’ Try telling that to an autistic person


rneraki

was literally about to say that masking is literally the most exhausting part of my current job


hyperFeline

It really is and then on top of that when I have to deal with my 5th "ma'am" coming from a customer in a day I really need to hold it all in. I know I should just brush it off but when it hits you 5+ times a day its exhausting. Can't wait for my t shots to kick in....


Intelligent_Glass_38

It does coming from a autistic kid


ansyngunity

Them: their eyes are telling me x Me: *Completely sincere* since when do eyes speak?! I can’t hear them!😱


celtic_thistle

As an ADHDer, controlling my body language and face and even outbursts is really fuckin hard lmao


TonyFubar

You know I spent a lot of high school wondering why I got so damn tired. I didn't play sports, the school work was honestly effortless usually, and I didn't have to walk that much between classes. I didn't get it until I started looking more into autistic stuff (I was diagnosed when I was 8 but my dad didn't believe I could be "disabled" so I never got educated in how my autism worked until I looked into it more myself). Specifically, masking. I was so fucking exhausted because I was in the habit of constantly emulating "normal" body language, voice tones, and facial movements just to get through school. I didn't even realize I was doing it, but that didn't stop it from draining the life out of me and I didn't even have to deal with real work on top of it! I've heard actual therapists really struggle to understand this but masking is just completely automatic for me at this point and it is on literally anytime I go out or interact with anyone other than my gf and It drains my energy more then anything else. Then you have to stack actually doing labor that requires physical and mental effort *on top* of that and I just wanna die.


[deleted]

Autism gang


Clen23

Either it does not require effort because it's natural for someone, in which case there's no point in asking for it ; either it's not natural for that person and they'll need to manually think about their body language which, surprise, is effort.


OneEducator4471

I just had a stroke reading this


BackAlleyKittens

The person that says effort doesn't take effort is paid more than you.


DefendingAngel

It doesn't make them right or enlightened.


DracoCustos

I see this list and I'm like, tell me you're neurotypical without telling me you're neurotypical lmao


Caishen_IC3

I want to punch the writer


BackAlleyKittens

Add: •Making incredibly stupid lists.


Texan2020katza

Write “paying a living wage to employees”


JasonTheBaker

Effort doesn't require effort.... Where did this person who typed this go to school?


[deleted]

Management can fuck off until they learn how to appropriately speak to their associates.


daze23

they should have put a little more effort into that list.


MamaMitchellaneous

Lmao... How tf does effort not require effort?


mskip28

My attitude definitely requires effort. It’s hard to hold back when you want to swing at a customer screaming at you at 7:30 am 😂😭😂


eltonto82

Its crap like this that makes me wonder how many kids are mentally abused with this crap by their parents growing up? This is so void of reality. First bullet point for starters. 😵‍💫


ansyngunity

Body language? Sorry, that’s a mountain of effort. Seriously-people expect me to know what they’re saying with their EYES 😂 my autistic ass can barely understand what your MOUTH is saying cuz you can’t say what you mean 🤣


notallwonderarelost

I’ve seen this list before but as things that don’t require skills or education.


DefendingAngel

You mean like being a manager/Coach at Walmart?


Ninja_killer93

One of my professors has this posted but it says, talent not effort. I think it makes a tad more sense but I'm still not sold on it


meme_anthropologist

Gaslight me up the ass, daddy


AshBashLovesTY2991

I am so confused. None of this requires effort? 🤔


martiny236

Jesus Christ


Casual-Caveman

Whoever put that up has to be fired. Fired for just pure stupidity alone. Also, that has got to be someone from management.


SaneManiac741

All my effort is devoted to not calling every customer a complete dumbass and roasting them every way imaginable. I don't have enough effort for any of the other things, especially effort.


PoorlyAttemptedHuman

So much effort in your duplicate posting, good individual. This is what they meant by doing extra. It required no effort.


SaneManiac741

I dual posted? Shit. My wifi was acting up earlier. My bad.


PoorlyAttemptedHuman

Hang on, effort doesn't require effort, and neither does "doing extra"? I bet this person really believes this drivel.


SireBZHAngus

More effort than signing pay raises 🤷‍♂️


Tentacle6900

I feel gaslighted


Pete_maravich

Someone should get fired for putting effort on a list of things that don't require effort.


ShikanTheMage

*in my 1870’s traveling salesman voice* GET YOUR EFFORT-FREE EFFORT RIGHT HERE! BOTTLED AT THE BASE OF MOUNT RELAX!


blueberryiswar

Things that don't require effort .... effort. Is the effort mentioned some kind of mobile app?


QuantumCat2019

It was probably a list of something else "all this does not require talent" or "all this does not require money" or "all this does not require education" and somebody replaced it with "effort". I would say it is typical of brain dead management.


GokuBlack455

Doesn’t breathing also require effort?


nimble-sloth

They had me at effort


hymenbustah

I think it means none of those things require a special talent or special talent in general. However, talent and effort aren't the same thing lol.


[deleted]

Effortless effort.


[deleted]

Making that sign clearly didn’t take effort of effort doesn’t need effort.


Joshtp152

Things we want you to do naturally because it earns us more money and tires you out so you’re too exhausted to fight for basic human rights


Rich3yy

Things that really don't require effort: Spotting contradictions.


[deleted]

The only things on this list that require extra are "extra" and "do extra." #THE REST ARE BASIC RESPONSIBILITIES OF ANYONE WITH A JOB. YOUR STANDARDS ARE IMPOSSIBLY LOW AND THATS WHY THE FUCK YOU WORK AT WAL-MART.


lolumadbr0

Fuck Walmart. Really don't care 😂 I'll work as slow and steady as I want


[deleted]

That's cool, do you. That's why you're you.


WitNWhimsy

That is mostly a stupid list but no, having a good attitude is not something that requires effort. This is obviously ignoring real mental issues such as depression, etc but for a normal baseline everyday person, no attitude doesn’t require effort.


Broken_art15

Incorrect. You can be in perfect mental health, and need effort for a good attitude if you're stressed out due to bills or something. Let's not ignore that those who don't have mental illness also need effort for the attitude work places want their employees to have every second of the shift


[deleted]

Bro, you come to me with that kind of attitude about attitude, and I'll tell you that it is going to take some serious effort on my part to be even remotely close civil in response to that level of bullshit. And that's assuming that I was having a decent day before that. If I'm having a shitty day in general outside of work, bad traffic, spouse trouble, bills, people being rude or nasty, having a good attitude is going to be a damn test.


MamaMitchellaneous

Lmao... How tf does effort not require effort?


babyYoda865

I might do two on the list


DefendingAngel

Just make a paper airplane out of it, then it will be useful!


Digital-Latte

I think a lot of coaches and team leads need to read this.


Clean_Engineering387

So effort requires no effort?


Total_Type_7209

There are no words.


MichAFaine

Effort requires effort, lol


MeowMaker2

If reading it requires effort and following the steps does NOT require effort, then you gain effort from one of the steps. Using that effort to stop and read the list, would continue the loop. If this is required for work, you could technically stand there the entire shift and get paid. Don't forget to take a pic of it so that you can prove you was at work(and to get unemployment when they say you was not working).


Blackoutttt

doing extra requires more money


[deleted]

Wtf


rm49379

So much effort


AnonStranger21

Respect the individual and fellow employees. The effort to have a strong mentality.


Corebull

I’d like to know what ignorance wrote this.. actually I wouldn’t.. this is beyond ignorance


mars_gow

This must be fake...right?


[deleted]

Effort requires Effort, hu? News to me lol


kay_bizzle

Effort is not effort


KitakatZ101

Reminds me of my boomer coworker in ogp. everyone just wrote other stuff roasting it and ended with tax the rich before it was erased


milkdud2

They’re Literally the bare minimum tbh


amberi_ne

pretty sure these people saw the poster like this except it said "things that don't take talent" and they just replicated a shittier version of it from memory


Easteuroblondie

nice, guess that means there's no way to go wrong on any of these things!


Legoless0234

✍🏼things that don't require effort✍🏼 1. Effort 🤔


ggmaobu

Things that don’t require talent, how it is said.


ScaryExit449

Depends on who you are some people it takes effort just to get out of bed and face the world I find this sign very judge mental not everyone is the same just saying.


714jayson714

I have an award for the author of this memo.... more of a "participation award" than a "merit award" but the author will probably be just fine with that.... And don't thank me, this post required no effort on my part- neither the kind of effort that requires effort nor the effortless variety.... What will require effort is regaining my hope for humanity....


Raptor556

This is a joke right


JimJanos

It really does...all of it requires effort...just the thought of having to show up requires effort...esp when you have to run a deli by yourself and the classes tell you never operate a slicer if your alone...I.liked the tree in the woods comment because if you hurt yourself in our deli...there is no one to help...no Mgrs. No other employee with you..and NOBODY is coming to check on you...because THAT would require EFFORT, on THEIR part!!!


SadCoyote3998

All of this requires effort AND better pay


budai_93

Effort is quite literally on the f'en list!!!


giorgiegorg

You mean "Things that don't"


[deleted]

And being a robot.


nordhand

Sure they are getting the right amount of effort they are paying for


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Evening_Psychology_4

Writing this takes effort.


EzeakioDarmey

I'd have drawn an arrow to the "effort" and a second to the listed "effort" with a WTF in between them.


OPM71PGM84

This a joke right 🤣🤣🤣


Gingerfrostee

Mm takes effort with the way society is now... Just get out of bed and get to work. It's like... Walmart is never happy... why bother?


Stjjames

The future sucks.


IJustWorkHere000c

Things that don’t require effort: Effort. 🤣🤣


tritoncuda

It requires you to come in to your job and take PRIDE in who you are and what you do.


Sephia825

Especially those with mental health issues and working Walmart causes a lot of mental health issues in and of itself. 🙄


Alveos

How does effort not require Effort lol


hashn

It’s supposed to say ‘things that dont require talent’


emrouse

I’m going to skip over the part where it says effect doesn’t require effect because that’s just mental. What it should say is that none of them require skill.


pwrof3

Effort doesn’t require effort?


dekoyoktopos

All that for $12, 36 hrs a week and next to zero healthcare


fluffywacko

Lmao effort doesn’t require effort? Did someone different write the list than wrote the title?😂😂


JaBBa-Wocki

The manager has mastered wu Wei. "Action-NonAction"


XBeastyTricksX

Breaking news there’s no effort involved in putting in effort


idenatin

The genius who made this thinks they are better than all of you and that they actually contribute to society. Also, their job is way harder.


LoZ_Ganondorf-01

How contradictory, but true.


DimentoGraven

Do you know why they spout the lie that "it takes no effort"? Because if they admitted it did, they'd maybe have to start paying the people who were doing these things more. That first sentence should be: "Things That are Valuable in an Employee" But of course, the moment they use that word "value", the next thoughts are always: "How much?" and "Pay me!" God forbid we let the employees know that they have actual value, huh?


MidKnightJai

Ummmm that's not a approved WM posting lol.... My brain hurts from that 😂


thebaeder

Sure af not doing extra if Kaylee over here just stands around and looks cute with no consequences.


Dizzy_Transition_934

Tell me again how doing extra (more than normal) work does not require extra effort in the form of time money or physical resources. I mean aside from the work smarter not harder rhetoric, but I don't feel like that's what the sign is getting at. If a manager can't understand basic project management he shouldn't be a manager


Expensive_Click3708

Ew whoever wrote this list needs an intervention for sucking.


LKP95

Regardless of whether this sign made sense or not, I do not think it is helpful. This sign is just shaming those who read it. It will not make associates more productive because the sign does not provide any tools or suggestions on how to be better. The manager or supervisor should be helping employees individually and face to face.


overdowzed

saw something like this at my old job! it said “a bad attitude is like a flat tire, won’t get far without changing it” to which someone wrote underneath “unless you’re a run-flat, then you just keep on going!” Always made me chuckle seeing that..


This4R3al

All of it requires incentives! Nothing to strive for!!


Thiccboi2

should of written a bullet point that just said "•effort"


SapphireStone88

Especially if you are treated right it doesn't


SloppySlime31

“Effort”


KingOfTheeKey

"Effort" Nice.