Bio Engineer Archive
Thread: What IS legal and illegal?
Felisconcolori wrote:
This is, to me, punishment; to have my hard work declared illegal, overpowered, and have all of my customers angry as hell at me about the Devs actions. (Sure, they should know its not my fault, but have you ever worked retail? That doesn't matter.) I mean, for each of these pets, I only die once or twice in getting the DNA necessary to create them... That's not punishment enough already, right?
As for governmental workers... yes, there is a clause in all of our contracts that if we are too efficient or productive, we will be terminated. Thinking is also discouraged.
Status Quo is the buzzword...
I endeavor to be as honest as possible, and to be accused of cheating hurt so badly that I seriously considered leaving over it. And you are right. As far as a customer is concerned, the one who made and sold the pet is clearly at fault.
With regard to government workers, I've lived in towns that seemed to have that type of contract in effect and in towns that were quite a bit more efficient. In the worst of them, a city tree-removal team consisted of over a dozen people. Each person had a different job, so typically 11 people stood staring at the tree while one person did his job. A private tree-removal contractor went down the other side of the street removing several trees and on to another block while the city crew worked on a single tree. Honestly, I felt sorry for the city workers. It seemed like an agonizingly boring job.
I enjoyed reading your thoughts on both subjects.