4/20 Scott and Kelly

I thought that Kelly’s article was the perfect visual for Scott’s topic of resistance. Scott talked about how resistance occurs in everyday life. Resistance isn't exclusive to Malaysia, slavery, etc. which is interesting because before these readings, whenever I heard the word “resistance” I always thought of aggressive movements and protests. I thought of the acts that are shown on the news and shared on Facebook. Scott mentioned that low class peasants used to use a form of resistance in which they would partake in “foot dragging,dissimulation, and false compliance.” Kelly discussed ways he showed resistance from when he worked at McDonalds. He mentioned that that the McDonald's he worked at employed many people of color who came from low income households. The employees were mistreated from customers and felt the amount of labor their job required did not equate to their wage. To compensate for this, the employees would do things that some people might find unethical. They would “accidentally” make too much food near closing time so they could take home the leftovers, volunteered to clean the parking lot in order to hang out with their friends, and misused the available technology to their advantage. Before reading this article, I was somewhat aware that stuff like this happens all the time. I used to work in retail and my supervisor told me that most of the stolen merchandise was from employees. I also remember that items that couldn't be sold anymore (damaged, missing buttons, etc) had to be cut up and thrown out. At the time I thought it was such a waste and that it should've gone to an employee but now I understand that they cut up the clothes and throw it away to prevent employees from purposely removing a button from a shirt and taking it home. While reading these articles, it was interesting find out that the employees at McDonald's did what they did in order to feel human and compensated.