Conformity and Perspective in Nickel and Dimed

As you might expect, Barbara Ehrenreich didn’t like working at Wal-Mart.  Why not?  Low pay is a big part of the story, but it’s the demand for conformity that really rubs her the wrong way:

With competence comes a new impatience: Why does anybody put up with the wages we’re paid? True, most of my fellow workers are better cushioned than I am; they live with spouses or grown children or they have other jobs in addition to this one. I sit with Lynne in the break room one night and find out this is only a part-ti...