In response to Maggie's Post...

Question: People think that the money they earn is all worth it at the end of the day, but is it really?? Why do people work at jobs they hate??

Yes it is true a lot of people do just work at jobs to get paid and don't necessarily like their jobs. Personally, I think it depends on where you are in your life and whether or not the job you are working at is temporary or going to be your lifetime career. For example, just like many college students these days I am working while going to school and the job I have is in food service and I have been working there since I was a Junior in high school. No, I don't really enjoy my job but its convenient and it is worth it to get through the stressful shifts because I know the end is near (aka I will be graduating college soon). But there are some people who choose to take on jobs as their careers just for the money and not for enjoyment and that I believe will be worth it at first but will ultimately wear someone down way more than having a job where they don't mind spending 40 hours a week at. At this point in my life sometimes I do think about getting another temporary job that I like better than the one I have now but then when I continue to hours of my choice and can take the time off I need that along with the paycheck changes my mind. I would advise anyone to make sure they at least somewhat enjoy where they work if they plan to work there for a long period of time and if that is not possible then either get a new job or find some way to make the situation positive and worthwhile.

*What would be the deciding factor in accepting a job offer...the salary, a flexible schedule or enjoyment?

The photoshop effect

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbb8D-u8ues

This commercial is promoting women's self esteem and showing how you should just be yourself because all the beautiful people we see in ads are usually altered completely by makeup and photoshop. This commercial caught my attention when a professor played it during one of my sociology classes. I thought it would be a good topic to blog about because it is almost like having a behind the scenes look at how pictures for billboards and other ads are put together. Some argue that the commercial degrades the woman in it because they think it shows that she needs all that done to look beautiful. I don't think that makes much sense because if the woman doing the commercial felt degraded at all I'm pretty sure she wouldn't do it in the first place. Also, I think that the commercial is more about showing how no one is perfect even those gorgeous models that people use to compare themselves to.

*What exactly is this commercial's purpose?