In this particular instance I don't see anything nefarious in Obama's comments. I have seen campaign boiler rooms. They sit around tables full of phones. Half eaten boxes of pizza and other assorted fast food scattered around. They sit there for hours making phone calls.
This past election cycle the Democrats tried to wow their voting base with rap stars and assorted glitz and glamour. Obama is simply telling them to cut the glitz and glamour and get back to brass tacks.
Have you ever tried working a phone bank with a mouthful of pizza?
It varies. All the phone banks are not set up exactly the same. It depends on who the area coordinator is because they are usually in charge of how things are set up. My uncle was a Senator and I have been around it.
Regardless, have you ever worked a phone bank with food in the mouth? Or allow pizza, carryout, etc. in your workspace?
Again, it depends on how the coordinator sets up the work space. Most of what I saw was tables full of phones, and then other tables against the wall for food. The phone workers would usually sit at the tables against the walls and eat, and sometimes they would take food to their phone table. It all depends on how the coordinator sets it up. But, I never saw one where the people did not eat, and pizza was the most common food they ate because of convenience.
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ESOTERICshade ago
In this particular instance I don't see anything nefarious in Obama's comments. I have seen campaign boiler rooms. They sit around tables full of phones. Half eaten boxes of pizza and other assorted fast food scattered around. They sit there for hours making phone calls.
This past election cycle the Democrats tried to wow their voting base with rap stars and assorted glitz and glamour. Obama is simply telling them to cut the glitz and glamour and get back to brass tacks.
Blacksmith21 ago
Have you ever tried working a phone bank with a mouthful of pizza?
ESOTERICshade ago
It varies. All the phone banks are not set up exactly the same. It depends on who the area coordinator is because they are usually in charge of how things are set up. My uncle was a Senator and I have been around it.
Blacksmith21 ago
Regardless, have you ever worked a phone bank with food in the mouth? Or allow pizza, carryout, etc. in your workspace?
ESOTERICshade ago
Again, it depends on how the coordinator sets up the work space. Most of what I saw was tables full of phones, and then other tables against the wall for food. The phone workers would usually sit at the tables against the walls and eat, and sometimes they would take food to their phone table. It all depends on how the coordinator sets it up. But, I never saw one where the people did not eat, and pizza was the most common food they ate because of convenience.