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“Envy : An Occupational Hazard ” By: Simon Hooper CNN

“Envy : An Occupational Hazard ” By: Simon Hooper CNN. As told by: Mo Orozco & Chris Chandler. A b s t r a c t. Professional envy is based on the workings of friends, spouses, and partners People in the media field are said to be in the most envious job situation

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“Envy : An Occupational Hazard ” By: Simon Hooper CNN

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  1. “Envy: An OccupationalHazard”By: Simon HooperCNN As told by: Mo Orozco & Chris Chandler

  2. A b s t r a c t • Professional envy is based on the workings of friends, spouses, and partners • People in the media field are said to be in the most envious job situation • Other envious jobs include: investment bankers, stock market jobs, restaurant owners, and entrepreneurs • Workers admit that they “over exaggerate” when speaking of their job • Because of so much envy, people are likely to make their job seem better than others

  3. Mind Blowing Statistics! • 9/10 office workers admit feeling jealousy on hearing someone talking about a well paid or apparently glamorous job. • 80% of workers admit to have exaggerated the excitement of their own professions to make their jobs sound more interesting. • 81% of workers said they had been tempted to give up their jobs to pursue a more glamorous career.

  4. Connection with “The Necklace” • Article • Speaks about jobs • Envy over conditions of the work field • Are allowed to change your career • Similarities • Envy over money • Make themselves look better than what they really are • Try to impress others • Envied other people’s lifestyles • “The Necklace” • Madame Loisel born into family of clerks, stays in clerks throughout life • Envies over looks, and materialistic things

  5. Response as Madame Loisel • Agree and understand the way that they feel • Most likely be in favor of the article • Agree with how everyone is trying to be better than everyone else • Classify herself as one of the “envious”

  6. Explanation of Response • “She grieved over the shabbiness of her apartment, the dinginess of the walls, the worn-out appearance of the chairs, the ugliness of the draperies. All these things, which another woman of her class would not have noticed, gnawed at her and made her furious”(161). • “She danced madly, wildly, drunk with pleasure, giving no thought to anything in the triumph of her beauty…”(164).

  7. Mo Orozco’s Personal Reaction • Appalled at the statistics! • Immediately thought of the media (Rivalries) • Shocking to see how much jealousy there is out in the world • Admit to have been jealous plenty of times (schools, boys, competitions, etc). • Realize that jealousy/envy is not just in the work field- but everywhere

  8. Chris Chandler’s Personal Reaction • Agree with the article • Think of rich, prissy girls when envious comes to mind • Sports • Girls • Admit to being envious • Not surprised by percentages

  9. Time to Discuss! • Is being envious a bad trait to have? Why or Why not? • Is envy natural?

  10. The End

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