One summer my friend worked at an indoor water park/hotel where she earned minimum wage. Her job was to dress up as a pirate and sell “magic” swords that cost $39.99 to (whining) children whose parents had already shelled out hundreds of dollars to bring them there overnight. My friend was expected to always be “in her role” as a friendly pirate, no matter what. Please analyze this situation using what you have learned about alienation in the capitalist marketplace. What would Marx say? What would Hochschild say?

One summer my friend worked at an indoor water park/hotel where she earned minimum wage. Her job was to dress up as a pirate and sell “magic” swords that cost $39.99 to (whining) children whose parents had already shelled out hundreds of dollars to bring them there overnight. My friend was expected to always be “in her role” as a friendly pirate, no matter what. Please analyze this situation using what you have learned about alienation in the capitalist marketplace. What would Marx say? What would Hochschild say?