 I feel like we should be able to go into these buildings and make demand that someone get us coffee because we pay them. I own you. If I am forced through government theft to part with my money and you grift off it, then I can tell you what to do. I would fire them, rehire them at a lower wage, and then fire them again just for the joy of firing them twice. It took three government-paid NPR writers to write this story.