the author does make some good points, but I was a bit taken aback by the whole "who could possibly get excited about logistics of all things?!" bit. makes me wonder what else he simply doesn't "get" because he has written entire areas off as intrinsically boring and lacking in value.
Not at all - I probably just wrote badly and gave off the wrong tone there. I love that people can find excitement in almost anything. But uh, yeah, the book is very strange. There are a lot of characters that just take all sorts of insane abuse at work, and then with a grim face think: "This company is my family. I will not fail. Parts Unlimited will conquer the opposition."
Like, dude, this is pathological. Yes, you can work hard and try to save people's jobs, but where's the part where your friends strongly advise you to simultaneously look for work elsewhere because this place is toxic?
The "excited for logistics" thing was just uh... well, the first quote about the "excited" person just reads horribly in the context above, and The Goal wasn't even a fast-paced thriller. I believe the energy is best described as "Hail Corporate!"
