An employee at a major bank in Florida was so grateful we passed 15 an hour min. She makes roughly 19 an hour and her son works in retail. She said how pleased she was that they would earn more money. I stated "how we going to make more money"? She went on to explain her 20 years of service is worth a lot more than min wage. I responded the 15 an hour is like food stamps, designed to help the poorest among us. She than asked the manager when they raise the min wage 1.5 will she get more money. To which she was told no, just the annual raise if available. It was at that moment she understood. Telling me if she could work at the zoo for 15 an hour why would she work in a high stress office. To which I responded "you wouldn't". In hind sight I should have said those making 100k would prolly get raises.
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Zoos are already typically hard to get into because that's where socialites like to hobknob at black tie fundraisers to feel somehow superior. That started to happen in the early 2000s. Before that it was hard to get people interested unless they were already the type that likes that walk of life.
But I do get the essential message and point OP was making. It has validity. The example was possibly too niche but whatever.
Yeah we used to hold company events at the zoo when I worked on Wall St. Most people totally ignored the animals and just got drunk instead.
90% of the office: "Yoooo, free beer!" or "TIme to sociallize my way into a promotion"
A handful of us: "YOU CAN PET A PENGUIN! WE'RE GETTING IN THAT LINE AS MANY TIMES AS WE CAN" It was great, it was basically like a personal tour for the 6 of us who actually cared.
Yeah I don't drink so for me it was the penguins too. And the sea lions. Fun fact: you can tell sea lions from seals because sea lions have visible ears while seals do not.