Favoritism is shown in most fast food places and is a good thing to have in them.

Definitions: Favoritism - "the favoring of one person or group over others with equal claims". I have no issues with this definition. Claim - "The sum of money demanded". I do however, have a problem with this definition. As you will see, this definition was pulled from the American Heritage Dictionary through Dictionary. com: n. 1. A demand for something as rightful or due. 2. A basis for demanding something; a title or right. 3. Something claimed in a formal or legal manner, especially a tract of public land staked out by a miner or homesteader. 4. a. A demand for payment in accordance with an insurance policy or other formal arrangement. b. The sum of money demanded. 5. A statement of something as a fact; an assertion of truth: makes no claim to be a cure. (. http://dictionary.reference.com...) As we are all aware, favoritism is certainly not always, and most of the time not, dependent on money. Therefore it seems inappropriate to utilize this definition of "claim" with regards to favoritism. Furthermore, it should be noted that my opponent used the definition of favoritism directly from the Dictionary. com Unabridged (v 1.1) (. http://dictionary.reference.com...); however, in regards to the definition of claim, he sought out alternative sources. He then proceeded to use one of the more obscure definitions that has no direct relevance to the definition of favoritism in order to justify his argument. Since we have agreed on the definition of favoritism based on the Dictionary. com Unabridged (v 1.1), the definition of claim should be referenced from the same source. Thus, I offer the following definition : Claim –noun 6. a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right: He made unreasonable claims on the doctor's time. (. http://dictionary.reference.com...) This ladies and gents leaves us with the following understanding of favoritism: - The favoring of one person or group over others with equal demand for something as due __________________________________________________ At this point you can see that my opponents case becomes completely unraveled. As he stated "What it is basically saying is this: 'I, the manager believe this person (The EOM) to have worked slightly (or drastically) harder than the other employees that work for the same pay, so I like him/her better. ' It could also be saying 'This person has a good attitude and I like him/her, so he/she is the Employee of The Month. '" In both cases, my opponent has conceded that a manager bestows the title of EOM on a worker who has created GREATER demand for something that is due. They have either out-performed their co-workers by increasing output (working harder) or increasing morale (attitude). In either scenario, the worker therefore does not have an EQUAL demand for something that is due (EOM award). Favoritism would actually be the case that all workers were equally due for EOM based on their production, yet the manager decided to give the award to someone for another reason. Let's take the scenario that 5 workers at a fast-food restaurant perform equally, 4 guys and 1 girl. Now let's imagine that the manager is a male who happens to have a crush on the female employee. The manager decides, outside the boundaries of performance, that he is going to give the EOM award to the female. What happened here? FAVORITISM. The same could apply if he selected her because of a scenario in which he was closely tied to her family. Cases such as these have the opposite effect that my opponent would have you believe. Favoritism often times leads to discord amongst employees, disdain towards the "favorite", dissolution of team unity, and loss of incentive among other damaging effects. All of these being detrimental to the productivity and morale of the fast-food restaurant. In other words FAVORITISM is NOT a GOOD thing to have in a fast-food restaurant. - Back to you slayer - *** holds his cereal box tight ***