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

Nice argument there. Wasn't expecting that. I will first refute this statement by my opponent--- "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)." I do not see how working harder or increasing attitude gives this hypothetical individual a greater demand for the award. This may just be his/her work ethic, he/she may not even notice that they are working any harder than the rest of the employees. I mean, the employees are working for money, they might as well work hard, right? -------------------------------------------------------- Next my opponent states--- "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. 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." This argument in particular is very formidable. I always like a good challenge. I have no problem with the first paragraph though. It proves my point. But the second paragraph is what makes this formidable. The discord among employees (ex., employee X and the EOM) and the disdain towards the "favorite" are not caused by favoritism. They are merely caused by the amount of tolerance employee X has, and the jealousy that eventually may brew up in them if this tolerance level is reached. The fault is in the emotions of employee X, and how much they can take, not favoritism. The same applies with the dissolution of team unity, not caused by favoritism. As for the loss of incentive, this is not true. The workers would not have a loss of incentive knowing that if they tried they could be the next EOM, thus motivating them to try harder and not to do the opposite. It might not motivate them sometimes, but under the circumstances, it will absolutely not make them work less harder. ---------------------------------------------------------- Now that that's taken care of, my final argument. So far I have proved that favoritism is not a bad thing and is a good thing under the terms of the debate, so that field is taken care of. Just to be safe, I will give another example of how favoritism is shown in these places. Let's say a teen passes his job interview, but the interviewer doesn't like the look of this young teen and doesn't like his/her motives for working at this random location. He/She will most likely inform the manager and his friends among the employees, who will in turn spread the word. This gets the word out to the manager, making his/her expectations for the young teen higher, decreasing this boy/girl's chance of being the next EOM. As the young teen works harder, the manager still tends to ignore them and picks someone else for the EOM award. This is an example of favoritism towards the other employees. This creates a greater motivation to work in the young teen, thus increasing his/her regular work output. He/She may then become the manager's FAVORITE, still an example of favoritism there. Vote Pro. And CP, I ate your Apple Jacks =ï¿½.