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Re:Amazon's German Workers Strike by htf on Monday December 16, 2013 @01:18PM (#6916622)
A contract is not a zero-sum game. The expected outcome of a contract is that both parties take advantage of each other and they both win.
Re:Amazon's German Workers Strike by rayiner on Monday December 16, 2013 @01:25PM (#6916695)
That's a bizarre definition of "take advantage."
Re:Amazon's German Workers Strike by htf on Monday December 16, 2013 @01:51PM (#6916921)
Then I assume you mean that one party is better off and the other party is worse off (taken advantage of). Sure, that can happen. But in the case of Amazon, the workers are better off or they wouldn't work there.
Re:Amazon's German Workers Strike by rayiner on Monday December 16, 2013 @01:54PM (#6916934)
No, "taken advantage of" does not require one party to be made worse off. That is not the way the phrase is ordinarily used in the English language.
Re:Amazon's German Workers Strike by tesmar2 on Monday December 16, 2013 @02:37PM (#6917251)
Sure it is. If I am taken advantage of, I am not better off for it.
Re:Amazon's German Workers Strike by mpyne on Monday December 16, 2013 @09:35PM (#6919260)
You could be "better off", but still have been screwed out of being "even more better off". That's still being taken advantage of. Consider the legendary story about how Steve Jobs screwed the Woz.
Re:Amazon's German Workers Strike by sliverstorm on Monday December 16, 2013 @03:27PM (#6917580)
Either definition works. You can take advantage of (exploit) someone at their expense, or your can take advantage of (leverage) their capabilities to mutual gain.

Frank took advantage of Amazon's 2-day shipping to do his last-minute Christmas shopping

Re:Amazon's German Workers Strike by rayiner on Monday December 16, 2013 @04:46PM (#6918048)
Yes, but when someone says "Bob took advantage of Amanda" they likely do not meant Bob leveraged Amanda's capabilities to mutual gain.