Greens slash and burn as they propose to get tough on plastics

Never in the history of humanity has prosperity and waste danced together in such lockstep, writes Terry Prone

Permit me to introduce you to a new class of people. This new cohort could be called the Slash Folk. Or perhaps the Dash People. Relatively new to our world, they are, but not what you would call aliens. One example? Stylist/blogger/writer. Another? Personal Trainer/Mentor/Writer. A third? Make-up Artist/Personal Dresser/Concierge.

Anyone whose business card features a rake of slashes or dashes needs to think again, because it signals the desperation of people caught in the gig economy who are grabbing any bit of money that’s going and who aren’t making enough of it in any one of the roles they claim. It’s a deadly giveaway, and the sad part is that most of the Slash Folk and Dash People are women. I’ve seen only one recent example of a Dash Man. His business card read Consultant/Disrupter/Digital Marketing. “Disrupter” is a relatively recent cliché meaning someone who overturns a business model. Now, if this man were a real disrupter, he’d be making enough money not to have such a frantic introductory card.