Last week, the US of A hit the 6 million mark for out of work citizens. Pretty big number don't ya think? I know a few of em, family and friends. I always felt there was some type of work for the willing and able available if you needed to just get by. Now I am not so certain. The financial industry is decimated. Whole lotta tumbleweed rollin thru this once hot money mecca. Just a disaster. With cutbacks across the board, government jobs just ain't what they used to be. Ugggghhhhh, how did we get here??? 2 words come to my mind, excessiveness and entitlement. Why are there 2 SUV's in nearly every driveway? In the middle of this "recession", malls were filled, and it wasn't just window shoppin. Many bags were being stuffed into the back of SUV's that over filled the parking lots. I can't lie tho, I am no better. Our "down sized" Christmas was hardly that. Only we overstuffed the mini-van. (hehehehe)
Why are people constantly looking to get their share? Used to be, you got a dollar pay for a dollars work. Nowaday's it is simply, 'that ain't my job' mentality! You think in this day an age, people would be worried, and would go the extra mile, provide the extra service or just plain be nice, for fear that they could easily be replaced by 1 of the 6 million plus in line and looking. Amazingly, this hasn't happened. In fact, I think the idea of entitlement, which should be going away is actually gaining traction. Case and point, I heard of a fella who was given a mortgage rate modifiaction and a principal reduction. For those of you not in the know, this means he got 3% Interest rate on top of bank forgiving a portion of the amount owed. Wouldn't you know he had the stones to complain to the bank that he should be getting a lower rate than 3%. Me, i'd just be happy with one or the other. Guy probably has a nice safe cushy job too. Probably with the NJ Dept of Vital statistics. Ok, that was too direct I know. Yes, they are the reason behind this unglued rambling. We adopted a little girl from China a year ago, and sought to get a Birth Certificate from NJ. So she would have something to provide when she signed up for Little League or gymnastics or whatever. Anyway, we filled out numerous doc's and went before the judge and made it official. About a month later we get the Birth Certificate in the mail and whaddya know, the Great State of NJ has her born in Guatemala. Now I know there are many adoptions being processed from all over the world. And I understand that the city or country entered on a Birth Certificate is probably some numerical code. I realize that data entry is not the most sought after position, nor is it a high paying job. But C'mon, is a little attention to detail too much too ask? Maybe it is. Maybe I am asking too much. Look at me, thinking I am entitled to a proper Birth Certificate for my daughter. Maybe 3M peeps don't want to do data entry, and the other 3M aren't qualified. I like to believe that is just not the case. I like to believe there is some sense of pride, even in doing the most mundane tasks. WAKE UP PEOPLE! My parents never made six figure salaries, but I guarentee you they greeted people with a smile and or a handshake. And they certainly gave full effort no matter how thankless the job. It's time to get back to basics. Time to Keep It Simple Stupid. Time to cut the fat, and losses and move on. Cause if you can't, it's time to step aside. Please let someone who cares to try give it a shot. Gotta be at least a handfull of the 6 million strong out there that knows the difference between China and Guatemala, right?
- STOMP
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Hey, you are asking the wrong question. There are millions of people who take pride in their jobs, but because some men in suits decided that the job that used to need 20 people can now be done by 5. All in the name of profit. So, it is easy for us to blame the data entry person when we should be blaming their boss. I know what you are saying though. I work in health care and I assure you, it is not that doctors and nurses don't put their best efforts forward, it is that their best efforts are regulated by insurance and goverment which is not a good mix where our health is concerned. Getting back to basics is exactly what we need, but only if we all benefit. If we continue to see corporate salaries sky rocket, then we will never get there. Today, the guy at Walmart who finds his drawer $5.00 short will find himself without a job, so if we don't hold those accountable who got us in this mess, our lives will never be better. We will find ourselves in the same boat we are in now. We can do better, we can have more, but it won't happen unless we all see ourselves as the same in that we want a good life for our kids, we want to go to a doctor when we are sick, we want to relax on our days off, we want food and water when we are hungry and thirsty, so until we all see what the true need is, we will linger on in this oh well kind of world. But at the end of the day ask yourself am I fulfilled in this exsistance or am I just filling up space?
ReplyDeleteI concur with this analysis....and have been saying for years that not only are we suffereing from an existing entitlement complex, but we're raising a whole lot of entitled people right behind us. Case in point...my 16 year old son will be getting his license in a few short months. His thought process is, "why bother...I won't have a car to drive anyway." He's a good kid. But, he doesn't get it. Why? Because all of his friends are getting cars! Thanks a lot people! In this economy, most of us are trying very hard to keep it together...now we have the added stress of other people's poor decisions and how they impact our own families. That's how we ended up in this horrible situation to begin with, right? A bunch of people not making sound decisions that impact the country/world as a whole (or as I prefer to joke...a whole lotta people playin' with Monopoly money!). Thanks for reminding me that simple is often better!!
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to the days of only shopping where you were treated nicely. I hear many people complain about poor service, but they still go back to the same company. I have over 20 companies on my "do not do business with" list. These companies either have policies I don't agree with, send jobs to people that don't help our economy, or just don't know how to treat people. If 6 million people decided in the next 2 years that we were only going to shop at one retail chain and got gas from one corporation and shop for groceries at one store (all based on policies), can you imagine the impact??? Any store who wanted to get that business back would HAVE TO follow the same policies. If for one year, we all decided to buy car insurance from a company that did not outsource any of its customer service overseas, but they could charge us a dollar more (being that they would be getting 6 million new customers) I would sign up in a heartbeat. Hey car insurance companies "do you want to compete, then bring the jobs back home". I am willing to spend a little more for good service and good policies. How about you?
ReplyDeleteLets force these companies to bring the jobs back and provide better service.
Mr Bauman
Well said Mr. B. And oh yeah, sign me up, I am all in!
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