From: ghost_of_morphy@hotmail.com
OK, since nadacomin has obviously reached a conclusion that won't let him
answer your questions seriously, I'll take over for him.
First of all, the post was obviously stating a fictitious situation that is
slightly (but only slightly) exaggerated.
The post describes one bad day. Everyone has bad days at work. Everyone
has days in which things don't go the way they plan. Yet most of us
responsible people work through this instead of running from it.
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What is wrong with this mentality is that, while the world does not owe us a
living, an employer DOES owe us reasonable working conditions. Of course,
the issue is really a lot more complicated than my statement also, but my
statement is at least far more accurate than yours.
From: "Pavel Brown"
Subject: Re: The REAL blam blam blam....
Date: Friday, December 19, 2003 11:41 PM
In article <20031219231842.15398.00001464@mb-m04.aol.com>,
nadacomin@aol.com (Nadacomin) wrote:
>
> Pavel writes:
>
> >So why doesn't she quit?
> >
> >P.
>
> Is this the old "McDonalds is hiring" slam that is leveled at any
> "disgruntled
> employees"?
??????????????????
I don't recall saying anything about McDonalds... and I'm not slamming
corrections workers, disgruntled or otherwise. I do have a problem with
people who create problems for themselves, and others, through their
sense of entitlement (and lack of responsibility) though.
She hates her job right? The inmates are scum and she hates them too.
The working conditions are lousy. What is keeping her there then? You
are seriously saying that this fictitious woman is incapable of
obtaining employment anywhere else?
OR
Is she tolerating the conditions because the job provides her with a
decent salary and benefits which enable her to enjoy a fairly good
quality of life? Because if that is the case, then she is making a
conscious and informed decision to make sacrifices in exchange for a
better salary than she would earn at the local coffee shop. Alot of
people do that (nursing aids who wipe feces, sewer workers, morgue
attendants, CPS, miners, firemen, etc.) and we don't tolerate their
bellyaching. "The world doesn't owe you a living" we tell them, "try
working for minimum wage". It is only because we are allowed to despise
offenders that this kind of talk is acceptable from a group of people
making 30K+ per year. Try talking this talk as a soldier (another lousy
and thankless job) and see how long people put up with it.
Our fictitious CO can hate whomever she wants in her own heart, but she
chose to be paid to wear the brass. She's a professional, and she needs
to act like one. She's also an adult, and she's responsible for her
decisions (like we tell the offenders).
Look... I work with offenders too. I know it is hard. I know that it is
predominantly thankless. I know that it is often underpaid and
disrespected. Nobody falls into this type of work though. It is a
deliberate decision... and it's a deliberate decison to stay.
P.
> Well, yes, McDonalds is hiring.
> But, if you work there, you almost have to supplement your income with
some
> kind of welfare benefits.
So in that case I suppose you should be thankful you have a decent
paying job.
> If the, the departments
> of
> corrections would not be able to recruit hardly anybody, with the working
> conditions that exist now.
Maybe so, but the auto plants, the steel mills, etc, are not still
hiring. Sorry friend, but that is the reality of the world we live in.
We need to adapt to survive.
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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