From: ron.sam{please-remove}@cox.net   
      
   "Pavel Brown"  wrote in message   
   news:expatriate3925-C642EC.19551220122003@news.sf.sbcglobal.net...   
   > In article ,   
   >  "Morphy's ghost"  wrote:   
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   > > OK, since nadacomin has obviously reached a conclusion that won't let   
   him   
   > > answer your questions seriously, I'll take over for him.   
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   > Thank you. I appreciate your time.   
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   > > First of all, the post was obviously stating a fictitious situation that   
   is   
   > > slightly (but only slightly) exaggerated.   
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   > > 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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   > That's reasonable. And I'm entirely appreciative that the working   
   > environment is lousy. My question around this is why then do cerain   
   > corrections professionals (certainly not all of them) choose to go on   
   > the way they do and characterize themselves as victims in the process of   
   > performing their daily duties? Yes, some days are incredibly bad, but it   
   > is still well worth it for the vast majority of corrections workers.   
   > This type of whining does absolutely nothing to further the cause of   
   > correctional professionals, it makes us sound like a bunch of crybabies   
   > with a sense of entitlement.   
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   > > < > working for minimum wage">>   
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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.   
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   > Yes... I predominantly agree with you. I do not support this attitude   
   > either. But.... this is the prevailing mentality with which people in   
   > the labour market contend on a daily basis. When we run around   
   > bellyaching, we frequently incur the disdain of others who also work   
   > very hard, and in often very poor conditions, for a very meager living.   
   > "What the hell is so special about you?" they say.   
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   > Has anyone ever considered that behaving like proud and responsible   
   > professionals, who take their job seriously, might be more beneficial   
   > than spouting off hateful and self-pitying rhetoric?   
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   > P.   
      
   I've watched this exchange, so far without comment.   
      
   The fact of the matter is most COs today go through endless hours of tedium   
   punctuated with occasional outbursts of terror.  I guess for me, in the long   
   run, the compensation seems fair given what I am asked to do.   
      
   But it all depends on your perspective, doesn't it?   
      
   Airline pilots think they are underpaid making 6 figures.   
      
   Professional football players think they are underpaid at $10 million for 4   
   years.   
      
   Jennifer Aniston thinks she is worth at least $1 million dollars per episode   
   of friends.   
      
   So what's the common denominator?  Each of these other   
   professions/professionals *make* wads of cash for someone else.  COs don't   
   make money for anyone.  However, I wonder which profession society at large   
   would be more willing to do away with first?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)