Monday, August 01, 2005
"They've had me opening boxes all night. Man, they can just hire some Mexican to do that."
A co-worker said that to me the other night and I was shocked. After all, it's not like opening boxes is that hard of a job to do. Of course, that's the problem with people today. It seems like no one wants to work. (Well, I don't want to work either, but I do enjoy eating.) Last night, I got tired of finding the new guy last night standing around by the desk. Or talking on his phone. The way I see it you take a job and that means you work the whole time. If you want to stand by the desk chatting or talk on the phone then you get to do that for free. Of course, I am contradicting the American way, because some of the hardest working people that we have at my job weren't born in this country. I guess they know how lucky they are to be busting their bums in the US of A.
The problem is that people are too willing to give the job to "some Mexican." Of course, the Mexicans are smart and they will glad take our manufacturing jobs as well. It's called NAFTA. (I'm not bashing laziness not NAFTA.) Either all jobs are worth saving or none are.
Of course, I guess I sound like a union guy, but I don't mean to sound like one. I worked at Wal-Mart for nine years and never wanted to join a union. I think that unions are corrupt. I worked a unionized job once. Of course, I never actually joined the union. No one even approached me to join. The union guy spent all his time flirting with the girls on my line. Eventually, I was laid off that job. (It was an air conditioning factory after all.) Of course, I'm pretty sure that the union wouldn't have done a darn thing for me after I was laid off. I knew a guy who worked at Firestone/Bridgestone. They are union. He told me one day when they were upset about something and he said to his co-worker to "Go slow." He said that he made only 27 tires that day.
That's wrong. My opinion is that you either work hard or don't work at all. You don't get paid to half-ass it. That's just wrong.
Have you heard about the latest union split. One third of the AFL-CIO is leaving. It seems that they are upset over the fact that AFL-CIO has been giving money to politicians instead of using the money to beef up memberships. Unions have dropped off more than they care to admit. Of course, the best way to get new members? Find me and others like me a job. Can I walk into the AFL-CIO and get a job like a temp agency. If they can find me a good job, what's going to prevent me from joining them. What better way to show that they are looking out for me than finding me a good job?
A co-worker said that to me the other night and I was shocked. After all, it's not like opening boxes is that hard of a job to do. Of course, that's the problem with people today. It seems like no one wants to work. (Well, I don't want to work either, but I do enjoy eating.) Last night, I got tired of finding the new guy last night standing around by the desk. Or talking on his phone. The way I see it you take a job and that means you work the whole time. If you want to stand by the desk chatting or talk on the phone then you get to do that for free. Of course, I am contradicting the American way, because some of the hardest working people that we have at my job weren't born in this country. I guess they know how lucky they are to be busting their bums in the US of A.
The problem is that people are too willing to give the job to "some Mexican." Of course, the Mexicans are smart and they will glad take our manufacturing jobs as well. It's called NAFTA. (I'm not bashing laziness not NAFTA.) Either all jobs are worth saving or none are.
Of course, I guess I sound like a union guy, but I don't mean to sound like one. I worked at Wal-Mart for nine years and never wanted to join a union. I think that unions are corrupt. I worked a unionized job once. Of course, I never actually joined the union. No one even approached me to join. The union guy spent all his time flirting with the girls on my line. Eventually, I was laid off that job. (It was an air conditioning factory after all.) Of course, I'm pretty sure that the union wouldn't have done a darn thing for me after I was laid off. I knew a guy who worked at Firestone/Bridgestone. They are union. He told me one day when they were upset about something and he said to his co-worker to "Go slow." He said that he made only 27 tires that day.
That's wrong. My opinion is that you either work hard or don't work at all. You don't get paid to half-ass it. That's just wrong.
Have you heard about the latest union split. One third of the AFL-CIO is leaving. It seems that they are upset over the fact that AFL-CIO has been giving money to politicians instead of using the money to beef up memberships. Unions have dropped off more than they care to admit. Of course, the best way to get new members? Find me and others like me a job. Can I walk into the AFL-CIO and get a job like a temp agency. If they can find me a good job, what's going to prevent me from joining them. What better way to show that they are looking out for me than finding me a good job?
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