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May 15, 2005
Pride in Our Work
[mood| 
contemplative]
There is nothing more relaxing than knowing that each person you will encounter today will be performing their job with pride.
Imagine if that statement could be a reality? What has happened to taking pride in one’s job today? When was the last time you encountered a person that seemed to take pride in their work? Did you compliment them? Did you encourage their job well done, or were you so floored by their competence that you just shuffled away with your jaw on the floor? It is shocking when we encounter someone worthy of respect for their abilities today. Sad, isn’t it?
I am completely floored by just how many people have let me down in the past few months - by simply not doing their jobs (or performing them poorly). I will not turn this into another dull, drama-filled rant against the injustices of life. Lets just say these mistakes and poor performances have affected my life, the lives of those I love and my life savings in terrible ways. Must we lower our expectations to today‘s lack of standards? What gives? I guess it is the “dumbing down of America” come to bite us in the ass.
My parents say that it has long been a characteristic of Cape Cod life for contractors to never perform any jobs as scheduled. On Cape Cod people do things when they get “’round to it.” It seems that maybe this underlying philosophy has embedded itself deeper and has now crossed the bridges. The widespread philosophy now seems to be that people will perform as little of their job as they can get away with when they feel like it. Without supervision and prodding, no work will be performed at all.
The let downs I have experienced have not been contractors (yet), but the idea is the same. What we need is a do-it-all army of temps that enjoy their work, take pride in their jobs, arrive on schedule, earn your respect and your hard earned dollars. I would like these people to be on the other end of the phone today, my business contacts, my financial advisor, the store clerks, the job estimators, etc.. Where could we go with this?
I know, there’s no place like home…
Posted by capecodcyclist at May 15, 2005 11:57 AM
Comments
I got a nice letter from Spiffy lube because I wrote a nice thank you letter about the great service. I think they were surprised someone was impressed.
Posted by: Rebe at May 15, 2005 01:20 PM
Just givin it a little testeroo, good job hunny! I LOVE YOU!
Posted by: Your Love at May 16, 2005 07:55 AM