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I was heading out from church yesterday when I heard two late 20's/early 30's guys griping about having "to work". Then I almost laughed outloud when I heard one of them say, "I have to keep working though, I still owe $240,000 on my home..." The other one answered with a "yea..."
Maybe I'm "different" but I really can't imagine a life without getting up in the morning and having somewhere to go and something to do. There seems to be this feeling out and around that working is not good, and sitting on one's duff makes us happy. Am I missing the boat? Jon The definition of anxiety is having two cups of coffee and a bran muffin for breakfast, and then getting stuck in traffic. |
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I've noticed this as well. Back in the day when I was a young soldier, we lived life like little Hunter S. Thompson clones - party party party. Now the guys I'm here with spend all night after work and all weekend (when not on duty) playing video games. Christ's holy trousers - get a freakin' life already. Back to your guys - where I live $240K would buy you a mansion (I have a 100 year old 2000 sq ft. farm house and 5 acres - total cost $60K). Tell junior and friend to move someplace they can afford and they won't have to work forever. -- "No job is beneath a man's dignity as long as it is honest and supports his family" - my grandfather http://ma.gnolia.com/groups/bestlife |
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There seems to be a growing attitude among the younger generations that work should get you millions really fast and with little effort. I spent years leaving for work before everyone was awake and coming home well after everyone was in bed. As my kids got older I finally took an office job so I could have weekends and nights with them. The office job was a pay cut but the paid time off made up for it in my mind. It's as if noone is willing to earn something anymore. Everything is always done the easy way.
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These guys who think they are "too good" to have to work like the rest of the world have an attitude that will ultimately screw up their careers. They have been watching too much day time TV. I spent 45 years working before I retired, and I sure didn't get myself saddled with a huge mortage in the process.
Nope, they don't get any sympathy from me, just a "welcome to the real world." |
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It seems to me that more and more people have the idea that they are "entitled " to certain things. They feel as though they are entitled to a big house, luxury car, vacation homes, the list goes on and on. I'm entitled to what I can afford, and that depends on how hard I work.
Unfortunatly there are to many people who don't understand this today. You hit it on the head Pecos " welcome to the real world." |
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It reminds me a bit of that episode of No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain is looking over a small farm in Peru and rambling on about getting back to nature, dirt in the hands of man, blah, blah, blah, and this little Incan farmer looks at him and says, "You can have it."
I think most of us forget that outside of North America and Europe, most people eek out a living and live in squalor. This guy drives a car to work and has a home with air. Imagine living in Tiujuana with a tin foor on a 100* day? We are all fortunate, for the most part. Jon The definition of anxiety is having two cups of coffee and a bran muffin for breakfast, and then getting stuck in traffic. |
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and i have found that many who do work don't put in the effort that is necessary to do a good job. my wife has co-workers that call in sick regularly, only take assignments they want (this is in a hospital) and all of a sudden get sick in the middle of a shift!
but on the other end, i have a friend (much younger than me) who we went on a cruise with. he would disapper for an hour at a time. his wife was getting upset about this and he confided in me that he was in the computer room answering all of his work e-mail! sorry, i am on vacation i am not at work. We are the people our parents warned us about. |
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A new twist to the trhead. The guy I originally wrote about who was griping and complaining about work. I found out he's a doctor. I hope I don't have to go to the emergancy room when he's on duty.
J. The definition of anxiety is having two cups of coffee and a bran muffin for breakfast, and then getting stuck in traffic. |
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Remember half of all the doctors out there graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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Finding a good Dr seems to be increasingly difficult. I have had much better luck with women Doctors these last several years. Right now I am going to a excellent Doctor who is a big believer in exercise and good diet. I run into her at the gym every now and then and she practices what she preaches. The last male Doctor that I had to use at the Army hospital smelled of liquor every afternoon. |
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That sounds like a school teacher I used to work with. Jon The definition of anxiety is having two cups of coffee and a bran muffin for breakfast, and then getting stuck in traffic. |
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