That was an excellent article. Good discussion on the culture that exists in U.S. airport security. Poor training, low wages, little to no benefits, and being the butt of jokes all combine to demoralize these people and does not encourage others to want to work in security. Pay, in and of itself, is not the cause. It is only one factor in the equation. It is the combination of all of these things that creates the culture in which these people work. You didn't discuss that in your original post. Your only statement was a quip about the comparison to them and people who flip burgers and I was trying to point out that pay is not the only factor. Seeing that you sent this article, it appears as though you get that.
However, there was not a single line in the article about how capitalism is to blame though. European countries all engage in capitalistic activities and they were being held up as examples of the way things should be done. Seems to me that capitalism isn't a significant reason either. Respectfully, Michael Corrigan Programmer ----- Original Message ----- From: Todd To: CF-Community Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 9:22 AM Subject: Re: just when you think you've heard it all ... Um .. have a go at this ... http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/trade.center/flight.risk/stories/part3.m ain bar.html Todd > Hate to break it to you Todd, but capitalism or the rate of pay has > little to do with it. Incompetent people are going to be incompetent no > matter how much or how little you pay them. A persons work ethic is not > defined by their level of pay, it is defined more by their level of > self-respect, self-dignity, and self-pride. Take my boss for instance. > She's worthless and gets paid plenty to do so. On the other side, I'll > go to Burger King for lunch and see the people working in the back, > hustling their buns off (no pun intended)! I've had jobs where I > scrubbed toilets, cleaned pig pens, and swept rocks out of a parking lot > and didn't get paid very much for doing it. (Especially the pig pen > one. I didn't get paid because that was punishment for screwing around. > My dad found out and sent me to Mr. Brown's farm to work for the summer, > but that's another story) But I'll tell you this, those were the > cleanest toilets, the cleanest pig pens, and there was not a rock to be > found on that parking lot. Why you ask? Because I take pride in my > work. A persons work is a reflection of themselves. Sloppy work > generally means a sloppy person. Organized work generally means > organized person. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
