My point was that America seems to sacrifice a lot more in the name of the almighty dollar than other countries. I didn't toss a snip at capatalism .. I tossed it at capatalist America. :)
Todd ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 10:48 AM Subject: Re: just when you think you've heard it all ... > 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
