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[snip]But take the case of a good worker employed by a company that is not going to go out of business. He knows he will get his pay if he performs adequately, and that the ultimate outcome is a good pension. Yet in my experience many such people work harder than they really have to. They wouldn't be caught dead "f_cking the dog", as the expression went when I worked in a pulp mill years ago. Some employees went to quite an extreme length to make themselves and their employer believe they were working hard all the time. A case in point was Sammy, a carpenter and millwright, who legitimately had nothing to do for hours at a time because everything was running properly. Sammy couldn't stand it. To demonstrate that he was working hard even when he didn't have to, he would walk all over the mill carrying a wrench in his hand or a two by four on his shoulder. Of course we all saw through it, everyone but Sammy.
Poor Sammy! If I was Sammy's boss, I'd tell him to take 2 coffee breaks in the morning and 2 in the afternoon, and to spend the rest of his time trying to see what *might* be going to break down tomorrow or the year after if we don't attend to it. Sammy would become an official "nosey person". Win! Win!
Or am I a fool?
\brad mccormick
-- Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16)
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21)
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