The Culture of Entitlement and Laziness

In a society ruled by consumerism and ME, ME, MEness I am amazed at the lazy attitude so many teens and twenty somethings have toward their job. You would think those who demand so much of the world to revolve around them would understand something as simple as customer service.

No longer does anyone really need to be good at there job in order to keep it. All they have to do is show up on time and look busy most of the time. Never mind having any sort of competence. It seems so many people need a basic economics lesson. In other words: The company exist to make money, the customer consumes the product or service, so if the individuals who work for the company do a good job of providing the product or service the company makes more money and the employees make more money as well (if it is a good company).

I am sick of being ignored when I go to consume my product of choice and having to settle for a poor product. Certainly this is a parenting issue, but you would think in the many years most of these students spend in the school system they would find some time to explain the free market to students. I guess there is probably enough blame to go around to the employers as well. Of course lets not for the workers themselves.

All I ever hear from so many people is a bunch of whining and complaining, "I don't get paid enough, so I'm not going to work hard" (maybe that is why they don't get paid well), "I don't have health insurance" (as if that is somehow the companies fault. Work a little harder and maybe you will get some benefits, they aren't free for the company to provide so it is just like a pay raise), "I am not doing my job because I don't like it" (fine, go live in a homeless shelter and see if you like that!). The list seems endless!!

I have only two words for those people, MAN UP......That should work for the men at least.

For the women I have different words they are the same as "man up" except they are more gender sensitive. I would simply say them, but I am afraid that would be too direct for the ladies. I figure if I beat around the bush and imply the meaning women will understand more clearly what I am trying to say only they won't take any offense to it. Of course I am beginning to wonder if my choice of many words is really keeping me out of trouble. As with my wife I am afraid that in my attempt to be more considerate and gentle I have simply dug a deeper hole than if I had just come out and said what I was thinking.