Uphill both ways in the snow

[mousme]

The newbies at work are complaining that there's nothing to do. I am flummoxed. Granted, we're not exactly riding the rollercoaster of excitement, here, but damn. That is a hell of a lack of motivation, considering just how much we're being paid to do around here.

Maybe it's a generational thing. I am highly tempted to get myself a cane so I can brandish it and yell at them damn kids to get the hell off my lawn! Back in my day we had something called a work ethic, after all!

Ahem.

No, seriously, what the hell? There is always something to do around here. Procedures to be revised, calls to take, online training to do. There isn't enough time to get it all done. Sure, a lot of it is boring admin stuff, but the boring admin stuff needs to get done the same as everything else. These are the same people who whine that they don't have the tiiiiiime to do their online training sessions. Well, guess what? If you're bored at work, do your online training. The older people here have put in a crapload of time and effort to get this place to where it is today, and it almost feels like they're pissing on all that by implying the job isn't worth putting in their 100%.

I don't know. I'm as guilty of the occasional slacking as the next person, but claiming that there's nothing to do around here smacks either of laziness, bad faith, idiocy, or all three.

Feh. Grumpy cat is grumpy.

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I hear you on the work ethic. I know someone who regularly quits jobs about 2 weeks after she starts simply because they're not perfect. She quit Starbucks because she couldn't have meaningful conversations with the customers.