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What really amazes me is how many people in these hard times get themselves fired or just quit showing up. Amazon treats its employees pretty well and the wages aren't bad at all. I see these people all of the time. Come in really wanting a job. Then all of the sudden, they have all these days that they have to take off for 'something really important' I'm talking about their initial 90 days. These aren't bargain contract workers; these are people who pack boxes who need a job to supposedly make ends meet. There are people losing their jobs by the thousands right now, and these people can't show up consistently for three months. It makes me sick, really.
I think back to stories I've heard from great grandparents about the great depression. Their fathers washing the coal cars of trains from top to bottom for less than livable wages just to try. Because it was something. Because they got it, and even though they knew they were getting shafted because there were 100,000 people behind them that could replace them at the drop of a dime, they busted their ass. Because they had a sense of responsibility.
I don't understand why these people think they're too good for some of the available jobs. If you get something for above minimum wage right now without a college degree or several years as a specialist, you're lucky. You're lucky you're not sweating your ass off shoveling pig shit for 12hrs a day at less than minimum wage under the table in the bitter cold. Do what you will with your life, but don't expect me to throw a quarter in your cup because you thought you were too good to cook french fries at a stable job when you were offered.
/rant off
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