(01-25-2022 11:10 AM)JRsec Wrote:  

(01-25-2022 10:58 AM)gdunn Wrote:  

(01-25-2022 10:42 AM)JRsec Wrote:  

(01-25-2022 10:32 AM)gdunn Wrote:  Participation Trophy mentality.

Our team has been decimated by C19.

So we've run about half staff last week. Our director recognized it last week and gave kudos to myself and another co-worker for stepping up.

It was ruined because one of the sick ones was on the call and was upset they didn't get a kudos as well for keeping us healthy by staying home.

Two of the people are engaged to each other. There was some upset people and accusations flying saying we were trying to push them out by stepping in and covering for them.

The funniest part is this.. Anyone but those two get a pat, they want one or they'll start digging up things that wasn't done or wrong and try to bring you down. If they get a pat, it's theirs and by golly they want a raise for doing something good.

Completely mind boggling.

The ironically funny part is that this generation calls us paranoid. Everything in your post reveals the depth of their narcissism, denies your and the other workers selflessness, and packages your selfless actions as an attack upon them, which last time I checked was classic paranoia.

If they were a batch of product we wouldn't distribute them. It's time we replaced the oven which baked these flakes and eliminate public education and give vouchers for private schools, or better yet offset income with tuition on the 1040.

Like I said if the shoe was on the other foot, these two would be screaming for a raise.

Me and the other guy were like, we're doing what we can until they get back. It's what being part of a team is. He played college baseball, and I was a knee injury away from college football. We understand team mentality. Neither of us I would say played in roles that garnered superstar status, so we get it.

The other two, one didn't play sports that we know of and the other claims he was all world, but again when you hear him explain the PEDs he needed to be all world you realize he wasn't all world and he still didn't make it to the level to get to the next step without PEDs so he wasn't that great.

I've also found that when people brag about all they've done, it's not true. When they bring up how they saved something by themselves, it's because they put it in that position and want a huge thank you for cleaning the mess they created.

Things which are no longer being taught:
Reason which is replaced by Being Accepted
Logic which is replaced by Order
Teamwork which is replaced by Pavlovian Recognition
Humility which is replaced by Participation Trophies
Cooperation which is replaced by Group Think
Sacrifice for a common good which is only rewarded if it doesn't involve initiative.
Initiative which is replaced by Risk Aversion and enforced by HR
Belief in things greater than self unless it is your Corporate Overlord
Appreciation which is not considered yours to give.

I grew up different. I've heard the "I grew up hard" and when I hear the stories from either, neither sound hard.

When I bring up stories of stump busting or hauling pulpwood or staying for days on end at my grandparents in the South MS heat and they didn't believe in AC, I was told I was soft. Same person complains when it's 80.. He wouldn't survive.