The Glorious Atomicflea wrote:
TStephens wrote:
The only reply to "That's not my job" is "Your job is to do what's needed. If you can not or will not do that, you should look for another job. Your choice."
I understand your frustration. I've had people try to pull that crap with me before. When you're a can-do type it really puts sand in your ****** to hear someone lay out that namby pamby excuse for why they didn't or don't want to do something. I'd rather catch you ******** my sister (if I had one, that is) than to hear you say something isn't your job.
It really does make you want to strangle people to hear that sometimes.
Cultural differences. I haven't ever said it, but I have refused to do things outside of my job description. It's a pain in the *** to constantly cover for people who are inept under the heading of "it's good for the company". I'd rather just let them out themselves and for management to hire someone better. Also, some people will say that the culture of America is work and I find that to be true. If I'm not hourly, you have bought me from 8-5, and I'll be damned if I cancel any personal or family plans over work. I only overextend myself if it's an emergency-type situation. I do a damn good job, but I'm not staying all night over something I could do on a weekend in a couple of hours.
Edited, Fri Nov 18 07:07:56 2005 by Atomicflea Believe me when I say I agree with you about it being a cultural difference. I think you hit the nail on the head by saying the culture of America is work.
I also think that one of the basic problems in this country is that we have so many other cultures that conflict with that. There are a great number of people, many of them young and born in this country, who believe they are entitled to a good paycheck and shouldn't have to do anything to earn it. They believe that anything unpalatable could not possibly fall into their own area of responsibility.
I often wonder what the homes of these people look like. Are they also afraid and ashamed to pick up laundry, wash dishes, or scrub a toilet at home?
I tend to always put in the extra mile, but it goes back to how I grew up. The home I grew up in was all about work. You didn't get anything without working for it and work wasn't just about earning a reward, but it was also a badge of pride. I was taught from my youngest days that if a man doesn't have calluses on his hands you probably don't want to trust him because he's making his living without working. I still catch myself when shaking someone's hand doing "the check." Weird, neh?