[Dion]

Originally Posted by pylon

There is nothing special about what I do, I never claimed that. I am a glorified cashier to be honest. In fact a lot of days I wish I did do something different. But I still take a ton of pride in my work and put everything I have into it. And it is what I am good at. If someone loves what they do, no matter what it is, that is what matters most I suppose. I wish I had that passion to truely love it like I used to, but after a while, I think any career can become stale unless you are piloting rockets, or are the Hawaiin tropic oil boy. I have a friend who is a geologist pulling down 250 a year, and he HATES his job.

However, I highly doubt, if you were to survey 100 people working in the fast food industry, the majority of them are not there because it is a chosen career path. They are there for necessity, and because they need to make a living somehow. I have been there myself, I was a frikking Panago delivery guy for the better part if a year, and I can tell you, I didn't look forward to showing up at the office per se. But I did not have the balls to walk into the EI office, and sit on my ass for six months when I knew I could do something other than be a bum...anything but that. If I had no other choice, I wouldn't and haven't turned my nose up at crappy jobs, and I have said all along, that is a far more noble and respectable path than these squatters are taking by a factor of 1000. Hence the get a job, losers.. comment.

How are they unmotived or uninspired was my question.

My brother was a project manager for a corporation. The money was unbelieveable but after a fair number of years the long hours and stress was burning him out and his mental health was suffering badly. He couldn't walk away because his job defined who he was as a person. The US economy goes in the toilet and gets let go. He was unemployed for a year and half before he found another job. He makes alot less money and has less responsibility. The new job he got wasn't because he was unmotivated or uninspired. He had to make a living like everyone else and took what he could get, just like many do today.