Work Ethic

I like a good Ethic...

from JoeUser Forums
I was born and raised in the country. I lived on a farm to be truthful. I had a nice sized barn, 50 acres of land, goats, chickens, rabbits and such to raise. (no cows.. damned stupid f'n cows.. but that's another blog). All my neighbors also were farmers mostly. We had a sheep farm across the street, and they also had some cows... (damned cows again I say... f'n cows). And we also had a horsefarm right next door as well.

What I'm getting at is that I've always been taught a stern, but very rewarding work ethic. Work hard, get as much as possible accomplished during the day, and relax at the end of the night when you have had a day of a job well done. I've had this ethic all my life, and still keep it today in the Navy... but I've been subjugated to a LOT more work ethics than just the 'general' backwoods ethic that I have...

In the Navy, they call it skating. The act of doing as little actual 'work' as possible. I abhor this. The problem is it is basically now a defined art here. You don't have to actually 'be working', just 'look' like your working. Pisses me off more than anything, because I've seen people I know that are 'skaters' who get more recognition for their 'work' than other people I know who are day after day busting their asses on the job. Some people here have amazingly good work ethics that I envy, yet some of these skaters get benifits and accolades that the hard workers don't because they can 'pretend' to be doing hard work all the time easier than the person who busts his ass doing 'actual' work all day.

I will always though stick to the harder path of working my ass off for my job. I may not ever be the best employee, I admit I do make mistakes (and sometimes a LOT of them when I'm just learning something) but I'm a proponent of giving 100% into every job I do.

P.S. And to those who might say "But you aren't giving 110%!!" I say Fuck you!!! I hate that saying with a passion cuz it's such bullshit.

I'm really in a happy mood but I wanted to get this small little rant off me chest =) LoL
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
My husband is in the Navy and I hear these rants on a regular basis. What drives him crazy are the people who think their job is to make rank - not do their actual job - just do things that they think will help them make rank. Also the people who kiss ass and get better eval's than the people who are acutally busting their ass and getting skull dragged to get the job done. It's a frustrating part of life.

You'll have to write some growing up on the farm blogs. I am from a small town in Ohio and I had a friend who lived on a farm and I always loved going to her house. They had lots of stinky dairy cows and pigs and sheep and corn and soybeans.
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
Get used to it. There are always skaters.
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
There are always skaters.


and at the end of working for a company for 30 years they retire happy while the guy who busted his ass gets screwed. OF course by then the company has gotten what it wanted and there's not a damn thing you can do about it then.
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
That sucks! But you're right, the people who do hardly anything usually gets recognised, more than the ones who really do work their asses off. I can't stand skaters too. They're in every form of life in one way or another.
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top

Get used to it. There are always skaters.

This is very true.  But then we dont have to be one of them. 

MPost, you are going far, because you are not one of them!