Post by Prometheus on Dec 28, 2020 16:57:06 GMT
What's wrong with being neighborly: bringing over a casserole (or whatever) to the folks that just moved in next door; inviting the neighbors to a cook-out; letting the neighbors know what their kids are doing around the neighborhood; shoveling the sidewalk for an elderly neighbor (a few bucks accepted but not required); accepting that that the neighbor kids are going to cut across your yard (as long as they don't trample the garden); a phone call to the neighbor about a loud party rather than a call to the police; quieting down once a neighbor knocks on the door to ask you to be quiet(er); loaning a neighbor your lawnmower; etc.?
I miss that. I miss the sense of community. I miss the sense of knowing that my neighbors were there for me because I was there for them. It's all been replaced by the notion that I HAVE TO be nice to them rather than doing it out of human kindness. THAT puts up a wall between neighbors and forces them to be strangers.
We've had to create "Good Samaritan Laws" to enforce what would have been second nature just a few decades before.
What's wrong with hard work: doing your job well; doing what is asked (within reason) and doing it well; doing what is required and doing it well; giving 100+% to your job; taking on some overtime; putting in a little overtime (unpaid) in order to meet a deadline, etc?
These days, everyone seems to be looking for an excuse to not work: "That's not in my job description"; "I don't have the time because I have a chakra re-alignment scheduled at the same time" or whatever other bullshit reason.
Of my 40 years of working, about 30 of those have been spent in supervisory or management positions because I jumped in and did the work that others wouldn't do (for whatever reason). My first non-work-study job had me go from "counter help" to General Manager in 8 months. It would have been sooner but they had to wait until I reached my 18th birthday. I was a District Manager less than a year after that and the company was fine with matching my work schedule to my college schedule simply because they knew that the work would get done and done well.
Why do kids these days think that doing the bare minimum of work should entitle them to a promotion or even a raise?
What's wrong with living within your means?
My current situation has me living (rent, utilities, food) on about a third of my salary. "Entertainment" can move it up to about half. That's China. But, even back home, I was able to save a bit every month.
How?
Maybe it's because I never bought a goddamned thing on credit other than my house and my car. Traditional values tell me that if I don't have the cash to buy something, I can't afford it, so I don't buy it.
It seems to me that if we lived by "traditional values" we'd have more friends (and a better community), a better economy, and less reliance on the government.
Sure, I haven't covered everything, but I hope you're getting the point.
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