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Certified All Positions |
Happy Labor Day. On this Labor Day, whether you choose to work or not, please do one thing. Shut the fuck up and do your job. Whether you're taking the day off, or working, or whatever the fuck, please be aware of the intent of those around you, and follow suit. Continue this into daily life, generally. I've been working, a while. Enough to have been in and out of unions, witnessed and suffered workplace injuries, and I'm all about getting motherfucking paid. Which is why, if you're not doing your motherfucking job, you best get the fuck out of the way. Should we all be fairly compensated, and have safe working conditions, benefits, and more? Absolutely. Do me a solid tho, bra. DO YOUR JOB. The REASON you are entitled to these things, is because you work hard. Not because you work. There is a history to labor. Company store and more, old mills still litter the American landscape. Today though, the abuses are from unions as much as corporations. I would have to say, that my enemy is someone who isn't self motivated. They harsh my mellow. Their attitude is also one that can cripple an economy. Hey, even if you don't grasp what I'm getting at, have a happy Labor Day. Just don't compete directly with my business, I will BURY you. Arc. ______________________________ "Like a bitter weed, I'm a bad seed"- Johnny Cash "I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel." - Pee Wee Herman Rode hard, put away wet. RIP JHM "You're a junkyard dog." - Lupe Flores. RIP | ||
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Doubtful... |
Sorry Arc but, I busted my butt for 50+ years and, now I'm retired! So, I sleep in (7:00) and work arond the cabin (or not) as I choose. Happy Labor Day (I will not be doing anything constructive!) Best regards, Tom I have no comment at this time. | |||
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| A day late, and a dollar short  |
Happy Labor Day back at you Arc! ____________________________ NRA Life Member, Annual Member GOA, MGO Annual Member | |||
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| Certified All Positions |
Your job is to not do a job. Do your job! Arc. ______________________________ "Like a bitter weed, I'm a bad seed"- Johnny Cash "I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel." - Pee Wee Herman Rode hard, put away wet. RIP JHM "You're a junkyard dog." - Lupe Flores. RIP | |||
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| Slayer of Agapanthus |
The Reverend John Hagee of San Antonio did a series of sermons on the Ten Commandments. IIRC a part of his 'Thou Shalt Not Steal' sermon was devoted to explaining that getting paid but not working is stealing. "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye". The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, pilot and author, lost on mission, July 1944, Med Theatre. | |||
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| Certified All Positions |
Labor day means something, to people who are self motivated and work hard. To all the entitled millennial shits, leftists, and anarcho-communists... Fuck you guys. Arc. ______________________________ "Like a bitter weed, I'm a bad seed"- Johnny Cash "I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel." - Pee Wee Herman Rode hard, put away wet. RIP JHM "You're a junkyard dog." - Lupe Flores. RIP | |||
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Oriental Redneck |
Amen! Q | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
I'm retired and still Labor Day is meaningful to me. That being said: I still labored, a bit, a tiny little bit, today: The pop-up drain plug in the sink in one of the bathrooms needed attention, so I gave it attention. Then I served myself some apple crisp whiskey as a reward  "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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Member |
Amen to that brah’. (I will grind my axe else where on millennial ethics and etc.) Today was a great day to work at not work. Tomorrow, we work at work. Arc, one day we will work together at the range. | |||
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| If you're gonna be a bear, be a Grizzly!  |
I got to work today. I don't say I HAD to work, because I'm fortunate enough to have a job and don't mind doing it. Here's to the sunny slopes of long ago. | |||
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| Slayer of Agapanthus |
Why is communism superior? Because under capitalism man exploits man. But under communism it is the other way round! "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye". The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, pilot and author, lost on mission, July 1944, Med Theatre. | |||
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| The Unknown Stuntman  |
Generally, mostly, usually, always. Preach it, brother! | |||
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| Crusty old curmudgeon  |
Damn straight Ark. I'm glad that I'm retired and my job today was to go to the store with my wife's grocery list so she could put together another fantastic meal like she always does. No more having to put up with the lazy millennials and entitled mamma's boys. Don't miss it a bit. Jim ________________________ "If you can't be a good example, then you'll have to be a horrible warning" -Catherine Aird | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss  |
This aggravates me to no end. I deal with laziness and incompetence on a daily basis and it simply boggles my mind. I have always been the kind of fella who strived for excellence in what I did for a living. I always tried to learn more than what was needed and be very well skilled in the tasks that were my responsibility. Daily, I see employees who are just the opposite. I call them "get byers". They do just enough to justify to management that they deserve a check and not one ounce more. Their only motivation is to be just good enough to keep from getting fired which is barely one step above being fucking horrible. It seems that nobody gives a shit anymore. They just want their fucking paycheck. And the REALLY bad part about it is that their management is more incompetent than they are. The Peter Principle personified. When she's not busy sleeping with one of her employees, she's away at a conference somewhere. Lack of self-motivation and lack of leadership is the problem. I've tried to help, tutor, mentor, etc.... To no avail. It is aggravating and depressing, to the point where I now simply do my job and go home. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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| Muzzle flash aficionado  |
So, you've joined the "get byers"? (Hopefully not) flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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Told cops where to go for over 29 years… |
 What part of "...Shall not be infringed" don't you understand???  | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss |
If my profession and their profession were the same, perhaps you'd have a point. They're not, and you don't. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
I definitely enjoyed this 563-day weekend. Woo! "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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| Go ahead punk, make my day |
HUGE difference in being a "get byer" and "just doing your job". The first don't do their job, they do everything they can do not do it but just enough to not get fired. Just doers to their job, period. They don't do extra usually (unless incentivized), but they do what they are supposed to do. There is zero shame in doing your job, period. | |||
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