Earlier today, family members and I were marveling over how many folks fail to do their jobs. Well, I suppose in one respect, they do their jobs…but not to completion. Many half do the work they’re intended to do.
I’m not sure when this became acceptable behavior. I’ve noticed it more and more in recent years. Can’t tell if I’m just more in tuned or if it’s happening with more frequency. It seems to matter not if skilled or unskilled individuals do avoid the work. They’re highly paid or minimum wage. There seems to be no set criteria for slackers…only that they exist and are becoming more noticeable.
Perhaps you’ve been somewhere and noticed this as well. It happens in all forms. Could be a worker who’s perturbed that you’re expecting them, heavens forbid, to do their job. Or how, when an employee falls short of completing a task and you bring it to their attention, they get upset, as if you should be happy with what they did do. Or what about the person who doesn’t bother to check the specifics of their job, putting others at risk?
All of these are behaviors I see with more frequency. And I find that disturbing. Being a person who prides herself on working hard, getting the job done and completing said job in as efficient a manner as possible, I can’t wrap my peanut brain around the mentality that it’s okay to slack, especially if others are counting on me. Yet, there are those who seem more than comfortable with that mentality—slacking.
Personally, I don’t get it. And I’m proud to say that I don’t. I’m going to keep doing things my way, where I work hard to complete my tasks to their fullest so I can take pride in a job well done. Perhaps that’s what’s missing in today’s society—a sense of pride in the completion of one’s work.
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