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Old 12-13-2004, 02:53 PM   #109 (permalink)
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You seem to equate the ability to make a load of money with greed, Techno. A friend is a friend but a bank is "The Man". The Marxist image of a fat guy with a top hat sitting on a pile of bags with the dollar sign on them is convenient and easy to deride, but do realize that banks and big corporates and, yes, even government agencies are composed of working people, the majority of which are not on the board of directors of a Fortune 500 company. The bank owner gets his home in the Bahamas and will never have to go to bed worrying about paying the rent or holding his own in the job market, but that's in exchange for the jobs he's provided his employees with. He hires white-collar financial consultants and gives them thousands for every decision they make for him, but he hires people to sweep the floor too.

The fact that some people have managed through whatever combination of luck and brilliance to find themselves on the top of the fiscal heap does not make them evil or out to get you. They would probably like it if you agreed to the terms of the loan you signed up for, though.

The workers of the world are, sadly, not going to unite. I don't mind doing all the work that I agreed to when I accepted employment, and unless I'm sick or unable to transport myself to work, I'll show up. This is capitalism. The worker is protected here in the United States more than he is in Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations", but we're still in a relatively free market economy and labor is a commodity on that market. I don't manufacture a product, so in order to make money I provide a service. It would be bad business practice for an employer to retain me if I called in gaming every four days, just as I consider it unethical for me to do so.

As for honor and integrity, I think the issue is simple. If you call in sick and you are, in fact, not sick, you've lied, dishonored yourself, and compromised your integrity. It is a simple exchange, though, and its usually implied if not overtly stated that the worker is actually going to fulfill his end of it, just as the employer does. The world would go on if I got 75% of my paycheck, but that wouldn't be very sporting of the employer, would it?
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