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I agree. I think that there are a lot of people for whom "dream job" entails simply collecting a steady paycheck, maybe not involving manual labor all day, which they can reasonably count on to be there from week to week. Whether or not they work to be certain that job will continue to be theirs is a separate matter.

For those who are unemployed, a "dream job" might be anything at all. When you have to feed and house yourself, let alone maybe having a family to care for, "dream job" goes right out the window in favor of "whatever will put food on the table".

For example- I don't at all expect or need the people who work at Walmart to be cheerleaders or run at my whim. All I want, all anyone should want, is a person who treats their customer base with respect, and is polite. I would respect a person who is sincerely polite and respectful of their customers just as much as a person who walks around as a beacon of (potentially false) happiness.

Yes, that's great and all, but let's all get real for a moment. We're all just trying to make our way. For some, it's a summer job- for others, it's their literal bread and butter. The stories told here are not of the sort i'm referring to- you all are talking about people who don't respect their customer base. The #1 rule is that if you disrespect the customer, you lose them, and we all know that.

These horror stories of bad customer service show those people who have no desire to respect their employer by respecting the customers, whether or not it's the job they really want to have.

The saddest part of the whole equation is that there are those jackasses who coast through their day trying to waste time and dodge work, when there are people all over who have a sincere desire to work honestly to earn their check, but can't find a job.