Breaking Back into the Swing!

I haven't blogged in quite a bit. To everyone who actually reads this I promise to be more regular in the future with this blog. I'm aiming for at least two entries a week. Feel free to IM me and or harass me to make me post if I forget.

I believe where I left off or rather where I'm going to pick up my continual bitching on is work ethic. I was going to do this long entry on "heart break" and such and such, but I figured whatever I'm sticking to work ethic.

The saying used to be "Something worth doing is worth doing well", these days however it seems like it's "Something worth doing is worth doing later and at the last minute" I'm not even going to lie and say I don't sometimes procrastinate. I do it often. On large papers, calling people back. Getting up in the morning. And so forth.

But sometimes I wonder when I look back at the people I've worked with and I'm sure whoever is reading this., you, can also think of people you work with who just cut corners on everything they do. Figuring if they do it now they won't have to do it later and just brush it out of the way or put it off for later.

it makes me angry when I'm a witness to someone doing this because I just think that a little more effort on anyones part makes the world a better place. A little effort to ditch the bad feelings at the door and not cop an attitude with customers. A little effort to smile and not frown the whole time you deal with people. And maybe just a little effort to shrug off the fact that you forgot yet another new cover sheet that you missed the memo on.


I'm not saying pay it forward, apparently ( spoiler alert) that kid gets stabbed in the heart. Which someone told me the other day when I used the phrase, and they repsonded in kind so they would not have to indeed pay it forward at all. So don't pay it forward, but do take pride in your work.

I say this for a few reasons. One is that the other day I went to visit a pool I used to work at all the time, for shits and giggles, and for a good swim. While I was there it was like no one took thier job seriously. The life guards were slacking, the pool attendants hanging around, like it wasn;t a professional atmosphere even tho peoples lives were in thier hands. The skimmers surrounding the pool were filthy and caked with dirt. it was disgusting. If I hadn't ever worked there I never would have known better. But I did know better. And I disliked it a great deal.
What happened top the guards who cared about what the pool looked like? What happened to the managers who cared what the staff reflected back onto them? Where was the self respect for the profession, the area and the job? And respect for the customers by acting professional?

I like working in the theatre right now because the man I work under has the philosophy of do it right and do it once. I appreciate that.

So that is what I wanted to rant about for a while today. I know it probobly isn't what you all were expecting, but give me two entries to get back into the swing of things..


and with that here is your moment of Zen