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Fast food workers are people too.
Hello friends,
I have seen around me, especially recently, of various examples of people "taking it out" on people who other people view as "in a lesser occupation or social strata".
For example, I work as a construction electrician. One of the things I see constantly is coworkers abusing apprentices and other trades people, especially minorities and laborers. It's not just enough for us, meaning Buddhists as a community, to not only not fall to such a level, but to stick up for these people.
I see people verbally abusing fast food workers, grocery store clerks, walmart greeters, janitors, blah blah. Don't fall to that level.
Peace,
Levi
I have seen around me, especially recently, of various examples of people "taking it out" on people who other people view as "in a lesser occupation or social strata".
For example, I work as a construction electrician. One of the things I see constantly is coworkers abusing apprentices and other trades people, especially minorities and laborers. It's not just enough for us, meaning Buddhists as a community, to not only not fall to such a level, but to stick up for these people.
I see people verbally abusing fast food workers, grocery store clerks, walmart greeters, janitors, blah blah. Don't fall to that level.
Peace,
Levi
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When we finished breakfast my mother went over to the manager and told him that the waitress was ours as well and that we thought she was great.
I wish I knew what happened to her.
YOU HAVE AN IHOP WHERE YOU LIVE :eek:
I live in England and have heard many great things about the legendary International House Of Pancakes
Sorry to get off topic, i agree with the OP wholeheartedly, its an unfortunate all to common aspect of human nature to abuse power and to look down on those "below" us.
With metta, Jack
However, I work as an engineer at a facility that has line workers and tech's, and see a fair amount of unnecessary backbiting. Up and down a corporate chain-of-command, there seems to be a need to "be mad at the Man!". Line workers are convinced that managers and engineers do nothing (or do nothing right), and managers and engineers think the workers are lazy and unaccountable.
I try to stay out of it.
My job is to manage this mess so I don't have the pleasure of staying out of it.
First, he started questioning me if I thought I should have a gun in a job like that. LOL He was talking about the dangers of the job and how important it would be to be protected. This was in a school board council meeting in the afternoon years and years ago with none of the present dangers that have surfaced.
I told him if I had to carry a gun, I wouldn't want this job. That seemed to disappoint him a lot. Ego is a funny thing.
As so they should! Authority is not a good thing, we are just conditioned to accept it:)
Oh sure, by no means should people just automatically accept someone as an authority figure on face value.
The car forum thing is a bit different..when they sign up for it, part of the process is that they agree to abide by a set of rules designed to create a pleasant forum environment. It's a private forum owned by an individual; he can make whatever rules he likes. People who would reject the authority of a moderator/admin to enforce those rules are free to either not sign up, or not participate. They're free to petition the owner to change the rules, too, but he's been pretty consistent over the last 9 years. :rolleyes:
I completely agree...along with being a parent. I guess it's all a part of my path.
See... we do it for the love of it.
we do it because it teaches us about people, what makes them tick, and how it can ultimately make us better people, in our position.
We make decisions with the best tools we have at the time, and hope we've done the right thing.
Indubitably, we get it wrong sometimes.
indubitably, we lose the plot on occasions, say the wrong thing, and carry out a wrong action.
But hopefully, in the general run of things, we don't do any lasting irreparable damage.
We're responsible. we have to take the lead because others depend on us, to do that.
We don't do it to be popular, we do it because it's what we do.
But if we can act out of Kindness and compassion, and remember that our end-game is to try at least to keep things stable and on an even keel, sometimes, when life comes up trumps, the rewards for a job well done, are priceless.
The bottom line is simple:
Do as you would be done by.
Then, the responses you will receive can only be positive. If they aren't, they still can't get to you.
because in matters of principle, you haven't shifted.
And it's all worth the Effort, in the end.
I have been 'over the pond' several times and YES, the rumors are true!!!
Blueberry Pancakes........:thumbsup:
Anyhoo, I have never understood people who abuse the workers in fast food places, after all they handle your FOOD! :zombie:
I have noticed that!!
NOOOOOOOO! Jovial Prankster you have only added to my greed and longing! If i never reach Nibbana now i'll now why...