Quote: Saritaschihuahua Originally Posted by One of my first jobs when I was a very young thing, was customer service at a retail company. Believe it or not, when the phones were "slow" we were told, "the phones are slow, some of you do something, pick up a broom and sweep, do something!" One day a manager came up to me and told me to sweep. I said no. That day I quit - before they fired me.



I really don't much care about your rants one way or another, but this is a very good example of an employee not understanding the concept of "employment."



When you are employed, the employer pays for your time WORKING. An employer does NOT pay for your time polishing nails, reading or staring into space waiting for something to happen.



I used to manage "very young things". In the environment where we worked, sometimes people would throw stuff on the floor. I had no problem asking an employee to "clean that up." If an employee had a problem with that, I knew that they would have a "problem" with anything else that was distasteful to them.



I used to work in a hospital where people threw up and some people defecated where healthy people don't defecate. I cleaned it up. It was part of the job. It was NOT demeaning, but was showing respect for people who had very little respect left.



You are perfectly free to whinge, I respect your right to do so. Don't ever come around if I am hiring though. I would have fired you.I really don't much care about your rants one way or another, but this is a very good example of an employee not understanding the concept of "employment."When you are employed, the employer pays for your time WORKING. An employer does NOT pay for your time polishing nails, reading or staring into space waiting for something to happen.I used to manage "very young things". In the environment where we worked, sometimes people would throw stuff on the floor. I had no problem asking an employee to "clean that up." If an employee had a problem with that, I knew that they would have a "problem" with anything else that was distasteful to them.I used to work in a hospital where people threw up and some people defecated where healthy people don't defecate. I cleaned it up. It was part of the job. It was NOT demeaning, but was showing respect for people who had very little respect left.You are perfectly free to whinge, I respect your right to do so. Don't ever come around if I am hiring though.