hmmm…..
A friend of mine recently went back
to work for a call center. For those of
you who don’t know what a “call center” is, it is the place where the live
person works that you eventually get to when you call a large company with a
problem or question. Its not really that great a job. You sit in a cubicle for most of the day and deal
with the problems of folks who aren’t really in that great a mood. My friend is over 50, had been downsized at his old
company, and had looked for work for a year and a half while his unemployment
pay was in effect. Hoping for a better
job, he kept looking in spite of the fact that in this economy, there are few
jobs to be found.
I think he is glad to be working
again. Being around people, feeling
productive and having a paycheck are all nice things to have after a long time
of hiatus. There is a lot to be said
about honest work done on a regular basis.
It’s easy to take our jobs for granted.
It is easy to think that the pay is too low or the boss is unreasonable
or the hours are too long. But really, in this economy, we are lucky to have
jobs at all. It is one of the gratitudes
we can count.
If you are feeling grumpy this
morning because you have to go to work, try gratitude for work to do and a
place to go.
hmmm…..
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