I was just going to say to people whose job is to wait on the public. When someone needs your help, you shouldn't ignore their telephone calls, emails, etc. Obviously you don't care. And you get paid either way. But sometimes when someone needs your help, yours is the last line of help for them. Especially before then become homeless, etc. As I said, you don't care. And that's fine. But probably that last thing was never your intention.
I'd like to know what you do for a living? Me? I've worked for the last 30 years for a service that dispatches for the medial field. I take great pride in my accomplishments, having personally been the link that saved many patients that were in need of doctor to respond immediately. I've also been instrumental in aided families who have recently lost a loved one in having them moved to a facility to help facilitate their final rest. I have done this 10 hours a day for the last 30 years, I've been on-call all 48 hours of my time off in case I was needed. in that time. I'm trained and have a degree in computer sciences and network technologies, and am responsible for keeping the equipment running as well as my duties as a dispatcher. We operate 24/7/365 and cannot afford downtime. If we go down, people die. I take my own down time seriously in order to destress and decompress. Do I et upset & Frustrated sometimes? Sure, you'd be surprised at how many people don't take their own well-being seriously and try to blame others for their misfortune. But I still do my job all the time. Anyone who has ever accused me of not caring has gotten themselves quite the earful. I understand, that to someone who has never done my job or doesn't know what I do, it may seem selfish when I tune out everything on my time off. But consider, If I don't take care of myself today, I may not be around to answer the call for help tomorrow.
Waiters who work for tips will always be available to help. Those who are paid a commision will always step up. The worst in my experience are bus drivers and fare collectors
Here is where I take the side of the Drivers. I dove a Cab for about 6 months during my college years. In that time I learned a very valuable lesson. THink back to the days when you would take long road trips with the family. You and your siblings would get bored and start asking "Are we there yet?" Eventually your parents would get upset and start making threats, and you couldn't understand what was wrong. Well, when you drive a cab and the passengers in the back keep bombarding you with questions, and talking and yelling among themselves, it gets hard to concentrate on the road, and eventually you either wreck or you pull over to avoid wrecking. Now ... Imagine that scenario, only you now have 50 people behind you all yelling or singing or arguing, or blasting their music While you try to steer a 25 ton bus along the curb lane of a city street with cars zipping past and cutting you off at corners. The stress must be extreme. And the part that no one wants to hear is that all that stress is in fat caused by the passengers. If everyone on the bus would take a hint from Japan's transit, they would be quiet and keep to themselves during their ride. If the driver happens to snap at you or misses your stop and growls that you'll just have to get off at the next stop, consider what he's already gone through and just suck it up. Riding public transit isn't your right, it is a privilege and there are rules to follow. Before you condemn someone for the job they are doing, do their job under the same conditions and see if you feel the same. In other words, walk a mile in their shoes.
