some people are race horses and some people are content to be the soapers....
this is my new euphemism for people, my rlpm told me a story about a couple that he knew, the wife was driven. She was a dm for a big company, her husband took a job as a bailiff when they moved to a new state. he was content doing as little as he could to get by. he said that his wife was a race horse, he is a soaper (the person who washes the horses). i like it when people are able to be honest about their intentions in life. the world would be a much better place if we were all that honest about our capabilities.
i have a regional visit tomorrow. i had to spend my afternoon looking at surveillance video of an employee who decided they needed something that belonged to a customer worse than the customer did. my other managers were upset to varying degrees. i on the other hand have done this longer than most of them and most people's actions fail to surprise me any more. i once had to fire my room mate for stealing, while i was on duty. this is why i usually keep most people at arms length, because most of them when put their needs and wants over yours when given the chance and then i just become disappointed. this is a grim way to look at employees, but it is the truth. most theft, about 80%, is internal. the boy is a pill head, so i tried to soothe one of my managers feeling of disgust with the fact that it was his addiction that was making decisions for him not him. he replied, just because you put a pig in a tutu does not make it a ballerina. well said.
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