(July 26, 2015 at 3:22 pm)Brian37 Wrote: All one can do is their best, if you precieve that as an excuse ending up in a shitty job, you are the problem. Maybe some forethought on your part before assinging a task to someone could avoid a shitty job.
I agree all that people can do is their best, and I wouldn’t expect more from them. And, the employer/employee thing is a good example. I agree, I would not expect my employee who is 140 pounds to lift an 80 pound box and carry it around for a few hours, I realize that there are limitations, and that everyone is different. When I live with someone that says that phrase a few times a week, and he uses it in a dishonest way, I’m sure people can understand where I’m coming from. If, his only job is to take a cloth and wipe off the counter in the kitchen, and I watch him do it in 30 seconds (and tells someone he did his best), and he doesn’t get some of the obvious stains that come off, with 3 extra seconds of light scrubbing, and he tells everyone that he did his best, it’s kind of a thing that pisses me off, especially when it’s been going on for years and years. In my case, it’s an example of laziness and dishonesty. There are many other minor examples of this, and I know it’s a total excuse with this one particular person, in my particular scenario. I feel, you took my message the wrong way. I’m not some insane, critical wacko, that demands perfection out of everyone.
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' -Isaac Asimov-
