Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Ain't no use in complaining when you got a job to do

You said it, Bryan Adams. Although as the Canadians said in the South Park movie, "Our government has already apologized for Bryan Adams on several occasions."

Now, don't get me wrong: I can be a world-class whiner outside of work. But in my working life, one of the things I've always been complimented on is that like Nike says, I just do it. If I'm asked to clean shower walls with Windex (as I was when I worked as a housekeeper at a local hospital), it gets done without complaint. If I have to work in a rat-infested textile company in Boston's Garment District, eating Ramen so I can save money for school (no, not the summer of '69 -- my summer of '95) -- hey, that's what I'm getting paid. Because of this, I've gotten stunning recommendations and references throughout my career. And you know what? While work can really suck sometimes, I enjoy my job better when I just jump into it and don't complain.

So do you get the job done like Big Daddy Kane and don't complain? Or are you the office whine factory? C'mon -- I really want to know.
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