Guest guest Posted July 28, 1999 Report Share Posted July 28, 1999 At 11:54 28/07/99 -0400, you wrote: >"Gloria Lee" <glee > Thanks, Gloria! Kind words... >Dear Robert, > >Thank you for sharing your experience of adventures with bringing your soul >into the workplace. I am truly sorry the result this time was spoiled by one >rotten apple. I think what happens in the business world is that ppl tend to expect trouble and arm up for it: it's a pity coz then they can't develop a trusting working relationship. And the wheel turns as they all circle the karma of retribution and hurt. Territorial instincts gone wild, an' all that... The extreme case would be, I suppose, the sociopath type who is completely unable to empathise with his target/victim/customer/employee/voter... Yet you still have an incredible success story. Anytime people >will be so loyal as to show this devotion without getting pay..is >incredible. They wanted to believe in us: one of them was sore when it all fell through, but she was young and she soon found a job anyway. But words couldn't express what we felt when everyone came in (twice) on the following Monday, especially when they were not well-off people! (Incidentally, Jane and I weren't well-off either: we paid ourselves 14 pounds a week each for three months, and perhaps they guessed that... We had to inspire, it's all we had -- other than a great possibility.) Hey, its easy to be liking getting rich. There seems to be a >cultural myth that profit not only is a main concern, but must be the "only >concern" of business. Yes, and we're pressured into believing it... This adversarial relationship of owners vs workers may >even be worsening in an era of more job mobility. I've found it fluctuates: fear of change? If anything makes the population scared of their livelihoods, the survival imprinting kicks in strongly and it's "devil take the hindmost". I sometimes think that the best way to control a population is to alienate them from each other, scare them through their territorial/survival instincts and get them to run to you as the only hope they've got: then you can get them to tow your line without a single bleat! (Cynical, moi?) It was a special experience, and I'll never lose it. One of the best things about it is I don't have to embellish... How many bosses get invited to parties, even when >they stay in business? Yeah, right! Of course, it would have been *really* cool if the business had worked out... but I guess we needed to learn the flipside, and see the absurdity of the wrong approach too ) > >Love, Backatcha... Robert >Gloria > > >--------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- > >Start a new ONElist list & you can WIN great prizes! >For details on ONElists NEW FRIENDS & FAMILY program, go to >/info/onereachsplash3.html > >------ > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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