Complaining about complaining
At my job, I hear plenty of complaining about things and every once in a while, I just have enough. You see, I work with teenagers at my job, and although I love them dearly, I get really tired of hearing them complain about how hard things are. Seriously, life is hard and you have to accept that. No one is going to hand you everything you need in life on a silver spoon.
Now, I am not saying that I don't have sympathy for people- that's not true. I understand that there are some situations that are out of people's control and they are doing the best they can to get through them and are working as hard as they can. Rather, I am talking about people who don't want to work for things like grades, jobs, anything really. If it doesn't come to them naturally or isn't given to them gift-wrapped, they complain that it's too hard and isn't worth the effort.
I think it makes me so mad because I have worked for where I am and I know how hard life can be. I have worked my butt off to get where I am at now and am continuing to work my butt off to get where I want to be. No one handed me my degree and no one's handing me anything now. And you know what? I wouldn't have it any other way because I have grown so much as a person because of it. I just wish that other people would see that, as well...
Now, I am not saying that I don't have sympathy for people- that's not true. I understand that there are some situations that are out of people's control and they are doing the best they can to get through them and are working as hard as they can. Rather, I am talking about people who don't want to work for things like grades, jobs, anything really. If it doesn't come to them naturally or isn't given to them gift-wrapped, they complain that it's too hard and isn't worth the effort.
I think it makes me so mad because I have worked for where I am and I know how hard life can be. I have worked my butt off to get where I am at now and am continuing to work my butt off to get where I want to be. No one handed me my degree and no one's handing me anything now. And you know what? I wouldn't have it any other way because I have grown so much as a person because of it. I just wish that other people would see that, as well...