I explained to her that just about everyone that worked at that particular store had been laid off from other, higher-paying jobs: the guy she complained about was a computer programmer; the gal behind the counter was a nurse; we have a former office manager, two other computer professionals, two retirees, a graphic artist and me, a web designer, working there at this particular time. I told her that he really cared about doing a proper job, and that I understood his momentary frustration. I also told her that she was welcome to fill out a comment card and mail it in to our corporate offices, and they would dispense the appropriate discipline. She declined and went on her way, seemingly intent that she had gotten her point across. She did, but I don�t think she quite understood it; people who discriminate against others rarely do: they don�t value or respect human life � even their own. I started thinking about how we are losing jobs daily to overseas competition, how people are losing their homes and having to do with substantially less because the only jobs available are service-oriented jobs that pay substantially less, and how little some people are concerned about this situation; it�s a serious situation that everyone in the country should fear: disposable people...Click through and read the entire post. Yesterday, Jack Ricchuito closed the Open Space Technology session at REI with the question: "If you knew that 10,000 people in the region would do the exact same thing that you did in the next 7 days, what would you do?" Well?
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