These are tough economic times and I believe that as responsible citizens, we are obliged to be mindful of not only being wasteful in our home, but in our community and surroundings as well. One would think that maybe, just maybe, if I am a bit more frugal on spending someone else’s money, then one less person will lose a job, and one less company will post losses, and one less company will go bankrupt, and…. Just maybe.
Twelve days ago the younger 4teen got into a car accident that was not his fault. Fortunately no one was physically or emotionally (very important) hurt. The front of the car is severely damaged and you can only imagine the extent of the headaches that follow such an accident. The other party’s insurance called right away and acted upon doing all the right things by assuming responsibility to fix the car and also providing a rental. Me, on the other hand, being impressed by the efficiency, thought that the whole ordeal will be resolved fast, denied the rental, thinking to myself, why waste the insurance company’s funds if we can get by in a few days.
Big mistake! The person in charge of our account was changed and the new person was/is a bit lazy and procrastinator. Despite the fact that I provided all the phone numbers and calling the adjuster and hustling to move the process on, she took vacations and was totally out of the loop and asked for the duplicate information trying to blame other people for things dragging for the whole twelve days. Furthermore, when I requested a rental after a ten days, she shamelessly told me that since I have denied the first right, I may not be entitled. At that point, I lost my cool and told her that maybe I should talk to her supervisor, and miraculously things are moving along now.
How is it that I am after the welfare of the company that provides her bread and butter, yet she does not care a bit? Maybe, just maybe, some people do get their jobs for granted. I don’t know how she gets away by doing such a lousy job and still manages to be employed. Is this how we got into this mess to begin with, not caring whose funds we are spending or how bad a job we are doing? How did we get here? Were we always there or is it something sort of new? Are the parents at fault or is it the society who should tab the burden of irresponsibility? Am I a dying breed who feels that way?
The way I see it, we, as a society, are becoming a me me me me culture and we sometimes forget that at the end someone has to pay. Or maybe just maybe, we know that someone has to pay, but we don’t care who, until it becomes personal. I am so sorry for the corporate America, because they will be facing a severe rude awakening.
