Posted by JDNewbie on August 02, 2014 at 20:49:30 from (24.255.197.99):
I didn't want to hi-jack Edd in KY's thread about poor customer service, but he touched on something and I thought I would start a new discussion rather than get his poofed.
My understanding of "American Exceptionalism" is not that Americans are exceptional. As a matter of fact, the fact that there really isn't anything all that special about us is one of the key ideas in "American Exceptionalism". Besides, except for the Native Americans (who I guess technically crossed a land bridge from Asia?), most of us ended up here from somewhere else anyway. Which begs the question of how a such a young country could become so prosperous and powerful in such a short amount of time?
America is exceptional. When the idea of America was first born, a place where people were free to use their talents in pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness, was certainly a new concept. Until America, most people had not lived and did not live in free societies where they govern themselves. Even to this day, more people have lived and died ruled by dictators, tyrants, kings, czars, etc., than have lived free. The freedom to rule ourselves and use our talents for our own betterment in a vast land of endless possibilities really is exceptional.
So, Edd is right. There was absolutely nothing exceptional about these slugs who provided such poor service. In a free society, I guess you have the right to be a moron, but then I guess you have the right to go hungry too! There was a time when an employer could have fired any one of those goobers on the spot, but today the employer would need to document multiple incidences of poor performance, conference with the employee (verbally and in writing), provide training to help correct the issue, and could still end up being sued for discrimination after terminating a poor employee. Perhaps all those things are only responses to grave injustice that would otherwise take place, but I see it differently.
We live in a society that longs to take away any and all consequences for poor behavior. Most really believe they can have their cake and eat it too! Inherent in the freedom to succeed is the possibility of failure. You learn not to touch the stove because it burns you. Today, someone decides it isn't "fair" people get burned. The solution? Nobody gets a stove, or only those the government deems as "qualified" get stoves. Better yet, the government decides everyone will need to get a new "burn-free" stove and then is amazed when it won't actually cook food. Then we have to find another system to solve the problem of eating undercooked food. And it goes on and on.......
Sorry to rant. I hope you really do believe America is an exceptional place, even if some of its inhabitants are less than exceptional. Better yet, do what you can with your talents to make sure it stays that way (one tractor at a time! right?). I'm trying. (poof)
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