I haven't talked about much in the past couple months due to a pending legal matter and what I say here tends to be taken out of context and used against me. So much for free speech! But there is something I want to talk about. Work.
I work part time at the worlds largest retailer. It's a good job, doesn't pay a lot but it fills a need at this point. I would be hungry and homeless without it and I wont be either of those. I like working there, knowing it's not a career is helpful too, but some of my fellow workmates feel differently. They don't grasp the concept of "Just dig the ditch."
Real simple, our job is to, for lack of a better term, to dig the ditch. Figuratively, not literally. We don't really dig ditches in the retail world if you were wondering.
What I mean by dig the ditch is just that. We are not required to nor do we want to be in charge of the ditch. We are not responsible for the length, breadth or depth of the ditch. We do not decide the direction of the ditch. We do not supervise the digging of the ditch. Our job, is to dig the ditch. Too simple a concept for some, yet it is true, we are to dig the ditch.
When our shift is over, we get out of the ditch and go home. Leaving the ditch for others to dig in for a while. We don't worry about the ditch when we are not digging it and I personally don't worry about the ditch when I am digging it. I do my job as best I can, I want no more than the opportunity to continue digging the ditch. But want none of the responsibility of the ditch. I do not want that pay grade because it requires more than I am ever willing to give to a ditch ever again.
Just dig the damn ditch. Stop bitching and pick up your shovel and dig. Life is easier this way.
