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<blockquote data-quote="dannyboy" data-source="post: 583568" data-attributes="member: 484"><p>I hate to add to what tie said, but maybe this might help.</p><p> </p><p>Having been a foster parent, I have seen people living in absolute filth. Being a UPS driver also brought me in contact with people that live that way. Trash from last year still on the porch. Come to think about it, for a lot longer than that. Not poor mind you. Seen lots of people very poor that live in a clean home. Not one I would want to live in but clean.</p><p> </p><p>It is funny how people will sit there and bitch about their lot in life. So much so that some times, well meaning people will try to help out.</p><p> </p><p>Remember one of our first foster kids. They lived in a shack with electricity, and running water. Clothes that smelled of urine and alcohol lined each room. Several beds were also there, none with sheets, only blankets. The pots and pans had not been cleaned in a week or so, even though there was evidence that meals had been cooked over what was cooked before. There was 6 or more inches of debris on the kitchen floor. You get my drift.</p><p> </p><p>Well, since the dad was "disabled" (enough to work maybe but not to produce his own grandchildren) there was a group that got involved. The people did own about 4 acres, so about 100 feet away from the shack, they built them a new home, three bedrooms, a bath, kitchen and den. Complete with oil furnace.</p><p> </p><p>Winter time came, they ran out of oil. So instead of using his disability checks, they moved back into the shack, and tore down the house as fire wood to burn in the wood stove in the shack. Sold all the stuff that wouldn't burn. All that remains is the block foundation. True story.</p><p> </p><p>UPS is kinda like that family. You can wallow in the bad stuff that happens, and as long as you do, you will be the most miserable person there. No matter how much UPS pays, no matter how many days they let you have off, 8 hour days, etc etc, you will still find you are unhappy.</p><p> </p><p>Its a mindset. Unless you pull yourself out of the self pity rut, nothing will change. I speak from experience. I had the same problem for several years.</p><p> </p><p>Unless you change you, you will never be able to change anything around you for the better. All you will do is end up an old bitter person that has nothing good to say about anything.</p><p> </p><p>So first, work on attitude. Then work to change your lot in life. Unless you push to get things changed, nothing will change. Why should someone else waste their time on getting things changed for you, when you are like that family, you prefer to do nothing to help yourself.</p><p> </p><p>One man can make a difference at UPS, Two can make an impact, more will make a revolution. Get involved, change those things you can, deal with and accept those you cant.</p><p> </p><p>d</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dannyboy, post: 583568, member: 484"] I hate to add to what tie said, but maybe this might help. Having been a foster parent, I have seen people living in absolute filth. Being a UPS driver also brought me in contact with people that live that way. Trash from last year still on the porch. Come to think about it, for a lot longer than that. Not poor mind you. Seen lots of people very poor that live in a clean home. Not one I would want to live in but clean. It is funny how people will sit there and bitch about their lot in life. So much so that some times, well meaning people will try to help out. Remember one of our first foster kids. They lived in a shack with electricity, and running water. Clothes that smelled of urine and alcohol lined each room. Several beds were also there, none with sheets, only blankets. The pots and pans had not been cleaned in a week or so, even though there was evidence that meals had been cooked over what was cooked before. There was 6 or more inches of debris on the kitchen floor. You get my drift. Well, since the dad was "disabled" (enough to work maybe but not to produce his own grandchildren) there was a group that got involved. The people did own about 4 acres, so about 100 feet away from the shack, they built them a new home, three bedrooms, a bath, kitchen and den. Complete with oil furnace. Winter time came, they ran out of oil. So instead of using his disability checks, they moved back into the shack, and tore down the house as fire wood to burn in the wood stove in the shack. Sold all the stuff that wouldn't burn. All that remains is the block foundation. True story. UPS is kinda like that family. You can wallow in the bad stuff that happens, and as long as you do, you will be the most miserable person there. No matter how much UPS pays, no matter how many days they let you have off, 8 hour days, etc etc, you will still find you are unhappy. Its a mindset. Unless you pull yourself out of the self pity rut, nothing will change. I speak from experience. I had the same problem for several years. Unless you change you, you will never be able to change anything around you for the better. All you will do is end up an old bitter person that has nothing good to say about anything. So first, work on attitude. Then work to change your lot in life. Unless you push to get things changed, nothing will change. Why should someone else waste their time on getting things changed for you, when you are like that family, you prefer to do nothing to help yourself. One man can make a difference at UPS, Two can make an impact, more will make a revolution. Get involved, change those things you can, deal with and accept those you cant. d [/QUOTE]
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