Look!

Look, everybody is doing it!

How about you?

I bet if you look hard enough you'll see what everybody else is seeing, even if it isn't there.

My Role is?

I am confused!

Sometimes my life is real simply. When I drive my car, I know I am the driver, unless my wife is with me, then I suspect she is really driving. But, for the most part, I know who I am and in that moment and where I am going.

Often times things are not as clear. When speaking, I often don't feel like a speaker, for others don't always seem to be listening.

As a man, I sometimes feel less than that by both my own actions and

the response of others toward me.

As a husband, son, father, neighbor, worker, boss, I often feel as if I am off the mark and not quite doing as I should.

As a customer, I often feel shortchanged for my expected value or service.

At the end of the day I am sometimes confused. But then again I consider my role and perhaps who I thought I was in the moment and then I know the real reason for my response and confusion.

Angry

I worry sometimes about being angry.

I'm angry about gas prices and everyday injustices, about the guy who cut me off in traffic the other day and I'm angry about the weather.

Yea, I know it's not healthy to be angry or even logical to get upset about things you can't control.

But I still feel angry.

I think I am mostly angry about myself for not being able to change things, or control things, or even fix things. I guess if I could, I would lower gas prices, cure the injustice, create more sunny days and get that guy driving lessons.

But if I did that, you would probably get mad at me for having so much power, so much control, and not doing what it is you wanted.

No Need to Care

It is hard to escape it. The indifferent look, the blank stare, the "whatever" response. If you haven't noticed, customer services is at an all time low. People aren't expecting much and it would seem we really aren't getting much in return. If it doesn't work or fit, if it isn't quite right, or doesn't taste as expected, well, too bad. That is just the way it is. You pay and you take your chances.

Perhaps the answer lies within some cultural ,economic and societal changes. People don't have much of a vested interest in their behaviors or jobs anymore.

There isn't the pride, incentive or interest in doing things well. There also isn't a real sense in most people of what is done well and what is not. So, we are often debating about standards that don't exist.

It is hard to give what you never got. So when it comes to the work-a-day world, if you don't know and really don't care, the end results shouldn't be such a surprise.

People

People like to come to their own conclusions, not yours.