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Lockit -> RE: The Homeless Book Club (3/2/2008 11:24:33 AM)
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I heartily agree with domi and Level here! We live in an instant gratification society. Fast food, not a lack of good education... but a poor educational system, poor parenting... and on and on. This is in part why I said that homelessness is not easy to define or understand. I do believe in spankings and many other things that some um's need and are not getting because they are so darned cute that parents are permissive or because of some idiot confusing abuse with parenting. It results in what Padriag has experienced in trying to find decent employee's and many other things. I was an employer and I really relate to Padriag's experiences. Sometimes you want to give people a chance and you can't. You almost have to have a no tolerance attitude.
I once took over a crew for my ex. I had to pick those guys up every morning, drag them out of bed and wait until their sluggish bodies were in the truck and ready to go. After about three mornings of this insanity, I decided I wasn't doing it anymore, I didn't care how understanding my ex was because he partied with them. I told them that if they weren'r ready the next morning when I pulled up, I was leaving, heading right to the welfare office and would find single mothers that wanted their ten dollars an hour and who wanted the work to support their families. (Ten dollars an hour was a lot of money back then.) I never had to wait again.
We have to take a tough stand on people who won't be accountable, but there are so many things in society that have brought all of this about. It is just too complicated for my brain today... but as domi says... we need to start with education... in the schools and in society in general.
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