Posted on 11/17/2009 9:07:09 PM PST by WayneLusvardi
The editor of this blog bought a wristwatch tonight at the last of Pasadena's old-line chain department stores, now under a different corporate name. The sales clerk, "Donna," and I struck up a conversation. Donna is from the United Kingdom and she says she originally migrated to the U.S. because things were more honest here.
Interestingly, Donna related that she now works two jobs as she is occupationally displaced due to the financial meltdown. She now works as a retail sales manager in the jewelry department of a major department store and does part time consulting in risk management. Her former employer was one of the mortgage banking giants and their headquarters were in Southern California, with a satellite operation here in Pasadena. Her position with this nation-wide mortgage bank, which shall remain unnamed at her request, was risk manager.
I asked Donna if she could say one thing about this mortgage bank what would it be? She replied without hesitation "it was corrupt from the top down." This is an interesting statement for someone who served in the capacity of risk manager.
Donna said if she could say one thing it would be "what is so hard about doing the right thing?" She repeated this phrase several times while I spoke with her. She said that she repeats it often in the hope that it will spread. Donna says that the U.S. has gotten corrupt over the last 15 years. She thinks it is long past due to reverse this.
I asked Donna about the pin she was wearing on her blouse. She said it was a Christian cross. It was an oddly shaped cross like two curved lines crossing -- sort of a disguised cross not meant to offend or to give rise to a customer complaint or any management disciplinary action. Donna was proud of this cross and her distinguished customer service pin.
The Internet has the potential to create ripples from small stones dropped into the pond of the world wide web. So I will repeat Donna's message for her: "Why is it so hard to do the right thing?"
I wonder which nation-wide lender she speaks of?? LOL!
It has long been my contention that socialism is totally corrupting of morality. As government interference in public life increases, people resort to subterfuge and dishonesty to get around it.
Also, usually with socialism governments try to reduce religious involvement. A personal relationship with God tends to keep people honest. But when the only authority a person recognizes is an overbearing state, it is only natural that a person will become deceptive.
When it’s so rewarding to not “do the right thing”, why would she even ask the question?
Went right by me. Reminds me of some comedian Letterman? used to have on years ago that was doing a complaint routine about an airline ... “I’m not going to say which airline it was, but it was an AMERICAN airline.”
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