stlouiedipalma;698629 wrote:ernest,
I have a great deal of sympathy for anyone who is looking down the barrel of a pay cut or a potential job loss. It's very difficult and stressful. I'm sure it's made even more so when we have the equivalence of class warfare, when it seems that everyone is treating public employees as thieves of some sort.
That said, you've come to the wrong forum if you are looking for sympathy. I think the official Ohio Chatter policy on sympathy is something like this:
"If you're looking for sympathy, you'll find it in the dictionary somewhere between shit and syphillis."
I don't agree with it, but it is what it is. A lot of folks here seem to embrace that philosophy though.
One can certainly sympathize with the situation, but let me use a more extreme parallel from the movie 'The Replacements'. When the NFL players are being asked about striking, one of them uses the line (pardon me if I butcher it): "Do you know how much it costs to insure a Ferrari?"
In the example, people of a remarkably better-than-average sitz im leben are absurdly out of touch with how the rest of the country lives, and what they perceive to be hardship is still considered luxury by the rest of society.
On a lesser scale, it's the same idea. Having a pay freeze alone would be considered by many to be a wonderful luxury. Some view $12.50 an hour as a hardship, while many other see it as a norm.
To hear complaints about the same things that many of us would consider a blessing can be incredibly aggravating, as many will be thinking, "Why on EARTH are you complaining? Don't you see how lucky you are?"
That isn't to say that they don't like any individual in that position. It's the position itself that can be aggravating.
coach_bob1;698745 wrote:My wife just saw how much her pay will be cut. She currently makes $20.41 per hour. Her pay will be cut to $12.95 per hour. And we have been informed that our daughter's occupational therapy will not be covered.
Ah. Extrapolated out, that's close to what I make.
stlouiedipalma;698812 wrote:How long before we see ad banners on this site ripping the public employees? We see all the anti-Obama stuff, I figure the other isn't far behind.
AdSense isn't really anything anyone here gets to control. That's controlled in Silicon Valley.
CenterBHSFan;698916 wrote:Seems like some person/group is getting paid to work folks up into a lather.
They're doing their job.
It does seem to be working.
ay to Play” glad those of you in the Public Sector are joining the rest of the team. 
