Forcing the Pen and Laziness

Ok, so my muse hasn't exactly been rattling my cage lately, but I figure I'd better post soon or my writer's block will end up being a full blown creative collapse. Yeah, I know that didn't make much sense, but now you're getting an idea of what kind of mind-set I've been in lately. The idea here is that I'm tired of trying to force my figurative pen against the proverbial page for the sake of flexing the ol' writing muscles. Who said that working that muscle or not working it would result in me losing my writing ability?

Oh, right... that was me.

Nevertheless, sometimes just getting it out onto the page can sometimes spark the creative libido. In my opinion, that's still like trying to jump-start a Mack truck with a joy buzzer, but at this point I'll try anything to get some coherent sentences out.

There is a topic that's been of interest now and again that I have been debating on writing about, but it's so petty that it didn't warrant a whole blog post in my opinion. Still, I'm in a literary doldrums right now so I'll give it a shot: Laziness.

Ironic, no?

I work with some dedicated people, let me open with that statement. Every day we strap on a phone headset and get to work solving the problems of a host of medical professionals. Naturally, most calls are pleasant, some make the job worth it, and some make you wonder why you rolled out of bed that day. Just the same, everyone comes to fight through the call queue and support the team to the best of our ability... except one person.

Now, I'm not going to suggest that this person comes to work and just sits there; far from it. The fact is that the co-worker in question does everything in their power to LOOK like they're busy, but fails miserably. Not sure which is worse, but it makes it that much harder for management to fire their ass when they appear to be working. The soapbox moment here for me is this: how is it that someone can spend so much time and energy trying to work the system when they could spend a fraction of it ACTUALLY WORKING? So much is spent on the useless creativity of trying to get by with as little work as possible, yet all of that could be channelled into being a productive member of the team. The sad fact is that this person isn't really here even when they are present, and could care less that they are part of the team let alone support it. Consequently, it's annoying for the rest of us since they don't pull their weight, and it's a morale killer because they openly show that they really don't want to be here. Ultimately, the idea that a "rotten apple spoils the bunch" completely applies here, and such laziness accomplishes nothing else but sucking the energy out of the rest of the team.

If it were up to me, I'd have them dropped in a hearbeat for the simple fact that their actions are a slap in the face for those that spend the majority of the time doing everything they can to advance the performance of the team, and they actually think they are fooling someone in this process. Truthfully, it's insulting to think their petty attempts at appearing to be effective at their job is actually working, and I'd just as soon tell them where to stick their lousy attitude than I would offer them a lick of assistance in their poor attempts to maintain any sort of productivity illusions. On the one hand, I feel sorry for such a waste of effort and creativity. On the other hand, someone should fire their pathetic carcass for taking up employment space in a job-deprived economy just to teach them a lesson about valuing what they have by TAKING IT THE F*** AWAY FROM THEM!

Sorry, this has been building up for a few months now. At any rate, that's the entry I'm entering and I'm sticking to it. Hopefully it won't be another 4 months before my next rant, but if it is I'll try to break out the joy buzzer and see if it'll turn the monster truck over again.