Paid to Suck

The more I think about this the more evident it becomes, a great deal of people are being paid to suck. It isn't just sucking at what they do, it's also sucking the life from themselves, the people around them or society in general.

The good news is as the sucking gets closer and closer to critical mass it becomes more and more obvious that a paradigm shift is inevitable. I'd like to help people make the transition... and in helping themselves possibly learn how to help their neighbors, friends and family as well, suck less.

But first, lets examine the evidence that... indeed a great deal of people are paid to suck at what they do... and some are rewarded handsomely.

Unfortunately, society has been formed into a top down pyramid structure. This mindset is very evident... there is a small number of people at the top and a large group at the bottom. The folks at the top have control and the ones at the bottom don't. Why we have chosen to live this way isn't really clear, it isn't blatantly obvious that there are alternatives but their are. In any case, the first step to changing is acknowledging where we are at. The medium that perpetuates this 'pay for sucking' is the central banking and fiat money system. By extending credit to those who suck and printing money to pay for sucking, sucking has become a major industry.

In general, it's easy to sharp-shoot those near the top... it's very evident that folks like politicians do a very good job sucking these days. Billionaires like Donald Trump suck a great deal, he's owned more bankrupt businesses than the average person has credit cards... but look, he's a billionaire. A bit further down even Nobel prize winners are not an exception. The highly educated people like Scientists, Doctors, Lawyers can pretty much suck as well. If you call them on their sucking they just point to the system and shrug. But as the old saying goes "S**t rolls down hill" and at the bottom, just by volume alone, sucking is the most prevalent. Poor service is an occurrence daily, bad attitudes are abundant, try calling customer service or return a inferior product... it's highly likely one will find people sucking at what they do. The education system has prepared us to suck and in that regard it works well.



And this isn't just because we've adopted a sucky system. People are actually paid to suck. For example, it's pretty obvious with the recent events in the news that allot of police suck. And when they suck really bad they get paid leave or a cushy desk job for awhile while the outrage settles down... and then on to more sucking. Anyone who has received a bill from the telephone company, electric or utility company with an error on it. These aren't true errors, these, in many cases are accounting efforts to pad the bottom line. They have come to the conclusion that the majority of customers wont spend the time to make the correction. It sucks but it pays (in the short term). If one looks at the average American these days, they are 'rewarded' with credit even before they have a job. Student loans for college degrees that have no applicable use seem to be skyrocketing and if you spend 5-6 years and put yourself in debt for $100,000 to get a degree that is useless... that sucks too.

Pride is certainly a weakness that is used by the system to keep people from admitting they're sucking. As I stated above, someone that dedicates 6 years of their life and goes a hundred grand in debt to graduate at the top of their class at some useless occupation. What worse is if they get paid to continue sucking. Like being a professor of suckage. It's going to be difficult to look within themselves and determine they suck... but that's what in fact, has happen.

With all this in mind, maybe we can come up with a way to identify the suckage in our own sphere. We can look for the warning signs and symptoms that might lead us to acknowledge we are being paid and encouraged to suck and then readjust our own lives to sucking less and by doing so make the world a better place.

We can certainly have fun poking others as well when they suck... but remember pride is the weakness most suffer from. If you poke too hard you could get a nasty response.

I tend to believe there are signs and symptoms of sucking that can be identified. One, is the absence of retaining one's principles. If a job requires a person to abandon their principles it's highly likely they're being paid to suck.  Two, if people look at the person as they do their job as if they suck or even say it under their breath, it's probably another indicator they are being paid to suck. Three, at the end of a person's day, they come home tired and angry because they've had a 'hard day'... it's very likely to be because because they suck. These are just a few examples of the numerous indicators that could be used to determine the job someone does has a high suckage factor but take heart, their are methods and techniques that can be used to reduce the sucking... and possibly even turn the daily suckfest into an opportunity to brighten the future for everyone.

A few suggestions on sucking less... As a person does their job, it's ok to feel free to acknowledge the sucking. If one has to work with others, it's ok to take them aside and let them know that ereryone understands that this does indeed suck. Just addressing the suckage will ease their and everyone else's suffering. Next, try to establish some principles, restoring one's dignity can do wonders for their self-image. Third, and this might be drastic but if the suckage is at critical levels, their health and mental well being is at stake, quit! These are just a few, there is a myriad of others and in the coming weeks I hope to provide more information on how to suck less.