SOOOOOO Been awhile!

Hello!!!! well it sure has been awhile since I've been on here!!! Crazy how fast time is flying! Since I've been on last my first born son has turned three my daughter is about to turn one, I've decided to stop doing one of my own businesses and gotten comparably busy in my newest occupation... So there is a little update, I'm still not totally sure what to post on here, so I'll just use it as a journal type thing to get things off my chest and hopefully someone else can relate to me if not learn from me!!!

So I'll take ya back to my senior year of high school, which was about 7 years ago, anyway I was working at the local gas station (where I still fill in part-time it's hard to leave when I get paid so well-most people don't think of being a convenience store clerk/worker pays well, but if you show you are worth the money trust me someone will pay you what you deserve...anyway) where I was only making minimum wage, at that time was fine, I lived at home, didn't have rent or that much in bills besides my car payment, insurance and anything else I wanted (including clothes, going out, etc). I always thought my parents were unbelievably strict with me, but now I see why and I will be the same to my children hoping they realize later on in life why I raised them the way I did.

Just for a little insight on this I know for a fact I'm not the only one that was raised like this! So don't get me wrong I'm totally not saying I had the worst childhood ever, I'm just saying it was tough and full of lessons. I had to have a good grades in all of my classes otherwise I would be grounded until the next report card came out, and I am not great with geometry or biology, so basically I was grounded most of the time (i might be a little more lenient on that), but I could work while being "grounded" so I think that's why I enjoyed it so much!!!!! A break from babysitting as well as a break from hearing about my average grade in geometry or what have you.

So anyways I loved working at the gas station, I would offer to work whenever he needed me to, particularly because I was not in any sports (unathletic) or any extra cirricular activities except choir.  Also I had a lot of siblings, 8 not including me, in fact, so the time I didn't spend working at the station I was either babysitting, doing chores or homework or sleeping. Working at the station was more fun then work .. back then, I worked with a few girls in my class and a few upper classmen, but it was fun we did our work, talked, enjoyed each other and well we were getting paid! :) Life was different back then, not just for me for the world itself, kids were hardworking, dependable, and honest. Of course you had the occasional ones whose work ethic was barely there, but for the most part all the teens I worked with, were hardworking and got the stuff done without complaining.

Today it is so hard to find just a "warm body" (as my boss calls it) to stand at the till and essentially ring people up and get it right, as well as being polite. I never understood, but I think everyday I realize why kids are so different and harder to deal with today. I never changed my work ethic but yet the job seemed to get more difficult/stressful. Do you want to know why?! Because parents these days do not structure their kids like my friends and I had it.  Parents these days don't care enough to check up on their children at work make sure they are doing a good job, make sure they are actually showing up to work and getting the work done that should be getting done, (WHICH IS NOT THAT HARD). Anyway after a couple years of dealing with the kids in society today, my boss just gave up he doesn't expect much from them and in return he's not AS disappointed. The morning help just has more todo because we have to make up for the kids at night not doing anything. Which is fine we have a routine that gets done everyday. But some days I just wonder how they would react if they didn't get paid until they did the work that was asked of them?(I know withholding wages is illegal, but imagine if it wasn't - do you think you deserve your paycheck every pay period? It's not you NEED it for the cost of life etc, just think about it, is the time you put in worth the paycheck you receive? If so GREAT! :) If not think of this do you think the kids at night think about that? Or do you think they think they are entitled to it... Get what I'm saying?)

Like I said I don't mind working, love it actually getting out of the house for a few hours and getting paid to do what I know how.  That's also the main reason I do not go and work for someone else, I'm comfortable where I am, I know what I need to do, I know what needs to get done absolutely and what can wait. But I wish the kids that are now 16-19 had the same life I did and they would know it's not that bad it could be a lot worse yet!!! Maybe just maybe they would enjoy their paychecks a little more than they do... So I have went off on many tangents in this small post and this isn't even half of what I want to post on this blog, I really could keep typing for days before I get everything that runs through my head out on a hard copy. But I think this is enough for now, I'm going to really try and post weekly(ie. every sunday, or every wednesday). I am quite busy so we'll see how this works out.

Anyways sorry about that frustration! haha