Work Ethics

Hmm? According to the American Heritage Dictionary, work ethics is a set of values based on the moral virtues of hard work and diligence. What has brought this on you ask? Let me tell you!

I received a telephone call from my neighbor about 8:30 one morning. She asked if I was aware that a truck was parked on the side of our house (we are a corner house) blocking our RV gate. Our neighbor was concerned because this particular street seems to be a chosen drop off place for stolen vehicles. I called crime stop to report an abandoned vehicle so that it could be towed away. I also called my dear hubby because he was on duty (he is a police officer) and hoped that he could use some type of professional courtesy or something like that to speed up the process. I know, very tacky of me but I did it anyway. I’m glad I did!

A police officer showed up within 30 minutes which impressed me because this is a low priority call and I wasn’t expecting anyone for a couple hours or so. During this time, my husband messaged this guy and asked him to call because he knew that this officer was known for begin lazy and not wanting to do anything that required some type of effort on his part. My husband had to convince him to do his job! This officer didn’t want to do anything but put a red tag on the window and after so many days if the owner doesn’t claim it the truck would be towed. Well, according to dear hubby this could be reported as a possible stolen and the truck would then be impounded thus taken off our street.

I, as the citizen that reported a possible crime, wanted the result of my complaint to be the removal of the truck from my street. To accomplish this type of result and make the citizens this officer works for happy, he would have to do some paper work which would be somewhat time consuming, but part of his job. This officer actually told my husband that he was just a lazy man and didn’t want to do any extra work! Needless to say, within 2 hours after I made the original call to crime stop the truck was towed.

This officer and those people in other customer service professions that choose this work ethic need to understand they need to conform to the elements of the environment they work in, or transfer to an environment that envelopes their beliefs. This is the person that is always asking why they are passed up for that promotion, or why the majority of complaints concern them.

I have had this type of experience dealing with offices that are from both the private sector and the public sector, so we can’t blame this on being a government employee!