September 07, 2017 02:55PM | Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 7,313
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Old Goat
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dzrams
If the guys are “one” play away from never playing again, wouldn’t they be justified in primarily looking out for their interest in getting paid?
What would you do if you were putting your health on the line for your job? Trading your life for dollars!
You wouldn’t make sure that you maximize those dollars asap?
Trading your life for dollars.... every time you punch the clock, right bro?
Difference is, I sign a contract and I'm held to it unless I can negotiate a better deal. If I stopped coming to work, I'd lose my leverage fairly quick. Yes, someone will pay me to work for them, they always do. But I'll have burned a bridge and put that mark on myself. Makes it that much harder to get the next job I want.
This ordeal isn't much different than many other things, but it is fascinating to watch it pulled apart as though it is.
This ordeal is quite different than other jobs.
I presume you don't have a job that locks you into the same employer where you can't escape even if you wanted to right?
And you missed the point about the 'trading life for dollars' statement. We all trade time for money.
But we don't all trade time for a shorter life expectancy.
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