I have seen Idiocracy:) It is quite hilarious.

And funny enough I have Atlas Shrugged on my bookshelf and have not read it yet but it is on the list to read soon. Seems people that know me keep pointing me to that book and tell me I will enjoy it.

BTW, got your email, I will be in contact in a couple days. Thanks!

Right now I’m reading a wonderful book about hard work and earnest efforts: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Written in the late ’50s, so I think it proves the attitude of “entitlement” stretches back at least several generations– though I will agree with 60 Minutes this problem appears to be growing.

If you haven’t seen the movie ‘Idiocracy’, check out the first few minutes for a hilarious take on the root cause of this lackluster attitude so pervasive among Americans today.

I have been in the position of hiring people too. It was in the very bizarre entertainment industry. I went through 10 different candidates for the simple job of FRONT DESK SECRETARY. Can’t tell you the real oddballs that came in that I just said “we’ll call you” after about 3 minutes.

Finally I found one person, older with some experience. She acted as if she knew what to do, but because i was producing a national TV production in Las Vegas at the time, I think she was waiting for her chance. Her chance came:

During the show, we collected ticket sales and sponsorship fees remaining for the contestants, somewhere in the amount of about $30,000. It was her job to collect that money.

This “Front Desk Secretary” collecte the cash and carried a wad of about $15k in her purse on the first day. I asked her to give all the cash she collected to me and she actually said “i’ve got it under control, I have to account for it…” !!!!!!! WHAT!

lol, I said “give me the cash right now”. and she did, but unwillingly. She gave me the stink eye for the next three days, and I asked hotel personnel to collect ticket fees, which I paid them for. I fired her after the show. What was sad was she had the ability to handle production issues, but she had financial problems that I think seduced her into maybe pocketing cash she shouldn’t have. I couldn’t prove it, but I came up about $5k short.

Anyway, finding a good, honest employee is hard. But you can tell pretty quickly by these three factors:

1) on time
2) dressed nice
3) looking you in the eye, asking about the company, and what you want from her/him.

I know what you mean

@TeenDomainer/Brian – You are a step above many adults in your professional manner already. It is great to see people like yourself coming up in the ranks:)

Brian Diener

Good luck on the Staff search.