Get It Straight

Folk need to get it straight; there are no free rides. Everything is going to cost you something. Whether it is money, time, or attention; you will pay a price if you try to get by.

Now, I know, everybody ain't like me, 'take a lickin' and keep on tickin,' but still there are people who know they have to work for what they want, there has to be. I'm disappointed with the quality of workers that come into the job I am at. These folk don't want to do anything, but they want to be paid. Years ago someone gave me this short story:

SHORT STORY

THERE WAS A STORY ABOUT FOUR PEOPLE
NAMED EVERYBODY, SOMEBODY, ANYBODY AND NOBODY

THERE WAS AN IMPORTANT JOB TO BE DONE
AND EVERYBODY WAS SURE THAT
SOMEBODY WOULD DO IT. ANYBODY COULD HAVE DONE IT, NOBODY DID IT.

NOW WHEN SOMEBODY GOT ANGRY ABOUT THAT
BECAUSE IT WAS EVERYBODY'S JOB,
EVERYBODY THOUGHT ANYBODY COULD DO IT, BUT NOBODY REALIZED THAT
EVERYBODY WOULDN'T DO IT.

IT ENDED UP THAT EVERYBODY BLAMED SOMEBODY WHEN NOBODY DID WHAT ANYBODY COULD HAVE DONE.

Let's get it straight people, if you want something; work for it. If you have a job, do it. Stop looking for something for nothing. You are sure to get played, or sure to play yourself.