Loyalty or stupidity?
you be the judge. Okay so here’s a story of a person that might be too loyal or stupid or perhaps something else.
My uncle inherited a family business, a tile and gravestone factory. Back in the day around the 90’s there were around 40 workers. The business was first managed by my late grandfather and it was thriving. All of the workers were young folks in their 20’s and often single. Their perks of working was a meal 2x/day as well as a board room if their house was far away. Some of them worked with my grandfather until they got married and had a family. Then around the 2000s, my grandfather passed. Some of them resigned and since my uncle inherited it, the business didn’t do really well. It was stagnant and I don’t know what happened but one by one, all the workers left. Some even opened their own store and got successful selling and making the same thing.
Long story short, only one person remained. It’s safe to say that he has worked with the family for over 29 years and even more. Sometimes I wondered how much he was getting paid but a few months ago, I heard that daily he got paid around $3-4 working from 9AM to 5PM. He has a family and strangely, he got by and I don’t even know the reason he worked with my uncle. If he was being rational about his needs and in this economy, he would have left and worked elsewhere. I mean,$95 is too little because I know my uncle couldn’t afford to pay more since the business didn’t do really well either.
Does he do that because it was a hobby and passing the time? From the looks of it, he first owned cycle and had to travel for more than 30 minutes to reach the place, then these days he has a motorbike but an old styled one. I still don’t know what’s his motivation and while a lot of his peers have owned similar things and did so well, he stayed with my family. During certain holidays he’s usually given bonuses as well as daily needs. But even then, I don’t even know anybody that in this today’s age would be willing to work like him.
Did he do that out of loyalty because perhaps back in the day, my grandfather had helped him? beats me but even then, is it worth it sacrificing years of your life doing the same thing and getting paid so little?
I thought about that today because I saw him and it crossed my mind on how long he has worked in the family. I just don’t get it when someone doesn’t have a lot of aspirations to better their life. Honestly, just like how my uncle only took the business seriously in recent years. He started investing in it a little and every now and then, I am seeing him make sales. There are some improvements that can be made especially with the sign of the business. It was not too apparent and hasn’t been changed since the 90’s somehow it also affected me because whenever there’s a package, they have to go around the circle just to find the store. So, one of the things I can do is improve the google map and its online presence & I already did it.
I don’t know if that was stupidity but after having a little conversation with my mom, I think some people just love the comfort of doing the same routine. Besides, these people are also seasonal farmers with an extra income. I think older people also have different types of outlook in life, unlike younger generations where I normally see them jumping from one place to another.
I do admire when people have that kind of loyalty. In today’s age, it’s hard to find someone who is willing to work in the same place for years without ever thinking of quitting. Perhaps it’s just us, the younger generation who needs a lot more things and that we just have different ways of growing up that make us want more things in life.
I was supposed to be talking more but I am done with my morning coffee. See you tomorrow morning...
 | 𝘔𝘢𝘤 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘢 & 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘳 . 𝘈 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨, 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯! 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘱𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘈 𝘳𝘦-𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰. |
This!!!
I think your grandfather treated him right and maybe in his head, he owes him his loyalty not minding the hands who currently owns the business. He feels appreciated there because if he doesn't, it's in our nature to walk away from places we aren't needed or appreciated.
Yeah, that's what my mom said too. Not everyone can be appreciative of our work too. So, perhaps it's that way. I thought he was only working for 29 years but apparently he has worked for over 35 years. It's really long to be doing the same thing in the same place.
35 years? That's a lot. I don't even know what to say anymore but tbh I want to think it's stupidity😂
It's rare to see people who are that loyal.
In life, some things are worth more than money. Maybe he feels appreciated, cared for, and also important at the factory, you can't find that everywhere.
And just like your mum said, maybe he loves the comfort of doing the same routine.
Sometimes it still bothers me how there's a person getting a little too comfortable like that but I guess, he does love the comfort. Thanks for checking out!
Good morning!
Some people are really satisfied with what they are doing and for me it is better than doing well and having good job or income but not satisfied with your job/work. I just recently saw this video clip of "Neil deGrasse Tyson" saying if you want to be happy do something (as a career) which you would happily do for free.
I don't know that old man's motivation but as you said he could just be very comfortable and don't want to look for something else. So many different personalities all around us!
I think it's about being respected and he probably feels comfortable enough with the job. In this economy, finding job alone is challenging so, it could be one of his consideration. Thanks for checking out, hope to see you in my next mornings too.
He's hard working and courageous and he loves what he does
Indeed!