This has nothing to do with my TED talk, but it is just something that was on my mind with Thanksgiving approaching quickly... why is it that people feel the need to bitch about things all the time? I have seen it all the time especially on college campus and I think it has become more and more prevalent. The sad thing is i'm not sure if it is the non-realistic college world or something else going on, but people complain to start conversations. Did you have that at lunch it was disgusting or did you see this on campus it was awful. Parking, meal plans, underpaid, bla, bla, bla! I'm sorry but who cares. It is almost thanksgiving and people should be thankful for what they have. We just recently had our RA in-service which is a time where all the RA's on campus come together and all get on the same page. This happens once a month and this month it was a huge bitchfest! Everyone was asking for a raise, or for meal plans to be paid for, cut back the amount of work we have to do, bla, bla, bla!
Personally, I was getting so fed up because 1. we signed up for the job. Yes, it may not be glamorous all the time, but it has its perks and we get free housing! That is somewhere around $10,000 a year and people are complaining about pay. They should be thankful to have the job since there are only 84 RA's on campus and over 200 people who came out interested in the RA position.
This is just one example, but I have been noticing it all too often and it is pretty upsetting. With Thanksgiving quickly approaching my hope is people not only be thankful for what they have on one day of the year, but to take that attitude and apply it more everyday. We are lucky to have what we have and have who we have in our lives. I hope that everyone can appreciate that a bit more often than one day a year.
