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My analogy would be:"If I had to shovel sh*t, I'd be the best damn sh*t shoveler there is!"
I agree that personal pride is a driving factor for those of us that actually worked for a living (I mean menial, hard labor work).
Desk jockies aren't quite the same, although the stress and BS can make them qualify when dealing with the public.
I'm not saying anyone doesn't work hard, but a lot of pride in workmanship comes from physical labor, where you develop a sense of pride in your work.
When I was in my teens there was a program in the Boston area called "Rent a Kid" where elderly residents could hiere a kid to do work for minimum wage. I did everything from painting. landscaping, general upkeep of properties and met some very interesting people along the way. When I left for the day, I left with a feeling of pride and ALWAYS got a shining review when the program called the customers on the job I ha d done.
I would say that it prepared me for the real world in a sense that hard work and a sense of personal pride do go a long way.
One aspect of my recent office positions is the "hop-scotching" from job to job and company to company.
I always thought that company loyalty was a given for job security, but I have learned that companies no longer think that way.
The thinking has gone to "the squeaky wheel gets the oil" (Conplain and get what you want, at the expense of everyone else.) and "let's reward the person that just left a competitor and came to us, so that they can do the same to us in a couple of months/years". (I'll apply at a competitor, get a raise that way, instead of working my way up the ranks, and I'll leapfrog my way up the corporate ladder without any real experience. Oh. and I'll do it again in a year and go back to the first company and start the process all over again!)
Our country's employment motto should be (in your best south-of-the-boarder accent) "It's not my yob!"
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