Ever had to do a job that was against your beliefs?
I wondered about this on (last) Monday, for no reason. I had no clue I would be applying for such a job on (last) Tuesday...
I don't mean, "prostitution" when I say against a job your beliefs. That line of work could have moral replication for a religious person. But what I mean is more like "would you challenge your own ethical and moral values, just so you can score couple bucks, or hundreds?"
I guess, for "thousands of $$", some people do, because there is no other explanation for greed of some.
But would you work for, say, the republican party if you were a democrat? Or work for the Serbs if you were the family of a Bosnian victim?
On (last) Tuesday, I actually applied for a job that required a skill I have ( that many don't. Let's call it 'juggling'.) And I left a message to this person saying I am a great juggler, that they should call me back if the job's still available. And as soon as I hang up the phone, I realized this job was for a we-don't-like-jugglers-society.
Oops. Luckily, nobody called me back, which means the job has already gone. But I wondered if any other jugglers -people who have that one skill I have and others don't- have chosen to do the job, for pay. Then, I kept thinking how far would I bend my ethical and moral values for money.
Of course, none of this this would have been a problem at all if I had been doing the line of work/career I had chosen for myself. This was a great wake up call for me. A call that said, I have been doing ridiculous-jobs for money for way too long. I think I need to bring the focus back on what I love doing and am set out to do.
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