Pat Yourself on the Back....cuz No One Else is Gonna ;)

Evening Laborers and Grunts! Today we pay tribute to the under appreciated masses of twenty-something that while grateful for having a job, could use a "good game" pat once in awhile. Most of us would kill for a simple "thank you" or "well done" from the boss but we wouldn't dare say anything, cuz who are we but the foundation upon which many of these organizations rely, especially with the glorious baby boomers rocketing into retirement.

Well I say, why wait for your boss to reward you for a job well done. REWARD YOURSELF. If you usually eat lunch at your desk, take yourself out to lunch. Go out for a drink with friends after work. Treat yourself to a frosty on the way home. Do something little that makes you feel good. If we spend our professional lives waiting for someone to thank us for our hard work, we will probably be seeing social security or retirement first.

That being said, lets not make others wait till we're in charge (which we will be someday....muuuahahaha!) Make sure you say thank you or good job to people that you work with. They are probably just as starved for gratitude as you are, no matter what age they are.

I will start...

Thank you girl at Wendy's for being so chipper and upbeat during the lunch rush, chicken nuggets taste a little better when I receive them with a smile instead of a sneer.

Thank you mail guy that always stops in my office to see if I need stamps. I never do, but maybe tomorrow.

Thank you every twenty-something who ever did your boss' job and they got the credit, who worked overtime and didn't get paid for it, who took the call that no one else would take, who worked through a lunch hour, who felt really really good about a project that they did but no one else noticed or recognized how great it was. You are incredible. Your ideas are going to fuel the future and take this grin-and-bear-it generation to unseen levels of success and achievement. So keep on keepin' on. Support yourself and each other. You are not alone.

Food for thought to the bosses of today: If you are going to take credit for the rain today, don't complain when we leave and people blame you for the drought.

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