[redwitch]

All of these things didn't happen to me or my clients. Some of it did but some of it is things I have heard from others. I just don't understand how people can do that.

If you say you're going to do something, you do it. There's no excuse for committing, especially if people are paying you, and then not doing.

If you're responsible for someone's property, you do your best to take care of it. You certainly don't disrespect it by having a bbq in the back yard or borrowing their big screen tv for a super bowl party in your home.

If you're trying to start a business, you work hard to get clients. You let your friends, neighbors, etc. know you're actively looking. You don't go after someone else's clients unless you know the client is unhappy with the services being given. I'm lucky. My clients like me and like the work I do, so have not lost a client to others. I have lost a couple of potential clients who I was scheduled to meet with but hooked up with someone else before our appointment. It happens. How it happens is what bothers me.

You do check the laws and make sure you're not breaking them. Just as importantly, you don't skirt them. It just isn't worth the risk.

Yet, I have seen or heard of all of these types of things happening. I honestly don't understand. I don't understand the person who is willing to be so unethical. I don't understand those willing to use people who use someone who has misused their property or abused their trust. I don't understand how someone would want to deal with another who you know is trying to steal your business for another. I don't understand those who are willing to skirt the law nor use those who will do that.

This really isn't about me. It's about the appalling lack of ethics from a generation that I thought was extremely ethical (thankfully, by a minority but enough of a minority to stand out). The young adults and older teens of the 50s and 60s are looked upon as a moral compass. Yet, it seems this moral compass goes right out the window when people think they can get away with something. I really would like to understand how and why this happens. I. just. don't. get. it.