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Recently, I have had the misfortune of being personally involved with people who just did not have the drive and initiative they needed to get out of tight financial situations.  These people found themselves short of cash, short of food and looking for help.  Listening to their stories of how they found themselves in their predicament made me realize that some people just have a different mindset with regard to work.

Unfortunately, for some they felt like they were owed benefits by the government and they were going to get what was owed to them.  These people had bought off on a concept that is truly not reality.

From their minds I gathered their comments and thoughts and found that they truly believed in the lifestyle that they had chosen.  From their thoughts I have formed “The Ten Commandments of the Lazy”.  The first 5 deal with being unemployed and the second 5 deal with the ones who actually do have a job.

It is my sincere hope that none of these ring true for you.

1.  Thou Shalt Turn Down a Job to Keep Government Benefits

I mean, who wants to mess up a good thing?  Certainly not the lazy person.  They worked hard standing in line to fill out all that paperwork.  Those benefits are theirs and they will not let something like a job stand in the way of getting what they deserve.

There is no way that a lazy person is going to give up their government benefits until they run out.  They earned them, they deserve them and a job would only mess up their income and cause them to loose their hard earned benefits.

2.  Thou Shalt not Obtain an Education to Benefit Yourself

School is for losers and the lazy won’t stand for that label.  Sure, they had to go to school as long as the government made them.  However, they won’t go a day longer than they have to.

Besides, the lazy are smarter than everyone else and can talk their way through the real world.  The lazy have a plan and since they are smarter than everyone else in the world their plan is going to work.

3.  Thou Shalt not Look for a Job on a Rainey Day Because you Might Get Sick

Who wants to be sick?  Not the lazy.  They already stood in line at the government welfare office for their benefits.  There is no way that they want to go back and stand in line to see the government doctor.  Not with all those other sick people.

Therefore, they stay home when it is raining.  That is unless their other lazy friends are going to the mall to hang out.  Then it is OK to go out since they are going to be inside the mall hanging out.  You know, hanging out in the mall with all those stores that are looking for new employees who want to work.

4.  Thou Shalt not Look for a Job on a Sunny Day Because it is too Hot

Everyone knows that it is not good to look for a job when you are all sweaty.  That is why you never look for a job on a sunny day.

Besides, all of your friends are at the park or on the beach.  You would hate to miss any of the action.

5.  Thou Shalt not Look for a Job on all Other Days Because you Hate to Waste a Perfectly Good Day Fishing

Work is for people who can’t fish.  Everyone knows that.  There are even bumper stickers that help spread the message.

6.  Thou Shalt have only One Job

If you have to have a job, then only have a single job.  If you need more money you can always hit your friends up for money.

You certainly do not want to take a 2nd job because that would definitely cut into your personal time.  Your social life is bad enough since you got the 1st job.  You would hate to loose what you have left by getting a 2nd job.

7.  Thou Shalt only Work 40 Hours per Week

If you have to work then 40 hours is the maximum that you will give.  It does not matter that your employer needs you to work extra and is willing to pay you more money to work over.

You signed up for a 40 hour week and that is enough.  Besides, your social life will not suffer any further loss of your valuable time.  Remember, work is for people who can’t fish and you certainly know how to fish.

8.  Thou Shalt take Sick Days When You Are Not Sick

Those sick days are yours and you are not going to miss out.  A lazy person will get their wife/husband/parent/friend to call their job and leave a message about their fake illness.

The lazy person tracks their sick days, knows how many they have left and calculates how they are going to use them up before the end of the year.

And let’s not forget that the lazy person is going to party too hard and have to call in sick because they truly are.  Hangovers are a terrible thing.  The lazy person will not care how their actions today affect others tomorrow.

9.  Thou Shalt use Company Computers and Internet Access for Personal E-mail and Chats

There is no need for the lazy person to have Internet access at home.  Their employer provides a perfectly good computer and Internet access at work.  The lazy person will look at this as a benefit and will be happy to steal time and access.

It does not matter to the lazy person that their employer provides the computer and the Internet access only for company use.  The lazy person will not see this as theft, but it is.

10.  Thou Shalt Steal Company Assets to Help Make up for Low Wages

The number one source of theft is employees.  Almost all companies build into their expense statements a line for employee theft.  They will hide it with cleaver names such as shrinkage.  But it is pure theft by employees.

The lazy person will justify theft of company assets to make up for low wages.  In restaurants it will be cases of burgers, chicken and steaks.  In retail stores it will be clothing, groceries and liquor.

In a bar it is commonly accepted that you judge how much the bartender is stealing by the car they drive.  For the lazy employees when they are hired they hear that they will be making $X.XX per hour.  What they know is that they will be making $X.XX per hour and all that they can steal.