I agree with your response to Ed – “Maybe, very ironically, Jasinski’s example can get real discussion and change going in this, at least a little.”

This is the point that I brought up in speaking with family members tonight.

thanks for what you wrote, especially this:

“Staffer’s often don’t feel like they get paid enough to really work with people so they catagorize them as not being capable of being worked with, then those people that they are saying this about feel that way about themselves, and a bad cycle continues”

I’ve seen this happen with staff with my son and also with older relatives, and the cycle keeps continuing. Maybe, very ironically, Jasinski’s example can get real discussion and change going in this, at least a little.

The claim is that they are “willing” to work with people that others aren’t. Staffer’s often don’t feel like they get paid enough to really work with people so they catagorize them as not being capable of being worked with, then those people that they are saying this about feel that way about themselves, and a bad cycle continues. People get warehoused and warehouses are made for boxes that don’t think or act independently. People don’t function well under those conditions.

Until society really changes their attitudes about this, people with attitudes like this will continue to be hired and/or these are the attitudes that will often develop with people who continue to work in this field.

People with less athority will often be less open with their words and these veiws are less ingrained in their outlook. As this guy displays, once someone is in athority in this bussiness, they can and will get away with saying and doing all kinds of things.

Unfortunatly, many will laugh at this guy, and some who had been reserved about this view will start being more open about it. This encourages too many people to adopt these veiws. However, too many caring people who can have an influence don’t know that it is going on until it gets on T.V. and people like you shine the spotlight on it. Thanks for these post. People need to know that this is going on.

“Woo! Come on big bucks (at the expense of my soul)! Whee!”

Idiot.