Comments on: How are the Children? working to help abuse victims http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/04/28/how-are-the-children-working-to-help-abuse-victims/ Grand Junction, Colorado's community Web site, discussions, forums, message boards, wiki and more. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:27:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: RLaitres http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/04/28/how-are-the-children-working-to-help-abuse-victims/#comment-1567 RLaitres Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:17:22 +0000 http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/04/28/how-are-the-children-working-to-help-abuse-victims/#comment-1567 This letter is a clear indicator of why things never get done. We are presented with a horror story of what happened with a child, and all we see are politicos, of all stripes setting themselves up in "committees" with pompously constructed titles to make others believe that "they care." If you want to do something, then do it. Instead of doing that, and if we really want results and things to function, go find out who was responsible for not doing their job, and get rid of them, post haste. If the supervisor or manager was not doing his/her job either, fire them also. This idiocy of "covering one's backside" has to come to a screeching halt. This is no different than what happened with the housing of wounded veterans at Walter Reed. Those who will recall what the general in charge of Walter Reed said "It's not my job to inspect barracks." Literally, he was quite correct. But, it was his job and responsibility to make sure that such was done by his subordinates, the colonels, lt. colonels, majors, captains, lieutenants, and non-commissioned officers. If those who are "in charge" are concerned primarily about holding with holding onto their jobs and looking good, they definitely do not belong in those positions. And, I really don't care what stripe or color, or how such people come in. Non-performance is non-performance, and it is about time that we get down to business and stop being satisfied with mediocrity in performance. If those who hold positions do not know what their job is, or who cannot perform with excellence (or at least strive for it), be they found at the local "fast food" outlet or in the highest offices in the halls of power, they should be fired. Many of us are getting "damned" sick and tired of putting up with mediocrity or non-performance, and hearing nothing but excuses for both. We want results, not meaningless blather. This letter is a clear indicator of why things never get done. We are presented with a horror story of what happened with a child, and all we see are politicos, of all stripes setting themselves up in “committees” with pompously constructed titles to make others believe that “they care.” If you want to do something, then do it. Instead of doing that, and if we really want results and things to function, go find out who was responsible for not doing their job, and get rid of them, post haste. If the supervisor or manager was not doing his/her job either, fire them also.

This idiocy of “covering one’s backside” has to come to a screeching halt.

This is no different than what happened with the housing of wounded veterans at Walter Reed. Those who will recall what the general in charge of Walter Reed said “It’s not my job to inspect barracks.” Literally, he was quite correct. But, it was his job and responsibility to make sure that such was done by his subordinates, the colonels, lt. colonels, majors, captains, lieutenants, and non-commissioned officers.

If those who are “in charge” are concerned primarily about holding with holding onto their jobs and looking good, they definitely do not belong in those positions. And, I really don’t care what stripe or color, or how such people come in. Non-performance is non-performance, and it is about time that we get down to business and stop being satisfied with mediocrity in performance.

If those who hold positions do not know what their job is, or who cannot perform with excellence (or at least strive for it), be they found at the local “fast food” outlet or in the highest offices in the halls of power, they should be fired.

Many of us are getting “damned” sick and tired of putting up with mediocrity or non-performance, and hearing nothing but excuses for both. We want results, not meaningless blather.

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