{"id":549,"date":"2009-07-20T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-20T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.195.124.95\/~redletu4\/dirty-work\/"},"modified":"2009-07-20T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-20T20:30:00","slug":"dirty-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/dirty-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Dirty work"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div><strong><em>\u201cPleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.\u201d<br>\u2014 Aristotle<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>We all have had jobs that are simply no fun.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>I was hired once to disassemble and clean a dozen urinals at a summer camp. I\u2019ve dumped out hot tar on flat roofs in 100 degree weather. I\u2019ve shoveled out chicken coops. I\u2019ve had to sort, staple, fold and stuff thousands of letters. I\u2019ve had to cold call sales. I\u2019ve gone door to door. <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>For some, they will<em> never<\/em> have a job that they really enjoy. Thus, the frustration of the modern worker. <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>Is there a better way? Does every job have to fun? Or is there a way to \u201cpower through\u201d the dirty work that we have to do?<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>What\u2019s been your dirtiest job? And how did you deal with it? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=956512876042479602&amp;postID=5560940709908109252&amp;isPopup=true\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here <\/a>and tell us about it.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Please, share with a friend if you feel moved.<br>\nRead all past issues at http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cPleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.\u201d\u2014 Aristotle We all have had jobs that are simply no fun. I was hired once to disassemble and clean a dozen urinals at a summer camp. I\u2019ve dumped out hot tar on flat roofs in 100 degree weather. I\u2019ve shoveled out chicken coops. 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