In North Platte, NE Union Pacific is huge, and obviously union. Someone we knew managed to get a job there, and totally messed up his first day on the job. He was sitting around with nothing to do, with the rest of his crew, because their assigned train wasn't in yet or something, and he tried to throw something in the trash. The trash can was completely full, so he grabbed out the bag and asked someone where he could put it...nearly got fired on the spot for doing someone else's job! How DARE he do a job that belongs to someone else!! Was he trying to put someone out of job???
So he put the bag back, and sat down with everyone one else for a couple more hours until their assignment came in.
He thought about quitting because he hates being bored, but it's tough to quit a job that pays nearly double what any other job pays in the area.
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The wife of another union employee was once talking to me about how sick her husband had been and the medication the doctor prescribed for him. As it happened, we'd recently gone to the same doctor and gotten the same prescription for one of us. The medicine cost $100 a day. Seriously! $100 a day. I had refused the scrip, called the doctor's office and got the prescription changed to something reasonable for a total cost of about $30 for 10 days. So I asked her what she'd thought of the very high price of the meds, and she had no idea. In fact, she was very insulted that I would think that mattered. Their insurance covered the whole cost, and of course they were going to use the medication prescribed, who cares how much it cost?? Never mind that a 10 day dose of amoxicillin would do the SAME THING. This entitlement attitude is one that I see in many union employees and dependents, unfortunately.
