Dear Editor:
Each new day lately, appears to have a new “flavour of the day” complaint about the pandemic we are dealing with. Must have started like this, “It’s too early to go to bed”, “I don’t want to go to school”, “I want to go out and play.” There were some pretty harsh restrictions or requirements one needed to abide by!
Today, those same individuals don’t want to get a vaccine, don’t want to fill out forms to regain entry into Canada. Everybody is having to contend with a pandemic, and has for quite some time. Perhaps the people making masks and protective clothing or sanitizer might be the only ones not wanting life to become like the “good ole days”.
I’ve heard a lot of complaints about not being able to breathe with a mask on but haven’t heard of one person suffocating. Hospital staff are dealing with having to work all day through their shift each day. Time-off? Is there such a thing when the workload is heavy in any work setting for those on the front-lines?
Not that I don’t feel your pain, or think more needs done to allow every employee, regardless of their position on the battlefield, to a healthy balance of work and play.
Complaining always fell on deaf ears during my career, and the 10 cent raise sure made it all worthwhile. Fortunately, there is an end to the pandemic and with continued adherence, we can win this war! It’s going to be done on every square inch of this planet.
It’s not going to be won by complaining about fighting a persistent adversary that wants to take over the whole world!
Karl Demmans,
Fergus