Ngehlobo lowama-2001, ndasebenza njengonobhala wedesika engaphambiliโsasibizwa ngokuba ziindwendweโeLake Hotel eYellowstone National Park. Umsebenzi wawunzima. Sachitha ixesha elide sime ngeenyawo, sijamelene neendwendwe ezifuna ngamandla yaye kukho iingxaki ezininzi. Umvuzo wawuphantsi, iidola ezintandathu ngeyure, apho kwakutsalwa intlawulo ebalulekileyo yokutya okubi kunye neendawo zokuhlala ezincinci ezinqabileyo. Olona babalo lusindisayo yayilunxulumano loonobhala. Sihleba ngabantu esisebenza nabo kwamanye amasebe, sithethe ngobomi bethu, kwaye ngakumbi sibonakalise umsindo kunye nokumangala kukuziphatha kakubi kweendwendwe.
Njengakuzo zonke iindawo zokusebenzela, kwakukho udidi lomyalelo: umphathi wedesika engaphambili, umncedisi wakhe, nomalathisi wehotele iphela. Malunga neveki emva kokuba ihotele ivulwe ngexesha lonyaka, umphathi wathi kukho imisebenzi emithathu emitsha, yaye nabani na kuthi unokufaka isicelo. Isikhundla esitsha โyayingunobhala omkhulu.โ Umntu othabathe lo msebenzi mtsha ebeya kufana nomphathi wefektri, ophambili kubaphathi. Oomabhalana abakhulu babeza kuba nemisebenzi eyongezelelweyo kwaye babeza kunikwa amagunya athile okwenza izinto thina sonke esingenako ukwenza.
Umphathi wam wandicela ukuba ndicinge ngomsebenzi omtsha, kodwa ndathi hayi. Ndandingenamdla kumsebenzi ongakumbi. Oomabhalana abakhulu kuya kufuneka baqalise kwangethuba baze bahambe emva kwexesha, bezalisa iingxelo nokuya kwiintlanganiso. Ndandisele ndifumene ubhukisho lwengxaki kunye neendwendwe ezikrwada, ezikhohlakeleyo. Ingcamango yokutshintsha ixesha elide yayingenakuba nomtsalane ngakumbi. Andizange ndicinge ukuba kukho nabani na onokufuna le misebenzi, ingakumbi xa safumanisa ukuba oomabhalane abakhulu babeza kufumana ama-25 eesenti ngeyure ngaphezu kwe-arhente eqhelekileyo yenkonzo yeendwendwe. Ngubani onengqondo ephilileyo ebenokwenza umsebenzi omninzi ngekota yeyure? Ingcali yezoqoqosho kum yathi akukho mntu. Umnqweno wokufumana ixesha lokukhululeka kwipaki yelizwe ngokuqinisekileyo uya kuba mkhulu ngakumbi inkuthazo yemali elusizi ngolo hlobo.
Bendingalunganga. Oomabhalana abaliqela bafaka izicelo zemisebenzi, yaye kwakhethwa abathathu, bonke bengabafundi basekholeji, indoda nabafazi ababini. Ngaphandle kwexesha ababelithabatha ukuze benze umsebenzi wabo owongezelelekileyo, ubuncinane omnye wabo wayesemsebenzini phakathi kwentsimbi yesi-6 kusasa neye-10:30 ebusuku, iiyure esasisebenza ngazo. Bema kwilectern enkulu emva kwethu, bejonge oko sikwenzileyo, behlola ubukho bamagumbi, behlola iinkuni, yaye besinceda ukuba sihlangabezane nazo naziphi na iingxaki ezinokuvela.
Ukuba oomabhalane abaphezulu bebengabaququzeleli, umsebenzi wabo ibikukuyenza lula eyethu, besinombulelo kubo. Noko ke, kungekudala kwabonakala ukuba bazimanye ngokupheleleyo nabaphathi. Ngoko nangoko baphawula izaphulelo ezincinane, izinto ababezenzile kwiintsuku nje ezingaphambili. "Uthetha kakhulu kunye neendwendwe xa ungena." "Umntu ebesela kakhulu phezolo." Baye baqaphela xa uvale emva kwexesha okanye uthathe ikhefu elininzi kakhulu kwindlu yangasese; baba ngabalamli bendlela esifanele sibaphathe ngayo abathengi. Omnye wabantu abadala wayengekho ngaphezulu kokuthatha ithuba leekhowudi ezikhethekileyo zegumbi lekhompyuter awayenokufikelela kuzo ukunika unyango olukhethekileyo kumabhinqa aselula anomtsalane. Xa undwendwe lufowunela idesika engaphambili lucela into ethile, lwaluzizisa ngokwalo kunokuba lwazise umgcini-mnyango ukuba enze oku. Wayenethemba lokuzithathela naliphi na icebiso umhlali awayenokulinikela!
Ngo July ndagula. Xa ifiva yam, isicaphucaphu, nokuba buthathaka kwam akuzange kudambe, sagqiba kwelokuba sihambe ngenqwelo-mafutha iiyure ezine ukuya eBillings, eMontana. Sasizimisele ukuhlala kwihotele entle ngempelaveki size siphumle kwindawo etofotofo. Kodwa njengoko ndandingakhululekanga, saya kwigumbi labagula kakhulu esibhedlele. I-CT scan yafumanisa ilitye lezintso, kodwa ezinye iimvavanyo zabonisa umonakalo othile wesibindi owenziwe liyeza ugqirha weKliniki yase-Yellowstone wayelimisele ngempazamo. Ugqirha wegumbi likaxakeka wenza idinga nengcali, endandiza kuyibona ngoMvulo. Ngaloo ngokuhlwa, ndafowunela idesika engaphambili eLake Hotel ndaza ndaxelela unobhala wenkundla ukuba andizukungena ngoMvulo.
Ndaya emsebenzini ngoLwesibini, ndadibana nonobhala omkhulu. Undibethe ngokungabikho kwam ndingaxelelwanga ngezolo. Wathi andinaxanduva kwaye uye wandixela kumphathi wedesika engaphambili. Kwalandela utshintshiselwano. Ukungabikho kwam kwakuphawuliwe, kodwa akazange azikhathaze ngokufumanisa oku. Yandimangalisa into yokuba akhawuleze acinge ukuba andizukuya emsebenzini xa ndingumzekelo wokuthembeka. Xa sasingoomabhalane kunye nathi, sasiphathana ngobubele nangentlonelo. Ebesoloko ebonisa ubuhlobo nathi sonke. Noko ke, ngoku wathatha isambatho somphathi, ezenza ngathi ndilivila.
Bendisoloko ndicinga ngoonobhala abakhulu. Kukho izifundo apha kuthi thina bebengabaxhasi bomzabalazo wabasebenzi. Ukuba aba basebenzi banokutshintsha ukuthembeka kodidi ngeesenti ezingamashumi amabini anesihlanu ngeyure, bangenza ntoni abanye โngezinyoboโ eziphezulu? Xa ndandingumfundisi-ntsapho, ndandinomhlobo owayefundisa isiNgesi. Ndandisoloko ndisiya ekhayeni lakhe, ndinikwa iintetho zeendwendwe kwiiklasi zakhe, kwaye wandimemela ukuba ndiye kukhuphiswano lweGalufa lwase-US, apho umhlobo wakhe wayekhuphisana khona. Wayengumthetheleli owomeleleyo wamandla obuhlakani angakumbi kwaye akazange afune ukurhoxa kulawulo njengoko benzile oogxa bethu abaninzi. Kodwa xa umfundisi wezemfundo ethatha umhlala-phantsi waza wonyulwa njengomphathi wethutyana, waba nguGqr. Jekyll oqhelekileyo. Wajikela kubahlobo bakhe bangaphambili ngempindezelo, ethatha izikhundla ezichasene neFaculty echaseneyo nale wayeyixele kwiiveki nje ezimbalwa ngaphambili. Kumzi-mveliso kabawo, amadoda anyuselwa njengomphathi-mkhosi aba ngabaphathi ngoko nangoko, yaye ngequbuliso aba ngamalungu odidi olwahlukileyo lwasekuhlaleni. Yayimangalisa indlela abakhawuleza ngayo ukuba โngabantu beqelaโ. Ukusukela ngeentsuku zokuqala zokusekwa kwemibutho yabasebenzi eUnited States, abaqeshi bebesoloko bekhetha โabenzi benkathazoโ ngokubanyusela kubaphathi. Abasebenzi bade baba ziintlola zabaphathi babo, bebeka esichengeni ubomi babasebenzi babo.
Ukanti, isigqibo soonobhala sokuthabatha izikhundla eziphezulu sasinento yokwenza nemali engakumbi. Amashumi amabini anesihlanu eesenti zenza ukunyuswa kophawu, akwanelanga ukuvulela abahlobo babo. Eyona nto yayibalulekile yayingamandla. Siphila kwihlabathi labaniki-odolo kunye nabathatha ucwangco. Sele siyiqhelile le meko; kubonakala kuqhelekile kwaye kungokwemvelo, inxalenye nje engenakuguqulwa yobomi bemihla ngemihla. Ngenxa yoku, oonobhala abakhulu, njengabantu abaninzi, baqonda ukuba kubhetele ukunika imiyalelo kunokuthobela. Yaye ngokungathandabuzekiyo babekholelwa, njengoko inkoliso yabo isenza, ukuba babenyulelwe ukuxelela abanye oko bamele bakwenze, ngoko babefanele oko. Yayiluphawu lokuphakama kwabo nokungaphantsi kwabo bangakhethwanga. Ngaphaya koko, izazi ngezoqoqosho kunye nezinye izazinzulu zentlalo, kunye neendaba eziqhelekileyo, zixhasa ngamandla abaphathi behlabathi; basixelela ukuba uluntu olwakhiwe ngokoluhlu luyimfuneko ukuba siza kuvelisa ngokufanelekileyo. Bacinga ukuba wonke umntu unethuba lokunyuka ngaphezu kweyona migangatho iphantsi yolawulo, ngoko ke ukungalingani okufakwe kuyo kulungile kwaye kunobulungisa.
Inkoliso yokuzabalaza kwabantu abasebenzayo ukuze baphucule ubomi babo iye yalamkela ilungelo lomqeshi lokulawula yaye ifuna imivuzo, iiyure neemeko zengqesho ilinganiselwe. Iimanyano, ngaphandle kwezinto ezimbalwa eziphawulekayo-Abasebenzi be-Industrial Workers of the World kunye nezinye zeemanyano ezikhokelwe ngasekhohlo-benze okufanayo. Nangona kunjalo, eyona nto iphambili apha yinkqubo elele emva kwezi nzame. Ewe, kulungile ukuba abasebenzi baphumelele imivuzo ephezulu, kodwa le yodwa ayinakucela umngeni kumandla emali eyinkunzi, amandla anokuthi ekugqibeleni ajongele phantsi nakuphi na ukonyuswa kwemivuzo. Umvuzo wokutya okukhawulezayo we-$15 ngeyure awusayi kuthintela umabhalane onamabhongo oxhasa umbutho ukuba athathe umsebenzi wokuphatha. Kungakhathaliseki ukuba yintoni eyenziwa ngabasebenzi, ukuba abayiceli mngeni inkqubo yemivuzo, baya kusoloko bethobela izigqibo zokwandisa ingeniso zabaqeshi babo. Luluhlu lwezikhundla ngokwalo ekufuneka lupheliswe. Ukwenza oku kuya kufuna ukuzimisela okukhulu. Asiyi kuphelela nje ekubhangiseni izinto zabucala kunye neengcinga ezenza inkolo yazo, kwakhona kuya kufuneka sizifundise ukuze sifunde indlela yokulawula imicimbi yethu ehlangeneyo. Kuya kufuneka sijonge indlela yokuvelisa iimpahla eziluncedo kunye neenkonzo ngokwedemokhrasi kwaye sizenze zifumaneke simahla kuye wonke umntu. Kufuneka ngandlela-thile sidale inkqubo yokuvelisa kunye nokuhanjiswa apho kungekho "oomabhalana abaphezulu," kunye noluntu oluvelisa abantu abangenakucinga ukuba banqwenela ukuba ngomnye.
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