Columbus was WRONG!

I've only thumbed through this book in the airport, and if it weren't for the 20 some odd books I already have on my desk waiting to be read, I would've bought it. Take advantage of the "look inside" widget on BN.com. It looks like a great read.

I'm currently wrapping up a project for a rapidly growing, Texas based, grocery chain. This project has taken me to Texas for about 5 weeks out of the last 7. On my team alone, for this one project, I have two people located in Vancouver, 2 onsite in Texas, and the rest in India, with myself in Missouri. If you think we're not already a part of a global society, think again. And this is only to replace ONE application at ONE company in ONE state in ONE country. If you're an IT geek reading this, you're thinking..."tell me something new." If that's you, read a different post - this one is aimed at my techno-phobe friends.

"Why can't those call center people speak english!?!?!" Ugh. I do hope people realize that they are exuding the 'ugly uh-mare-e-cun' when they say crap like this. I'm almost to the point to where I tell people that I'm Canadian (except for my friends at immigration!!)when I travel internationally because I'm frankly embarrassed by the image we've created for ourselves over the last 50 years. Regarding the call center quip...it's because we as uh-mare-e-cun's want things as cheap and fast as possible, but we also want to make six-figures, live in a million dollar house, drive a beamer, and wipe our greasy chin's with Ben Franklin's. You can't have your McDonald's and eat it too. Getting that stuff takes hardwork, sacrifice (most of the time too much sacrifice), and a GREAT education. But we're lazy. So if we as citizens are not willing to do the work, and control the cost for services that we pay for by continuously demanding they be the cheapest, we F O R C E (yes, I said force) suppliers, vendors, companies, etc to fill that D E M A N D with the cheapest and fastest possible labor. In short...that's why most jobs are outsourced.

My favorite lines from those that haven't a clue as to the state of globalisim are "They're sending our jobs overseas!!" or "THOSE PEOPLE are taking our jobs!!!" The fact is...we GAVE / SENT them away.

America...the only country whose poor people are fat. Think about it.