Being from the Boomer Generation, our handshake is our word. We have a wonderful work ethic. We are dependable, honest, trustworthy and trusting, sometimes to a fault .
While these characteristics are beneficial, they may also be to our detriment.
Recently, I have found myself in need of employment after a temporary job finished up. I have been scouring the local newspaper and several WAH job forums I belong to. I also review postings on our Work Source web site.
So you can imagine my delight, when I found several posting, I felt very qualified for on our local newspaper want ads. I replied with my resume and was amazed and happy when I got an answer. They loved my qualifications and wanted me to fill out an application. This resulted in an email offer for employment and subsequent training schedule to be set up.
I was so overjoyed, that I immediately shared my news of good luck with my friends on the work at home forum I post to. Several were very happy with my luck and posted congratulations. Then came the bombshell. Someone posted a link to a fraudulent web site and blamed the people I was dealing with of an internet employment scam. BEWARE was their warning!
I was heartsick!!! My trust in my fellow man was immensely damaged. I suppose my being 60 years old and the fact that I put way to much trust in my fellow man lead me to believe that this would NEVER happen to me. I was heartbroken that I had been targeted and when I had done nothing but try and find a legitimate job!
This experience has not been as devastating as my initial lay off 2 years ago, but it has never the less shaken my ego once again.
I am always at a loss to explain scam artists, crooks and thieves. Some of these people have to be immensely intelligent to come up with these ideas. It makes me sad when I think of what they could really accomplish if they put their talents to good instead of bad.
Well I am a firm believer in come up ins or better known as “the what goes around” theory. These people, while they may seem to thrive and profit, will eventually get exactly what is coming to them.
It is just a shame that we honest people have to loose a little of that trust and belief in our fellow human beings in the process.
