Some taxing situations

We all live with taxing situations.  Some tax our patience, others our wallet, some our fundamental beliefs as to fairness.

I admit it isn't hard to tax my patience.  I don't mind when someone disagrees with me.  I understand the fact that people view life with a different perspective than mine.  What stretches my patience the most is the ever increasing "attitude" of me first.

Example:  Ever stand in a line at a store, and another register opens up and the clerk calls out "I can help the next person in line" and the last person in line, or worse yet, someone proceeding to queue up sets a new land speed record to jump in front.  As irritating as that is, what's worse is when they turn around to tell you "sorry, I am in a hurry."

No kidding.

It is probably the most basic example.  It is an offense so minor in the relative scheme of life that one could wonder why even bring it up.  The why, well I would hope the why would be obvious.

As far as our collective wallets being taxed, there isn't enough space on the Internet to do any real justice to that topic.

Things taxing to our beliefs, well one of those things is "the vigil" article in today's S-T.  The workers let go at a fish processing plant in the area awhile ago want severance pay.  Where does this tax my fundamental beliefs?

Well fundamentally, I just don't get how I can believe in this "cause". What is taxing is the implication that I should.

These workers were let go because of a government employment audit.  The government told the employer these workers appeared to be illegally hired.  The three day notice given was the workers had three days to provide proper documentation or they were "fired".  

I am not ignoring the "alleged" acts of the employer.  If in fact the workers were improperly hired in the first place, appropriate and severe sanctions should be imposed.  Until you make it so the risks are not worth the rewards, employers will continually hire undocumented workers.  

But, I can't buy into the concept that you owe me something because I am just as guilty as you.  

If you needed a certain license to do a job, lied on your application that you had it, your employer didn't do its due diligence, and then it was discovered you didn't have the license and were fired, just how much of a severance package would you get?  Be it you were employed 10 months or 10 years, you would be out the door with a cardboard box.

Sorry, two wrongs don't make a right.

I guess there is a fundamental belief behind that after all.