I feel bad for those that lose their job too. Especially if they're victims of corporate greed, which it is in this case (Starbucks grew too quickly, too soon, and now they're having to cut back on their costs in order to keep their stock up.). But I know, in the end, the barristas will prevail and they'll be stronger because of their struggles.
I was let go from a job because of downsizing, even though the company was making record profits, and it made me very angry. I needed that job really bad. But later I realized it was for the best because I found a better job that I enjoyed a lot more and in a career direction I never considered before. And then, years later, I got let go from that job too... and I LOVED that job so much. But it turned out being let go was the best thing that ever happened to me. My boss told me that I would one day thank him for letting me go. I was like, "No way! You suck!". But sure enough he was right. Being let go eventually led me to where I am today. I really should send my old boss a Thank you. lol
There is a great story, I think they quote it in Charlie Wilson's War, about a wiseman and a horse (sounds like a joke, doesn't it?) Basically he tells the story of a Zen master who observes the people of his village celebrating a young boy's new horse as a wonderful gift. "We'll see," the Zen master says. When the boy falls off the horse and breaks a leg, everyone says the horse is a curse. "We'll see," says the master. Then war breaks out, the boy cannot be conscripted because of his injury, and everyone now says the horse was a fortunate gift. "We'll see," the master says again.
Who am I to argue with a fictitious Zen master. lol
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