I think that most of you have heard of the "Liar's Curse". The curse goes like this. If you are a liar, you can no longer trust anyone because you suspect that they may be a liar as well. There are all kinds of curses similar to the liar's curse and they all seem to work in the same direction. Well, there is another curse that you may not have heard of before and that one is the "Union Member's Curse". Here is how it goes.
If you belong to a union and feel that the unions are a good idea, then you have the "Union Member's Curse". The curse is that deep down inside, you know that you are not worth what you are being paid. You know that you could never have earned this much money based on your own ability. Now there are a few union members who are very competent and could easily earn more than their union based wage, but they still remain in the union. These people do not have the Union Member's Curse, because they are too stupid to get a different job where their ability and merit would be rewarded. This leaves all the others who are clearly over paid with the curse.
The curse is similar to the coward's curse. Deep down they know they are cowards and go to great lengths to avoid showing their true colors. Many over react and get into fights, just to prove they are not cowards. Union members do exactly the same thing. They have all kinds of ego saving methods to avoid having to deal with their basic problem of not measuring up to those who have more ability and thus more merit. You can watch any union member when confronted do this union "tap dance" as they avoid answering directly as to why they deserve to be paid so much more than the free market could justify. They often see themselves as victims of some sort. In the final analysis only cowards are victims and they know it.
They carry the curse and they know it. Now you know it too. Next time you confront a union member, be armed with the knowledge that they are cowards who know in their hearts that they don't have the ability to cut it one on one with a competent person. Don't let them off the hook. If you stay at it, you will expose them for what they are. I recall hearing some of these union type arguments back in grade school when it came to doing math or any other subject that had quantitative answers where they could not get by on bull shit. They always said that they could do it if they wanted to. They never admitted that they were just too dumb to get the correct answers. They had the curse too. Now I think you are starting to see how it works.
