We have these choices in life: (1) working to improve things, (2) whining about the unfairness of it all, or (3) voting with our feet. When you are in a company, a country, or a relationship that is not
\nworking and offers no prospect of ever working for you, you can always
\nvote with your feet.<\/p>\n
I personally prefer working to improve things, but have occasionally chosen to vote with my feet. I don’t give up easily, but there are times when you cannot improve a situation, no matter how hard you try. Then it is time to move on, or you are helping to perpetuate the situation.<\/p>\n
The expression originally was applied to the emigration of individuals from one country to another that offered more opportunity. It is the ultimate solution in a relatively free society. It is an expression, when Googled, which turns up some fascinating tidbits:<\/p>\n
There is a site votewithyourfeet.com<\/a> In the UK, a survey of 1,600 workers by totaljobs.com revealed that four in ten employees plan to switch jobs next year. Career-driven workers ‘voting with their feet’<\/a>.<\/p>\n An article in the Christian Science Monitor would seem to indicate A growing number of Japanese women are giving up on their male In another situation, closer to home, disgruntled US voters, unhappy
\nwhich promotes the idea of "vote with your feet", because if enough
\npeople do this, countries will have to improve (compete), or risk
\nlosing key people to other countries. <\/p>\n
\nthat Japanese women are voting with their feet when it comes to
\nselecting spouses. The article is titled: What Japanese women want: a Western husband<\/a>. It begins:
\nThe Japanese government wants women like Taeko Mizuguchi to get married
\nand start doing something about the nation’s plunging birthrate. But
\nshe’s not interested. At least, not if her prospective husband is
\nJapanese.<\/em><\/p>\n
\ncounterparts, and taking a gamble that looking abroad for love will
\nbring them the qualities in a partner that seem rare at home. Mr.
\nRight, as the hope goes, is often an American or European, a man
\nappreciative of a wife’s career and more of a partner in daily tasks.<\/p>\n
\nwith the results of the recent election are considering moving to
\nCanada. This article<\/a> in the National Review Online shows why they might want to reconsider.<\/p>\n