Wingin' it

This morning, as I was working on a pretty detailed class schedule to be placed onto our website, I was told to just "wing it" when I asked for confirmations about several dates. I stopped my supervisior in mid-sentence and reminded him that not only was this schedule going to be online but also be part of our volunteer database. All data needed to be secured and confirmed before I went live with it.

The mentality of "wingin' it" is so completely foreign to me. I am starting to realize, however, that it is wholly American approach to life and everything it contains... self, relationships, business, politics. The fact that we aren't in the slightest bit interested in being accountable for our actions makes everything that we do half-assed and ultimately worthless.

This morning's exchange with my supervisor reminded me of the Greatest American Hero. How perfect William Katt's reluctant superhero summed up the American approach to life. We don't know what to do with ourselves or how to handle ourselves or clean up the messes we've created in the process? Fuck it, it doesn't matter. We're just wingin' it!