The great job conundrum...

[JJtheVagPounder]

Times are rough. Unemployment is high. The job market seems to be little more than crippled. The great divide between the rich and the poor grows every day. It’s a sad time for this great nation. Our dollar’s value is low and we keep sending jobs over seas. A sad time indeed. And in these sad times those of us who are fortunate enough to have jobs should sit back and thank whoever that we have them.

I fucking hate my job. In fact, I wish I could hate my job to death.

Don’t get me wrong, inside I know that I am grateful to have income and am able to [partially] put food on the table. But every day I come into this cubical farm and deal with shitty office politics and vile old woman gossip and I cannot help but seethe with overwhelming loathing for this place.

Case in point: it is Sunday here in sunny Boca Raton, Florida. Whilst people are enjoying time with their families, I am sitting here working a ten and a half hour shift. Now, some may think that there are some perks to working Sundays that will keep the help in check. Well, yes, I can dress down. However I cannot wear sneakers or I will get written up. Now, is that in and of itself a big deal? No. But when the managers who enforce this wear sneakers or flip flops, it pisses me off. Do as I say not as I do indeed.

Whatever. I’m just bitching. Trying to pad my post count a little. Just hanging out. Working. Listening to Van Halen. Wait. No I’m not. I’m not listening to Van Halen. Why? Because the ability to listen to music was taken away because someone thought I was listening to satanic music when Running with the Devil came on. “Ok, Vag Pounder, I can kind of understand where they’re coming from.” Oh, can you? How about this? I was singing Ice Cream Man not too long ago. Ice Cream Man. You know the tune. I got a verbal warning. Yep. No singing. Next time is a write up. It’s “distracting”. Fuck. You.

Siiiiiiigh…….Why am I making you poor souls read this? Well, I’m not. You clicked this link. But I am bored, I am hungry, I’m still a little hungover from Friday, and all I want to do is get some fucking sleep, so I thought I’d share. It’s a sad time indeed. A time where the job market is so scarce that employers can now treat employees as sub-human. Whatever. I try not to bitch, but sometimes I just can’t help it.

[ThrillsNSpills]

You just need to find a way to get paid for your art.

People pay for quality.

[JJtheVagPounder]

You just need to find a way to get paid for your art.

People pay for quality.

Yeah I do. This shit right here is fo' suckahs.

[kwame k]

I agree Thrills!

Do it as a sideline until it becomes profitable enough to quit your day job or........learn everything you can about the job you're in and strike out on your own. That way you're giving a big FU to your employer or better yet, they give you a raise/promotion to keep you from competing against them.

[JJtheVagPounder]

Well, I am graduating with a degree in graphic design in March so, there's that. It's just one of those "so close, and yet, so far away" situations. And who knows if I'll even get a job coming out of the gates. There are much more experienced people out there that are looking for work. Argh....

[Sensible Shoes]

I'd have to say, no matter how much you hate your job, DO NOT QUIT. I've been unemployed for 3 years, partially due to my own bad attitude about the whole thing. I've been blacklisted in my own industry and there seems to be nothing else i can do and actually support myself. So get your art under control and silently curse the idiots where you work. It's the best way, trust me.

[Little Texan]

You just need to find a way to get paid for your art.

People pay for quality.

I was thinking the same thing...dude is too insanely artistically talented to be wasting said talent working at a job he hates. Put those mad art skills to work and get paid for them. They say if you have a job that you enjoy you'll never work a day in your life.

[JJtheVagPounder]

You guys are awesome. All supportive and such.

Shoes, what industry are you black listed from? I totally understand the vocal "FUCK YOU" thing. I have a very difficult time keeping quiet myself.

[Sensible Shoes]

Television news

[LoungeMachine]

Shoes, what industry are you black listed from? .

Porn, escort, and barista.....

:gulp:

[LoungeMachine]

Television news

Oxymoron

:gulp:

Prove me wrong......

[JJtheVagPounder]

Television news

Oh brutal....

[Sensible Shoes]

I won't. He's right. One of the reasons I thought it would be OK to leave.

[JJtheVagPounder]

Meh. You're better than spray tans and teeth caps.

[Sensible Shoes]

Ha. Those are the people that make the money. I was a producer. 30 years. anyway, as much as you hate it, don't leave without a plan.

[JJtheVagPounder]

I got a plan. It's solid:


wait for it.....



I'm gonna win the lotto. BOOM!

[mohican]

Well, I am graduating with a degree in graphic design in March so, there's that. It's just one of those "so close, and yet, so far away" situations. And who knows if I'll even get a job coming out of the gates. There are much more experienced people out there that are looking for work. Argh....

I majored in design first year in college. Second year I got cold feet, worried about not getting a job and switched to business. I have never have a job that I like. Looking back I should have stuck with what I love to do instead of going the safe route. Go with your design path. You are seriously talented. I would think the commercial art world are always on the look out for new fresh talent. Might have to relocate where the jobs are. Check this out ... This is the company that does the promo for http://www.superstarmedia.com/site/ Is this the type of company you're looking for?

[chefcraig]

Oxymoron

:gulp:

Prove me wrong......

I thought that meant this guy...


http://i585.photobucket.com/albums/ss299/fmanning123/oxiclean.jpg

[Sensible Shoes]

Isn't that guy dead?

[JJtheVagPounder]

Well, I am very limited on my web design. Although, I do have a website that I built, it is super basic. I'm going more towards the print end of things. Layouts, corporate identities, things like that. I would love to draw for a living. LOVE IT. But it will probably just remain a side thing.

[twonabomber]

Ha. Those are the people that make the money. I was a producer. 30 years. anyway, as much as you hate it, don't leave without a plan.

couldn't you go into freelance production?

note i didn't say porn. :D

[LoungeMachine]

Oxi....

Oxy.....

:gulp:

Craig is easily confused.....

[chefcraig]

Isn't that guy dead?

Yeah, but I couldn't find a good image of the twerp on the right.


http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk91/michaelwillis_mw/47778791.jpg

[twonabomber]

Oxy...Oxi...Ozzy?

[JJtheVagPounder]

Isn't that guy dead?

Billy Mays? Oh yeah. He's dead as hell. Hey Billy, is MJ up there with you?

"No. POW!"

[guwapo_rocker]

I'm so confused....

[JJtheVagPounder]

Billy Mays died around the same time as Michael Jackson. When this happened a local morning radio host had a guy call up acting like Billy Mays from beyond the grave. The guy sounded all coked up (Billy was suspect) and played the part perfectly, talking super fast and super excited and sniffling every now and then. Well, the DJ asked “Billy” if Michael Jackson was up in Heaven with him and he replied….

“No. POW!”

You had to be there.

[VAiN]

Billy Mays died around the same time as Michael Jackson. When this happened a local morning radio host had a guy call up acting like Billy Mays from beyond the grave. The guy sounded all coked up (Billy was suspect) and played the part perfectly, talking super fast and super excited and sniffling every now and then. Well, the DJ asked “Billy” if Michael Jackson was up in Heaven with him and he replied….

“No. POW!”

You had to be there.

Oh, and I was there... We sure got some mileage on that one. Speaking of MJ, that motherfucker died on my birthday and stole my thunder!

Back on topic, hang in there JJ, this is going to be a good year, I can feel it... And that's just not Fridays hangover talking.

[JJtheVagPounder]

You have too much fun. And then I make you have more. We may be alcoholics.

And yeah, it'll get better, it's just the torturous waitnig!

[Seshmeister]

Case in point: it is Sunday here in sunny Boca Raton, Florida. Whilst people are enjoying time with their families, I am sitting here working a ten and a half hour shift. Now, some may think that there are some perks to working Sundays that will keep the help in check. Well, yes, I can dress down. However I cannot wear sneakers or I will get written up. Now, is that in and of itself a big deal? No. But when the managers who enforce this wear sneakers or flip flops, it pisses me off. Do as I say not as I do indeed.

Whatever. I’m just bitching. Trying to pad my post count a little. Just hanging out. Working. Listening to Van Halen. Wait. No I’m not. I’m not listening to Van Halen. Why? Because the ability to listen to music was taken away because someone thought I was listening to satanic music when Running with the Devil came on. “Ok, Vag Pounder, I can kind of understand where they’re coming from.” Oh, can you? How about this? I was singing Ice Cream Man not too long ago. Ice Cream Man. You know the tune. I got a verbal warning. Yep. No singing. Next time is a write up. It’s “distracting”. Fuck. You.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Principle

The Peter Principle

The Peter Principle states that "in a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence", meaning that employees tend to be promoted until they reach a position at which they cannot work competently. It was formulated by Dr. Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull in their 1969 book The Peter Principle, a humorous [1] treatise which also introduced the "salutary science of hierarchiology."

The principle holds that in a hierarchy, members are promoted so long as they work competently. Eventually they are promoted to a position at which they are no longer competent (their "level of incompetence"), and there they remain, being unable to earn further promotions. Peter's Corollary states that "in time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out their duties" and adds that "work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence." "Managing upward" is the concept of a subordinate finding ways to subtly "manage" superiors in order to limit the damage that they end up doing.

[JJtheVagPounder]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Principle

The Peter Principle

The Peter Principle states that "in a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence", meaning that employees tend to be promoted until they reach a position at which they cannot work competently. It was formulated by Dr. Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull in their 1969 book The Peter Principle, a humorous [1] treatise which also introduced the "salutary science of hierarchiology."

The principle holds that in a hierarchy, members are promoted so long as they work competently. Eventually they are promoted to a position at which they are no longer competent (their "level of incompetence"), and there they remain, being unable to earn further promotions. Peter's Corollary states that "in time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out their duties" and adds that "work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence." "Managing upward" is the concept of a subordinate finding ways to subtly "manage" superiors in order to limit the damage that they end up doing.

Holy shit! They wrote a principle about this place?!

[chefcraig]

Holy shit! They wrote a principle about this place?!

The Dilbert comic strip has been based upon a variation of it for years, now.


http://img1.imagehousing.com/98/448ca61a1a4d2efb6cbdfec8f7de633f.gif (http://www.imagehousing.com/image/944461)

[Coyote]

Times are rough. Unemployment is high. The job market seems to be little more than crippled. The great divide between the rich and the poor grows every day. It’s a sad time for this great nation. Our dollar’s value is low and we keep sending jobs over seas. A sad time indeed. And in these sad times those of us who are fortunate enough to have jobs should sit back and thank whoever that we have them.

I fucking hate my job. In fact, I wish I could hate my job to death.

Don’t get me wrong, inside I know that I am grateful to have income and am able to [partially] put food on the table. But every day I come into this cubical farm and deal with shitty office politics and vile old woman gossip and I cannot help but seethe with overwhelming loathing for this place.

Case in point: it is Sunday here in sunny Boca Raton, Florida. Whilst people are enjoying time with their families, I am sitting here working a ten and a half hour shift. Now, some may think that there are some perks to working Sundays that will keep the help in check. Well, yes, I can dress down. However I cannot wear sneakers or I will get written up. Now, is that in and of itself a big deal? No. But when the managers who enforce this wear sneakers or flip flops, it pisses me off. Do as I say not as I do indeed.

Whatever. I’m just bitching. Trying to pad my post count a little. Just hanging out. Working. Listening to Van Halen. Wait. No I’m not. I’m not listening to Van Halen. Why? Because the ability to listen to music was taken away because someone thought I was listening to satanic music when Running with the Devil came on. “Ok, Vag Pounder, I can kind of understand where they’re coming from.” Oh, can you? How about this? I was singing Ice Cream Man not too long ago. Ice Cream Man. You know the tune. I got a verbal warning. Yep. No singing. Next time is a write up. It’s “distracting”. Fuck. You.

Siiiiiiigh…….Why am I making you poor souls read this? Well, I’m not. You clicked this link. But I am bored, I am hungry, I’m still a little hungover from Friday, and all I want to do is get some fucking sleep, so I thought I’d share. It’s a sad time indeed. A time where the job market is so scarce that employers can now treat employees as sub-human. Whatever. I try not to bitch, but sometimes I just can’t help it.

Have you ever thought of bartending?

[JJtheVagPounder]

Have you ever thought of bartending?

My wife is actually a bartender. Have I thought of it? Yes. The problem though is my propensity to drink beer when I see it.

[chefcraig]

My wife is actually a bartender. Have I thought of it? Yes. The problem though is my propensity to drink beer when I see it.

Yeah, I gave up on the idea of becoming a high school teacher for remarkably similar reasoning.

[Seshmeister]

Sometimes this forum is like sitting in the bar in Cheers. :)

[Coyote]

Sometimes I feel like the guy BEHIND the bar... :D

[SunisinuS]

Well, I am graduating with a degree in graphic design in March so, there's that. It's just one of those "so close, and yet, so far away" situations. And who knows if I'll even get a job coming out of the gates. There are much more experienced people out there that are looking for work. Argh....

You should pm me...I know someone in the business. One of my best friends from 2nd Grade. Google "Gary Platner". And it is ok....he is well known so not giving something away.

Cheers!

[JJtheVagPounder]

Holy crap! That guy has done everything! I used to LOVE Clay Fighter!

[Terry]

Just remember: the only thing worse than having a job is looking for one.

Like Shoes said, don't bail without a parachute.

[Seshmeister]

Sometimes I feel like the guy BEHIND the bar... :D

Woody? :)

[Coyote]

Woody? :)

We'll see after I've gone through the training, come summertime... :)

[VAiN]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Principle

The Peter Principle

The Peter Principle states that "in a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence", meaning that employees tend to be promoted until they reach a position at which they cannot work competently. It was formulated by Dr. Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull in their 1969 book The Peter Principle, a humorous [1] treatise which also introduced the "salutary science of hierarchiology."

The principle holds that in a hierarchy, members are promoted so long as they work competently. Eventually they are promoted to a position at which they are no longer competent (their "level of incompetence"), and there they remain, being unable to earn further promotions. Peter's Corollary states that "in time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out their duties" and adds that "work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence." "Managing upward" is the concept of a subordinate finding ways to subtly "manage" superiors in order to limit the damage that they end up doing.

Holy shit that's so awesomely true! Thanks for sharing that...

[fifth element]

I got a plan. It's solid:


wait for it.....



I'm gonna win the lotto. BOOM!

but that's MY plan!!!! ;)

[kwame k]

You fuckers!

I had that plan first :(

[BITEYOASS]

I'm kind of glad I got fired from my last job. Because the place was a shithole, literally! There was fuckin' dog shit and rat shit EVERYWHERE! Hell, I'm glad I don't have rabies.

[kwame k]

I'm kind of glad I got fired from my last job. Because the place was a shithole, literally! There was fuckin' dog shit and rat shit EVERYWHERE! Hell, I'm glad I don't have rabies.

Jesus......please tell me it wasn't a restaurant:sick0020:

[Dan]

Aim High,Send Sir Peter Jackson Some Of Your Stuff.:D

[So this is love]

People don't get me started on this subject I have seen the mother of all rats in person.......and all the butt kissers an office can hire....But I will tell you something These butt kissers will never fucking know the great VH experience Live.......b/c Talent don't mean a freaking thing in this world, its who you know NOT what you know...But there are exceptions...so keep the spirit b/c Dave is a positive minded guy and that's all that counts. CHEERS!!!!!!!!!!!

[BITEYOASS]

Jesus......please tell me it wasn't a restaurant:sick0020:

No, it was an electrical contractor.

[academic punk]

JJ -

In terms of how annoying your current workmates/peers/managers are, remember this: no matter who you are - whether it's a janitor at a McDonald's or Steve Jobs - you always dream bigger than what you have actually achieved. no one aspires to clean toilets for a living. (eventually life can beat you down so bad that you're grateful for even that job, but that's another story). And even Steve Jobs dreamt of an iphone that never needed replacement and saved the planet from deforestation (or whatever). And lest we forget, in 2002, we all wished we were Steve Jobs. Now? Well, he might have accomplished a whole lot, but he can no longer enjoy time with his family and loved ones.

Your managers might be dicks, but they're also wondering what would be out there for them if they showed up tomorrow to discover the company had gone bankrupt overnight. The women might be gossipy housewives who have no fucking taste in music, but I guarantee they would take a bullet for their children or grandchildren. We're all just attempting to get through this life, however we can.

Be responsible. The company hired you not for anything more than your ability to pay off their investment in you. That means you have to be worth AT LEAST what they pay you. If you pay for stock in a company, a newspaper delivery, or a frontrow seat to see VH, you want a RETURN ON YOUR INVESTMENT. Your managers want you there to see how you can make that salary they pay you worth their while. That means when your name comes up in managers meetings, you want at least one of them THINKING< "Can't lose that guy. He makes me look good." rather than three of them saying, "What a whiner. He spends more time sulking and complaining than working."

Trust me. The effort to make them look good will pay off for you in CREATING A WORK ETHIC FOR YOURSELF. In creating a REPUTATION for others. In not looking back 20 years from now and find yourself admitting, "Geez, in retrospect, I also would've fired me for my shitty attitude."

[chefcraig]

Yes, but in the meantime, JJ should also remember these fine words of advice of future Senator John Blutarsky from the acclaimed documentary Animal House:


"My advice to you is to start drinking heavily."


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v612/bman9/Misc/bluto.jpg

[academic punk]

Yes, but in the meantime, JJ should also remember these fine words of advice of future Senator John Blutarsky from the acclaimed documentary Animal House:


"My advice to you is to start drinking heavily."


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v612/bman9/Misc/bluto.jpg

It bears confirming that this too is a valid perspective. :)

[SunisinuS]

JJ -

In terms of how annoying your current workmates/peers/managers are, remember this: no matter who you are - whether it's a janitor at a McDonald's or Steve Jobs - you always dream bigger than what you have actually achieved. no one aspires to clean toilets for a living. (eventually life can beat you down so bad that you're grateful for even that job, but that's another story). And even Steve Jobs dreamt of an iphone that never needed replacement and saved the planet from deforestation (or whatever). And lest we forget, in 2002, we all wished we were Steve Jobs. Now? Well, he might have accomplished a whole lot, but he can no longer enjoy time with his family and loved ones.

Your managers might be dicks, but they're also wondering what would be out there for them if they showed up tomorrow to discover the company had gone bankrupt overnight. The women might be gossipy housewives who have no fucking taste in music, but I guarantee they would take a bullet for their children or grandchildren. We're all just attempting to get through this life, however we can.

Be responsible. The company hired you not for anything more than your ability to pay off their investment in you. That means you have to be worth AT LEAST what they pay you. If you pay for stock in a company, a newspaper delivery, or a frontrow seat to see VH, you want a RETURN ON YOUR INVESTMENT. Your managers want you there to see how you can make that salary they pay you worth their while. That means when your name comes up in managers meetings, you want at least one of them THINKING< "Can't lose that guy. He makes me look good." rather than three of them saying, "What a whiner. He spends more time sulking and complaining than working."

Trust me. The effort to make them look good will pay off for you in CREATING A WORK ETHIC FOR YOURSELF. In creating a REPUTATION for others. In not looking back 20 years from now and find yourself admitting, "Geez, in retrospect, I also would've fired me for my shitty attitude."


Props.

The key is to be a working person. Use your Ethic to produce. They will never stop you if you provide the pay back that we all know you can provide.

Push. Never Stop. Push.

:yo:

[ashstralia]

JJ, how about an e biz where you do portraits of families/pets/kids etc off photo's with a fast turnaround? i don't know if such businesses exist (probly),
i do know it sounds a bit whoreish. as a muso of 23 years i've felt like a whore plenty of times. usually only until the cheque clears. :)

[FORD]

Yeah, I gave up on the idea of becoming a high school teacher for remarkably similar reasoning.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNIZofPB8ZM&ob=av2n

[JJtheVagPounder]

JJ -

In terms of how annoying your current workmates/peers/managers are, remember this: no matter who you are - whether it's a janitor at a McDonald's or Steve Jobs - you always dream bigger than what you have actually achieved. no one aspires to clean toilets for a living. (eventually life can beat you down so bad that you're grateful for even that job, but that's another story). And even Steve Jobs dreamt of an iphone that never needed replacement and saved the planet from deforestation (or whatever). And lest we forget, in 2002, we all wished we were Steve Jobs. Now? Well, he might have accomplished a whole lot, but he can no longer enjoy time with his family and loved ones.

Your managers might be dicks, but they're also wondering what would be out there for them if they showed up tomorrow to discover the company had gone bankrupt overnight. The women might be gossipy housewives who have no fucking taste in music, but I guarantee they would take a bullet for their children or grandchildren. We're all just attempting to get through this life, however we can.

Be responsible. The company hired you not for anything more than your ability to pay off their investment in you. That means you have to be worth AT LEAST what they pay you. If you pay for stock in a company, a newspaper delivery, or a frontrow seat to see VH, you want a RETURN ON YOUR INVESTMENT. Your managers want you there to see how you can make that salary they pay you worth their while. That means when your name comes up in managers meetings, you want at least one of them THINKING< "Can't lose that guy. He makes me look good." rather than three of them saying, "What a whiner. He spends more time sulking and complaining than working."

Trust me. The effort to make them look good will pay off for you in CREATING A WORK ETHIC FOR YOURSELF. In creating a REPUTATION for others. In not looking back 20 years from now and find yourself admitting, "Geez, in retrospect, I also would've fired me for my shitty attitude."

I know what you’re saying. And forgive me please if I came off as a whiner. In actuality, I kind of repress most of my anger. Most of it. It’s just shitty that they want to come here and do this song and dance, but will write me up if I do a song and dance. And then, to top it off, they want to take as much enjoyment out of it as they can. I know I know, if it was fun it wouldn’t be called work. However, and this is no exaggeration or bullshit, about a year and a half ago the call center director stated that if anyone laughed on the floor they would be sent home for three days without pay. You can’t make this shit up.

As for my work ethic, it’s already good. While the rest of my “team” says that they don’t get paid enough to bust their asses I sit here taking up 50% of the work. That’s a lot considering I have 2-4 people working with me at any given time. I just can’t help it. I fucking work. And because of the amount I work my pay does not reflect it at all. This is the Roth Army, a second or third family of sorts, so I’ll share my wages with you. $12.50 an hour. Actually that’s not true. I recently got a review which outlined my production and they gave me a 25 cent raise. That’s 10 bucks a week. I can make it rain on them hoes! Maybe not rain, more like a mist. I make it mist. Seeing as how I am NOT ALLOWED TO WORK OVERTIME LEST I GET WRITTEN UP that is $26,520 a year if I work 40 hours a week (let’s not get me started on holidays. Remember that 10.5 hour Sunday? Yeah, I only got paid for 7.5 of those hours for Christmas and New Years). It makes it difficult for a married student.

Like I said earlier, inside I am grateful that I even have a job. However, from the inefficient management team to the humiliating and ridiculous demands, it just feels like this company is hell-bent on making sure we are as miserable as their imaginations would allow. Of course I don’t trot around explaining my misery. I try not to talk to my coworkers too much. So no, I will not be remembered here as the guy that bitches all the time. I’ll most likely be remembered as that sucker they got so much work out of.

[ZahZoo]

Something I learned a long time ago and try to teach as much as possible... Most people don't earn a living doing the things they love to do.

More often than not... the job is just a vehicle to allow you to do the things that you love to do. So treat and view the job as a trusty tool.

Simple analogy... we all got to eat. Some even love to eat. View your job like your pots, pans, dishes and silverware. You wash them after each use and put them away neatly in a place so they are there the next time you need it. You'd never throw away all your dishes because you hate them and plan to get a new set next week... same with a job. Occasionally you'll sharpen those knives to they at least function or function better... invest in an upgrade if what you got isn't good enough. Same thing as a job...

Too often we allow ourselves to build an identity around our jobs/career... then we all hate it because we'd rather do what we love and most jobs ain't it. Treat the job as a tool... take care of it, but put it away when it's not needed. Spend that energy hating the job on something you like... In the long run the change in mind-set will do you wonders...

[POJO_Risin]

Something I learned a long time ago and try to teach as much as possible... Most people don't earn a living doing the things they love to do.

More often than not... the job is just a vehicle to allow you to do the things that you love to do. So treat and view the job as a trusty tool.

Simple analogy... we all got to eat. Some even love to eat. View your job like your pots, pans, dishes and silverware. You wash them after each use and put them away neatly in a place so they are there the next time you need it. You'd never throw away all your dishes because you hate them and plan to get a new set next week... same with a job. Occasionally you'll sharpen those knives to they at least function or function better... invest in an upgrade if what you got isn't good enough. Same thing as a job...

Too often we allow ourselves to build an identity around our jobs/career... then we all hate it because we'd rather do what we love and most jobs ain't it. Treat the job as a tool... take care of it, but put it away when it's not needed. Spend that energy hating the job on something you like... In the long run the change in mind-set will do you wonders...

Great Post...

[JJtheVagPounder]

You're right. It isn't worth my time being all butthurt. However, did you see the part about Ice Cream Man? Come on. Who doesn't love that song?

[Nitro Express]

I learned about a decade ago it is not so much money but quality of life. I was a stock broker doing well in the good times and hated every minute of it. Money makes you more comfortable but you spend most your waking hours at work and if that sours your life on a constant basis it's just not worth it. I'm a big believer in chasing what you want to do, make the sacrifices and your life will be happier. Too many people just have no vision early on in life and just kind of go with the flow and most get stuck in a place they hate because they never took the time to search themselves and ask what do I really want to do with my life? As I have gotten older I have noticed the happiest people did what they liked doing when they were younger. They know what they are. Most people have no clue and think it's someone else's job to figure it out for them.

[ZahZoo]

You're right. It isn't worth my time being all butthurt. However, did you see the part about Ice Cream Man? Come on. Who doesn't love that song?

Yeah I saw you got heat for singing... we're all actors and entertainers to some degree.

Most don't realize it but every day you get up and go to work... your acting. I've played many staring and supporting roles over the years... cook, machine operator, production control analyst, programmer, business analyst, project manager, manager, program manager... all just roles in the play of life. None of which are who I really am... musician, dad, husband, audio engineer, kite flyer, beer drinker, hell raiser, and... Zahzoo on the music boards...

Just pay attention to which stage you are on... you'll be fine.

[BITEYOASS]

Shit, when I was in the Marine Corps, I was encouraged to sing =VH=! Especially when we all got drunk for field day and I was able to get everybody to sing Panama. People even bought drinks for me after I sang some =VH= for karaoke.

[ZahZoo]

You're right. It isn't worth my time being all butthurt. However, did you see the part about Ice Cream Man? Come on. Who doesn't love that song?

Yeah I saw you got heat for singing... we're all actors and entertainers to some degree. You just have to remember which stage your on... showing happiness in the workplace can put a huge target on your back...

Most don't realize it but every day you get up and go to work... your acting. I've played many staring and supporting roles over the years... cook, machine operator, production control analyst, programmer, business analyst, project manager, manager, program manager... all just roles in the play of life. None of which are who I really am... musician, dad, husband, audio engineer, kite flyer, beer drinker, hell raiser, and... Zahzoo on the music boards...

Just pay attention to which stage you are on...