"I swear I am gonna do it, I am gonna quit soon, this place is hell" a coworker mutters. "3 years is too long at this place, I wanted to quit 3 months in." Everyone hates this job.
Wait, What the fuck am I doing at a warehouse lunchroom, at 8:40 pm dreading the next few minutes where I will go and sand another 2 dumpsters before going home.
THEY ARE DUMPSTERS,
They look fine,
They don't need to be re painted.
If I had 5 days to live I wouldn't sand dumpsters. and I would regret every day that I already did.
I don't like to use the term "cog in the system" but fuck,cog in the system? I am a cog in the machine that cleans fucking garbage cans. You could remove me from the bigger picture, and nobody would know. That's success?
Deric, Why are you here? Why didnt you leave 3 years ago? why the fuck are you working? do you have a plan? are you saving? or are you just paying bills and buying things to make you feel like your here for a reason?
Its backwards.
I think about how as soon as I have enough to buy a van, I will. and I will quit.
I think about how Conor will work until he qualifies for permanent residency, and he will quit.
Then I think about how Deric will stay here and complain, Jesse will stay here and complain, scott will stay here and complain. For what!? $20 an hour.
I wonder how we got taught to think its natural to work, and then figure out what to do with the money afterwards. Money isn't freedom, time is freedom, and money costs time.
I think of an argument with my cousin several years ago. Oddly enough I liked my job at the time.
"If your sick of your dead end job, come work with me"
-"My jobs no that bad, least i dont come home pissed off every day like you do."
"But I make double what you do, its worth hating your job"
-"Then why are you alway broke"
"Because I have car payments and phone payments"
-"Get rid of your car and phone and get a job you like"
"I can't I need them for work"
If you go to work every day hating your job, you better have a damn good excuse why you are there. Thats YOUR time, thats YOUR life.
I think of 2005 to 2008 I held a full time job for three years. Made $50 grand or whatever. What the hell did I do with it. In 2008 when I left BC, I sold EVERYTHING I owned, everything that 50 thousand dollars got me, and I made about $1200. That's like leaving with 2 percent of what I put in. that's like saying every day I was making $12 an hour, I was making 25 cents an hour. This is success?
The funny thing is, I traveled for 3 months, spent an average of 3 bucks a day, and had the undisputed, Best time of my life
I won't argue that its not fun to have a fancy drink at a bar and eat at a nice restaurant, but a $40 dollar bill for dinner is outrageous. If I had no money and walked into a restaurant, and they said they would feed me for free if I worked for 3 hours, I would tell them to fuck right off. So why is it ok when you do the work first.
Stubborn and Naive as I am, I recognize its a skill to not need to work in todays world. and I am not saying don't work. but be expedient. Quick math equation. 24 litres of beer, costs $15 dollar to brew. That is 812 ounces. Cost? 1.8 cents an once. a pint at the bar, costs say 5 dollars. thats 12 ounces. cost? 41.6 cents an ounce. I'd rather have 24 litres of beer than three glasses. Maybe with your next paycheck you should go buy a brew kit and tell your boss to shove it.
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