Alright, so my initial post was a vent of sorts. Most of the content is still valid, but could have been phrased less angrily.
Quick caveat: I've only been working for around 5 years. I've had around five jobs, four of which I left after a month or so (or got fired from
) and 1 I held for 3 years. So I understand that I've not seen the whole damn thing yet. I am considering ways of not making the Man richer, but they require cash and such beforehand. All I want is a job that isn't too offensive for a while, and doesn't have motherfuckers who think they own you because you work for them.
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I really hope with that attitude you're not surprised you got fired.
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I'm never suprised by it. I always make sure the mofo's get preached at first. Hopefully I can spread some enlightenment.
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Did you ever once consider the reprecussions of calling in sick just because you didnt "feel" like going in (besides being fired I mean)?
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Sure I have. When I was working as a security guard, it meant all those shiny cars in the car park weren't being watched every 15 minutes. When I was an office manager, it meant noone was there to watch the wage-slaves mouth ritualised sales bullshit down the phone to strangers. In fairness, most of my limited work experience hasn't required 10% of a human consciouness. It's a waste of 40 hours of
human life (the only thing worth a damn on the planet). Get a fucking voice recording to make sales ("This is a sales message offering you BLAH, that does x, y and z. Do you want it?", and a camera with a gun to watch your car (a little far off, yet, but you appreciate the notion). In my experience, with most worthless private sector jobs, the only people you inconvience is a customer. A bit. I appreciate that if every cat felt as I did, the system would break down, and this may be scary to some, I on the other hand, have no problem with destroying consumerism*
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Figuring out how to smile & know you're working for the big picture makes it worth while, and it gets easier with time.
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It's a nice thought but, I utterly disagree that the big picture we're working for makes it worthwhile. I see the big picture as us all working to make a tiny portion of the population richer. This is just wrong to me. I believe what you refer to as "gets easier with time", I call "compromising your beliefs". I'm not a zealot and I am perfectly to listen and compromise. Except when I'm right. This way doesn't work, really. Because the Man always wants more.
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If you just got booted I know the ears probably aren't completely open, but believe me, it'll work eventually. *SNIP*... Some good and friendly advice...*SNIP* Sometimes you just have to work at it in reverse.
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I appreciate your comments, dude. I can see what you're saying, but I believe that the moments of being a worthy person are fair outweighed by the harm of allowing the rich to get richer. My dad's a freelance programmer, working for vodaphone. Now part of his work is developing our communication networks, improving and stabilising them, which to my mind is a Good Thing. However, the reason the Man is paying him to do his job, is to bring in customers to make the Man more money. Doing the right thing for the wrong reasons is still fucked up, dude.
* Some days I do, others I don't. I appreciate that my way of life would be radically changed, and in some ways harmed. But it is my belief that something better will come from it.