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Who else has a hard time holding down a job?
#7768315 - 12/17/07 05:02 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Seriously, I'm good for maybe three months, and then I just...stop wanting to work there. So I inevitably quit/get fired.
At my current job I keep missing work. At least 1-2 days every week. I always have good reasons, but still. I can tell they're getting pissed.
I just have a hard time taking work seriously. It makes me always want to look for something new.
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Re: Who else has a hard time holding down a job? [Re: MOTH]
#7768350 - 12/17/07 05:55 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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same.
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Re: Who else has a hard time holding down a job? [Re: MOTH]
#7768356 - 12/17/07 06:00 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yeah, I know so many bitter old people that have spent their whole lifes working for the man. Big whoop for them lol.
My lifes a party, I find work when I need money but I spend most my time doing what I want to when I want. Thats just the way I am.
Fucking spending my life making money for the tax man to fund his war machine - I'd rather live in a woods and forage than do that permanently.
Its only ass licking career people that give a shit because they spend their whole lives trying to get one up. Realistically work can always be found - work in bar, work as a laborer.
I had to make a lot of sacrifices for my lifestyle though - if I choose to lunch a boring job then I have to go back to the tent instead of keep my crazy priced flat. Its a balance - its just whatever right for you.
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Re: Who else has a hard time holding down a job? [Re: MOTH]
#7768372 - 12/17/07 06:14 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Well you've certainly got my number.
Though I'm usually good for a 6-12 month stint at each job.
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Re: Who else has a hard time holding down a job? [Re: Ego Death]
#7768389 - 12/17/07 06:34 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Get some fucking motivation and pride in yourself... calling in 1-2 days a week your truly a pathetic slug if you do that - there is NO REASON short of major disease that I would let one of my employees miss that much work.
It's no suprise a bunch of burn outs on here. Basically all you said Ego Death is justification's for you being lazy self-centered piece of shit "do what I want, work when I want, fuck over whoever I want." Oh that's really cool attitude to have, in high school maybe. I guess you probably didn't finish that so that might be where your stuck with your job, maturity and intellectual development.
Anyways I think it's pathetic you can't keep a job because of faults of your own, poor performance, calling in 1-2 days week, or whatever you people do to get fired for.
Ego Death - The bitter old people who spent there who life working for the man, are you suggesting they would not be bitter if they were Homeless, poor and broke instead because that's the alternative. And if you don't like working for the man, why not make YOU THE MAN if your so smart open your own business?
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Re: Who else has a hard time holding down a job? [Re: rawtoxic]
#7768391 - 12/17/07 06:36 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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im the same, i think its was the generation we was bought up in u kno, govermant hand outs etc our generation is lazy. and we will get worse in generations to come
i mean look, were constantly striving to find easier ways to do things.
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Re: Who else has a hard time holding down a job? [Re: rawtoxic]
#7768393 - 12/17/07 06:37 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Am I the only one that thinks it FEELS GOOD TO BE SUCCESSFUL?
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Re: Who else has a hard time holding down a job? [Re: rawtoxic]
#7768404 - 12/17/07 06:52 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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i think for me, because i have no skills and didn't go to college, because i can't handle school (no attention span... i've been trying for years to modify that) every payday becomes a horror instead of a joy. the more effort, hours, and energy i put into work the more i become depressed that i basically get no benifit. if i work a 60 hour week instead of a 20 hour week i get an extra... 145 dollars about? and that basically does nothing to enhance my life, while i'm 20 hours plus travel and preparation time poorer...
i'm trying to get into creating my own business, so i can better myself economically on my own terms, and not work so someone else can make most of the profits. your story along those lines really inspired me.
the problem is i'm a slow learner, and slower to act. i'm sure i will find something i can do though by the time i'm 30 or so.
until then i'm happy being broke and not having to work alot.
also i would add i never feel comfortable with my co-workers, because i'm pretty much a loner... and on the other hand having a job where i'm isolated 8 hours at a time isn't much fun either... its not that i don't want to be successful, its just that the standard methods don't really appeal to me, and its taking me awhile to figure out what suits me.
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Re: Who else has a hard time holding down a job? [Re: truekimbo2]
#7768413 - 12/17/07 07:07 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Extra $145 a week is over $7000 per year and you say you can't use that money. LOL
Anyways glad my story motivated you... there is a good book to read called "Success is a choice" by Rick Pateno (basketball coach) I can send it over to you if you'd like I should have an extra copy.
Just hang in there and look for places to get ahead with your businesss. I would work those extra hours for the extra $145 a week that might be the money you need to start your own business and get ahead.
Have you considered untraditional work, selling on ebay, etc>?
I am not saying it is wrong to quit jobs because they are not right for you but a continuous cycle of quitting / getting fired is unacceptable or for the LOSERS so to say.
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Re: Who else has a hard time holding down a job? [Re: rawtoxic]
#7768420 - 12/17/07 07:17 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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i'm not much a saver because i'm so used to being broke. an extra 145$ a week basically amounts to maybe some fresh vegatables and going to to dinner once - 25$, more juice 10$, a small present for my girlfriend - 20$ and then usually another 20$ in snacks i wouldn't normally get and the rest random household shit.
yeah so my point was, i don't really feel any impact at all from working more, with the sole exception of i get to eat a wider variety of food, and drink more juice, the rest of the stuff i don't even notice, but at the same time i'm not going to do without. the only impact i feel is an extra 20 hours a week of doing something i really don't want to be doing. and so usually after 3-4 months just end up quitting, and not doing anything until i'm on the edge of homelessness, which gets me excited about working and having money again.
yeah i'll pm you about that book.
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Re: Who else has a hard time holding down a job? [Re: rawtoxic]
#7768428 - 12/17/07 07:22 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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rawtoxic said: Get some fucking motivation and pride in yourself... calling in 1-2 days a week your truly a pathetic slug if you do that - there is NO REASON short of major disease that I would let one of my employees miss that much work.
Well man, I just don't care. Trust me, my life would be a lot easier if I did give a shit, but I don't.
So dude...how do you care, man? You seem culturally conditioned from my point of view. Is that what it is? Or is there some secret to being satisfied with the standard 40 hr workweek?
LET ME KNOW MAN. I'm desperate to give over my life's time for a few dollars and the feeling that I accomplished something.
Uh...glad it gives you jollies to work and make money....
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Re: Who else has a hard time holding down a job? [Re: rawtoxic] 1
#7768433 - 12/17/07 07:25 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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rawtoxic said: Am I the only one that thinks it FEELS GOOD TO BE SUCCESSFUL?
In the same way that it feels good to bone a hooker in the ass? Which is the only real motivation behind making money if you think about it. Pussy. Y'need money to buy all your car decals and spoilers and rims so chicks whore themselves out.
Gotta keep that pussy in front of your face like a dangling carrot, keep you producing.
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Re: Who else has a hard time holding down a job? [Re: MOTH]
#7768444 - 12/17/07 07:31 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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No work ethic = loser
prove otherwise
and MOTH your I don't care defense is screaming LOSER
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Re: Who else has a hard time holding down a job? [Re: rawtoxic]
#7768456 - 12/17/07 07:41 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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rawtoxic said: No work ethic = loser
prove otherwise
and MOTH your I don't care defense is screaming LOSER
Your attitude is equally sad to me simply because I don't see the point in working my life away just to "be successful."
Success in the eyes of whom? Who are you measuring yourself up against? If your success makes you happy, then so be it. Your experience is not everyone elses.
It's okay with me if you think I'm a loser. You are caught in a quagmire of judgement. I'd rather be considered a "loser" then grind my life's hours away at a job that means nothing to me.
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Re: Who else has a hard time holding down a job? [Re: rawtoxic]
#7768459 - 12/17/07 07:42 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I have had many more attractive women drawn to me as a successful man than some jobless lowlife sellin 50 bags. I'd like to hear some of you argue otherwise. I bet my girl wouldn't give half you the time of day. Sure I might be able to con them into the sack once usually charisma or whatever but keeping them around is another story. My girl works just as hard as me with the business and coming up with new ideas and such so she's not just along for the 'carrots'.
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Re: Who else has a hard time holding down a job? [Re: rawtoxic]
#7768460 - 12/17/07 07:43 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Because actual labor barely covers the many facets of creativity. Most jobs don't offer me anything except essentially, the opportunity to trade all my time for money. One day, I realized that I like time more than I like money. That producing tons of shit, for people with lots of money and don't need said shit isn't rewarding in the least, and continues to turn our current world into a monumental shithole of material possessions. The reason I don't hold down a job is because a job doesn't really have much to offer me. I mean, all the better to the people who have steady jobs and all, it's not for me really.
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Re: Who else has a hard time holding down a job? [Re: rawtoxic]
#7768463 - 12/17/07 07:46 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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rawtoxic said: I have had many more attractive women drawn to me as a successful man than some jobless lowlife sellin 50 bags. I'd like to hear some of you argue otherwise. I bet my girl wouldn't give half you the time of day. Sure I might be able to con them into the sack once usually charisma or whatever but keeping them around is another story. My girl works just as hard as me with the business and coming up with new ideas and such so she's not just along for the 'carrots'.
Sounds like you two are meant for one another. Congratulations.
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Re: Who else has a hard time holding down a job? [Re: AlCapwn]
#7768466 - 12/17/07 07:48 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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AlCapwn said: Because actual labor barely covers the many facets of creativity. Most jobs don't offer me anything except essentially, the opportunity to trade all my time for money. One day, I realized that I like time more than I like money. That producing tons of shit, for people with lots of money and don't need said shit isn't rewarding in the least, and continues to turn our current world into a monumental shithole of material possessions. The reason I don't hold down a job is because a job doesn't really have much to offer me. I mean, all the better to the people who have steady jobs and all, it's not for me really.
You said it better then I could.
I still technically have a job right now. I'm going on vacation in a few days, so we'll see. I'm not too concerned about it.
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Re: Who else has a hard time holding down a job? [Re: rawtoxic]
#7768468 - 12/17/07 07:49 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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well I love what I do so I'm not working my life away, and I'm working for MORE THAN JUST ME. all that matters is YOU in your posts ME ME ME ME ME ME not do I hear you once mention that if you don't work who pays for you to live, exist, and your shelter?
what about our flailing American economy- you think going on welfare helps that- oh yeah your answer is "I don't care" probably your answer to any challenging question that might make you apply yourself.
success is not measured by any Richter type scale but one-self can judge success, set goals for yourself and achieve them, maybe you should make it a goal not to work and just be a bottomfeeder picking up what everyone else drops.
worthless slug you are prove otherwise. how do help society?
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Re: Who else has a hard time holding down a job? [Re: rawtoxic]
#7768470 - 12/17/07 07:51 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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yes MOTH a perfect match.
id never date a slug like you.
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