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so suppose a guy had been unemployed for a couple of years and had no real previous work experience to speak of -- he was pretty "down in the dumps" (you do say that in america don't you i sure hope i'm doing this "colloquialism" thing right) and one day, just for laughs, this guy applies for a job he has no actual qualifications for at a smallish company with only three or four other employees -- against all odds he bullshits his way through the interview process ("yes sir i am looking for lasting work -- why yes sir commitment is my middle name") and actually gets selected over fuck knows how many other applicants and so guy has a full-time job.
even though he gets paid fuck-all, it's still more than welfare and enough to pay the rent and some beer, the boss and his co-workers are decent people and he gets along with them well enough for the most part, even though the idea of a boss watching him and telling him what to do is hardish to swallow. the job is mostly stupid and pointless and a complete fucking dead-end in terms of "advancement" and other things like that, but this guy doesn't really believe in "careers" and irrelevant bollocks like that so who the hell cares honestly.
NOW as it happens, within a smallish time interval, something like 4 or 5 months, this guy has already become pretty much instrumental for the company to function right. leaving now would put the boss (who, i reiterate, is a good guy) in a pile of deep shit without a shovel.
and let's cut the crap -- the point is i really want to do something else already, and i have a great opportunity at the moment to start up a pretty exciting business with one or two of my buddies. i have a real hard time accepting menial 9-5 work and getting home every fucking weekday with no energy left to do anything at all, but that's beside the point and i don't want an argument about that.
the question here is the moral conundrum posed by the above situation: are you an asshole if you just suddenly announce "welp, i'm gonna leave, i know the company is going to fall apart for a while until you find a replacement but that shit just ain't my bitch" to a guy who gave you a job when you could get no other job, despite the fact that it pays very little, and despite the fact that you dislike your job and find it hard to get up in the morning, and despite the fact that there is now an opening to throw caution to the fucking wind & raise a giant middle finger in the face of "YOU CAN'T EXPECT TO MAKE MONEY OFF YOUR OWN BUSINESS ESPECIALLY NOT NOW WITH THE ~GLOBAL ECONOMY CRISIS~ JUST SHUT UP AND WORK AND WATCH THE SIMPSONS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE" mentality
i need to do shit with my time that doesn't make me want to kill myself. if now is not the time, i have a feeling there won't be another time that is right either. i don't like being an asshole to people who have been nothing but nice to me either though...
http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/helloween/keeperofthesevenkeyspartii.html#9
man its so true... they just don't... understand
fuck society
even though he gets paid fuck-all, it's still more than welfare and enough to pay the rent and some beer, the boss and his co-workers are decent people and he gets along with them well enough for the most part, even though the idea of a boss watching him and telling him what to do is hardish to swallow. the job is mostly stupid and pointless and a complete fucking dead-end in terms of "advancement" and other things like that, but this guy doesn't really believe in "careers" and irrelevant bollocks like that so who the hell cares honestly.
NOW as it happens, within a smallish time interval, something like 4 or 5 months, this guy has already become pretty much instrumental for the company to function right. leaving now would put the boss (who, i reiterate, is a good guy) in a pile of deep shit without a shovel.
and let's cut the crap -- the point is i really want to do something else already, and i have a great opportunity at the moment to start up a pretty exciting business with one or two of my buddies. i have a real hard time accepting menial 9-5 work and getting home every fucking weekday with no energy left to do anything at all, but that's beside the point and i don't want an argument about that.
the question here is the moral conundrum posed by the above situation: are you an asshole if you just suddenly announce "welp, i'm gonna leave, i know the company is going to fall apart for a while until you find a replacement but that shit just ain't my bitch" to a guy who gave you a job when you could get no other job, despite the fact that it pays very little, and despite the fact that you dislike your job and find it hard to get up in the morning, and despite the fact that there is now an opening to throw caution to the fucking wind & raise a giant middle finger in the face of "YOU CAN'T EXPECT TO MAKE MONEY OFF YOUR OWN BUSINESS ESPECIALLY NOT NOW WITH THE ~GLOBAL ECONOMY CRISIS~ JUST SHUT UP AND WORK AND WATCH THE SIMPSONS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE" mentality
i need to do shit with my time that doesn't make me want to kill myself. if now is not the time, i have a feeling there won't be another time that is right either. i don't like being an asshole to people who have been nothing but nice to me either though...
http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/helloween/keeperofthesevenkeyspartii.html#9
man its so true... they just don't... understand
fuck society 
... my suggestion on that matter (since I run my own business as well) is to have at a bare minimum money to survive for the first 6-12 months put aside as the business grows/adjusts.
