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032909 - Insert Linkin Park Song Here.
I needed to let out a lot of steam, which means I chose to do the obligatory angst sketch. Sorry about the messiness of it all, I didn't really feel like cleaning it up.
A lot of this is actually what I'm feeling. I'm a petty, jealous person who feels those kinds of feelings of envy despite being happy for those who are becoming better and more popular than me. I want to be an artist, but my job is keeping me from really being able to take my time and being able to do something to completion. I'm sick of working until 10 at night to make up for my boss's unwillingness to close. I'm sick of feeling like I'm going to be fired any day now, and in fact it's gotten to the point where I don't want to give my boss that pleasure--I'm thinking of turning in my notice of resignation, even though it will hurt me because of the looming spectre of debt.
I wish I could talk to someone more intimately about this, but nobody seems willing to listen, sometimes.
It helps to put this stuff on paper, although now I'm being hit with the recoil of expressing these things--I sort of want to cry a bit, but I can't. I have to put on a happy face and go to work as if nothing's wrong.
Tomorrow will be the last straw. If I cannot get a day off to take an exam in statistics, I'm done. I will ask my boss for $650 out of his pocket because he officially screwed me over; I'll have to take this class all over next semester, and he will be missing an employee as of two weeks from now (if even).
A lot of this is actually what I'm feeling. I'm a petty, jealous person who feels those kinds of feelings of envy despite being happy for those who are becoming better and more popular than me. I want to be an artist, but my job is keeping me from really being able to take my time and being able to do something to completion. I'm sick of working until 10 at night to make up for my boss's unwillingness to close. I'm sick of feeling like I'm going to be fired any day now, and in fact it's gotten to the point where I don't want to give my boss that pleasure--I'm thinking of turning in my notice of resignation, even though it will hurt me because of the looming spectre of debt.
I wish I could talk to someone more intimately about this, but nobody seems willing to listen, sometimes.
It helps to put this stuff on paper, although now I'm being hit with the recoil of expressing these things--I sort of want to cry a bit, but I can't. I have to put on a happy face and go to work as if nothing's wrong.
Tomorrow will be the last straw. If I cannot get a day off to take an exam in statistics, I'm done. I will ask my boss for $650 out of his pocket because he officially screwed me over; I'll have to take this class all over next semester, and he will be missing an employee as of two weeks from now (if even).
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Bad jobs and screwed up supervisors usually take a toll on every other facet of your life. Working for one lunatic was enough to last me a lifetime.
Don't fail your class. Whether he gives you the time off or not, take your exam and make sure you put in enough study time to pass it. Dropping and retaking classes when your boss had previously assured you it would be no problem is the worst. I did it once, and I almost immediately realized that I should have dropped the job instead of the class.
Try to find a way to exit your job gracefully. Things are not good out there right now, but landing a job that seems less attractive for material reasons can be a real blessing if the work environment is happier and you don't dread going in every day.
Good luck. You said you feel like you can't talk to people, but poke me on your favorite IM program if you like. I'm always happy to listen.
Don't fail your class. Whether he gives you the time off or not, take your exam and make sure you put in enough study time to pass it. Dropping and retaking classes when your boss had previously assured you it would be no problem is the worst. I did it once, and I almost immediately realized that I should have dropped the job instead of the class.
Try to find a way to exit your job gracefully. Things are not good out there right now, but landing a job that seems less attractive for material reasons can be a real blessing if the work environment is happier and you don't dread going in every day.
Good luck. You said you feel like you can't talk to people, but poke me on your favorite IM program if you like. I'm always happy to listen.
I agree with Soba: if he won't give you the time off for the exam and study, quit or skip, and focus on the exam. Your job sounds like a nightmare, and I'd focus on your schooling over it. I know it's easier said than done, but... there'll be other jobs, and this one sounds like it's gone way past "not worth it."
I'm with Soba on this one. If your boss won't give you the evening off, then he's asking you to do $60 of work or lose $650 of school. The appropriate response would be to work up to the day before you need the time off, then close your post, go home, write up a resume (and post it to Craigslist or somesuch!), and afterwards, study for your test.
This is his problem, not yours, and even if you whine and plead and beg to keep your job, the way he's running it (he wont' even close properly?), you may see a "Closed" sign on it one day when you come in to work -- or if he has a boss he responds to, you may find your job having been removed along with his.
This is his problem, not yours, and even if you whine and plead and beg to keep your job, the way he's running it (he wont' even close properly?), you may see a "Closed" sign on it one day when you come in to work -- or if he has a boss he responds to, you may find your job having been removed along with his.
Don't let this job get in the way of completing your college education, so you can get a better job.
I tell you what, having college loans and no degree to show for it sucks. I lucked into a decent job doing computer tech stuff, but I still have no degree and am paying for the loans I took out to not have it, as it were.
Just do the job as well as you can, and keep an eye open for something better.
I tell you what, having college loans and no degree to show for it sucks. I lucked into a decent job doing computer tech stuff, but I still have no degree and am paying for the loans I took out to not have it, as it were.
Just do the job as well as you can, and keep an eye open for something better.
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