Thought About It, Thought Twice
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (112804)
United States
October 20, 2022 7:01am CST
I was considering going into work early this morning to help put away stock order. But there are three guys there already, and quite honestly I just don't feel like it. So, I decided screw it. I am not doing it.
Our hourly rate is paltry anyway, so it is not like it is going to make any major impact on my weekly base amount. Inflation will stifle my efforts as well and it has been two years since I have gotten a raise on my base.
In another time, in another place, in another set of circumstances it may have been worth my time. But not now.
I can make more in the stock market than that extra hour or so would get me going in early anyway.
Sure. It is nice sometimes to be a team player. But is that going to pay my bills and forge my future? Not really. lol. Besides, they need the money more than I do, so in a way I am helping them.
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@moffittjc (128833)
• Gainesville, Florida
21 Oct 22
You shoulda just took the whole day off.
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@moffittjc (128833)
• Gainesville, Florida
21 Oct 22
@porwest They would eventually get over it.
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@porwest (112804)
• United States
21 Oct 22
@moffittjc Yes. They would. Although my boss does suffer from "pathological memory." In other words, he remembers things the way he wants to, not the way things happened, and so I would hear about it in the future in a very different light than what actually went down. lol
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
21 Nov 22
Oue workers here work 8-hour a day. They're paid Php 467.95 a day or P58/hour. That's is about a dollar. You said yours is paltry. How much?
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@porwest (112804)
• United States
29 Nov 22
@Nakitakona It is just my wife and I.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
24 Nov 22
@porwest That's well enough for you. Do you have a family?
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
20 Oct 22
@porwest Ohhh, you don't play well with others!
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@LindaOHio (222280)
• United States
20 Oct 22
Now that you've justified your actions....:-)
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@porwest (112804)
• United States
21 Oct 22
I mean, technically I could take a day off whenever I want. Granted, like anything, there is a limit to that. But generally speaking, yes. I could tell them to pound sand if I wanted to. As for me being the boss, technically no. But that's not the whole story from my point of view. I work here because I choose to. Not because I have to. So, while they have their rules, wishes and desires, so do I. If they don't meet mine they can pound sand. If I don't meet theirs they can tell me to pound sand.
Neither of us would be severely impacted by either decision. My money is my will, and I DO use it to maintain power over what I do and don't do and what I am willing to do and not willing to do.
@porwest (112804)
• United States
20 Oct 22
I make very good money. But ONLY because of my commissions. If it makes your blood boil even more, the one I got before the one I got two years ago took me four years to get.
The company makes absolutely no investment in their employees. Employees are forced to invest in themselves...
Which is why my focus is only on what actually brings money to my table. All the extras they aren't paying for, so they don't get them. lol
