Work and feeling Owned

[Clammer]

F $%#$%^& work for yourself // sometimes it sucks // but I,m fishing my ass off right now & catching // & I ain,t stopping ...

Johnny / it all depends what ya want in life & how much bull s hit you,ll take // years ago when my family was still all in the house /// I had a tit job //but still had to bust my ass // I worked as accountant for ITT for 15.5 years //I was nuts then too /but they wouldn,t get rid of me because i was a good worker & was real good with numbers // I had full medical ,dental ,a investment account ,5 weeks vacation ,plus sick days ,holidays , life insurance/& a descent pay // but I still commercial fished /both rod & reel & quahauging ..
well One day I just quit /at age 36 to go full time commercial fishing // I never looked back & I,d do it again // I,ve never worked for anyone else again & that was 22 years ago // In the next few weeks /once I figure things out /I,ll find a way to scale down even more ///

Sandman is soooooooooooooo right // F $%^& retirement /too mant people count the days until ============== and they never get to see it //

save ,work for a rainy day / why ?????//// either ya make things work or wait for the sun to come out ><>><><><>

Oh almost forgot // when I worked for ITT /almost every lunch I went to the Portuguese Sport Club // shooting pool & drinking C/C & coke ////WTF
I would have been higher up in management if I was a golfer ,Instead of a fisherman ..............................<>>>><<>><

[outfished]

But in golfing you have to wear those silly pants and goofy shoes.

[Bass Babe]

Tim-Tim, I sympathize. I've already worked 42 hours this week, not counting today. I had to go pick up a dozen 1.5 gallon buckets of caulking yesterday, and a bunch of other equipment. I have a tiny, relatively nice sports car. Well, the dude loaded my car, ramming one bucket into my cd player (it's a trunk one) multiple times, smashing a bucket into my better rod and reel, and leaving grease stains on my back seat. I tell ya, my little car is a far cry from the company truck. And I got no compensation. Among other things, that is a reason I am getting out. It's hard; people get stuck in their ways and don't want to move or change, no matter how young or old they are. But once we do, I assume it will be glorious. Until then, don't let the man get you down.

[tynan19]

I work full time but get payed part time benefits because they hired me for part time. Then work another 20hrs at my other store. Used I feel. If it wasn't for the wife and kid and family around here I would be gone.

[zacs]

i have typed a response to this thread 3 times but deleted it every time.

i think i will keep my oppinion to myself.

i have a present for you Vic.

Unfortuately I will be out of town this tuesday.

we should hook up soon, though.

_Z_

[ThrowingTimber]

Wait until you get a mortgage, kids, college, orthodontics, vet bills, car payments, and you'll want to talk aobut being owned

thanks for the perspective!

[Gotofish]

Yeah, thanks Bill.

Glad I broke up with the girlfriend just before fall......and got a place a mile from Moonstone!

[Skitterpop]

Is here.......... for most of us.

Freedom is a motherless child ... R.H.?

[Bass Babe]

I can't believe I have to work tomorrow. At least I put my foot down slightly and said only half a day. But I need to be up at 315 (AM!!) to pick up the 3 $hitbum employees that don't have cars, and go to the job. Not just to finish, but RE-caulk an entire side of the building. Yeah, they said they knew how to do it, and when I brought the materials, they looked at the guns funny, and I had to show them how to mix the caulk. I show up this morning, and there are waves of caulk pouring out of the window seams. ACK! The incompetence of others cost me my Saturday morning sleep-in. Jerks.

[The Dad Fisherman]

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[RIJIMMY]

3 years ago my daughter, our first child, was 2 months old. I was so miserable at work, her birth was just another thing I needed to worry about. Should have been one of my happiest moments. I felt used and more importantly, I was comprosing my values and beliefs by staying in an unhealthy environment working for complete morons. I was feeding her a bottle at 3 am and said to her that someday I have to look her in the eye and explain to her that I sold out and why. I didnt have the courage to do what I thought was right. I wondered how I could look her in the eye if I did not have the confidence in myself? My position was a VP in a very large investment company, a dream job for some. The next day, I went to my management and gave them an ultimatum, make these changes, or else. Two weeks later they told me to screw. Here I was with a newborn and unemployed, mortgage, cars,etc.. I busted my butt to find a new job despite a bad economy. It took me 4 months Now, I have a great job, better pay, better people and I am happier. You have to be true to yourself. Some places are not good places to work, some people are not good to work for.