Help! I got a job and I hate it...

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 6/3/08 at 9:09pm

my mom offered me an extremely easy and no-stress job at her office scanning documents all day. sweet deal, right? i'm two days into it and i feel like smashing my face in. i feel very uncomfortable with the fact that it was my mother who got me the job, so it's pretty much nepotism, and to make matters worse, the constant scanning scanning scanning is so mind-numbing. i can literally feel my brain losing matter each hour by hour.

so i thought i could maybe get some writing done in between scans and e-mail it to myself. no such luck. the internet is strictly forbidden and anyone caught surfing is immediately and harshly reprimanded. so i'm pretty much stuck scanning all day every day for the rest of my life.

[mejusthavingfun]

Posted: 6/3/08 at 9:14pm

Do you have an iPod? Try some books on tape. I thought you never wanted to work. Why the change? You can't screw you Mom on this. Man up!


Don't stress,
Relax,
Let life roll off your backs
Except for death and paying taxes,
Everything in life is only for now!

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/3/08 at 9:15pm

I think nepotism only matters if it's a desirable job.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 6/3/08 at 9:16pm

It just depresses me because I know for a fact that I'm completely untalented in everything and will probably have jobs like this for the rest of my life.

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 6/3/08 at 9:17pm

I'd tell you to get a job in something you enjoy (if there is such a thing), or at least something more desirable, but then you'll find a reason to complain about that.

And what made you decide to work anyway?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/3/08 at 9:18pm

Did you drop out of college?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/3/08 at 9:22pm

Oh, I know, love. Even back in my day, we got out in mid-may. I was just wondering why he thought he was going be at the scanning place with his mom for the rest of his life. Anyone can suck it up for three months.

[mejusthavingfun]

Posted: 6/3/08 at 9:23pm

"It just depresses me because I know for a fact that I'm completely untalented in everything and will probably have jobs like this for the rest of my life."

I'm not sure this is the best approach. Keep this job until you find something you like.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 6/3/08 at 9:24pm

Because I know that everything is temporary. Each day I'm in school is a gift because I know how easily it can be taken away.

[Glebb]

Posted: 6/3/08 at 9:24pm

Here's a plus.
You can think all day long at work of things to post on BWW.

[Liverpool]

Posted: 6/3/08 at 9:26pm

please don't encourage him glebb.

[skb2010]

Posted: 6/3/08 at 9:28pm

yes, please don't.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/3/08 at 9:30pm

Dude, this isn't anything anyone hasn't said before, but if you're for real, you LOVE your misery. You fetishize it. Lots of people have had sh*tty summer jobs. Lots of people have sh*tty grown up jobs. You don't want to be happy. You couldn't possibly.

[mejusthavingfun]

Posted: 6/3/08 at 9:34pm

Wait your in school? Dude, I worked at pretzel FACTORY with no air conditioning all summer during college. Real blast. Deal with it. You much luckier than most.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 6/3/08 at 9:35pm

Let me just tell you, working sucks in general. Well, unless you just happen to get lucky. And at least scanning files, you have something to do, even if it isn't the most facinating job.

I ran the trading post at a summer camp for 2 years. I was usually not too bored the first 2 or 3 days of the week. However, it got boring when the kids started running out of money and stopped coming in. I had no access to a computer either, and had a radio that picked up 2 stations. Luckly, I was allowed to have books and magazines with me. I think my favorite week was when we ended up with only 2 or 3 small groups in camp, and I was lucky to make a sale before lunch.

[verynewyorkcurious]

Posted: 6/3/08 at 9:38pm

Working for family really sucks. I work for my family now, but if it was up to me, I'd be at Starbucks making lattes for demanding customers.

No point of putting up with it. Aim for happiness.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 6/3/08 at 9:56pm

"your only solution is to end it all now. Go out in a blaze of glory. make sure they never forget you."

Could one be banned or at least suspended for suggesting someone commit suicide?

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 6/3/08 at 10:03pm

[Elphaba]

Posted: 6/3/08 at 10:23pm

sounds like you are getting better if you feel like bashing your head in rather than your sisters....

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 6/3/08 at 10:31pm

There's just no outlet for creativity in there.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/3/08 at 10:33pm

What creatively fulfilling summer jobs did you apply for before you took the job at your mom's company?

[bdwaygirl]

Posted: 6/3/08 at 10:36pm

You claim to be empty 'creatively', so why does it matter?

Updated On: 6/3/08 at 10:36 PM

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 6/3/08 at 10:39pm

I applied at a coffee shop. I just have no time to write.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 6/3/08 at 10:46pm

but Liver, Cruel has learned it's so much easier to whine and moan about his life rather than DOING SOMETHING about it.....poor, poor Cruel.....life is so "cruel" oh woe is me, NOT

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 6/3/08 at 10:53pm

Some people were blessed and some were not.