Category: Antiwork

A few ears ago I was working a summer job as a busboy till I went back to college. It was early August and I knew I was never going to come back to this place after I went away again. It was a country sports bar and grill that got pretty packed on weekends. We were at a 'staff meeting' which was basically the manager taking us all out back near the dupster before open and yelling about what she didn't like. That day's topic was one that was brought up a lot she said something like, “I called (name drop here) to pick up and extra shift on the grill and he said no. This isn't acceptable…” She then went into her usual threat which was that she would close down the kitchen peranently and everyone in the back of the house would be out of a job…

I was seeing posts where people clock in and take a nap then go back to work, most of my jobs had a bunch of micromanagement, I was wondering what jobs would allow independence or at least a nap

(in UK for reference) So just had what my bank calls a “health” check about what accounts I have, what kind of loans I can take out, etc etc (apparently these are planned for people who have accounts that don't change for years). Here are some of my favourite parts: Banker: Do you rent or own Me: (laughs) rent B: are you hoping to buy? M: dreaming maybe B: it's more possible than you think with out help, let me run the numbers and see how much you could borrow …runs numbers… B: you know what I will schedule a call for next year, maybe you will have a partner or a better job and you'll be able to afford something. … B: do you have home insurance M: I rent, as you know can't exactly own B: but what about your valuables? You need them protected M: I own…

It’s so fucking crazy to me that I just got in a little argument with my coworkers that if we’re in lock down that means staying quiet and I’m the dark. But they’re just trucking along banging dishes and shit. God damn this shit is stupid. I get that we might not be in any danger but still.

I’ve been done with this job since the beginning of the pandemic. The monotony, the incompetence of the executive team, the long hours working until 2-3 a.m. Only to watch the company slowly crumble. A few months ago it got sold to an even more incompetent company, like 10x worse. Almost all of the former executives have quit (probably in fear of losing their job) and many more have been let go. The acquiring company has made it abundantly clear they don’t give a fuck about us and everything has been a complete disaster. Half of my team (accounting) has quit and they have done nothing to try and replace anyone. They just dumped work of people who left onto other team members and now they’re working 12 hour days trying to get stuff done. They tried to get me to do someone else’s job, but I refused and it…