Antiwork

Sorry for any grammer or spelling mistakes. I'm not the best with my words. So, I got fired the other day and it's been a rollercoaster of emotions for these couple days but, I'm genuinely excited now. I worked there for 4 years. Was the second job I've ever gotten and I genuinely loved my job. I loved the people I worked with and the regular customers will always mean the world to me. I almost regret it because I know that there are certain older customers who say they looked forward to seeing me every day and now they'll have to see that I couldn't take it anymore. I genuinely feel like I have a chance to be happy. The day after getting fired I already have a job interview set up. I think me slamming a door and not just “shutting the fuck up” like my GM told…

Disclaimer, english is not my native language. So, the marketing team thought it would be a good idea to host a giveaway on the company's social media pages. 30 clients would win a dinner at one of the city's finest restaurants for Valentine's Day. Apparently everything goes great but last minutes 4 winners say they won't be able to do make it. By that time it was too late to get in touch with the people on the waiting list so the guys from marketing told the branch manager there were four tickets left and it could be great for morale to have a draw between employees. She just said no and let them go to waste instead. These were dinners that were already paid for by the company. She could've made 8 people's night for free and just chose not to because… she could… I guess?

As everyone in this group is aware, there are far too many businesses treating workers like trash and still profiting. But what businesses are deserving of our money and support?

What should I do with my life? I feel like I go to work and come back from work just to go back in a few hours. I work full-time. I don't have many friends and I don't hang out with the few I have. I don't have many hobbies. I would love to go to the gym, ride a bike, go for a run, and date, but I don't do that. I pretty much netflix and chill at home while trying to not think of the next morning work. I don't enjoy work, but I don't hate it either. It's just nonstop work. I don't feel overwhelmed at work. I have ok coworkers, but I go to work just to work. I don't see the point of working extra hard to advance in my current career. I am thinking of switching careers, but it's a long way to go,…

The plan was to watch a gig with my Mrs and some old friends I haven't seen for a couple of years and, as the title says this had been booked in since last July. Today I was informed that I'm going to have to work 4 days of my holiday week because a duty manager has basically messed up and accepted too many holidays from too many people. This isn't the first time I've had difficulty in actually getting my holiday time, despite booking it months in advance. I told them that they can basically fuck off, but what should I do? It seems every time I book time off there are always “circumstances” that justifies (in their mind) a reason to stop me from taking my time off.

They knew.