I didn’t want to step from the ladder onto a 2.5 story metal roof during a hail storm. How should I feel? I don’t know. I spent a little over half a year working for this company. Been punctual, put forward effort, one of the strongest people on the crew, put in 12 hour days when required. It doesn’t matter. One hot tempered owners son who pisses the day away in his over priced pickup has the final say. The coworkers who didn’t want to do it themselves but did it anyway are more angry at me for refusing to do it than they are at the bosses son for making them do it. I’ll be alright. I’ll find another job that will pay the same. It doesn’t matter tomorrow. I’ve got money enough to cover next months bills, but what can be said. I guess the only answer is to drink and move on

  • @chad1234
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    182 years ago

    Only put in the minimum effort to avoid being fired.

    • @lxviOP
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      2 years ago

      I respect your point of view. If somebody says to me that a coworker is lazy or is always late or whatever, I say that it isn’t my problem or theirs and try to explain to them why they shouldn’t tie their interests with the interests of their masters.

      On the other hand, you want to be respected among your peers. That respect is earned by having a gentle attitude and competency at one’s work.

      That said, you should aim for the respect of your peers and not your bosses. There’s nothing worse than someone always trying to impress their bosses. The little that it gains them is outweighed in lost dignity.

      Who knows though. Respect even from your peers is overrated. They don’t give a fuck. They’re in the rat race. There’s no solidarity in American labor. It’s all bullshit. They cower in fear of going hungry. The only radicalizing force this country will hear is their own starvation. Not even the starvation of their neighbors can phase them. The American worker knows their place.

      • @Rafael_Luisi
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        82 years ago

        The fact the US exists makes me hopefull for my country, because no place in america can be a bigger shithole then the US.