i quit my job!

[letsgocoyote]

i couldnt stand working retail anymore, and i was supposed to be training for a customer service manager promotion today, but i just cant handle going there everyday anymore, its sucking my will to live, so i called in and quit. i felt kind of bad because everyone there is cool and the manager is nice and it was sort of a lame thing to do to him after he jsut promoted me but crap. i couldnt handle it. and i got this killer toothache that i got to take care of
so now i have to figure otu how to make a living without selling out. hard to please everyoen.
jsut venting here because i figured you guys are cool and not judgemental

[zerosum]

work sucks....so does being broke from not working....
school can suck too

[St.Norman]

WORD. POWER TO THE POEPLE !!! POWER TO THE POEPLE !! POWER TO THE POEPLE !!!
And If everybody there was really cool and the manager was nice they prolly feel that same dull ach of a life given away. Fuck shitty wages and high gas prices. FUCK THE RICH FEED THE POOR.

[basti moon]

Eat the rich!
Good on you for quitting, getting life sucked out doesen't sound very nice.
You're welcome to come study sonic art, or "weird sounds and noises-school" as I calls it, over here I guess. Not one boring day at school yet and not even a single chance to sell out if we tried, hehe.
Other than that, try working as a rocknroll astronaut or singing vampire! In space!
No goal is high enough, mister. Reach for the anti-sellout matter stars.

On second thought, haven't vampires sold out?

[the raytownian]

yes, they totally have sold out, like... a lottttt...

I'm in a semi-kinda-sorta similar predicament...

The thing is, I still live at home, have never had a job, and I am studying in a field that I've got no interest in (Graphic Design... It's not that i don't enjoy it, but the work is so boring... and there's all this emphasis on corporate jobs and boring advertisement shit and every biznass opportunity is focused on being in a "COMFY" job and having a fucking house in the suburbs or some shit)

I hate the thought of living with and sponging off of my folks forever... But there's nowhere that i know of that I could live. I would totally love to live and work and share rent with someone in a bitchin' downtown neighborhood... But I'm too fucking stuck on material shit (my music GEER) so I'm essentially buried under it... Plus I have no car now... I mean... I realize this isn't "serious shit", but it's deffinitley something that weighs heavily on my mind... At least I can live for now w/o having a job... I just have no desire to have the sort of job that "pays the bills" AND allows me to be independent.

I've heard good things about a lot of places like Austin, Portland, Baltimore, etc. through asking on a couple other forums, but I still have 0 connections or a way to get there! I want to be broke and happy, and I could totally see sharing rent with 50 (LIKE-MINDED and NON-LAME) people, or just squatting, Even if it's with a bunch of over-bearingly cheesy hippie-artist types... As long as I'm not stuck living with white trash meth heads and ghetto-folk... (I've had plenty of that living in the south)

But anywaysssss, my condolences + congratulations on your joblessness + FREEEDDOM.

[Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D.]

word up!! fuck a jay oh be...you could always sell your body

[letsgocoyote]

somehow i have to make a future and a living for my wife and i
:P

le siigh

so for now Im jsut building pedals as much as i cannnnn

[metalmariachi]

Been there, done that.

Worked every thing from cattle, migrant farm work, photography, and old school main frames to very advanced electronics. Got fired from jobs I hated and actually quit a job I liked because it cost me more to go back and forth to work than I was making.
Never worked retail, or fast food though.

Every thing eventually works out.
I have come to believe it’s better to be able to say, “I probably shouldn’t have done that” (criminal activities excepted) than to spend the rest of your life saying “I wish I had”.

Keith

[starcastic]

metalmariachi hit it right on the head. Everything does eventually work itself out.

I thought I was crazy switching jobs at the beginning of the year. I went from a stressful and unsatisfying position in a huge coffee chain to shipping and receiving at a women's clothing store.

Totally something I never imagined I would ever do (or ever get the chance to). And I love it. I love my job a lot and would've never had the opportunity if I hadn't opened up my possibilities.

You should be proud of yourself for getting out of your situation and looking forward to what is next!

[letsgocoyote]

thanks guys, im feeling a bit better about it all!

[Antero]

Good on you. Work should not be something you endure to enjoy life after - that's Puritan-Capitalist bullshit.

[aen]

Hooooray!

Not wokring for someone else FTW. I haven't said "yes sir" since december.

[thetonewrecker]

Aen, I asked if that pedal was ready and you said "Yes, sir" :-)

On a side note..it is a strange feeling when you find something that is a good fit and pays. The office and company I work for is truly the land of misfit toys. What a bunch of weirdos we all are which is why I've stuck around on this office job for a decade..constant entertainment. Now they give me 5 weeks vacation..why???

[J-bird]

There are times when I wish I could walk away and say "f" it.

Having 4 mouths to feed in this house (5 if you count the pooch) puts a big override on walking away from a job that grows old. Funny thing is all my friends think I have a dream job. I'm salaried and work from a home office. It could be worse... I honestly believe that anything that involves doing something for money eventually saps the fun out of it. I'm a graphic designer and I thought it would be the coolest job. I rarely due art now for fun because the day job leaves me sapped.

It made me realize that I never want to do music for a living. I think it would turn into that same ugly monster. I hear the term sell out in regards to many big bands.....but I think it's more of a burn out for them.

[Soul Power]

Good for you Letsgocoyote!

I don't like using this word, but in hindsight I would have left my job affair bit later then I did. Not that I regret it, but finding another job can be tough at time.