Bored out of my mind right now at my second job. It's the most mind numbing job I've ever had. It's also slow today so I'm just sitting here with nothing to do. I don't even know why I'm still doing it, I have an internship. Any stories to entertain a bored monkey with?
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I hated every job I always had. And I worked nonstop from the age of 15. And I didn't do anything with my money. Right now is my first period of unemployment in 13 years.
Jobs can be bad in a lot of ways. A job can be hard on the body or it can be hard on the soul - because of the type of work or because of the lack of hope for escape. I've never done anything too physically grueling for work. Caddying kind of sucked. I worked as a baker at Cosi when I was 16. That was very shitty. I had to be there at 5AM to start on the dough so bagels would be ready by 8 when we opened. My chronic back pain was just starting right around then and I had gotten into lifting for the first time. The heavier I got, the worse my back would hurt all day as I kneaded dough and cooked bread in a hot chef coat in front of this bigass open-flame stone oven with a wooden paddle. Behind glass so people see you right as they walk in. People would stop and watch you work like you're in a zoo.
I worked a shitty, soul-sucking office job for 3 years and that was mostly shitty for me because I was on felony probation at the time and knew I would never find a better W-2 job. My living conditions were very poor at the time and I had to commute to work in the Loop year-round on a bike. My fingers would numb out by the time I got to work and I'd have to pretend to work for the first like 20 min because I couldn't really type. It felt hopeless, but I was making moves. Just wasn't sure any of it would work out.
And then, the property management company I ran for 5 years was a life-draining endeavor. I didn't have a day off in 5 years. Yeah, I went places. But I was always on my phone. You work 24/7 when you run a business. If you're not working, you're worrying about something having to do with work. It really took a toll on me. I didn't like who I was becoming. It's soulless work dealing mostly with stupid, emotionally immature, and dishonest people. So I got out.
I agree, jobs suck most of the time. But I actually enjoy my internship and like the people at the office, it's working at a call center that is mind-numbing and I have no idea why I'm doing it besides having a bit of extra cash and helping out at home. I feel like a robot saying, "Thanks for calling X, how can I help you!" and pretending to be chipper and wanting to help.
Being a waiter/busboy. You learn the most about the worst parts of human behavior when you meet the folks who treat the restaurant staff like trash. While I built good character there and learned how to deal with the most incorrigible scum, I have never detested being somewhere as much as when I worked at that restaurant. Oh and I got the minimum wage at the time (8/hr) and didn't get to keep tips so yeah I got screwed big time.
McDonalds back kitchen. Had to work ever since I was 15 to pay for college. My life is pretty much started from the bottom. Went McDonald’s to grocery store to wealth management SA to private equity SA to IB SA and now regal IB full time.
I worked for a local trucking company cleaning their trucks on Saturday morning during high-school. My shift started at 7am and rode my bike there. It was shit in winter because you're working with soap and water and you inevitably get wet and it's cold. My fingers always went numb. It was shit in summer because you have no sun protection and its hot and humid. Really physical work and I was paid ~50% minimum wage cash in hand. Quit when I was a few months out from sitting my final exams.
I also worked at a ballet company in high school. I would do stage props and curtain pulling. Nice job because you get to see all the pretty ballerinas up close. They would perform in a large theatre with a curtain rope pulley system. I would have to reef open the curtains at the right point at the start of the song. This one time I was pulling really hard on the rope because it got stuck. Then the rope snapped and I punched myself in the face and knocked myself to the ground. I got a black eye. I quit afterwards out of embarrassment.
Worked retail. I actually liked the people I worked with but those 5am shifts were brutal as hell.
Another thing comes to mind - Working 40 hours in one place and 40 hours in another is significantly more stressful than working 80 hours in one place. The term I'm looking for escapes me. All that comes to mind is "code switching," but that's not it. I'm looing for the term used to describe energy expended switching between tasks. Switching gears costs a lot of energy. I've never worked two jobs. Closest I came was selling weed out of parking lots and lobbies on the clock. I've always had the opposite issue where I somehow, completely inadvertently, became moderately inexpendable at a few of my employers.
So you're in school. And you're paying for school by working part time. And you're working in an optical. And you get really good at your job. So they give you more and more hours because you sell more glasses than anyone else. And then, your 350lb ginger boss quits after being rejected trying to molest you. Then, the district manager comes in and tell you you're going to be there all hours the optical is open - or at minimum, whenever the doctor is in - or you no longer have a job. And it's really hard to walk away from because you're making commission and overtime. And then, a new "manager" comes in who you, the regular employee, have to train in literally every job function? So full classload + suddenly you're working 65 hours. You barely have time to sober up between things. Sometimes, you don't.
Stock-picker at a warehouse.
All I did was count and scan stocks, and carry heavy things around, 8 hours a day, 7 days a week, in a non stop manner, as I would get reprimanded by my manager if I was caught even taking a 5 minute break. I was also paid well below minimum wage.
I was broke as hell and did not have any higher educational qualification back then so I had no choice but to endure it. Literally made me turn to alcohol all the time. I stuck with the job for about half a year before I called it quits, and as I quit my alcohol problem went away almost immediately too.
The extreme repetition and endless amount of work per day drained me. I never want to go back to something as soul wrecking as that again. That's the main reason I am working hard right now for a better career and a (hopefully) better future.
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