Alotta Monkey Business

Get a Real Job

For "Andre's Fractured Resolutions Blog-O-Thon!"  , prompt 1: I hereby resolve to get a job.

With the start of the New Year, I thought I should resolve to get a job. Sure, I like to work! I mean, who doesn't like getting up in the mornings before time, throwing some leftovers, or maybe a sandwich, in a lunchbox, drive to some building and work like a slave?

Maybe it's a good job. How does one define "good job"? I suppose it's one that has good pay. This makes me think of people who purchase a piece of junk and then complain, "I spent good money on that!" I can honestly say that any money I've ever had was good. Likewise, any pay I've received was good; it may not have been enough for the work involved, but it was good. Better than busting ass for nothing!

Of course, there are things I enjoy doing, maybe I can find a job doing something I enjoy. But, I enjoy it because I pick and choose when, how, and why I'm doing it. If it becomes a job, I'd quit doing it, so likewise, if I took a job doing something I enjoy, in time I'm going to stop enjoying it because it's now work!

I guess it's not the job that's important, it's honest work for honest pay. Honestly? What's considered honest pay? Sure, I'm sure there are some honest business people out there, but I've never found them. The ones I have known want more work for the same wages, they cut corners on materials and safety, and expect employees to drop anything and everything if they need extra work on the weekends, but if things are slow, they don't hesitate to lay-off or send people home.

You know, after giving this resolution some thought, I don't think I'll resolve to get a job, it's already bringing me down and I haven't even started yet. Besides, if I get a job I'd have to quit in a few weeks or a month, maybe two just because it is a New Year's Resolution and they are just made to be broken. So, in good conscience it would be unfair to my employer to start work knowing I'm going to have to quit, not to mention, it wouldn't look good on my employment record and could keep me from getting a job later, if I ever resolve to do so.

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