Making an ASS out of U and Me.....

"Hey guys, How we doing today?"

"Fine, good, grunt....mumble mumble mumble"

Yes I am young. Yes I have only been with the company for a short amount of time. Yes I have a "management" type position.....No I am not arrogant yuppie asshole....

When I find the time I like to walk through our plant and talk with the guys . I'm not really suppose to be out there fucking around, but whatever...These guys are the ones responsible for making this place work. If you don't know what they are up to, then you don't know anything. We are a unionized plant which automatically creates tension between the "office people" and the hourly guys. ahahaha we are actually referred to as the "office people". Its like we're from another planet. Now granted these boys are your "run of the mill, average Joes", and some of our accountants don't have a pulse, but we're all human in the end...

What I laugh about is the way they see me....Some of them I get along with, and others just shrug me off like I'm the enemy. Well that's your fault you brainless half-witted wonder. Ya I'm here in the AC and your out there sweating your balls off covered in ceramic fiber. But, I have a small news flash for ya: I got here cause I did a few things with my life. I am sorry you are unhappy with the ways things turned out, but don't take that shit out on me. I know where you start has a huge impact on where you end up, so the odds were stacked against them.

To request such a thing as respect is almost ridiculous in this type of setting because of one word, resentment. That's fine, I can understand that perfectly. Some young punk comes into your world with what seems like a head start, without getting his hands dirty, and you hate it. Well that's where your wrong you sad, sad man...

I've been someone's greenhouse "bitch" before. The guy actually called me his bitch and treated me like dirt. Why did this newly divorced pathetic man not like me? Cause he had a crush on this girl Erika who worked there with us that I just happened to start dating. One of the most physically intensive jobs I've ever had.


I slaved away doing 12 hour continental shifts in a steel mill for a summer. Nothing quite like missing the often taken for granted luxury of seeing darkness...for 3 days straight.


PS...Steel mills are hot in the summer time....Really F'ing hot.

And my personal favorite was wasting away in the Ford plant pumping out Windstars for two summers. Sweet mother of god that is the real definition of factory work. I cant even begin to describe what that's like. The way your mind shuts-off as you become a complete zombie for 8 to 10 hours of your day. The way your body is forced to adjust to your job, or else.... The way you slowly begin to hate the man working across from you. The way you depend on your disc-man for survival...the thought of running out of batteries brings on mind-numbing pain. Oh, and if you heard the cheerful sounds of "Hands up, Baby, Hands up" as you strolled into work you begun to wish you hadnt come in that day. It meant you were getting a job where the van was overhead requiring you to work above your head for the entire day. I recommend trying this just once and let me know how it feels. This list could go on forever....If I can suggest one thing, do not buy a Ford that was produced on Ryeday....the only good part was I was high as kite the whole time.


So....The point is, don't fucking give me attitude like I'm some rich kid who never worked a day in his life.

Have I ever had a decent job? Ya I worked in a grocery store for a couple years with all my boys and it was total jokes. Also did two summers as a camp councilor up north in the Muskokas....now that was fun. I got paid peanuts, but the rewards were priceless. Ya it was a sweet gig until I got fired. I stood up in the middle of a staff meeting and told all the senior people they were shit, and that everyone else thought they were shit. They did not like this....

What if??

Wouldn't the world be such a better place if this is how things worked? I mean what a great surprise....Here you are minding your own business while enjoying your morning pick me up, and WHAMOOH!!! ORAL!!

Sure the world would become just insanely addicted to caffeine, and the general population would value the service of a Tim Hortons, over say......The Government......But a few of us are already there anyways.

Now the flipside of this: Think of the nasty, old, bitter woman behind the counter with coffee pumping through her veins instead of blood, and a requirement for smoke to breathe, not oxygen....

Not such a great contest now is it...hahaha.

Things that make you go HMMmmmm...

Orrrr...Your other response could be: WHAT THE #@$#@!!! I cant believe we have come to this, where the #^%$#@ do people get off doing this *&%$#!!!.

Couple of things have pissed me off as of late. One being a commercial heard over the radio, and the other a message read from one of those very informative and pleasing portable plastic flip letter signs.

Now the first was a radio Ad for Spence diamonds. They have a new promotion that allows the customer to return thier wedding ring for the full price within 5 years of buying it... Not only does your marriage have a high potential of failing, but we are actually going to come right out and tell you its not going to work. Divorce is now a negotiating tactic used by salesmen. I'll just stop there....




The second was a sign I happened to read while passing by in my car. The caption was this:

"Avoid the eternal heat! Come to Mass on Sundays"

So basically your going straight to hell for the rest of your existence if you don't come to mass on Sundays. Now im not a religious man, so I should not have much to say on this subject.... However, I shared this thought with another individual who has a somewhat similar, yet more elaborate, dual "citizenship" as I. See I was baptized as an Anglican,(the priests last name was Doobie, but we don't need to go there)and confirmed as a Catholic...so I could pick one, or none. I choose the latter of the two and am quite comfortable. My intellectual counter-part saw the more humorous side of the message. I CAN see the lighter side, but still think it was just done in poor taste.

What!? Its been awhile since I've ranted....

QLC

Who knew this was going to be so much FUN

I realized I just set myself up for this....It would have been ignorant to pretend it wasn't coming, or that it hadnt already started. What didn't occur to me was that racing to get here only made it feel like I was being hit in the face with a hammer upon arriving.

Things I have done recently which pretty much spell out turmoil...

A) Got in a huge fight with my boss over the departments level of authority. Outcome??? Oh I got more power alright.....departments resources got cut in half as I apparently can do everything myself. My assistant now only works for me half of the day. Fine, Fuck you, I'll do everything myself and still get the job done. Don't piss and moan when I jump ship for a better job.

B) Started smoking again....grrreat.....just great.

C) Bought this house...Sure, good investment, get to move out of my parents place etc, etc....Now im going to be living ALONE in downtown Hamilton. Should have thought this one through. Who wants to live with me?

D) Got a BIG f'ing tattoo of a scroll on my leg, but left it totally empty as if to say I know Im writing my future with the actions of today...I just dont know what Im doing apparently.

Well, anyways, its been awhile since Ive posted and this is whats on my mind these days....trying to plan out your entire life in a matter of months is the dumbest idea ever...Wheres my pipe...

So that happened...

Ummm ya, so I bought a house