Sunday, August 13, 2006

Evil bosses and how to stop them

Do any of you have a boss that you hate so much, you're sure one day or another, you're going to tell him exactly what you think of him, risking your job, your family's security, and your career? Are you tired of sucking company dick to get a promotion? Are you tired of doing more than your share while not getting recognition for it and no raises or praise comes your way? Are you just fed up with your job in general? Do you want to convert to more meaningful work but don't know where to go? Someone once told me that 95% of bosses are complete assholes. This is a quote I've never forgotten. Why, in the field of having power, are most of the people jerks? Well, let's see. Every human being strives for power and once they get that power, they get drunk with it. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. That's what happens. You have to ask yourself one question: If I became the boss of a company or CEO or whatever, what would I do that would make me seem cruel or mean? How would I be perceived as a person in power? Because I know for sure that if I was boss or leader of some company, I probably would do some questionable things and may make some enemies now and then, but I sure as hell wouldn't be the kind of jerk my boss is. People in power think they can talk to you any way they want because if you respond in a hostile manner back, you're at a risk of losing your income and your family's support system. So why do we allow ourselves to be treated with such disrespect? Why do we allow ourselves to be walked on every day of the week? Just to make ends meet. It shouldn't have to be that way. We're not supposed to live like this. From what I've seen, the "working poor" get the worst of it. They work long hours for miniscule pay and they don't even make ends meet. People on minimum wage have to put up with tyrannical bosses when there is no other way that they can become employed. Bosses are complete assholes. They leverage the fact that they can fire you for any reason they desire and use that to their advantage. This is why you have to make it so you never have to listen to them again. I'm sick and tired of swallowing my pride just so I can retain my position at a job I hate until I can find another job I hate. That's not the way bosses should be acting towards their employees, the only people who keep his location running smoothly. So how do we stop these evil bovine masters? There has to be some way to do so. To me, the only way to effectively do this is to completely cut him out of the picture by quitting your job and going into business for yourself. There are many venues in which you can go into business for yourself and, hey, in this case, you are now the boss. You don't even really need to hire any employees, so even other people won't have to suffer in your presence from an overbearing master. Self-employment is king when it comes to freedom. You're not going to get yelled at for not having your shirt tucked in (happened to me six times), you're not going to have to get the project done by five, and you're not going to feel stressed because you are the one in control and your performance is only judged by you and no one else. Not only that, but if you generate multiple streams of income, it's not as risky as having a regular job. When you have a job, you really only have once source of income, and that's your paycheck. But when you have a business, you can generate millions of ways to make money in an automated fashion, and that means that you'll even get paid while you're sleeping, which is always popular. All you have to do is find what you're good at. find out what you really love to do and do it. Develop your skills to perfection, and go for the gold. It may take years, but you know that no matter what, that time is slipping away. So why don't you spend that time not watching TV, not buying worthless bobble-head dolls, and spend it creating a fulfilling career and developing your skills to a point where you can become an expert in your field. My particular strength is humor. I can write humorous articles, song parodies, perform stand-up comedy, write scripts, and many other things, but my skills are not polished yet. I'm writing every day to get my creative juices flowing and it's working well so far. I have started writing a script about BI-LO at the Beach, my place of employment. It's looking like it will be an interesting story, but I still have to turn it into a screenplay or a novel. I'm not sure which. I may write a book called Fucking Asshole Bosses. That wouldn't be a bad idea. The only problem with it is that I'd have to figure out a way to make my ideas about becoming self-employed original. I don't want to churn out the same stuff I've read. I want to take a unique approach to this. I think it will be a great book, but I'll have to put the idea in the vault and examine the possibilites for how I can make it stand out. Once I become self-employed, I may write a book called Dress Codes are for Suckers. It has a nice ring to it. I could talk about how all the rules in regulations destroy our ability of free will and completely confine us to a particular way of behaving to the point we are like zombies, just doing as we are told. It's kind of a low-paying slavery if you will. God I love this blog. All these ideas just spawn off it. It's some kind of journal or something. The thing I enjoy most about blogging is that I can write whatever I want and my services don't get cancelled. I could write about performing illegal abortions on my front lawn and no one could take this right away from me. It should be an amendment. Oh yeah, the First One entitles us to free speech anyway, so it's protected under that. I am exercising my right to free blogging expression, so you can't take this away from me. Thank you and good day. I'll talk later about terrorist attacks.

1 Comments:

Blogger Repo Man said...

Another brilliant gem. I love it. I really needed to read that today.

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