Yea, im going to whine, just like everyone else. But i'd like some constructive advice if possible. Comments welcome too.. So here's the story, about 2 months ago I got fired from a fairly decently paying job as a nurse. Took me tons of effort and lots of debt to get the degree and all. I got fired because of incompetence and lack of knowledge and skills. So.. how do you think I felt that day? Well the whole day im thinking omg what am I going to do, whats going to pay for the bills like: car, internet, tv, etc... Well after a bit, I started to realize how much I just hated the job. I wouldnt let that thought come to mind for a whole year on the job because... I worked so hard to get it in the first place. I finally just said it after a bit, the job sucked ass, it wasnt for me, and im glad I dont have to do it anymore! And that I didnt want to even look for another job in home health or anything that might be "easier" I dont want anyone to ever call me "nurse" again. Fuck it! Theres one problem though... I would really be happy to be a nursing assistant again. I was very happy about that job, I was 100% sure I would never lose the job and I always knew I did it well. It was playing around with all the fucking pills and medication and shit that pissed me off! And the fact that I had to talk to asshole doctors on the phone who freak out on me because all I can say when they ask me questions is "i dont know" because FUCK I cant think clearly and intellegently in intense situations. Anyway, done with the nurse rant.. Heres what im faced with now: Im working at a job that pays better and has hell of a lot better benefits than the last. Its a warehouse job where you stack groceries on a pallet all day. It sucks ass as well, and its killing my shoulders. I got the strength and stamina for the job, but my ligaments cant really handle it. You have to be able to gun it and get the shit done fast, which makes it hurt even more. So now im being called into the office with the boss man and their discussing my crummy performance. I got 3 weeks to improve.. Its not going to happen, I couldnt pick up the pace if my life counted on it. Im too much of a klutz for this job as well. One day though, I was called into the office by the guy who hired me there in the first place, I guess hes with HR or something, but he told me people like my attitude and that he'll offer me a position in sanitation if I dont make the cut as a package picker. I went ahead and took it, cuz he said if I dont, I will just be walked out the door if I dont make the production standard in 3 weeks. So im going from a nurse, a high paying respectable position, to a low paid janitor. Im actually feeling kinda odd, because im quite happy about that thought.. Now I look at all the shit that people work so hard for, like their nice cars, homes, jewelry, and all that stupid bullshit. And now because I dont have the money, I dont have to worry about any of that fucking bullshit EVER!!! Girl wants me to buy her a ring? Nope! sorry dont got the money, your gonna have to love me for me.. No more will I have to worry about a car breaking down, I can just ride my bike to work when the repo crew grabs the car I cant pay for anymore. No more internet bill.. If I want to chill out and mess around on the net, I can head to the public library, fuck I can read about shit there too. I can spend time doing things I never thought of doing. Bill collectors wont be able to collect anymore, because there wont be any fucking money in the bank to collect. Ok so this all sounds amazing now that I think about it. Im not the least bit worried about keeping a roof over my head, clothes on my back(im an adult, and im not growing I got plenty of clothing, and theres the goodwill), or food in my tummy(no kids to feed!). But... what things will I need to worry about living the poor man life? It does indeed seem like its going to be very low stress compared to what all the rich/middle class folks go through... But what do I not see as of right now? Life is stressful and theres no way around it.. The only thing I know that is coming is the stigma. People are going to judge me as some kind of goal-less intellegent man with no ambition. Hell I dont care wether or not im actually smart, my peers and family say that I am. My family is definitely going to be upset with me becoming a janitor or a CNA again. They will tell me im too smart, that I need to go back to college and rack up more debt and become a nobel-prize winning scientist. Fuck! Ill just read shit in the library... and do absolutely NOTHING with that knowledge. Ill learn for the sake of learning, just so that I have something to look forward to at the end of the day, and then ill die with all that knowledge. It will happen if im a nobel-prize winning scientist anyway! Whew! done with my rant... Comments anyone? Advice?????
It's better to live the simple life. But it takes serious balls to have a nursing degree and be working as a janitor, especially with family pressure to live up to your potential. Are you sure you want to be a janitor for life? Why did you hate your nursing job?
This is a joke. My response. It's just a joke. You're able bodied and able minded. How dare you try to slack on your obligation and duty to fund the telecommunications giants and the automotive industry!! Get to work! Wash your car on your lunch break and be a good person, or the humans will damn you! We can't ALL be economically green .. ridiculous pedestrians of the world .. walking, biking and taking buses. Sheesh, you're so selfish. If I could afford it, I'd pay somebody to sweep & mop for me. And I wouldn't give that money to an established cleaning company .. one who obediently complies with all professional regulations and laws. Nope. I'd hire some person advertising on a community board .. someone who works independently for themselves. No license, no framed certificate of Trust. I'm glad you're not a nurse. Thankful. If you were my nurse, charged with my care, but hated your job .. I wouldn't want you taking it out on me. That part's not a joke.
ummm I see no difference in it, I mean sure there is the stigma against what your choice is but honestly who cares what anybody else has to say. My sister is a nurse and knows tons of MD's and RN's who absolutely hate it but how many people truely like their jobs....when you die you wont have any money anyways so who gives a shit about it, live life enjoy the time you got even if its cleaning turd stains in a toilet
I wonder if this could help you get back in the game, joining the Peace Corps. They say on thier website that they have job placement help for when your volunteer tour thing is over. http://www.peacecorps.gov/volunteer/learn/meet/ I'd rather go to South America and teach HVAC for a while (or even install it) for free than clean toilets, etc. Trust me, I know about being a janitor. I did it for a few months when I was younger. NEVER AGAIN.
I have met some really amazing nurses and also some really horrible, bitter nurses who have no business being a nurse. If you are part of the latter you are doing your former patients a favor. If you belong to the former you could always explore other opportunities within the nursing field rather than waste your degree and experience. I wanted to be a nurse at one point so I could join the peace corp or doctors without borders
Join the peace core? Dunno if im all that interested in traveling round the world all the time. Seems stressful.
I was just out visiting my girlfriend's family on a reservation and I thought it was so fucking awesome! She is always bashing the "rez" and shit saying its horrible, theres no opportunity and its boring as hell.. I was fucking happy there! Everything was all so.... simple!! The houses were all small! I love tiny little houses. Kids are all outside playing. Windows are boarded up because its easier to do that to keep the home insulated than replacing the window. No one is trying to fucking step on someone else's face to get ahead! I drove down that "rez" and walked around outside and I wasnt the least bit fucking worried about getting killed or nailed in a drive-by like most stuck up fucking white upper class people(like all of my family, all white, upper-middle class) think. People are all just there living life. And my girlfriend's mom. Im sure everyone would look at her as some kind of rez-trash. She smokes and gambles all day. She was an alcoholic at some point(fuck, dont we all have problems and challenges?). And shes got that rez accent.. But shes fucking living at least and she seems so happy! What the fuck is up with people looking down on people like that. I guess im just weird.. but im a white guy, and I think the rez is awesome! So simple, plain, and easy-going. Dunno if my girlfriend would ever go back there... and I dont know what the people there would think of a white boy living there, but I think it'd be cool! =P I doubt ill live on a fucking rez anytime soon, its not like the ONLY way to live a simple care-free life is to live on a rez. Hell, I grew up in an environment that was quiet and peaceful like that, a tiny little country town that was a population of about 100 people. Lots of big open spaces, could hear the birds. There were lots of trees and a creek nearby. And a pond. Which my bro and I used as our personal back yard pool. The population was 100% white. It was a backwoods hillbilly white trash community. Strange thing is, I didn't become one of them. Maybe in SOME ways.. but I dont have a gun collection, I dont have that shitty hillbilly personality, I dont listen to country, I like all music except fucking country! Basically, I was living round a bunch of people who were like larry the cable guy.. but I never interacted with them nor did I care to or was interested in any of the shit they did. Rolling around in four wheelers and deer hunting and drinking constantly just wasnt my thing. Anyways.. I just feel like I need to get out and get away from all this bullshit! I need to get away from all this "you need to succeed!" propaganda. I do NOT need to live up to the standards of my white middle class family. I dont ever need to own my home, if I ride my bicycle to work everyday, that doesnt make me any less of a person. As long as I work for a living, brush my teeth each day, keep my home/living space clean its all good.
