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We all have bad days at work. Don't let someone tell you you're not allowed to think your job is hard just because they think theirs is harder.
Dec 16, 2017 2:08 PM
saraplease
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We all have bad days at work. Don't let someone tell you you're not allowed to think your job is hard just because they think theirs is harder.
Shadoweclipse13
Good and bad are transient. I hate baby boomers who just say "you should feel good that you have a job". Doesn't make my life suck less.
encrypter
What a wise thing to say
EatTacos
I'm gonna call this meme "Emotionally Supportive Tough Guy"
Ninjinister
Dat second tag
rigatonimaccaroni
Ya, but have you ever taught children?
ThatKidWhoYoyos
I work as a debt collector in a call center. It's not an easy job. But it's got it's pros, its changed the way I speak entirely. Assertive
Hambonemoosejaw
I've worked both desk jobs and intense manual labor. I'll take mindless labor over the stress of office work anyday.
Gablion
Finding a job is the most difficult job :(
SPICELORDlordofthespice
There is always that one asshole.... “you think you’re job is hard” and then proceeds to elaborate on how much harder they have it
Iceheart125
I just wish we were working as a species to attain the tech that would allow us freedom to explore the world, not be wageslaves.
ridureyu
"Stop complaining, people have it worse!" could also be, "Stop being happy, people have it better!"
booksyarntea
i really needed to hear this today, so thank you!
Bullheadbelly
I had a long conversation the other day about work and pay and how the difficulty of your job doesn’t necessarily equate more pay.
srslydude
My mother never got how physical waitressing was until she visited on a busy Saturday. NO, I'm not going to slow down, or I'll never leave.
GoochoLibre
I forever respect the grit, training and moxie of nurses... but as their supply tech... SOME OF Y'ALL DUMB AS FUUUUUUUUUCK.
LeosMama
My ex husband did this to me for YEARS...
Ark161
I onno man...getting screamed at for the death of a kid, when you gave everything you had to save them, is pretty up there
DurendaI
It always pisses me off when people say the streets they grew up on were 'like a warzone', and that they know what real combat feels like.
Sheari
I work in a horse barn cleaning stalls. I've worked retail in the past. I will NEVER go back to retail. Fuck retail in the ass with a cactus
repsac
Used to be Marine Infantry now a software engineer. There are days I wish I was back sleeping in foxholes.
RinCookieSmuggler
This ty some handle physical labor well wile others handle desk work. Be you.
JeriSanchez
Aww thanks guy. =)
Blze001
Coffee maker has been broken all week. It sucks.
barnsandnobel
My job is easy, too easy. That's what makes it difficult, The boredom.
Mattallica
My job is easy. I love my job. Kudos to those sticking with their tough jobs. My fiance is one of them. She gets daily shit from her bosses.
Mattallica
She's been there 8 years. The company has legal issues with verbal harassment. Owner is a complete asshole.
AikoMizushima
I was offered the red carpet into politics, I declined. I'd rather shovel sh!t then speak it every day. Perspective rules supreme.
gunnexx
And thats why politics fails, because everyone assumes it will fail and nobody decent will go in it.
NobodyWantsToBeMrPink
What role?
AikoMizushima
Going into state government which can lead into federal. (Australia)
dimdan
I did retail for 20 years. Now I work for a political party. It is a toxic environment but retail has offered me valuable lessons...
dimdan
...in handling people in politics.
Zahnradfee
I can understand that. I know members of our national parliament personally and they have a very long workweek. 50-60 hours. I don't envy>
Zahnradfee
them. (Of course it depends on the person. There are others who don't take their job as seriously.)
ATreeWithSunglasses
but... i don't have a job because no one is hiring
KumAtMeBro
No one? At all?
tomyironmane
Ask a boomer. It's your fault for being lazy, shiftless, and stupid. Seriously though, I may be about to be in the same boat. Good Luck.
Capnrory
that's tough too
Thatsagoodbid
Just got laid off. I understand what you're saying. Put in quite a few applications and haven't heard anything.
StrawberryPrincess92
Pay being equal, I'd rather work in construction labor than customer service. I'd get in shape or I'd Die.
tomyironmane
meh. Probably wouldn't die, as long as your boss isn't a cunt that treats you as disposable.
HatchA115
I quit being a meat cutter 2 years ago to become a union electrician. Some days are tough, but worth every second. Pays damn good, too.
GayGiJoe
Been working for att as an installer for 4 years, love it. Had to get away from the IT cubicle I did previous
gunnexx
Done both, earned more in construction but customer service is a lot more taxing
fuckbeans
As a UPSer (preload, not driving), I do good manual labor AND I get paid well AND benefits. I enjoy my job.
ThelostWorldofAtlantis
Went from service to labour intensive work. Wouldn't want to go back. My arms are jacked.
Ben1045
After customer service you go "Yes! Freedom! I hate customers!" After construction you lay down and ache until dawn to do it again.
StrawberryPrincess92
Yeah, but I can cuss at work. and yell at my coworkers.
lostguppy
Idk sometimes after customer service I lay down and ache until whenever-the-fuck I work next. And the hatred thing.
Ben1045
That's a more extreme example possibly, but makes a point.
AWanderingFlame
Construction labourer for ten years. Until you get into a trade, you're mostly literally cleaning up other people's messes all day.
MyPowerLiesInMyBookshelf
Construction is a way better job imo (i haven't done either)
SDoneshot
It's not trust its not worth the money half the time.
MyPowerLiesInMyBookshelf
Bad hours?
Cheomesh
Then one day you wake up at 28 and everything hurts. And it never stops.
ArdentSlacker
I turned 40 recently. Now, I'm not saying I'm in better shape than when I was your age, but I'm not in perma-pain. Maybe talk to a doc? 1+
ArdentSlacker
2/2 If it's mild aches increasing in frequency/severity, that's one thing. But there are things that can slowly screw you long-term.
barnsandnobel
In construction you lear a ton of important life skills. Like how to fix a hole in a wall. Or how to replace a plug or light switch.
gunnexx
In customer service you learn that humans are pathetic, and that includes people who say dumb shit like you
Allhailmidgetgoat
Or how 6 men can do the job of 1.
Cheomesh
I got that from YouTube and didn't have to fuck my back up to get there.
HolyHeartBadger
Yeah, but it's better to work on your own place when it's the 1,000th time you've done a particular task than when it's the first.
barnsandnobel
Yea tape and bedding is so much easier if you get taught by someone that has done it for 20 years.
TacoCatte16
Work was hard back in the day. But then you saved 2 wages for the down payment on a house and 3 wages got you a brand new car.
saraplease
I'm not even talking about "back then" to now. I'm talking about how just because someone works a physically demanding job doesn't mean that
saraplease
another person who works retail or in an office doesn't also have challenges worth being stressed over. All jobs have difficult aspects.
HungarianOxPenisInABlender
I think physical stress is more relatable and tangible than mental stress. That's why people might think the former sucks
tomyironmane
No one's sayin you are. They're just talking about the old fat boomers bitching about how all the young people got it easy while they're...
tomyironmane
busy paying them shit wages and shit benefits and spending them into debt slavery unto the seventh generation and treating them like shit.
Oranal
Retail is hell
ArthurMorgan1863
I've never worked in retail but it is easy to know it indeed is hell
ArdentSlacker
If you've ever been *to* retail, and seen a bad customer... it's your facebook memory of the week... and their Tuesday. :)