THE INSULT DIET PLAN: DAY 151
Day 151: Monday, March 8, 2010: None of these fat comments are insulting; you just nod in agreement.
Jumping a lot of hoops lately, and falling into a Belichick state of mind:
Do my job (to get a job), jump those hoops to the best of my ability, and take one day at a time. Never look ahead too far, and never dwell on yesterday, unless study questions were involved.
The federal government is hiring us as postal workers for a very low wage and no benefits, for an indefinate period of time. The training is two weeks of intensive classroom and field testing, with defensive driving and real world situations on city streets, with stern instructors.
Yay. I’m not nervous or intimidated, and will just do my best and be grateful for a shot at what appears to be the only ray of hope in this area for employment. There are many veiled promises and other things at the USPS, but I could end up sacrificing a lot to stay afloat, and these situations are becoming common place now. No benefits or decent pay, just be damn glad you have a job, and put up or shut up. Kiss health benefits good-bye when COBRA runs out soon. Your family is now in jeopardy, and we ask that you continue slaving away into the indefinate future. Keep your kid off the damn playscape.
I will absolutely not:
Kiss anyone’s butt.
Believe any promises of future employment or security.
Make any promises I can’t deliver.
Take sides or be bullied, intimidated, or messed with.
Stop looking for a better situation.
Writing my butt off.
So far so good. I do look forward to a right-hand drive jeep-like vehicle, just because weird is fun. Otherwise, one day at a time.
So, things you absolutely will do would be? Write lots. Follow the sox? Love family? Visit Cape Cod. Write more stories about your Dad and Mac? And shit, you are skinnying down!
You got it, cuz!
Thumbs up! And that’s all I have in me today. *sigh*
Thanks Shelli! I’m starting to sigh a lot lately!
I know that you gotta do what you gotta do, but you know that you are too smart to have to do this bullshit for long. At least look at starting something up on the side, and see how it goes. My wife and I have managed to eek out an income on the internet alone. And not working quite as hard as we should. I can give you sites that will pay you (not much) for articles. And my wife is making a lot of money on affiliate advertising and I’m just starting in on that as well since my freelance advertising has been slow lately. I can give you a few names of sites if you’re interested….just email me.
I’d rather sell my soul to put money in my own pocket that for some fucking bureaucrat.
Thanks Scott, I see your e-mail link here. I’m going to send a pdf of Severance Pay to read at your leisure, and if you have sites that pay for writing, that’s cool. I know about some like helium and a couple, but none that pay more than like fifteen bucks an article (I should work on some to at leat supplement). If you know any good ones, I’ll try ‘em for sure. This postal stuff is scaring me, unless the post office gives me a lot of hours and more pay quickly. I did get a notice from the state that I passed an exam for a good position, so that may come through, otherwise I’ll write my ass off . . .