29 years old. Did a undergrad in arts, (didn't have the required 90% average to get into a major that makes money (i.e. medicine, and/or law) (I had an 80% average) so chose to become an accountant. Unemployed for a long time, finally got a job. Now being bullied at work. Hey you know what? If you're out of it for a while and then go back to work people may think you're a little bit timid or a bit of an over-achieving nerd. Well, I try to play it down as best I can, but if they get that impression it's because I'm scared shitless of going on welfare or U.I. not because I don't give a damn about them. Can you blame me? Live with my mom but my parents are divorced. $50,000 student loan debt. I know I know I'm lazy and stupid that's why I majored in accounting. See if I majored in neurosurgery then I'd have a job but because I majored in accounting I deserve it, I should have known better.
From day 1 tried to do well in school to get a good job so I wouldn't be poor. Ever since I was young people told me the reason I'm broke is because I'm either lazy or stupid (the reason was that my parents were divorced but employed so yeah each of them made $30,000 a year but I lived with one of them and the other one didn't give a ****). But throughout the process of going to school and getting a job people would really bully me. They always thought that I thought I was trying to be superior or something. WRONG. Unlike some people, I don't have the brains so I have to spend more time alone studying just to get the grades to keep myself afloat. Same thing in my job, some people think I'm trying to one up them or don't want to hang out because they think I'm better than them. Bullshit. I have a temp job and I don't intend on staying in it, it's not that I don't like them, I'd rather do my own thing. I just want a contract extension so I won't be a welfare bum once my temp job contract gets completed.
Do I HAVE to show up to every damn social function they put out so I won't get bullied? What's wrong with these people (obviously not everyone at work) I mean who ARE they? They're not my family, they're not my banker, do I owe these people something? I don't want to smoke pot with you on a weekend and I don't want to drink with you at a bar. I don't want to do **** with you on my spare time, I don't owe you a damn thing, I have my own friends and I do my own thing.
Isn't it enough that human beings have to go through racism, sexism, war, poverty, disease, debt, unemployment, and now what BULLYING!?! This is just icing on the cake. I mean what are we fighting for or about? It's like a bunch of rats fighting over scraps of fecal matter, while a bunch of bloodsucking businessmen and bankers laugh all the way to the ...well.. bank!
Oh, and to those who say, dude you're depressed or you're annoying maybe it's because of your personality and your attitude or something. Really!?! You wouldn't be a bit down or annoyed if someone was bothering you? Yeah if you're financially secure and have stable employement with a decent income and are in a position of authority at you employment, and THEN you feel down or annoyed. Then yes there's something wrong but not if there are legitimate reasons for your concern. | |