Comments on: believer’s only

By: molly

molly — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:34:19 +0000

RK will walk, he will stand and he will stomp the lemons all the way to his creative life ahead! (cue “i will survive” )

By: RK

RK — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:26:57 +0000

As a regular reader of MRIP, I’m surprised this one passed me by.

No, it’s not unfair to talk about it without my approval, I actually found it encouraging – as you intended. This isn’t an uncommon theme in many people’s lives. Hopefully something useful could come out of it for someone else, too.

It’s not surprising how the tough guy does not apply to the IT guy. The IT guy is not generally portrayed in magazines and in Hollywood as “cool”, or “burly”, or “tough”. The stereotype is mostly true, though, contrary, I HAVE been known to call a computer a cunt. It seemed to work.

ndp pointed out that someone else contributed to the demise of the job, not the actual work. Very true! I like work/ing. But I’m not wired for this corporate environment.

I’m ready for that feeling of freedom. I can taste it. It’s near. Thanks Jon. Fortunately these batteries are rechargeable.

I’ll tell you though, walking out of here on my last day, as I swing open the door onto the street one last time, will make me feel like a tough guy, even if for a fleeting moment.

I present to you a link to a trailer for a documentary film. A guy that my friend used to work with made it after being laid off. I encourage you to watch this if you are at all having any of the feelings described in this post:

http://lemonademovie.com/

(And thanks Lyle for believing I’m tough, and yes, your memory of the chip stolen out of the car is correct.)

By: Rolston

Rolston — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:26:55 +0000

Maybe it’s unfair to talk about RK without letting him know and approve/disapprove in advance, but but when I quit working at the junkmail factory, I felt that same freedom you all describe. i want him to know it’ll be alright, if he wants to do it. If not, I don’t think badly of him. Just trying to give encouragement.

By: Eric Waters

Eric Waters — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:30:48 +0000

Jon-

Quite my office job and left NYC this Spring- now I’m back in Durham, NC waiting tables again with little money and lots of free time. I feel so good! Hallelajuh!

By: poop

poop — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:12:12 +0000

Huffin is bad

By: n.d.p.

n.d.p. — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:42:49 +0000

it’s not the keyboard that was hurting me, it was the “Spiritcrusher” who they made my boss, who I had to train.

good riddance!

By: Poll

Poll — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:34:10 +0000

Jon, you already know part of my story, without rambling too much I will tell you the real deal:

SINCE I QUIT MY JOB I’VE NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY !!!!

Of course times are harder now and I don’t have that regular pay check to rely on. However the benefits of not having to answer to anyone else are infinite !
Freedom baby freedom.

By: Lyle_s

Lyle_s — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:06:59 +0000

Hang in there, RK. You are totally a tough guy. IT can be tough on the soul, by nature. At least if you have to desk jockey a little you get to talk to people.

This actually reminds me of a story where some of RK’s family got stranded in the Boston area because someone pulled a critical computer chip out of their Toyota Camry. That was probably 20 years ago, if I have the right memory. I remember at the time being amazed that the whole car could be disabled in such a manner. Anyhow, looks like IT was crawling into cars way back when we were young’ns. I definitely prefer an engine I can crawl inside and take a wrench to. Not because I would actually do it but because I can at least conceive how I might do it.