If I were rich enough to quit.... (585 hits)
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Submitted by <greywolffe.at.hotmail.com> (View user info) at 2007-05-15 03:50:10 EDT
This little ditty was inspired by Caulaincourt and the comments left for his post, and mainly no1hasdis's comment. Sorry I decided to turn it into an actual post, but didn't want to leave such a longwinded comment there.
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Submitted by no1hasdis (user info) at 2007-05-14 15:55:03 EDT (#)
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If I had the money, I would quit my job in a heartbeat. But I would never quit working. I would simply shift to doing hte work I love.
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Ditto here.
I would have to work doing something I liked to do, but I would have to work at least a few days a week for a few hours each day. Sure, traveling and shopping and such is fun, as is doing absolutely nothing, but it gets old after a while. You get OLD when you dont do anything. It just happens.
Example.
There was this guy at my current place of employment who was 72. The man didn't look 72, and he didn't act 72, but he was 72 nonetheless. The guy came to work everyday, for only a few hours a day and did his job. Mind you, his job was as a delivery driver, and he only was there for about 5 hours a day. He never called off and always had a funny off-colored joke for everyone, and did his job better and faster than anyone else.
One day, I decided to ask him why he was still working at the ripe old age of 72. I asked him if it was a financial reason(so he didn't have to eat cat food and instead could afford cans of Alpo), or just something to do to pass the time.
He told me that he did it to remain young, and also to have beer money for the 19th hole. He had enough to retire on comfortably, and had done it once, but he did not want to stop. Both his dad and his grandfather retired around the ages of 62 or so, and at the time they were in good shape and health. He then went on to explain to me that when his grandfather and father retired, they started to grow old. It wasn't BECAUSE the were elderly, it was because they were then mentally old. They had nothing to do. They both apparently died around the age of 69, which he had already surpassed. That was why he did what he did.
He got sick a few months ago and had to finally retire for good. I would call him every couple of weeks to see how everything was hanging and how the golf game was going.
He had had to stop playing golf, couldn't drive anymore, and was slowly deteriorating.
I went to his funeral almost a month ago almost a month before his 73 birthday.
Back to me.
I actually quit a decent job I had as a blackjack dealer after I had earned enough money to relax. I was only 24 at the time, and had worked at the same place for almost 8 years, one third of my life. I knew it was time for a change and decided that I could afford to take a sabbatical.
I quit my job, withdrew all my 401k(bad idea now), and traveled for 6 months. When that grew old I bummed around for almost another year, drinking and partying. After most of the money was gone I got a crappy few days a week job as a bouncer and frittered the months away until the money was all gone. It was almost a total of 3 years without a "real" job, because the bouncing job didn't count as a real job, I just got payed to look mean, and maybe beat someone up for fun.
If I would have kept the job I probably would have a house that was payed off, lots of money in the 401k, have the red sports car and murdercycle, and plenty of time to spend my ill gotten gains. Instead I have to work for the man again in a crappier job for a shittier company, making a little better than I did before. I live in an apartment, decent though it may be, and am not driving my dream car or have the 'cycle I have always wanted. Sure, I make more than before, and now get to boss people around, but I know in my heart of hearts that I could be better off had I stayed where I was at before.
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Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2007-05-16 10:58:57 EDT (#)
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Sounds like the travel was good, but to party/do nothing worthwhile was the bad choice.
Submitted by darkwulffe (user info) at 2007-05-15 13:43:49 EDT (#)
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If I were to win the Lottery it would be a different story.... I would probably keep my job if I were to win the lottery, at least for a few3 weeks. I think it would be fun to just be able to threaten to walk out whenever I wanted, or when the district managers pissed me off...
"I will walk the fuck outta here, Prick! I am rich! I dont need your stupid job!"
Submitted by Manfre (user info) at 2007-05-15 13:03:33 EDT (#)
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I would totally love to quit my job. Im doing accounting work, and it drives me nuts. Like literally insane. I sit here staring at a screen all day, sneaking on Uber an a few other sites to keep myself busy. If I had the cash to quit, Id start a brokerage firm, or at least pick up a few different trades that would pay off in the long run, but dont do too well at the start, mostly cause I love those kinda jobs. I would probably buy a decent amount of land, toss a few houses, maybe an apartment on it, and rent it out and make the real money off that. Id thoroughly enjoy myself.
No matter how much money you have, you never quit working. Its fucking stupid. Hit the lottery? Quit your shithole job, and do something you enjoy, regardless of what you get paid. You dont need the money, you just need something to keep you busy so you dont rot.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-05-15 06:42:54 EDT (#)
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Isn't being a croupier (sp?) really, really, hard? I mean you've got to, like, spot cheaters and be totally competant all the time. It just strikes me as a really highly skilled job.
I dunno. Are you saying that it's not a 'noble' proffesion? 'Cause I guess that'd be understandable. I'd say it'd be more noble than, say, injecting hobos with experimental cosmetic colagen. But then I suppose you could argue that injecting worthless bums with experimental cosmetics would help real people who'd suffered burns and junk. Plus creates jobs, strengthens economy, reduces surplus population ect...
I guess it's what you make of it, innit? Perhaps he was a card shark with a heart of gold. Nah, I bet that sort of job would make you really cynical actually. You'd be exposed to people at their lowest ebb, so it'd fuck you up unless you already had some kind of armour plated morality. Like if Immanual Kant worked a roulette table.
Immanual Kant was one stone cold motherfucker though. He'd brook no insolence at his table.
Submitted by Nellypaal (user info) at 2007-05-15 06:26:15 EDT (#)
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I've never done it but I would put blackjack dealer in the same league as bar tender. Is that something you'd be happy doing indefinitely, having experienced nothing else from the age of 16?
It's one thing to be making decent money but the mind requires a little more stimulation then I imagine dealing cards can offer.
Better to make less money doing something that provides one with a greater sense of worth. Plus, had you remained a dealer, you would have missed out on your travels.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-05-15 05:46:36 EDT (#)
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Yeah.
I dunno. I feel automatically predisposed to err on the side of caution but I'm a pussy.
Am I a happy pussy? Can I say that this pussy is overflowing with the milk of contentment? The answer is "not immeasurably so" but then I am a young pussy, a pussy of tender years. The question is: Will a pussy that is not stretched and vigorous and well travelled go stale?
Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2007-05-15 05:21:27 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-05-15 05:08:13 EDT (#)
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Yeah but if you'd stayed on the straight abnd narrow you'd always be wondering about dropping out and partying. You wouldn't really be able to appreciate what you had.
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Exactly, you can only decide which flavor is your favorite AFTER you've tried them all
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-05-15 05:08:13 EDT (#)
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Yeah but if you'd stayed on the straight abnd narrow you'd always be wondering about dropping out and partying. You wouldn't really be able to appreciate what you had.
Submitted by czwij (user info) at 2007-05-15 04:53:37 EDT (#)
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capn cameltoe does not understand owl and mosquito
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-05-15 04:48:37 EDT (#)
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owl and mosquito
Submitted by czwij (user info) at 2007-05-15 04:16:25 EDT (#)
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grasshopper and ant.