Almost 10 years ago now a man by the name of Ted took a chance on a young punk fresh out of school. Sure I had a college education but I mean how many college students can actually tell the difference between their ass and a hole in the ground? So there I was ready to take on the world, but what I didn't know was, that there is this whole other world of "office politics" that I knew nothing about. I have to thank Ted for taking the time to educate me, let me make mistakes, and make me into the man I am today.
Like this one time I had been doing roadshows for almost 2 months straight, and was really tired. The final event was going to be held about 2 hours north of Toronto. I packed up my gear, and my client into my little mazda and was off to the races. An hour and a half later as we are pulling into the event location I realize I have forgotten the video projector. Not fucking good! I had to call and have a courier drive it up to me, I mean people were in the audience waiting for the show to start as I get this thing and start hooking it up. OR how about the time I was carrying a laptop and a coke into an edit suite and tripped and the coke just happened to fly across the room and land on the OTHER laptop and fuckin ruin it.
After 6 years I left that company, scared shitless about whether or not I had made the right decision. I went to a much bigger company and one which I figured would be even cooler than my first. Boy was I wrong. In my time there I must have seen like 50 people let go? I saw a trusted employee not only screw over the company publicly, but also break back into the office and get arrested for it. There was a time when my coworkers and I reported to the biggest fuckin idiot on the planet, thankfully he was one of the aforementioned 50. At that company I learned how to think globally, beat office assholes at their own games, and that some coworkers can become great friends.
I left that company 6 days ago.
So now I have started my third major job in my career. This is a big deal, I have spent no less than 2 years at either of my earlier placements. By that rational the people I am currently meeting and interacting with for the first time are going to be the people I spend 8+ hours a day with, for the foreseeable future.
The weird thing is though, is that older people don't get it. My grandparents and mom are like "Why are you leaving TED???" "Why are you leaving that fucked up company?" (Yes my mom swears too.). What they don't understand is, the days of getting a job that you stay at for 20 years are gone. I have to better my situation, if I don't who the fuck will do it for me? That second company I mentioned, closed their office the day I left. THE DAY I LEFT. I mean come the fuck on man, if I hadn't been looking for a job I'd be seriously fucked now. Not just fucked, seriously fucked.
But instead here I am, about to change these peoples lives forever. They have no idea, I mean can you imagine working with me? You think I'm bad on here? Fuck, this is just for fun. If you really want to see me get going ask people I've worked with. Man I can get ANGRY. I'm just a man who can't stand the big corporation fucking over the little guy. I am that little guy, but let me tell you I've got a big fuckin mouth.
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