o cellphone mine, where art thou?
has it been three weeks? i still don't have my cellphone. my friend is currently bemoaning the fact that she bought a sun cellular one-month unlimited card and was unable to use it because i can't use a sun sim on my dad's benighted fone. nokia care sure is 'professional'. they are so professional it hurts.
good news is that we trainees are -almost- all in ojt mode right now. goodbye saturdays! well, half of our saturdays anyway. as long as we finish quota, we can leave. so helloooooo movies!
a lot of things happened this week that i'd love to blog about, but most of it isn't really my story to tell, so out of respect i can't put anything down here. i'll just say that one of our number is really fed up with our so-called 'factory work' and wants to leave. he has 'greater goals' daw, and says he was 'meant for greater things' than slaving away at a lightdesk. he doesn't want to be pressured or told to work.
well, i hate to burst his bubble, but that's what every company will be telling you. of course, you won't be told to work if you were doing your job in the first place. but they WILL nag you to death about working IF you aren't working at all. duh.
pressure and stress are always there, no matter where you go. even freelancers are pressured because they have offered their services to a client, and they have to meet that client's needs...which means DEADLINES must be met, at virtually any cost. even if you make comics for a living, you still have deadlines. heck, authors have deadlines.
whether it's a deadline imposed on you by other people or by your own self, the bottom line is we all have responsibilities. you can't make money or be famous or whatever unless you become responsible. this guy seems to want to just monkey around, get paid, and become famous so that all the girls will chase him. says it's his dream.
you call that a dream?
to each his own, yes, and if that's what he wants, sure, go ahead. but don't go dissing other people's dreams, and don't start putting 'em down or calling them disillusioned losers who gave up their dreams for in-betweening at a very good company. most people would kill themselves to be where we are right now, because life is indeed hard. you can live your dreams, but you'll die if you live IN them.
so...my advice to this guy? stop whining and be a man.
'nuff said.
good news is that we trainees are -almost- all in ojt mode right now. goodbye saturdays! well, half of our saturdays anyway. as long as we finish quota, we can leave. so helloooooo movies!
a lot of things happened this week that i'd love to blog about, but most of it isn't really my story to tell, so out of respect i can't put anything down here. i'll just say that one of our number is really fed up with our so-called 'factory work' and wants to leave. he has 'greater goals' daw, and says he was 'meant for greater things' than slaving away at a lightdesk. he doesn't want to be pressured or told to work.
well, i hate to burst his bubble, but that's what every company will be telling you. of course, you won't be told to work if you were doing your job in the first place. but they WILL nag you to death about working IF you aren't working at all. duh.
pressure and stress are always there, no matter where you go. even freelancers are pressured because they have offered their services to a client, and they have to meet that client's needs...which means DEADLINES must be met, at virtually any cost. even if you make comics for a living, you still have deadlines. heck, authors have deadlines.
whether it's a deadline imposed on you by other people or by your own self, the bottom line is we all have responsibilities. you can't make money or be famous or whatever unless you become responsible. this guy seems to want to just monkey around, get paid, and become famous so that all the girls will chase him. says it's his dream.
you call that a dream?
to each his own, yes, and if that's what he wants, sure, go ahead. but don't go dissing other people's dreams, and don't start putting 'em down or calling them disillusioned losers who gave up their dreams for in-betweening at a very good company. most people would kill themselves to be where we are right now, because life is indeed hard. you can live your dreams, but you'll die if you live IN them.
so...my advice to this guy? stop whining and be a man.
'nuff said.
posted by gerry at 8:58 PM
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