dilemma and meme

[spankerella]

I have a bit of a dilemma. I really don't want to go to my almost former job tonight. It will be awful. I'll have to do the work of two people and likely no one will help me. I am considering walking out today. It's a crap job, and I'll likely never go back, but I don't quite have my new job yet. Also, I would really like to go to orion777's birthday dinner tonight. I am feeling a lot of pressure from my friends to walk out and go to dinner, but what if I don't get the new job? I'm 99.99% sure I do have it, but... see? Dilemma. In the past, I would have just walked. I've always been the free as a bird type. Rash, brash, and ready to clash. It's just... egads... I'm an adult now. I have bills.

And I just might do it anyway. It's stupid and crazy and not at all responsible. And I think maybe I want to prove I'm still who I have always been. It's foolish. I've done it before, walked out that is, and I have paid the price in the past. But I want to be that girl again. Not the paying part. I want to be grinning while I hand over keys and swipe cards and uniform shirt and say... "You can tacky up prom on your own because I quit."

And if anyone can tell me what that quote is from, I'll give you a little prize.

The below was sent to me by tthjinni.

*~*~*

Jim and Edna were both patients in a mental hospital.

One day,while they were walking past the hospital swimming pool, Jim suddenly jumped into the deep end. He sank to the bottom of the pool and stayed there.

Edna promptly jumped in to save him. She swam to the bottom and pulled Jim out.

When the director of nursing became aware of Edna's heroic act, she considered her to be mentally stable.

When she went to tell Edna the news she said, "Edna, I have good news and bad news. The good news is you're being discharged; since you were able to rationally respond to a crisis by jumping in and saving the life of another patient, I have concluded that your act displays sound mindness. The bad news is that Jim, the patient you saved, hung himself in his bathroom with the belt to his robe right after you saved him. I am sorry, but he's dead."

Edna replied, "He didn't hang himself, I put him there to dry. How soon can I go home?"

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Snagged from empressvesica.

So Good! :D You scored 100% Best Seller and 95% Classic!

Oh, yes, somehow you made it. Did you cheat? I hope not. Sophocles is reported to have said, "I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating." Meh, I'll trust you this time. Anyway, I hope you've had a good time.

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Comments

[emeraldswan.livejournal.com]

Ohhh! That quote's from Saved! isn't it?

And, if I were you, I'd probably walk . . . sometimes the lure of the irresponsible is just too great, you know?

[spankerella.livejournal.com]

It is from Saved. You get a mini ficcie. Pick your character poison.

[emeraldswan.livejournal.com]

:) Only if you want to.

Willow/Snape or Buffy/Lupin, your choice.

And congrats on the new job!

[txrangermark.livejournal.com]

I turned in my application at that new job today as well. Hope that we both hear something soon.

[brendanm720.livejournal.com]

So...

That's from Saved, right?

[spankerella.livejournal.com]

It is indeed from Saved. You get a mini ficcie. Pick your character poison.

[brendanm720.livejournal.com]

Hrm...

Something Slytherin related, I think.

But only if you have time, what with the Carpe Noctem thing going on.

[tthjinni.livejournal.com]

There was no pressure. Was there? We didn't mean to pressure. Just want to see you happy!

[booster17.livejournal.com]

That is a terrible, terible joke. So going round work tomorrow. *grin*

And have you considered calling in sick tonight? That way you can still make the dinner, and you're slightly more covered if you haven't got the job.

[mtlwritermom.livejournal.com]

The day's over, so everything's probably been done and decided, but you were posing an interesting dilemma that go me thinking (the thinking then lead to the replying) . Wait till you're there, see how your day goes, and then walk out... I mean decide. If your day is as hard as you predict (or worse) and you do walk out, you're standing up for yourself (and your coworkers) and walking out with dignity. You're not doing this to be impulsive and brash, you're doing it because the company's evil and your job is crap... No? That's got to count for something (if you believe in karma or other cosmic-y forces.)

Anyway, keep on keepin' on. Whatever you do will work itself out-

Annie

[jo_anne_storm]

I hate to sound like a responsible adult, but... Don't walk out. You may need the current job as a reference at some point, plus, you don't know if you have the new job lined up. I hope you do get the new job.

[cissasghost.livejournal.com]

Hrmm. I've done the walk-out thing, but yeah, was younger. Of course, I've threatened to walk out of my present job. Twice. Ended up staying, but I threatened and seriously meant it at the time.

I guess my advice would be if you're sitting here wondering if you shouldn't, don't - yet, anyway. When the time comes that you should, you'll recognize it by the fact that you're half-way down the block before coherent thought on the subject returns. When you're at that point of having taken all you can possibly take and just snapping . . you'll, y'know, snap. At least that's my theory on it.

[empressvesica.livejournal.com]

You rock!! (the book scores)

Saw the later post re: the job. I think you made the right move...not any easy one, but your management was clearly showing no respect for you or your co-workers. Not a fixable situation in my mind. Best of luck on the hunt!!