The Joys and Sorrows of an EASY Job...

No matter how noble my intentions (usually) are- they often stumble and hit back to ground level in a few hours of madness. It was my noble intent to write a blog entry everyday- but I have disappointed myself and my core readers (erm.. yeah sure!) twice already this week. So well, this promise has to be 'modified' so that I can lower the bar of expectations and blog in a blissful state.

With a heavy heart- I bid adieu to my Job (for 9 months) today. I now understand what's a 'Bittersweet' feeling.

• On the one hand- I'm upset that I'm leaving one of the easiest-most customer interactive- experience enhancing jobs I've ever held.
  
• On the other- this was (perhaps) the lowest paying job I've ever held. So that did... kinda 'bug' me at times.

So I'm in a conundrum- as I've always been in my career phase- WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT- Q) You liking the job you do and living it each day- forgetting about the money?
Or Q) You focusing on the remuneration- and climbing the career ladder but slowly murdering your inner needs of joy at work?

It's a tough situation- Many folks aspire for that BALANCE in their work lives- enriched experience as well as good money. A good few people are also successful at achieving this goal. But nope- I ain't the lucky one in that aspect. I well and truly had to defy all odds of 'expectations' of family and society to hold jobs in positions my community would 'cringe' upon- JUST TO PROVE HOW IMPORTANT JOB SATISFACTION IS TO ME!

Well, but then the money comes knocking-and it does THIS to me...

'Hey dude.. Long time no see!'

And then this GONG of reality is too hard not to listen to. It's partly the societal pressure and partly my self expectations bridge that I'm trying to cross. Yes it does disappoint me that 'I'M BECOMING THE SOCIAL ANIMAL I PROMISED NOT TO BE'. It's like those old thoughts from loved ones:

'Dude, you can't be a hermit in this day and age'

'You want to travel the world?- do it when you earn some moolah'

'Why do you want to be different? Why do you want to be the 'odd one' out?'

'Shut up and munch on this normal behaviour lesson'

That last one didn't happen but others are certainly true (and I've heard much more)- Not that it has stopped me from being the MORON that I am (in some folks eyes). Well, this vicious circle of what I want but what I REALLY want shall continue through life. (Boy my blog does make me sound like an old whiny complainy kitten- Meeeaow- gimme happy biscuit now!- But that's far from the truth (or IS IT?)

'Gosh I can be so demanding at times...'

Meanwhile, this brings me back to my last day at work (sob). You know that LAST STRETCH of anything we do- it gets.... well.... HARD. You can see the finishing line and the breath goes heavier- you can see that deadline looming and your tummy churns- you can see that interview day coming and your voice goes hoarse. That kinda thing.

Last night I had my BUSIEST, most mental shift ever- It was like a higher authority was teaching me a lesson- TODAY YOU SHALL GET ALL THE SAMPLES YOU'VE TRACKED IN THE PAST 9 MONTHS- all in the span of 2 hours. I guess last night was the first time I held my head and shook it vigorously- not believing the utter bullshit that was happening before my eyes. But you know what- that proves my theory- I'm near my last day- of course my Job's gonna go HARDER. Once, I got that- the rest of the shift was a breeze. 'Enjoy this dude- cherish each moment till it lasts'.

I'm glad I'm leaving this place with Mutual Harmony- a notice served - rather than my last organisation in Kuwait- where I remember I resigned on the day and the Manager went:

'Don't burn bridges here- You never know when you might want to rejoin us'

He's right you know- but I of course didn't pay heed to his advice. I had to leave-so good bye old friend! Alas, before I rejoin THAT company- the world shall be lead by a communist dictator of course. Well- its quintessentially PEOPLE that make the company into a living breathing organism. Unfortunately the managers that run the last company vowed to turn it from 'Tyrannosaurus into an Amoeba'. Ah well- good luck guys-you're doing a marvellous job. Oh and here it is:

'The bridge I burnt while leaving my last job- Man can I light up a flame!'

Well- no regrets- JUST MARCH ON SOLDIER- says my good soul.

Oh and I had to relay this incident that happened at work last night. This (teacher lookalike) lady comes up to me and says:

Her: 'Sorry me no good english. You speak French'

Me: 'No sorry mam'

Her: 'Speak spanish?'

Me: 'No sorry'

Her: 'Speak german?'

Me: 'Nope'

Her:'Ok.. not a problem. So, I need assistance with this paragraph that I've been typing on my word document. I think my spell checker may not be working properly- probably some installation issue?'

What the ... DOES SHE LOOK LIKE SHE 'NO GOOD ENGLISH?' JEESUS ARE YOU KIDDING ME??- you wasted 120 seconds of my precious time to know -- if I KNEW half the languages of continental Europe? SERIOUSLY?

Ahh.. Man am I gonna miss this job.

Adios ol' amigo.

And a big thank you to SY-CO-DA-RE-AM-SH... You know who you are. SY-thanks for being such an inspiration.