It's True. I Never Liked you Much...

I'm an ageist. I've never disguised that fact. Ever.  I don't like most young people.  Hell-- I don't like a lot of old people either.  I was a train wreck when I was a young adult.  But I DID learn from each derailment and crash.  I learned that you can sit around and bitch and moan all you want but it never seems to change anything except put you in a worse mood.  I learned that you have to take chances if you ever want to be happy.  I don't mean idiocy like drinking and driving, having unprotected sex, or other moronic choices.  I mean chances in life that could yield a complete and total flop of an outcome. So the next time I hear some 20-something bitching about how awful their job is, how they hate the drama, how this is wrong and that is wrong and the Man just battin' ya down-- steer clear.  I'm liable to take your snotty little ass over my knee. 

If you think it's so damn easy to be the boss, then why aren't you?  If you think it's a cake walk to own your own business, why don't you? It's because it takes motivation, courage, and a shitload of conviction.  If I had the money, I would open up a "business" for every person that wanted one.  And I would sit back and watch their reaction when their employees treated them like shit, didn't bother to show up for work on time more than 3 times in over 4 years, wasted their resources, treated their customers like pariahs, or couldn't be bothered to even stay awake long enough to perform the minimum requirements of the job. 

I imagine we would have a lot to talk about after this.  I also imagine you would probably not make the connection that you were dealing with "yourself" just a few short years ago and most likely not much has changed.  So when you start railing on your employer and what a shithole you work in and how you can't stand the "drama"-- ask yourself... Why the hell are you still there?  If you have no other choices in life, why is that... and what are you doing about it?  If my business goes down in flames and I drown in the sea of debt I am treading water in I will go down having had the best damn run of my life and a lot of wonderful memories.

So.  What's your excuse for today?