This is from overheardintheoffice.com:
Part time girl: Isn’t it illegal to work five days in a row?
Coworker: That’s what normal people do.
Part time girl: Oh…that sucks.
For those presidential candidates out there: make it illegal, I’ll vote for you!! Haha!!
Well, that’s not as easy as it sounds…. Damn….
Anyone know about logistics business????????????
Seriously, I need a clue….
“I Like This Job” is the title of a segment on Prambors FM that has been running for, I don’t know, maybe two months or so. The segment contains someone telling what his/her job is, how to do it, how much he/she gets paid, what to like and hate about the job, and what he/she wants to become if didn’t have the current job. In the end, the person has to say this, “Hi! I’m some name, I’m some profession and I like this job.”
Then I wonder how does it feel to like a job? How is it like to have a profession you feel like you were born to do it? How is it like to have a job that defines who you are? Like, when you say you’re an actor or a teacher, it has the impression as a lifetime job, a profession. Yes, you could quit being an actor or a teacher, but most of the time people stick for as long as they live because the jobs have become their identities. It defines who you are. But when you tell people you’re, say, a Quality Improvement Analyst for X Company, it feels wrong if you do it for the rest of your life. People would think, “Why aren’t you promoted? Do you suck at it?” “Don’t you have a career path?” “Are you stuck in your comfort zone?” And when your kids asking what your profession is, you end up telling them that you’re a ‘karyawan swasta’ because it’s hard for you to explain.
So seriously, can anybody tell me how it feels like to love a job? How to make yourself to feel it? Because I’m still in I-like-to have-a-job-but-not-really-sure-whether-I-really-like-it-or-not stage.
Back in October, when I was still unemployed, I had a conversation with A’ Uli, Tita’s brother. He told me something his boss had said. This is how I remember it, “Kalau kamu kerja cuma sekedar menghidupi diri kamu, sekedar punya pekerjaan saja, itu sama saja dengan melacur.” Then I asked a question which still remains a mystery until now, “Masalahnya, mending mana A’, melacur atau menganggur?”
Yes, which one’s better, unemployed or being a prostitute? Me? I choose prostituting because at least you have a profession. Hey, life is a matter of choice! At least I take my options, not just waive them. And I’m not being hypocritical. I realize that not everybody can have their dream job. Some must deal with reality that life is about valuing what it offers, not demanding what you think is best for you. So I take prostituting because it’s the best I can do for now.
Well, talking about dream job, mine is a wee bit unrealistic. It requires a whole new series of life and a twist of luck. Because I want to be the name they call in Academy Award when they announce the winner for Best Actress. No, I wanna be a pop star in Japan, with weird outfits, weird voice, and straight face looks. Haha! No, seriously, my dream job is somewhere in California, writing sitcoms or directing movies. Or maybe if I was prettier I could as well star in it, like Tina Fey. Then when they announce the winner of Lead Actress in A Comedy Series and Writing in a Comedy Series in Emmy Award, they’d call my name. For BOTH nominations, not only one. A little greedy? Hey, when it happens, I’ll totally deserve it. Ahaha!
So, some of you may wonder what I really do for living. I work at this transportation company who owns a big brand in car renting & used car selling operation. A business that feels like an unknown universe for me.
My department is a place called Corporate Management & Planning, where people stop by to ask A to Z information about our company. As if we were Mama Lauren. I chase down department heads, division heads, and even directors to ask them whether they have accomplished their corrective actions. Our directors make us to be involved in any job, any assignment, in any department, any business unit, even though it’s not our territory, when they feel like it. It seems that we like to interfere other people’s business. Trust me, we don’t. Then, if anything went wrong and there are no one to blame anymore, we got the blame. Scratch that. There are people to blame, but people from other division/business unit like to blame us instead.
Well, that’s an overview. I’ll keep you updated.
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