Like I always do.
I’ve been at my job for five years, which is the longest I’ve been anywhere. I consistently get good feedback on my performance, and generally I get along with most of my coworkers. That said, I spend most of my days low-key resentful of people who I think don’t work as hard as I do or don’t care enough about the job. The two guys I work most closely with get their work done, but they spend a lot of time talking about sports and comics. One of the other secretaries has a very light workload, and my promotion has meant taking on work she was originally doing. She spends most of her time gossiping on the phone or annoying people. Meanwhile I can’t remember the last time I took a lunch break and I practically have to ask permission to go to the bathroom (I’m a receptionist). I can’t talk to my boss because she’s preoccupied with stuff in her personal life. My wife is on disability, and so are most of my few close friends. I’m afraid I’m going to snap and say something bad and lose my job.
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“‘Why was I chosen?’ ‘Such questions cannot be answered,’ said Gandalf. ‘You may be sure that it was not for any merit that others do not possess: not for power or wisdom, at any rate. But you have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.’”
24 Feb 2020, 10:58 pm
