@theapplebone64 I wouldn't have it any other way, there's a mounted phone, bra, and belly piercing on the trophy wall denoting my contributions to your magnificence.
@heavensbvnny That only really happens at work, in the sense that if I wasn't there they'd have no-one to dump all the extra work on. Otherwise, I'm either not there or regarded just enough for someone to ignore the things I said I wasn't comfortable with.
Is anyone else ever genuinely shocked when you find out you have an impact on someone's life? A coworker can be like "I've missed seeing you" and I'm just like "???? you?? missed me????? My presence has an effect on your daily experience???? I affect things??? Wh a t? ? ?"
βBe more socialβ this is a job. You are not my friends. I wouldnβt have a job if I didnβt need a paycheck. I donβt come here for social hour. I donβt want to do team bonding dinners. I donβt have a need to bond. My social networking only comes out when it needs to. Small talk with coworkers over lunch is meaningless to me. This job is your entire identity, that doesnβt mean it needs to be mine, and I feel bad for you. My identity is my real life outside of work, and employment is merely an essential duty of life. Stop acting like itβs a moral failing to simply want to work and be left alone.
Society shoves people into boxes in order to control them.
Theyβll go like βyou have a womb, which means you like these things, want to be a mother and have your destiny set in stone.β
They even bully you so you act a certain way.
However, human beings are complex.
Just a reminder: Your enemy isnβt the guy making $60k a year. Itβs the billionaire making $60k a minute, hoarding record wealth while cutting jobs and lecturing workers about fiscal responsibility.