sweet mother of god i finally got a job!

I'm sorry to hear that.....

 

good news on the job i rele kno what its like to be looking and ur searching to be fruitless....



also to everyone posting here..... CHILL

 

Well, there you go again, assuming we can tell when you're ranting for real or just yanking on a leg. And about implying our own mind's eye?... ummm, it this a private forum? Is there a rule that says we gotta wait on nesta?

 

You might be right...

 

no one even cares what i think of his remarks before they go and bash him. fuck, he was just speaking his mind!

i've changed a lot over the past five years, man. i mean, i used to be an angry little boy, and i think i've outgrown a lot of it. i used to hate starbucks because of what i thought were shady business ethics (though i really knew almost nothing about them) and just because they were "corporate."

yeah, i dont like everything about them, but they have a VERY strong reputation as a good employer, people CHOOSE to pay that much for coffee, and they do seem to have a social conscience, while they may not be perfect, which is more than i can say for a lot of companies, say nearly any manufacturer of tobacco or firearms...

i dont think this is selling out. i need money, and my options are limited. i am disillusioned with some of the angsty ideals i once held...i think there are a lot of bad things about this society, but i dont think its so simple that we can all blame it on "the other side."

i'm not a farmer, i'm not a craftsman, i'm not a surgeon or a skilled laborer....i need a job, and my efforts so far have been fruitless. i have limited options, and i need to first and foremost look out for myself. if i get offered a job from a company that is good to its workers and pays more than minimum wage and can let ANYONE with the capacity advance as high as they can....i'm going to take it.

i'm not offended by your comments, but i disagree with them. yeah, i prefer smaller homier places...starbucks is cold and sterile...but there ARE good sides, and i dont think its the evil giant it's so often made out to be.

people, relax. its just an honest hillbillies honest hopinion!

 

besides, one of the motivations for this job is that i've always wanted to own my own coffeeshop. starbucks has great training and education for its employees, and they can teach you just about everything you need to know about coffee and running a good operation. the experience with this kind of work with a stellar success could potentially very greatly help me realize that dream. i have many dreams, most of which will never come true. i think if i have an opportunity that looks like in the long run it could be a positive boon for me...i want to take it.

they say do what you love. i want to sell pot. i want to run a cannabis speakeasy, or grow pot, or grow mushrooms or peyote. but i have to look out for myself, and i'm not about to make a risk that large. i think my long time desire to work in coffee shops or bars or tobacconists or something runs along the same lines as my love of marijuana......

i dunno......

anyway...i dont care to analyze things too much these days. too much splitting hairs. work with what you have, just live....thats how i look at it....

this is what i have unless i want to go back to making 6 bucks an hour stocking milk on shelves for 8 hours at a time, for an even bigger, even worse coporation.