Now that I’m back in school, I’m
facing a dilemma. The more I’m involved going back to school the
less I want to be at my day job. This isn't much of a surprise.
It’s not like my current job is joyfully fulfilling. In fact, it’s
downright boring and frustrating.
I currently work for the state
government. Every day I get to interact with a variety of, well,
let’s just call them special people. Most of the people who
come in are just honest folks with questions about how to get things
done. The special people, however, are just plain stupid or mean. The
worst are those who are both stupid and mean at the same time. It’s
hard to blame many of them for being frustrated, though. The laws
that our Utah legislators have passed, mostly to get people vote for
them rather than serve the common good, are confusing, conflicting
and in some cases downright stupid.
It seems that the special people have somehow gotten it into their skulls that I make up the laws by
pulling them out of my ass. They don’t seem to realize that the
laws are made by our very special Utah legislators. They blame me,
instead, yelling, threaten litigation and question my parenthood over
things I have no control of. I give them the information they need to
solve their problems, but when they don’t like what they hear, they
get hostile. Worse are those who think they already know the answer
and argue with you. I often wonder why they call if they knew the
answer in the first place.
Sometimes I wonder how the special
people function in life, or why we allow them to breed, vote, and
drive cars. Unless you are one of these people, it should have become
obvious why my job satisfaction is waning.
More and more I’d rather take my time
to work on my degree. I’d like more time to practice my musical
skills and do something for money that relates more to my field. Then
again, I’m not sure the lack of job satisfaction is because I’ve
gone back to school. Instead, I suspect it’s one of the reasons I
went back in the first place.
Does the fact that I’m frustrated
over this make me one of the special people?
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