middle_age_man
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7/3/2005 at 23:48 |
I was offered a job a few days ago. I would be the boss, 10K-15K more a year than I'm making now to start and they would match my current benefits. The draw back is that I would absolutely hate what I'm doing. After a few sleepless nights I have decided to turn it down. I love what I'm doing now and enjoy going to work.
What's more important to you, money or happiness?
[Edited on 4/7/2005 by middle_age_man]
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ghostrider
liberal exit  SSHOLEPosts: 2446 Registered: 7/29/2004 Offline
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7/3/2005 at 23:57 |
i'll never be happy, so i'd like some cash
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Dumbskull
I'm assuming the position!  SSHOLEPosts: 1902 Registered: 4/22/2004 Offline
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7/4/2005 at 02:00 |
middle_age_man good for you. I have had money with and without the happiness. Now I am piss poor but it is of my own choosing while I am in school. so yeah, I am okay happy.
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Acidburn
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7/4/2005 at 02:15 |
ghostrideryyz: i'll never be happy, so i'd like some cash
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redhook
Tender vittles  Posts: 34 Registered: 6/22/2005 Offline
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7/4/2005 at 03:18 |
I've had jobs where I've been profoundly unhappy, and the paycheck just was NOT worth it. I'd go for happiness.
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Stump
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7/4/2005 at 03:47 |
Money can always buy happiness. I hear it goes for about $150 an hour nad you have your choice of what she looks like. |
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government_death_robot
DARTH MENSES  Posts: 921 Registered: 4/23/2004 Offline
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7/4/2005 at 04:10 |
I am making minimum wage and I despise my job.
Tell them I am interested in the position.
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JESUS_IS_LORD
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7/4/2005 at 04:10 |
As long as you realize that bitches ain't shit but ho's and tricks, you'll be just fine.
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Javelin
Tender vittles  Posts: 22 Registered: 5/21/2005 Offline
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7/4/2005 at 04:12 |
You did the right thing. I once worked for a person who was a real billionaire. In the two years I was with him, not once did I ever see him smile or be happy in any way. All that money and things and not happy. You will never really know how smart a decision you made, but you can imagine. Which is a lot like saying: "You may never quite know what a bad decision it would be to cut off your balls and feed them to the dog, but you can be pretty sure only the dog would be happy.
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government_death_robot
DARTH MENSES Posts: 921 Registered: 4/23/2004 Offline
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7/4/2005 at 04:15 |
Javelin: "You may never quite know what a bad decision it would be to cut off your balls and feed them to the dog, but you can be pretty sure only the dog would be happy.
Unless your balls were made of cyanide.
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ghostrider
liberal exit SSHOLEPosts: 2446 Registered: 7/29/2004 Offline
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7/4/2005 at 04:17 |
that's the most logical argument i've ever heard
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magicchex
Fuckin' your bitches and stealin' your cars since 1985.  SSHOLEPosts: 414 Registered: 1/5/2005 Offline
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7/4/2005 at 07:23 |
government_death_robot: I am making minimum wage and I despise my job.
Tell them I am interested in the position.
I also work crappy hourly jobs but I won't even consider any that pay anything close to minimum. Is there really nothing else you can find that might pay at least a few dollars more an hour? I honestly didn't think that truly minimum wage jobs existed for anyone beyond 14-16 year olds (the only time I worked such a job). |
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government_death_robot
DARTH MENSES Posts: 921 Registered: 4/23/2004 Offline
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7/4/2005 at 07:27 |
magicchex: government_death_robot: I am making minimum wage and I despise my job.
Tell them I am interested in the position.
I also work crappy hourly jobs but I won't even consider any that pay anything close to minimum. Is there really nothing else you can find that might pay at least a few dollars more an hour? I honestly didn't think that truly minimum wage jobs existed for anyone beyond 14-16 year olds (the only time I worked such a job).
Minimum wage jobs stretch as far as 17, apparently.
The only thing I could do in this town that didn't pay minimum wage would be to whore myself, and there's already someone on the main corner in town. So I can't do that.
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dragonstaff
Too old to Rock and Roll...too young to die  SSHOLEPosts: 756 Registered: 8/19/2004 Offline
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7/4/2005 at 11:56 |
government_death_robot: magicchex: government_death_robot: I am making minimum wage and I despise my job.
Tell them I am interested in the position.
I also work crappy hourly jobs but I won't even consider any that pay anything close to minimum. Is there really nothing else you can find that might pay at least a few dollars more an hour? I honestly didn't think that truly minimum wage jobs existed for anyone beyond 14-16 year olds (the only time I worked such a job).
Minimum wage jobs stretch as far as 17, apparently.
The only thing I could do in this town that didn't pay minimum wage would be to whore myself, and there's already someone on the main corner in town. So I can't do that.
A little competition never hurt a business.
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magicchex
Fuckin' your bitches and stealin' your cars since 1985. SSHOLEPosts: 414 Registered: 1/5/2005 Offline
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7/4/2005 at 17:53 |
government_death_robot: magicchex: government_death_robot: I am making minimum wage and I despise my job.
Tell them I am interested in the position.
I also work crappy hourly jobs but I won't even consider any that pay anything close to minimum. Is there really nothing else you can find that might pay at least a few dollars more an hour? I honestly didn't think that truly minimum wage jobs existed for anyone beyond 14-16 year olds (the only time I worked such a job).
Minimum wage jobs stretch as far as 17, apparently.
The only thing I could do in this town that didn't pay minimum wage would be to whore myself, and there's already someone on the main corner in town. So I can't do that.
That's shitty man. Granted one of my jobs is 7+tips / hour and the other is ~9 / hour which isn't magnificent but I'm sorry for ya man, I can't imagine being forced to think that my time was worth 5.whatever / hour. |
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gotbeer
Tender vittles  Posts: 18 Registered: 1/15/2005 Offline
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7/5/2005 at 04:46  |
wow i love my burger flipping job with 4 months off a year beat that paid vacation |
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dagwood
SENATOR BABYHEAD  Posts: 373 Registered: 12/19/2004 Offline
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7/5/2005 at 05:38 |
I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me love, or happiness.
Consider all the unfulfilled rich people you've met or heard about.
Miserable, stressed, self-destructive and suicidal, money can bring some pleasure but happiness comes from within.
For me I'd take a genuine contentment and acceptance of life as it is and an appreciation,
gratitude if you will ,for what I have over all the money I could imagine to throw at my problems.
Seems money causes more troubles than it fixes.
Happiness is an attitude, a state of mind, a choice, have at it.
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government_death_robot
DARTH MENSES Posts: 921 Registered: 4/23/2004 Offline
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7/5/2005 at 06:33 |
I was offered a job a few days ago. I would be the boss, 10K-15K more a year than I'm making now to start and they would match my current benefits. The draw back is that I would absolutely hate what I'm doing. After a few sleepless nights I have decided to turn it down. I love what I'm doing now and enjoy going to work.
What's more important to you, money or happiness?
[Edited on 4/7/2005 by middle_age_man]
What did you turn down, and what do you do now?
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LORDKAHUNA
Don't make me fuk your moustache  SSHOLEPosts: 1623 Registered: 8/5/2003 Offline
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7/5/2005 at 08:13 |
dagwood: Consider all the unfulfilled rich people you've met or heard about.
Miserable, stressed, self-destructive and suicidal,
This is bullshit, poor fuks have exactly the same problems. Wealthy people that I know personally are happy (I bet they never have to scrape change to buy smokes, or juggle phone/gas/mortgage/rent).
Money does buy happiness, prove me wrong.
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middle_age_man
Mostly Harmless SSHOLEPosts: 427 Registered: 1/11/2005 Offline
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7/5/2005 at 12:56 |
government_death_robot: I was offered a job a few days ago. I would be the boss, 10K-15K more a year than I'm making now to start and they would match my current benefits. The draw back is that I would absolutely hate what I'm doing. After a few sleepless nights I have decided to turn it down. I love what I'm doing now and enjoy going to work.
What's more important to you, money or happiness?
[Edited on 4/7/2005 by middle_age_man]
What did you turn down, and what do you do now?
I'm a carpenter at a university. I've been there for 15 years so I'm well paid already. I was offered a property management position at a private school.
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SexNinja
the illest nigga  SSHOLEPosts: 1524 Registered: 10/28/2007 Offline
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7/5/2005 at 13:28 |
LORDKAHUNA: dagwood: Consider all the unfulfilled rich people you've met or heard about.
Miserable, stressed, self-destructive and suicidal,
This is bullshit, poor fuks have exactly the same problems. Wealthy people that I know personally are happy (I bet they never have to scrape change to buy smokes, or juggle phone/gas/mortgage/rent).
Money does buy happiness, prove me wrong.
Exactly. I'd have taken that money along with the job that I hate. You'll regret this, MaM.
Regret it 'till the end of time.
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vasudeva
Bad Taste in your Mouth  SSHOLEPosts: 4464 Registered: 3/8/2002 Offline
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7/5/2005 at 14:53 |
LORDKAHUNA: Money does buy happiness, prove me wrong.
Money buys you the ability to get the nagging little things out of the way, so you can deal with the shit that matters.
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mundhra
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7/5/2005 at 15:30 |
vasudeva: LORDKAHUNA: Money does buy happiness, prove me wrong.
Money buys you the ability to get the nagging little things out of the way, so you can deal with the shit that matters.
like the twenty inch rims or the twenty-twos.
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Acidburn
I am El Chupacabra SSHOLEPosts: 777 Registered: 8/1/2004 Offline
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7/5/2005 at 15:48 |
JESUS_IS_LORD: As long as you realize that bitches ain't shit but ho's and tricks, you'll be just fine.
They said they loved me..........
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barch97
DARTH MENSES  Posts: 588 Registered: 6/18/2003 Offline
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7/5/2005 at 16:25 |
I think the issue here is more or less how each of us defines "rich". I think it's a relative term. Compared to some of you, I am "rich". Compared to others, I'm poor.
I've often said that it isn't terribly difficult to make A LOT of money, as long as all you want to do is make A LOT of money.
I believe that there are a great many things that are far more important to me than money. I make a comfortable living and don't really stress over getting bills paid each month or spend sleepless nights worrying where my next meal might come from. On the other hand, there are "things" that I'd like to have but cannot afford to buy.
I think you absolutely made the right decision. Sure this other possition might have paid more but, it surely doesn't pay the most. So, what happens next time a higher paying job comes along? you blow this one off to get paid even more?
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Lumpy_McKwiz
All I know is I don't know  SSHOLEPosts: 63 Registered: 12/18/2004 Offline
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7/5/2005 at 16:31 |
Kahuna and Vasudeva summed it up best in my opinion. I am happier when I am not broke. Happy at work and happy in the rest of your life are two different things. Be a miserable sob at work and morph into the cheery sob that has 15K more a year to enjoy/share/spend on the way home.
A few years ago, I was making 10$ an hour right out of school.
When I landed the 50K a year job, complety changed my life. Made me happier, job was way harder with way more responsibilities. Completley worth it IMHO
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mundhra
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7/5/2005 at 16:40 |
i definitely agree with barch here (OMIGOD!).
eventually you reach a point of diminishing returns. if you can pay your bills and have a little to play with, do you really need more money at the cost of your happiness?
my answer is no, but then again i'm not doing so bad. would i take a raise if it meant being on-call? hell no. if i made less, though, it might be worth it.
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qwerty
DARTH MENSES  Posts: 628 Registered: 9/8/2004 Offline
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7/5/2005 at 18:10 |
Happiness comes from swimming thru your money. Plus I could impress Hilary Duff if I had lots of money
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DonQuixote
DARTH MENSES  Posts: 641 Registered: 4/22/2005 Offline
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7/5/2005 at 18:50 |
Yeah ok. I'm gonna need you to go ahead and come in on Saturday....
Seriously though. I will never be happy in any job. One place everyday. Too stagnant. I'll be happy when I retire which should hopefully be soon once I win the lottery. Come on lucky number 21.
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redhook
Tender vittles Posts: 34 Registered: 6/22/2005 Offline
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7/6/2005 at 00:04 |
Lumpy_McKwiz: A few years ago, I was making 10$ an hour right out of school.
When I landed the 50K a year job, complety changed my life. Made me happier, job was way harder with way more responsibilities. Completley worth it IMHO
I've done the same sort of thing, changed to a job that paid more, was more difficult and carried more responsibilities and more stress - but I LIKED the job. So I had money AND happiness.
But if I hadn't liked the job itself, if I'd had money but misery along with it? I'd've been outta there sooo fast.
Barch says it well.
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