Message #62923

[spitfire78]

Wow - I remember Fotomat!  Never thought about how aweful it was for the people who worked there, though.

My first full-time job out of high school was a doozy.  I worked in a nursing home.  Loved the residents - hated the boss, who was a power-hungry, stab-anybody-in-the-back type.  They piled on tons of work and responsibility for $.10/hour more than minimum wage.  Among other things, I was responsible for receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in checks and cash each month and transporting them to another location in the city.  I saw illegal and unethical practices and was asked to participate in one of them, which I refused to do.On my first day on the job, my boss said, "well, let's see how long you last."  I started looking for a new job almost immediately, but it was a year before I found one.  

At my current company, I went through a spell of hating not the job per se but my coworker.  I was doing the same job I had done for about 13 years and absolutely loved.  But my coworker made me despise coming to work every day.  In the year I worked with her I gained so much weight because all I did was go to work and then go home and sit on the couch and eat.  I realize now I was actually in a clinical depression.  Fortunately, on the very day I made up my mind as I was driving to work that I just couldn't do it any more and would have to look for another job, I found out that they were moving her - whew.  I totally understand that horrible dread that makes it difficult to get out of bed in the morning and come to work.

I sincerely hope no one here is currently in that situation.  If so, please find a way out of it soon - it does affect your physical, mental, and emotional health.