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So I don't like to use my mind...
August 25, 2011 at
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So the comments I've gotten after posting
"I'd rather put a hot dog on a bun"
really hit close to home.
I find this interesting. I guess its true. I don't like to use my mind. One job I wouldn't do in a million years is accountant.
I couldn't stand homework in school. If I had to choose between sitting in an air conditioned office cubical all day in front of a computer or driving a UPS truck, I think I would go with the UPS truck.
Do I want to drive a UPS truck? No. But one of the things I realized while working as a seasonal helper for that company is that a lot of the drivers are pretty smart and most I've spoken to have a Bachelors degree. They just decided that they were already making decent money and were closer to retirement than starting a new career.
I don't think it makes me a bad person, or a loser, or even a stupid person, because I don't like to think.
I think there's a problem with society. Society tells us what to like. It sells us what to value. It tells us we want to live in as big of a house as possible and cram it full of stuff. The more stuff you own, the better. It tells us that intellectuals are supposed to watch Broadway plays and not NASCAR. Well I love NASCAR and would rather swallow a rusty nail than sit through a Broadway play.
Society also tells us that we want to have a suit and tie job. It doesn't matter how miserable you might be actually doing that job. Big money, Big money. Thats all we are trained to know.
An interesting social experiment would be what would happen if we could isolate a community (in an alternate universe) and pay every job equally. Ok, thats called socialism, but use your imagination. And what if the janitor got paid $200,000 and an office exec. $67,000.
Isn't the boy or girl working in the top floor of an office building with a phone in one hand multitasking several things at once with a lot to do and a lot on their mind, at least somewhat envious at the man in the hot dog truck out the window?
Does anyone ever think "Some days I'd rather just put a hot dog in a bun"
Discuss.
"I'd rather put a hot dog on a bun"
really hit close to home.
I find this interesting. I guess its true. I don't like to use my mind. One job I wouldn't do in a million years is accountant.
I couldn't stand homework in school. If I had to choose between sitting in an air conditioned office cubical all day in front of a computer or driving a UPS truck, I think I would go with the UPS truck.
Do I want to drive a UPS truck? No. But one of the things I realized while working as a seasonal helper for that company is that a lot of the drivers are pretty smart and most I've spoken to have a Bachelors degree. They just decided that they were already making decent money and were closer to retirement than starting a new career.
I don't think it makes me a bad person, or a loser, or even a stupid person, because I don't like to think.
I think there's a problem with society. Society tells us what to like. It sells us what to value. It tells us we want to live in as big of a house as possible and cram it full of stuff. The more stuff you own, the better. It tells us that intellectuals are supposed to watch Broadway plays and not NASCAR. Well I love NASCAR and would rather swallow a rusty nail than sit through a Broadway play.
Society also tells us that we want to have a suit and tie job. It doesn't matter how miserable you might be actually doing that job. Big money, Big money. Thats all we are trained to know.
An interesting social experiment would be what would happen if we could isolate a community (in an alternate universe) and pay every job equally. Ok, thats called socialism, but use your imagination. And what if the janitor got paid $200,000 and an office exec. $67,000.
Isn't the boy or girl working in the top floor of an office building with a phone in one hand multitasking several things at once with a lot to do and a lot on their mind, at least somewhat envious at the man in the hot dog truck out the window?
Does anyone ever think "Some days I'd rather just put a hot dog in a bun"
Discuss.
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I hear USAF blows, I'm just saying.
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