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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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Duh. I don't think you understood. The janitor example was a "what if". It was my attempt at taking money out of the equation trying to find out which job would bring more happiness. Its hard to imagine that when money clouds the mind.
You agreed that janitor is an easy job and implied that easiness is a good thing. Therefore a harder job pays more. Harder being the con. Easy being the pro. Its a trade off. If money was out of the equation, would everyone flock to the harder job because they like to use their mind? Or would they choose the easy job.
I think they would choose the easy job and that everyone, not just me, would rather not work their brain harder than they have to, and that the only reason certain jobs are valued is because of the paycheck.
Money, IMO, distorts peoples perceptions. I am able to look past money and think about what would actually bring me more happiness. I think I'm on par with the rest of the general public, its just I'm willing to admit things, or even see things better, while most people can or will not.
Hope that made cents. That is all. Thank you.
For me personally, being a janitor wouldn't be ideal because I wouldn't want to do a job that requires physical labor and dealing with gross things like garbage and cleanups. I've done janitorial work when I've worked in a retail store (cleaning bathrooms, cleaning up spills, drinks, etc.) and I couldn't stand it.
Not everyone is happy doing what makes you happy. Just because you don't "like to think", doesn't mean the rest of us don't like to be challenged intellectually at our jobs. You assume you have it all figured out while the rest of us don't. Some people are happy doing the job they have aside from the money. I also think you have some misconceptions of business/accounting jobs.
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