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Subject:Re: OT - Follow up - Sad Lament of a Sole TW. From:k k <turnleftatnowhere -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 30 Jan 2004 13:09:57 -0800 (PST)
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> Thanks to all who reply ? I thought I had it bad.
> Some people have had much worse experiences. I
> enjoyed my day and my work for a change - my
> workload had decreased significantly, strange how
> quickly ?bad? news spreads. Whenever some other
> Manager came to me with a request, I just had to
> look at them and if that did not work refer him to
> my tormentor, I mean manager.
>
Sounds like you've gone into hero mode. The vast
majority of the time, a hero is someone who's been so
****ed over and fed up for so long he just no longer
cares what happens next. It's like that old Japanese
saying about swordplay: "If you would save your life,
throw it away." Amazing how much good you can do when
you don't care anymore. :-)
I really hope things turn out well for you. From the
way you described your situation, your health would
probably improve from getting away from that mess.
Good luck.
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