Sacrifices you made for the sake of your job:

[fg]

I’m not talking about sacrificing free time

Here’s one.

I don’t have the Decades channel but I heard that they were replaying a rare episode of the Dick Cavett show with Jackie Gleason as one of the guests. There’s this website where you can stream the channel (for a $25 monthly fee). I was going to stream the channel and record it on my IPad and cassette tape (I don’t know how to record to CD). I was going to watch this and record it after my day of work. Just a few minutes before I was going to clock out, my boss asked me if I can stay later until 10p (after coming in at 8a). I said sure even though I was going to miss the rare episode. I wanted to help out my job (not to mention make more money) and plus for all I knew, the show may get uploaded to YouTube. That part never happened and fortunately in this case, my $25 purchase to stream the channel never went through. So I didn’t lose money but I lost the opportunity to watch the show. I asked online if people can record it but I don’t think anyone did.

Any other examples?

[Deleted]

First world problems.

[Deleted]

I missed Edge cashing in MITB on Cena to win his first championship. I figured he was going to cash in that night, but I got a new route at the job I was working at the time and really had to work on the spreadsheet.

[The Legend of Groose]

Just about every wrestling PPV I've wanted to watch this year. I work Saturday and Sunday nights.

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

My mental health

[ERON]

I moved from a house in the suburbs to an apartment in the city because I got tired of the long commute to work.

[Push R Truth]

I can't go into a bar/restaurant within 20 miles without somebody recognizing me from my government position and they start harassing me about the condition of a random road somewhere.


Yes. Thank you for telling me about a small pothole on a dead end gravel road, and because that pothole hasn't been fixed in the last two weeks we need to start firing all our workers cause they are obviously worthless... at 8:30pm on a Thursday night while I'm waiting for my fish sandwich and trying to drink a beer with my wife.

I can only go into places owned by friends because they'll put me into a nice hidden corner or tell the harassers to piss off or get kicked out.

[Bob Schlapowitz]

My mental health and my marriage.

[Feyrhausen]

Worked on birthdays, holidays, disasters. Did far more than expected of me to prove myself and earn a promotion. Finally received it only for my boss to screw me on pay to where I took home less than before. That plus half my time would be spent out of town, and I was told I had to start socializing with my coworkers in my personal time. Then after 6 months I was sent back to do my old job for the rest of the year at my new lower pay.

I said screw it and retired early.

[noobeast]

I'm a professional musician.

I've missed EVERYTHING.

[Deleted]

Oct 14, 2021 14:43:24 GMT -5 The Summer of Muskrat XVII said:

My mental health

Yep, I came here to post the same. I love my job (teaching), but at the same time, I feel like I am insane for choosing a job where you're always wrong no matter what, you have no support, and you make very, very little doing it. 

[Deleted]

I work in IT in a rural area and always say I would make 30K-40K more a year if I would move but this is home...I was born and raised here and came back. It's a damn country song lol

[bob]

When my boss put me on nights — which I hated — from 2015-16 I missed everything

[The Thread Barbi]

At one point forgoing basic human necessities such as drinking water or using the toilet over 12-15 hr work days.

Do it long enough and your body starts getting ill.

And they wondered why I sought out alternative employment

[Talent Name]

Definitely mental health, I'm running a shipping department but no other department wants to communicate with each other so I get half completed orders I have to track down causing me anxiety

[Dan Royal]

Oct 14, 2021 14:47:43 GMT -5 ERON said:

I moved from a house in the suburbs to an apartment in the city because I got tired of the long commute to work.

Same, I used to live in a kind of trendy, cool part of town. Now I live in a boring neighborhood, but I'm 5 minutes from work.