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Work Journal One

Janet Kuypers
(~1997)

    At my job, I’m hated for being good and I’m hated for trying to make myself better. Everyone has given up here, so I have to pick up the pieces after them. Others scream because they don’t like hearing the answers I give to the questions they ask. They all just want me to do everything, and they want me to smile about it. No one can finish a job here; no one cares to. Then everyone wonders why I’m not happy here; then everyone thinks I’m overreacting. With the designers there’s no sense of pride or else there is an egoism coupled with a complete disregard for other people. And the thing is, I hate the fact that people hate me when I know i’m right. I feel like I’ll have to settle for the rest of my life. Settle for idiots telling me what to do. Settle for idiots hating me because I have pride. Settle for idiots loving me, idiots who don’t know why they love me. I feel like I can’t be an optimist forever when the odds are continually stacked up against me. I have nothing but my mind to help me with this fight, when everyone else is fighting me by shutting their minds off. How do I live in the middle of a barren desert?
    REMEMBER, JANET: Whenever you’re at work, YOU’RE NEVER RIGHT. All the people outside design know better than you. All the people you’re the supervisor of know better than you. You’re overbearing, obnoxious, and you always think you’re right. Get it straight, Janet: YOU’RE NEVER RIGHT. All you have to do is follow orders. No one wants you to use your mind. Just follow the whims of everyone who wants to rule you. Don’t make waves. When they change their minds, don’t ask why. Always take the blame, especially when it’s not your fault. Always smile. Always be courteous. Always thank people, even if it’s for doing something they were responsible for. Especially thank them for that, because who are you to think that people should know or do anything? Who are you to think? Who are you?

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