The Clog from OzThe Dreaded Desk Job or The Saviour Scientist?
November 7th 2006 20:44
“I don't mind coming to work, but that eight hour wait to go home is a bitch” – Unknown
Towards the end, I hated full-time work when I was an accountant for a year (although I was going to uni at night as well). There’s something unnatural about an 18-year-old, fresh out of school, jumping in to full time office employment and going to uni only at night. A few times when I had to go to the uni in the day for enrolment and other bullshit red tape, I just didn’t recognise the place! I found it much easier to navigate my way around at night - very werid...
This experience has altered my ideals completely, and so after I graduate I never want to be in a desk job! It’s so bad. You just sit there, huddled over a computer, squinting at the screen as you tap at the number pad all day. We all know our bodies were not made for this. Even as I sit here typing now, I can’t help but slouch my back into that Hunchback of Notre Dame position. Quite literally, it’s a pain in the neck.
I feel sorry for all those sad money-chasing business types who have not yet seen the light and buggered off out of the corporate world. I know most jobs will probably end up sending you to a desk, computer and eye glasses but it shouldn’t be! I say we change our futures as accountants, lawyers and bank managers and become what the world really needs by benefiting society and health: scientists, nurses, ambulance officers and humanitarians. This way, every time we go to work we can say, “I didn’t worsen my eye sight or back ache today by making greedy people some money; I helped others and possibly even saved lives”. Now that's what life is all about!
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Towards the end, I hated full-time work when I was an accountant for a year (although I was going to uni at night as well). There’s something unnatural about an 18-year-old, fresh out of school, jumping in to full time office employment and going to uni only at night. A few times when I had to go to the uni in the day for enrolment and other bullshit red tape, I just didn’t recognise the place! I found it much easier to navigate my way around at night - very werid...
This experience has altered my ideals completely, and so after I graduate I never want to be in a desk job! It’s so bad. You just sit there, huddled over a computer, squinting at the screen as you tap at the number pad all day. We all know our bodies were not made for this. Even as I sit here typing now, I can’t help but slouch my back into that Hunchback of Notre Dame position. Quite literally, it’s a pain in the neck.
I feel sorry for all those sad money-chasing business types who have not yet seen the light and buggered off out of the corporate world. I know most jobs will probably end up sending you to a desk, computer and eye glasses but it shouldn’t be! I say we change our futures as accountants, lawyers and bank managers and become what the world really needs by benefiting society and health: scientists, nurses, ambulance officers and humanitarians. This way, every time we go to work we can say, “I didn’t worsen my eye sight or back ache today by making greedy people some money; I helped others and possibly even saved lives”. Now that's what life is all about!
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