re: WTF am I supposed to do? Health Insurance...

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in the past that person could have owned the place. they know 200% times more about running that restaurant than anyone else. and they are usually better cooks too than the shite the big company provides.

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Coulda, shoulda, woulda . . . . then reality strikes . . . . . and despite 'coulda', THEY DON'T!

They do not "own the place".
Sorry to be cold about this, but it's time for a spoonfull of reality.

It's tiresome hearing wannabes talking about how "by all rights" they should "own the place", or how easy the actual owner has it. It's tiresome listening to assumptions that if just "given the chance" they could be a Wall Street mogul, or Ruby Tuesdays owner, or whatever strikes fancy. Meanwhile they've rarely persevered in any endeavor they've undertaken. They take no calculated career risk. They offer themselves no chance whatsoever.

They blame all that on the guy who has succeeded. They blame it on the guy who has persevered repeated challenges, who has taken repeated calculated risks, who dreamed it ==> then did it. They think they could be that guy. All they see is where he is now. They see none of how he got there.

Maybe they could be him.
The first step though, is actually making the effort.

A high IQ does not grant one a Medical Degree. A great jump-shot does not grant an NBA slot. Cooking skills do not grant a Ruby Tuesdays ownership. Those things are earned. They require drive, determination, hard work, planning, perseverance.

Business accomplishments require anticipation and a success dynamic. A person doing independent work for a vendor analyses the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats inherent in his situation. He recognizes the potential instability of his position. He finds a way to counter that, before the larger vendor swallows him up on its terms.

Ironically, as much as you're bitching about how good the other guy has it, as much as you're bitching about how "anyone could do what the 'fat cats' do," yours is an example in which the other guy actually could do your job. You were the exact overcompensated problem you're criticizing others for. You were overpaid for labor that could be had for $8.50/hr.
Do you get that?

You started this thread lamenting your situation. Members here were empathetic. You've received sound advice from various viewpoints, yet you've cast it to the can like yesterday's garbage. There is a point at which your situation transitions from sympathetic to pure spectacle, when it advances from tragedy to generic roadside carnage and onlooker delay. In bitching rather than listening, you've reached that point here.