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what was your "welcome to the real world" moment after finishing school?
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:51 am
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:51 am
mine was seeing a horde of pasty white, morbidly obese women (and a couple men) waddling out of the downtown high rise building where i had just started working. it was a major adjustment from the quad.
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Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:52 am to GreatLakesTiger24
sitting in a cubicle and realizing this was the rest of my life
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:54 am to GreatLakesTiger24
Moving out with no roommate. That was the awakening of “Oh, now I have to foot all the bills.”
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:55 am to GreatLakesTiger24
Yeah work is work.
That’s it.
That’s it.
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:55 am to GreatLakesTiger24
Similar experience for me. I remember looking around at my coworkers and they were mostly fat, aging grumps who had given up. Cynical, outspoken, uncouth. So glad I got out of that environment.
But it’s true: most people age poorly and don’t give a shite. That’s the worst part of the adult world. Avoiding those kinds of people.
But it’s true: most people age poorly and don’t give a shite. That’s the worst part of the adult world. Avoiding those kinds of people.
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:55 am to GreatLakesTiger24
Finished my degree in the Marines and realizing it didn't matter what sort of education you have, shite always rolls down hill and it doesn't matter if you are the lowest guy or a higher up guy, you're still catching shite.
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:56 am to GreatLakesTiger24
Walking into Fred's just a few weeks after graduation and feeling like a fish out of water.
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:56 am to GreatLakesTiger24
Getting thrown under the bus by my boss in front of a high level client over something which I had zero control over, literally just reading statistics.
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:56 am to GreatLakesTiger24
Finishing up my TurboTax program watching the green number turn red and realizing that I owed...
This post was edited on 1/30/23 at 9:57 am
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:57 am to GreatLakesTiger24
Taking my first IT job out of school, having my first real help desk day at the MSP i was working at, and taking in literally 28 cold calls that day.
I do NOT miss help desk, but it was eye opening.
I do NOT miss help desk, but it was eye opening.
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:57 am to GreatLakesTiger24
Getting laid off from my first “adult” job not knowing what to do next.
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:57 am to GreatLakesTiger24
Probably serving in the military, Submarine service.
Then watch young men who were drafted, sent to a war in Vietnam, "in order to save us from Communism, get spit on when the returned.
Then realizing, it they returned, they would later die from the effects of Agent Orange.
It's all for freedom. $$$$$$$$
Then watch young men who were drafted, sent to a war in Vietnam, "in order to save us from Communism, get spit on when the returned.
Then realizing, it they returned, they would later die from the effects of Agent Orange.
It's all for freedom. $$$$$$$$
This post was edited on 1/30/23 at 10:00 am
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:58 am to StringedInstruments
quote:my parents and aunts & uncles never worked in the downtown office, corporate world so i had very little frame of reference. i knew it wasn't going to be a bunch of hot, fun people like Mad Men but damn it was depressing.
But it’s true: most people age poorly and don’t give a shite. That’s the worst part of the adult world. Avoiding those kinds of people.
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:58 am to GreatLakesTiger24
Realizing that real work was much easier than exams in school
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:59 am to GreatLakesTiger24
Realizing that I learned nothing and experience matters.
Posted on 1/30/23 at 10:00 am to GreatLakesTiger24
I bought my first home and within a few weeks I had a homeless encampment, 50 feet from where my wife and I lay our head at night.
I could hear them having conversations and arguing while I sat in my backyard.
I could hear them having conversations and arguing while I sat in my backyard.
Posted on 1/30/23 at 10:00 am to GreatLakesTiger24
Salary instead of hourly.
The look on the owner’s face when I asked how I was going to get paid for overtime.
The look on the owner’s face when I asked how I was going to get paid for overtime.
Posted on 1/30/23 at 10:00 am to GreatLakesTiger24
1st day residency when the floor nurse said 'Dr.__, we need an order for ___ in room 23.'
Posted on 1/30/23 at 10:01 am to GreatLakesTiger24
Never had it because I always had to pay my way, wasnt handed anything by my parents. Worked starting at 14. Parents worked hard and provided a decent life for me and siblings but we all had to earn it, unlike the kids who have their parents pay their way until 26 today. Worked even in college while rommates sat on porch day drinking.
Posted on 1/30/23 at 10:02 am to GreatLakesTiger24
Buying a used car from a neighbor and then realizing I had to go to the DMV and pay them taxes from it. Kick in the nuts
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