Like it's 1999.

[equipoise]

I've been a $20 a month donor (?donator) for a few months, made a couple of posts and over the past 2 years watched and listened to about 600 casts of Stefan's. This post is a personal introduction of myself.

 

In 1983 I began an apprenticeship so as to become a registered nurse and became so in 1987. By then I knew that the illness industry was hierarchical, a haven for bullies, liars and psychopaths as well as ordinary garden variety idiots. What Hannibal Lector describes as "the free range rude".

 

But by then I had a 4yo son and a newborn daughter and the work was physically easy and well paid. I worked mainly "casual" short term assignments at a higher rate of pay which also helped to avoid the political intrigue that goes with working with the same idiots day after day.

 

This went on for 10, 12 years. I stayed sane with my kids, motorbikes and beer. With my wife not so much.

 

By late 1999 I had made way more enemies than friends. Stupid people outnumber rational decent people.

 

It's only a little thing but it exemplified stupidity. Chatty morons everywhere I worked or went wanted to know what I was doing to celebrate the new millenium.... People became ballistically enraged because I was able to count to ten.

 

Within a couple of years they succeeded in slandering me and having me deregistered from nursing.

[dsayers]

Hi, there. Thanks for your donations and for sharing. I noticed a lot of outward descriptions, with not so much inwards. I can relate. I remember a time when I was getting arrested and the cops were completely in the wrong. I was of the mind that they had no right, and I was belligerent in telling them so in the moment. For which they wanted to--and largely succeeded in--punishing me for. Later on, I learned to look at it from the standpoint of a bear raiding your camp site. Sure that's YOUR sandwich, but what will you accomplish in standing your ground? Priority #1 is getting yourself to tomorrow. Not placating the moguls to fit in well enough to earn your bread isn't in-line with this goal. Does that make sense?

[equipoise]

Thanks dsayers. I had to cut my OP short. Maybe I should have held back from posting.

 

When I'm feeling generous I will liken people to marauding bears but usually to falling tree branches.