The difference of people at work

So returning back to an old job definitely wounds one's pride and ego. Coming back to the place you've left, but having your employer always gracious enough to accept you again to their midst. It bruises ego incredibly.  I didn't have much of a choice as the rent needs paying. However, there is something different this time around. This time around, it's not me that's tired, drained, rushing to complete things with this heavy bulk on my shoulders and my inability to breathe. This time, it's them with the problems they haven't figured out and have grown too tired to overload anyone else. The prep work has gone down which leaves me with a lot less stress to finish through the shift. How much of a difference the number of things to do on your list makes. It gives that sense of things could be managed and I don't have to overwhelm myself everyday. What a wonderful treat this becomes. Secondly, we have a missing person that I believe has made all the difference in the store atmosphere and tone. Everyone is a little bit more relaxed, things seem a little bit more comfortable and no arrogance to bother you throughout the shift.

It's true, I don't enjoy going into my shift. But at least I don't dread it, which in a store like this is a great surplus. It's all due to the fact that one particular person isn't around. Well, my heart flutters at this opportunity to work virtually stress-free in comparison to my prior experience with this store.

You know we always say, well if you're unhappy with your work and you're not personally satisfied at the job you're doing, then well, quit. To say "quit" nowadays carried a potent reaction within people. Sure, some of us have the ability to quit. Not having a pay check come in every week doesn't push them to the line of poverty and starving. However, there are many people who literally live pay check to pay check, so quitting isn't an option for them, unless they have already filed their next job, which is hard to come by these days. Unemployment rates are high and social mobility has been going down for many Americans across the country. So, the old sayings, at least currently holds to be untrue. People now have to endure their difficult and draining work positions because there is no hope to have something better instead, or to find it quickly.

So we're left to stay where we are, marching and treadding the same earth until, well, until what? Until government gets better? Until we better ourselves? And just how exactly do we do that?