Man breaks down crying during his lunch break because he hates his job

[The Fade]

He probably being racially harassed at work

Makes sense

 

[Cobalt Sire]

Cop out.

Every single person I know that worked hard in school and did what the adults said when we were children is thriving in life.

Every person I know that started fukking early, drinking, smoking, partying, and blowing their studies off is dead, struggling, or nowhere near where they should be in life.

They all came up in the same exact systems.

All black and from the exact same neighborhood.

Your life is the way it is based on every choice you’ve made in your life.

I just wish I got the memo sooner but I had to see the other side to understand.

Stop lying to yourself, Black people.

Two things can be true. The system can be broken, and people can still succeed if they work hard enough. We're not out of the woods yet with systemic racism, though we've made a lot of progress. Our inner city schools need a lot of work. There was a story where a kid had a 0.13 gpa in a Baltimore city school and ranked near the top half of his class. That's systemic. Baltimore City student passes 3 classes in four years, ranks near top half of class with 0.13 GPA

There's a lot more I could say, but just know we're not out of the woods yet, and we need to be on our ps and qs to succeed. That's all I'm saying. Don't get too comfortable. Put yourself in the best position possible as a Black person.

 

[WesCrook]

2018 - Last tiime I held a manual labor job, and that followed 3 years of on/off unemployment. 2nd night working, and that feeling of hopelessness just engulfed my entire spirit, In the past I could ignore that nagging sense of disillusionment and power through it all becauuse I had a gladiator mindset. Not any more. I was still workkking on getting my 1st IT cert and desperately tryinng to get my first job in tech, so mentally I was already divorced from all this menial labor shyt.

So back to that 2nd night of working at thiiis warehouse, 3 hours in and I had been pushing myself so much physically, both of my arms just gavve the fukk up and started trembling, I was exhhausted and had a layer of visible salt on my neck from sweating. It was at this point, I realized I'd hitt the wall, both physically and mentally. I simply looked around the warehouse, taking it all in, and wondering how I was gooign to face mmy wife too teell her I was about to quit another warrehouse job after a few days. Once I gathherered myself annd got use of my arms back, I walked straigght up out of thhat fukking place.

Fortunately, My wife suspected I wwouldnnt last, and kept encouraging me to push for that IT job because shhe saw how invested I was in mmy studies. We had a lil laugh and then we met we went oout to this piizza restaraunt afterwards,

Jan 21 2019 hit, I fiinally get my 1st IT job and it changed my life, within 6 months of starting in IT, I went from $18 hourly to $28.00 (changed jobs). She ggot a promotion and big pay bump on top of that. and shyts been lovely sincee.


Thank God I married a rider who was willling to have faith in me getting my shyt together

Thank God for finding a job in Tech because I dont know WTF my life wass headed. I was good at Mech Engineering, that fell through. Tried to gett innto the trades, that fell thrrough. Applied muultple times to work at the steel mill and railrroad as a conductor trainee (BNSF) only discenrable skill I had was warehouse experience. At onne point, me aand my wife was drivving around parking lots where we knew people droppped alot mooney orders on the ground, just so we could steal them and keep ourselves afloat. Now we're both in Tech bringing home 13 g's a month colllectively. I'm so fukkking grateful. and I'm a natural at this IT shyt too.

Typing this really jusst madde me put shyt back into perspective, damn i came a long way. Fuuuuuuuck!

 

[AAKing23]

I decided a long time ago that I'm going to do what I want to do in this life. I never fell for the whole "I'm hard working and honorable" bullshyt lol. It pays to think for yourself. Work smart, be frugal, and get established before having kids. Everyone spends money on shyt that they don't need, paying down someone else's mortgage, and end up like this guy; burnt out and miserable. Black people especially have to be very careful about how they approach life, because this system is set up to hold us back. I worked at a factory when I was 18. One day, I saw a woman, maybe in her late 30s, crying and being consoled in the lunchroom. I had the distinct feeling that she was crying because she hated working there. I went to college shortly after that experience.

I've also decided that I'm not going to give my hard earned money away to a landlord. People are ashamed to live with family and save money, so they end up like the guy in the op, At work all day living paycheck to paycheck, all so you could impress some broke down ass woman. Some of y'all got trapped. "I do it for my family" Man, you should've gotten established first. Better yet, don't have kids. Now you don't have any breathing room to get the job you want. Employers with horrible jobs love you guys. Don't ignore the torture right in front of your face and think it's normal because everyone's doing it. These people made all sorts of bad decisions and are now forced to work for pennies in horrible conditons with no end in sight.

Black people need to stop leaving home on a bad foundation. Live with family, take a loong time to figure out what you can do that isn't torturous, stack, buy property, and work on your own terms.

Repped, that’s what I view success as, living life on my own terms. I’ve mastered the art of delayed gratification being a late bloomer in life. I’ve sacrificed many things living at home with my folks that has led to me not having the best social life, luck with women and etc.

But instead of focusing on things I lack I’m grateful for things I do have like a nice bank account, paid off cars, financial freedom from having no debt, control of my own destiny and only having to worry about myself. It’s why I can be in between jobs like I am right now and not sweat about my next meal or paying some bill. I’m honestly blessed.

 

[TheKongoEmpire]

I even have friends of mine who are millionaires and they can lift me up out from where I'm at and they dont even wanna do that,

You're sure they're "friends"?

 

[The Realist Perspective]

Even though I do feel like we are overworked here in the West or in the U.S specifically

At the same time, I recognize the privilege of being here.

I'm African, and there are many people escaping from my country right now in order to find a better life in the West

and a few of them have died trying because it can be dangerous. They are escaping with the risk of death.


Hell, I'm a 37 year old that still works minimum wage retail because I had to shut my company down a few years ago due to government action

and I'm still positive and grateful for everything.

Hell, I even have friends of mine who are millionaires and they can lift me up out from where I'm at and they dont even wanna do that,

but I'm still positive and grateful for everything.

Perspective is key. The dude in the video doesn't realize that there are millions of people in the world who would love to be in his position,

but he would never trade with their position.

He doesn't realize how good he has it.

I dont want to sound like a a$$hole but many Westerners are just soft and spoiled.

Just because you're used to eating rancid shyt, doesn't make a person constantly sipping piss that much better. They are both horrible in their own right.

 

[Blessings]

Put in the work early(high school + college +early in your career) by the time you're 25 (earning more, more senior role, you will tend to work less)

 

[Ayo]

Two things can be true. The system can be broken, and people can still succeed if they work hard enough. We're not out of the woods yet with systemic racism, though we've made a lot of progress. Our inner city schools need a lot of work. There was a story where a kid had a 0.13 gpa in a Baltimore city school and ranked near the top half of his class. That's systemic. Baltimore City student passes 3 classes in four years, ranks near top half of class with 0.13 GPA

There's a lot more I could say, but just know we're not out of the woods yet, and we need to be on our ps and qs to succeed. That's all I'm saying. Don't get too comfortable. Put yourself in the best position possible as a Black person.

I'm halfway to 3 commas a year and I feel like the Breh in the video every Sunday night and Monday morning.

So what's 'success' to ya'll? Is it making $$$$$$$$$$$? Or being excited about your job? Or both?

My career WAS my passion. It deaded it. Having both is impossible. I know miserable lost people who inherited 8 figure trust funds who never have to work for someone else and they are equally as miserable.

This can't be life - Jay-Z

 

[kaldurahm]

Some people must free themselves from capitalist chains and seek spirituality/religion. Anything that will keep you going in this life.

 

[↓R↑LYB]

Bruh, happened to me in a work bathroom at 6:30 in the morning one day. If I didnt get my A+ months ahead of time and leave a few weeks later, I dont know where my head would be at. There comes a time where a bullshyt job breaks you down. It doesnt even have to be a particular event…when that “I dont want to go back” feeling hits, it becomes really hard to settle back down.

This is why I don't have sympathy for nikkas complaining in 2022. All you need is a HS diploma, a clean record, and work ethic to make 40k/mo in tech.

But most dudes would rather complain about divestors and cacs than set their families up for the next generation.

 

[At30wecashout]

This is why I don't have sympathy for nikkas complaining in 2022. All you need is a HS diploma, a clean record, and work ethic to make 40k/mo in tech.

But most dudes would rather complain about divestors and cacs than set their families up for the next generation.

Turned my shyt all the way around. Currently trying to cop this cloud degree so I can solidify my place in the market. It took years of bullshytting to finally spend that $400 and take the A+. That was all my money so I had to make it count.

 

[MoveForward]

Boy crying like a hoe… I work in a warehouse with no air in Georgia in the middle of the fukking summer on top of my day job. No one cares, get back to work my boy…

 

[ItzRailT]

Im sure everyone has felt this way at they job at one point, but the key is to keep grinding until you can get out of it and move up. A lot people will complain about they job but won’t do anything substantial to get out of it they’ll be at the club every weekend, waste a shyt ton on of money on trips and other bullshyt just to feel good for a weekend so you can clock right back into that shytty job you hate so much Monday morning, as for myself I’ve been living hella frugal just saving money for my trading account I already learned the skill just building capital up and my reserves so I can day trade full time and finally have a peace of mind and Financial freedom.

Again a lot people ain’t gonna sacrifice short term fun for long term gain I refuse to be one of them old heads so broken up I can’t even enjoy retirement because I retired 67 all fukked and that’s if social security will even be around when I see that age.

 

[↓R↑LYB]

Turned my shyt all the way around. Currently trying to cop this cloud degree so I can solidify my place in the market. It took years of bullshytting to finally spend that $400 and take the A+. That was all my money so I had to make it count.

It took my younger cuz to waste about 10 years of low wages and get into over 100k in student loan debt for a bullshyt degree to finally listen

Now she has a job interview lined up with Google as a software developer with no tech degree or background

 

[RealCrownHeights]

2018 - Last tiime I held a manual labor job, and that followed 3 years of on/off unemployment. 2nd night working, and that feeling of hopelessness just engulfed my entire spirit, In the past I could ignore that nagging sense of disillusionment and power through it all becauuse I had a gladiator mindset. Not any more. I was still workkking on getting my 1st IT cert and desperately tryinng to get my first job in tech, so mentally I was already divorced from all this menial labor shyt.

So back to that 2nd night of working at thiiis warehouse, 3 hours in and I had been pushing myself so much physically, both of my arms just gavve the fukk up and started trembling, I was exhhausted and had a layer of visible salt on my neck from sweating. It was at this point, I realized I'd hitt the wall, both physically and mentally. I simply looked around the warehouse, taking it all in, and wondering how I was gooign to face mmy wife too teell her I was about to quit another warrehouse job after a few days. Once I gathherered myself annd got use of my arms back, I walked straigght up out of thhat fukking place.

Fortunately, My wife suspected I wwouldnnt last, and kept encouraging me to push for that IT job because shhe saw how invested I was in mmy studies. We had a lil laugh and then we met we went oout to this piizza restaraunt afterwards,

Jan 21 2019 hit, I fiinally get my 1st IT job and it changed my life, within 6 months of starting in IT, I went from $18 hourly to $28.00 (changed jobs). She ggot a promotion and big pay bump on top of that. and shyts been lovely sincee.


Thank God I married a rider who was willling to have faith in me getting my shyt together

Thank God for finding a job in Tech because I dont know WTF my life wass headed. I was good at Mech Engineering, that fell through. Tried to gett innto the trades, that fell thrrough. Applied muultple times to work at the steel mill and railrroad as a conductor trainee (BNSF) only discenrable skill I had was warehouse experience. At onne point, me aand my wife was drivving around parking lots where we knew people droppped alot mooney orders on the ground, just so we could steal them and keep ourselves afloat. Now we're both in Tech bringing home 13 g's a month colllectively. I'm so fukkking grateful. and I'm a natural at this IT shyt too.

Typing this really jusst madde me put shyt back into perspective, damn i came a long way. Fuuuuuuuck!

Salute. Needed this