It’s funny, in a time of material abundance, we are working more than ever before. In this video, I’d like to discuss six reasons why I don’t like full-time work, and consequently why I don’t fit in with modern-day society. Work: A History of How We Spend Our Time: https://ebay.us/7fWVLn (affiliate link) “Anyone who wishes to do remote work must be in the office for a minimum (and I mean *minimum*) of 40 hours per week or depart Tesla. This is less than we ask of factory workers.” ~ Elon Musk, South African American Business Magnate 0:00 Introduction 0:38 Massive Time Sink 2:46 Never Switched Off 3:52 Office Politics 9:00 Mental Health Decline 10:06 Lack of Freedom 10:35 Life Becomes a Blur This is not me saying that everybody dislikes full-time work – I’m sure there’s somebody out there who likes working all the time, but I’ve never met him. 1. Massive Time Sink. And I don’t use that term lightly. Many people I know spend most of their waking lives at work. Not only do they spend 8 or 9 hours at work each day, they spend an hour in the morning getting ready for work, and then spend an hour or more getting too and from work. Their day is already full by the time they get up. This obviously impacts their personal life. 2. Never Switched Off. Even though you might only spend 8 or 9 physical hours at work, most people I know cannot stop thinking about work even when they’re at home. 3. Office Politics. This is a bit of a catch-all term for all the social antics that goes on at the workplace involving people striving for personal power and authority. Luckily, due to the recent events of the last couple of years, I no longer have to go into the office and therefore don’t have to deal with it anymore. However, even though I work exclusively from home, I still get all the emails from work acting as if I’m still in the workplace. One such example was this one regarding the use of personal heaters. Another example of office politics that I was lucky enough to witness happened a couple of years ago, back when I was still in the workplace. I remember one lady who’s desk was positioned near the office kitchen. People would leave their dirty cups and spoons in the sink, and she took it upon herself to remind them of the office rules. 4. Mental Health Decline. Some of the full-time workers I know, they literally torture themselves by going to work. They hate it so much, but they can’t find a way out. Of course, most of them are there for financial reasons. They’ve got themselves into a lot of debt, so they either have to continue working, find a new job, or win the lotto or something. If they quit, they’ll lose everything. So they put themselves through untold anguish just to keep a roof over their heads. 5. Lack of Freedom. Have you ever tried to get holidays when you work full-time? I’ve always found it funny that you have to “apply” for holidays, and then somebody has to “approve” your application. To me, that sounds like modern-day slavery. I only work casually, so I don’t get all those extra full-time perks like sick leave, or whatever, but at least I can refuse a shift whenever I want to. Sure, I don’t get paid if I do that, but at least I have my freedom intact. 6. Life Becomes a Blur. Whenever I’ve worked full-time, life just seemed to race by. I can barely remember anything from my full-time working life (except for some of the more memorable negative events that I have mentioned previously). I’ve seen interviews with hospice nurses and the like who often deal with elderly patients who are close to death. The patients always have the same regrets. They regret not spending more time with friends and family. They regret not looking after their health. They regret not taking more time off work and travelling more. Not one person ever says, “I wish I spent more time in the office!”. Anyway, that’s the end of my list. What do you think? Is full-time work not all that it’s cracked up to be? Should we actively do more to enjoy our life rather than just spend all our waking hours at work? Personally, I don’t think I’ll ever work a full-time job ever again, even if that means I’ll get a lot less money, so be it. It’s just not worth it in my opinion. MUSIC Melancholia by Godmode #fulltime #work #fulltimepermanentjob #fulltimer ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5LsXTHF_U0

One memorable example of corporate bureaucracy was when I was working as a computer programmer. My job was to add new features to the insurance claim software used by a large Australian insurer. One fine day, I was asked to add a checkbox to a particular page of the claim application process. You know the ones, right? A square box that can be checked or unchecked, “yes” or “no”. The text that I was told to put to the right of the box was something like “Do you agree that you have inspected the vehicle for all signs of intentional damage?“. Sounds simple, right? Just add a check box to a page. Well, it was. It took me all of 10 minutes to complete it. Was that the end of the job? Not by a long shot! Wherever we go in our lives, there seems to be this endless bureaucracy. Nobody seems to want to make a decision any more without first consulting five or ten other people. There’s this endless loop of passing the buck. Once simple tasks have turned into mammoth undertakings. We can no longer add a simple checkbox to a page without first consulting our legal team. We can no longer give a poor student a lift without going through multiple policy booklets. What the hell is wrong with our society where we aren’t allowed to make a trivial decision without first consulting our managers, who in turn must consult their managers? Let’s end this bureaucracy and cut the red tape. It’s completely inefficient and ineffectual. MY GEAR Samson Meteor USB Microphone: https://amzn.to/2LJVbtN FIND US ON FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/DailyRantAustralia/ #bureaucracy ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncGfAdXqdrg

For a long time, I’ve struggled at work. I’ve just never found a job that I really like. It seems that the very action of going to a place of employment and exchanging my time for money has never sat well with me. But why? What is it about work that I despise so much? I know it’s not laziness. When I find something that I’m really interested in, or something with purpose, I can do it all day long. For example, I enjoy making YouTube videos. I find it interesting, rewarding, satisfying… (despite not receiving much money for my efforts). Or, I can spend half a day cleaning the house or washing the car, and I feel completely fulfilled. So what is it about paid employment? I decided to sit down and once and for all answer the question, “Why do I not like work?”. MY GEAR Rode NT-USB Microphone: https://amzn.to/2OjhgB4 #work #grind #purposeoflife #creativity #meaningoflife #purposeofhumanlife #workisslavery ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD97DeG_kFc

I’m sure you’ve heard by now about the infamous kiss where Spanish football President Luis Rubiales kissed midfielder Jennifer Hermoso without her permission. The reaction across the media was swift – BURN HIM! As with many things of late, you’re only allowed to have one opinion on this story, and that is you have to demand that he be punished to the maximum extent possible. He has to lose his job. He has to lose his livelihood. He has to be charged with sexual assault! It’s the crime of the century, right? Right? In this video, as I often tend to do, I wish to play devil’s advocate. First of all, of course I think nobody should be the victim of an unwanted kiss. Nobody should be forced to kiss anybody. Of course not! This is not me supporting Mr Rubiales’ actions, but one thing I like less than an unwanted kiss is mob mentality, and as usual, that’s what we’re seeing. The mob demands blood, figuratively speaking. A simple slap on the wrist will not do! They want him out! They want him to be charged with a crime! But is this a proportionate response? Are unwanted kisses so rare and so evil that we must act with overwhelming force to eradicate them once and for all? Here are my comments, noting once again, I’m not here to defend Mr Rubiales. When I was a kid growing up in Australia, my uncles and aunties would come over, and without fail, my aunties would kiss me. Often on the cheek. Sometimes on the lips. Either way, I didn’t like it. If I protested, they just did it more, not in a spiteful way, but in an affectionate way. Occasionally, I would complain to my parents, but as I grew up, I realised this is just what they did to show affection. Despite not liking it, I got used to it. In my early 20s, I moved to Japan. The Japanese typically do not like public displays of affection, exactly how I like it. However, where I was working, I was surrounded by people from all different countries. One of my flatmates, an American guy, was dating an Italian lady. Whenever I met her, she would always kiss me. In formal settings, she just kissed me on the cheek. In more casual settings, like in a bar after she had a couple of wines, she’d kiss me on the lips – just a quick peck – but I hated it. I know it was just her way of greeting people, because she pretty much did it to anybody she was friends with, or who was friends with her boyfriend. In Japan, I also knew an older Spanish couple. The lady also always kissed me as a greeting or when saying goodbye. Again, I didn’t like it, but I put up with it, because by this stage of my life, I just realised some people liked kissing as part of their culture, or whatever. Yeah, I didn’t like it, but after growing up with aunties who always did it, I just assumed this is what humans do. When I came back to Australia, a lot of my friends’ mothers, or neighbours would come up and kiss me, you know, as a “long time no see” sort of kiss. Again, I didn’t like it, but I just grinned and bore it. Even Seinfeld had an episode where everyone was kissing Jerry when they met him, and he was just sick of it, so he asked them to stop, which they didn’t take too kindly to and ended up defacing his photo. As you can tell, I’ve experienced a lot of unwanted kisses in my life. I presume other listeners have as well. The only reason these unwanted kisses stopped really, is because of the pandemic, but I presume they’ll start up again soon enough. So what’s my point? Well… Mr Rubiales is Spanish. He comes from a touchy-feely culture, one which I’ve experienced. He got caught up in emotion and kissed a player after she won the World Cup. I’m not saying he did the right thing, not at all. I personally hate people kissing me. I completely understand how people didn’t like it. But does this mean we need to cancel him? And just one more point. What if the opposite happened? It doesn’t take very long to find an example on the internet. 40-year-old Jenny McCarthy kissed 18-year-old Justin Bieber grabbing him by the neck and then the butt after announcing him as the winner of the pop album of the year. All in good fun, right? Justin simply replied, “I feel violated right now”. So if he shouldn’t be cancelled, what do I think should happen to Luis Rubiales? Based on this one kiss alone, and assuming nothing else has gone on behind closed doors, personally I think a simple “I’m sorry to have upset you. I got caught up in the moment. I promise to never do it again” would be enough. But actually, he has already apologised, but that wasn’t enough. The insatiable mob want him burnt. SPANISH SOCCER BOSS LUIS RUBIALES ASKED TO QUIT AMID SEX ASSAULT PROBE AND MOTHER'S HUNGER STRIKE https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-29/luis-rubiales-faces-sex-assault-investigation-in-spain/102786468 JENNY MCCARTHY KISSES JUSTIN BIEBER, THEN EXPLAINS HERSELF https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-xpm-2012-nov-19-la-et-mg-mccarthy-kisses-bieber-amas-justin-bieber-story.html MUSIC Allégro by Emmit Fenn ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEhI6AkfbcM