Comments on: Reality imitates fiction http://www.chrisblanc.org/blog/lit/2008/04/25/reality-imitates-fiction/ fiction and technology Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:16:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Warhammer666 http://www.chrisblanc.org/blog/lit/2008/04/25/reality-imitates-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-2258 Warhammer666 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 06:42:08 +0000 http://www.chrisblanc.org/blog/lit/2008/04/25/reality-imitates-fiction/#comment-2258 "People lock themselves into mazes of “can’ts” and the messy control issues of others, and finally, it all culminates in either total checkout or a conflagration." This might have been a better fit in an email, but the above quote really hit me. It describes me at work; how on the edge I feel there sometimes. Hell, most of the time. With no power to any anything about all the insane procedures other than obey them, checking out or a conflagration seem like good options. I was going to say "mindless obey them," but the entire problem is that I can't mindlessly do anything. If I could, perhaps the job wouldn't eat me away as much as it does. “People lock themselves into mazes of “can’ts” and the messy control issues of others, and finally, it all culminates in either total checkout or a conflagration.”

This might have been a better fit in an email, but the above quote really hit me.
It describes me at work; how on the edge I feel there sometimes. Hell, most of the time. With no power to any anything about all the insane procedures other than obey them, checking out or a conflagration seem like good options.
I was going to say “mindless obey them,” but the entire problem is that I can’t mindlessly do anything. If I could, perhaps the job wouldn’t eat me away as much as it does.

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