"The experience of no need to find the necessary emolument."

[Adonai One]

ChickenInSpace, I suffered through a 9-to-5 job at Wal-Mart Retail for a month and at school through its similar setting.

Both experiences left me wanting to kill myself.

A bright guy like you seems like a bad fit with wal mart.

My plan was to work up the chain of command, with a promotion every month. Eventually get into management. I was almost a department manager after one month. The manager loved me. I did absolutely everything according to metric and standard operating procedure. I ironed my shirt, my pants and replaced my uniform when it tore.

The manager begged me to come back. However, seeing how my back ached after each day, how my mind decayed into numbness after a day's work, I saw that I would probably have severe health problems in a year or two.

The human body is not meant to sustain in the long-term with jobs like this, even management.

I can be a convicted worker but I see no virtue in it. I just see a collapse and denial of the self and for what? What is the attainment in the end? A memory of constant suffering. What the heck is the planet working towards?