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To think that the dull get too many advantages..

331 replies

scaryclown · 12/08/2017 20:46

Just that really, I just feel that sometimes everything feels like it set up to help the dull.. Hang around for ages and you get promoted, don't have any interests or a social life, get a great credit rating, stay in one house for years and all the banks trust you, don't ever stick out, don't ever get hassled etc etc etc. .

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bristolone · 12/08/2017 22:21

You are daft and entitled OP.

If someone wants to save their hard earned money, that is their business. If you want to piss yours up the wall that is yours.

YABU to think you are more deserving because you are "exciting."

FWIW those who are open about their crazy lifestyle in the office are rarely senior leadership material.

CrochetBelle · 12/08/2017 22:21

It's easy to lose track of the days during the tedium of the summer holidays, but you can always trust that 'scary clown' will come a-trolling with incomprehensible whinging of a weekend.

scaryclown · 12/08/2017 22:21

The dull one never prescribes anything and just hopes it goes away°°

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HemanOrSheRa · 12/08/2017 22:22

MeanAger Grin

I LOVE Kylie .

PantPlot · 12/08/2017 22:22

Wait hang on- there, in the background in that Kylie vid... dancing... in white... is that...

SCARYCLOWN?!

scaryclown · 12/08/2017 22:23

Omg.. Are are you calling me.. Gulp.. predictable crochet

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scaryclown · 12/08/2017 22:24

Lol. It wasn't that one, I was in red..

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LazyDailyMailJournos · 12/08/2017 22:25

I'm not sure it's possible to prescribe a pill to cure someone of being so spectacularly up themselves that they think they're brilliant and more deserving than all of the dull little worker ants who get on with their tedious little lives.

Comparison is the thief of joy.

SonicBoomBoom · 12/08/2017 22:27

Oh, I remember you, OP. Still a special snowflake, I see.

troodiedoo · 12/08/2017 22:27

Have no idea what's going on but thanks for the opening to post this.

To think that the dull get too many advantages..
Slimthistime · 12/08/2017 22:29

Yes steff kylie is tiny
Same height as me
And I used to be that thin!

So she also had fun making this video

m.youtube.com/watch?v=5lCylDr5X1Y

Ah, I love Kylie. This is one of my faves, though there's quite a few of those.

Octopus37 · 12/08/2017 22:32

Comparison is indeed the thief of joy, struggle with living by that one. That said, its sods law that people dont always want what they have so much. For example, if someone is rich and could buy loads of lovely clothes or go to different countries but aren't bothered by doing those things. I suppose its just a case of the grass always being greener or less dull.

user1492970817 · 12/08/2017 22:34

I should put away the waccy baccy OP.

NeverTwerkNaked · 12/08/2017 22:35

In my experience, people who bang on and on about how interesting/exciting/different they are, are often some of the dullest people around. Devoting way to much of their energy to not conforming rather than just getting on with enjoying life.

InvisibleKittenAttack · 12/08/2017 22:37

Credit ratings are "how likely is it that this person will pay the money back?" ratings - and 'dull' people who have a steady stable income and don't just bugger off to the other side of the world at a whim are the people most likely to pay back debt monthly.

People who have been at the same company for years, know the job inside out and have a proven track record of delivering what the company needs are more valuable than the new, exciting employee that might talk the talk, but hasn't proven they will actually do the job well.

People who don't have "interesting" social lives are more likely to turn up to work at the time they are paid to start in a fit state to do the work they are paid to do.

People who live well within their means, spending a bit less than their earn each month and don't spend all their income on shiny exciting new things and/or disappear off around the world "making memories" , are more likely to have significant savings than those who don't.

Life doesn't reward "dull" people, but what you think of as dull, many others call "sensible" or "reliable".

I am very glad I've married a man with dull tendancies, I like not having to worry about finances and if he's just going to come home and tell him he's resigning to start a ferret farming business, or has spent the pension fund on a sportscar, or feels he should retrain for the church, or has accepted a job in South America, or some other shit I'll have to try and manage.

Dull works for me.

Carouselfish · 12/08/2017 22:37

I do hear you clown, as I've mostly led my life like it was a movie and have little to show for it except a lot of great stories and memories, not much security at all. Now I'm older and tireder I do wish I'd somehow managed to do both. That said, living a bit out there does surprisingly often bring you great luck.
Go and read Steppenwolf.

InvisibleKittenAttack · 12/08/2017 22:39

Kylie is very tiny! She's same height as me and I used to be the same dress size, but then I had 2 DC who stole my waist.

elephantoverthehill · 12/08/2017 22:40

How is a GP able to prescribe or not, if they are not there because they are just too unpredictable to turn up to their job and fulfil their contract?
999 'Which service do you require?' - 'Fire? No sorry they were all caught up in enjoying the local Festival this weekend so nobody has turned up for work, they did all get lovely suntans and great selfies. Perhaps you have seen them on FB?'

Willow2017 · 12/08/2017 22:41

WTAf? So somebody who is good at their job, who turns up does the job should get shit wages but sinebidt who feels they are somehow better than them and are unreliable, full of thier own importance and don't want to work in that job should get paid more just to do exactly what they want to do.

So people who empty your dustbin, clean your streets, keep the shops in business serving customers sorting warehouses driving lorries etc should be paid minimal but free spirits like you who want more money to spend but dont want to actually turn up to do the work for it should be paid more so they can spend spend spend?

Do grow up.

sweetbabboo · 12/08/2017 22:44

This is such a bullshit thread. The world doesn't owe you anything.

Sara107 · 12/08/2017 22:44

I disagree workwise - in my company anyway. The dull people, like me, who stay put go absolutely nowhere. If you want to move up you have to move around the company, into different locations and different roles. And I was told many years ago by a manager that if you want to make money you need to change company every 3 to 4 yrs as new talent will be tempted in by good deals whereas people who have been in post for years tend to slide back down the payscale - that was an answer to a group of us who queried why students on 1 yr placements were being paid more than permanent staff. Anyway, just because you stick in the same job doesn't mean it's boring. I have done lots of different things in my job, and I'm sure for many jobs no two days are the same (eg emergency workers).

CinderellaRockefeller · 12/08/2017 22:45

Hey OP you remind me of this quote from Terry Prachett:

"If you trust in yourself. . .and believe in your dreams. . .and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy."

Fancyaruck · 12/08/2017 22:45

I have to know - what's so wrong with slate in the garden?!?!

scaryclown · 12/08/2017 22:49

Was Terry Pratchett the guy who wrote Aesops Fables?

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NotQuiteJustYet · 12/08/2017 22:50

OP, in all honesty, you sound like your issue is with yourself. You sound unsatisfied and unfulfilled, and that's on you to resolve.

Don't expect the world to change to fit what you think you need because I guarantee we could all quit our jobs, sell our houses, piss our savings up the wall and start doing whatever it is that you deem to not be dull and you'd still feel the same.

If you're not happy with your lot in life, then fix it.