Minimum Wage Ninja

"My name is Maximum Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true Emperor Marcus Aurelius, father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife, and I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next." stated Maximus in the movie Gladiator. "That's great, but then what are you going to do?" said noone ever. Like seriously, I have no idea what life after early retirement will be like.  All that I know is that my goal is worth fighting for, fourteen hour days at minimum wage is NOTHING compared to real battle.  It is my blessed OPPORTUNITY that I can work those long hours to get to early retirement.  "And then what?" you ask.  And then what!  I'll tell you what, I'll have earned my life.  I will live. Gladiator Movie Clip: Gladiator

I'm not going to pretend to have read or understand the 400+ pages of proposed tax changes.  So I'm getting my information from other news sources. There are a lot of people complaining that the tax cuts benefit the rich more than the poor. They say poor people save like a $100 bucks while rich people save $10,000 bucks or more.  The thing is I don't care if the rich people save a million dollars in taxes.  If it means that I get an extra hundred dollars and don't have to pay it back elsewhere, then that is my gain.  Quit being jealous of the rich, and mind your own damn business.  There is no reason to compare your gains to other people's gains when you are still getting a pretty good gain.  $100 bucks is still many hours worth of work that I am about to save, it pays to look at the actual effect of the tax cut instead of the perceived comparative effect of the cut.

I've been reading articles over at  https://notalwaysright.com/ .  They have a multitude of customer service related stories.  As an ex customer service supervisor for a large retailer, I thought I would enjoy reading these stories.  However I was wrong, the people in these stories are absolutely horrifying.  Just to clarify incase you didn't know, its not ok to lie.  Its not ok to steal.  Its not ok to be unethical or treat people like trash.  That's not to say the authors of these stories are in the right either.  I can't quite put my finger on it, there is something that angers and depresses me while I am reading these stories.  These customers would not be allowed into my life, neither would many of the authors.  I find myself arriving at the uncomfortable conclusion that although many stories are entertaining and nostalgic, I should not read them.  I will not allow this nonsense in my life, not even by just reading about it.  Instead I'll spend my b