I say fuck a lot. I mean a lot. I am also hyper-political, whether I be on Twitter, or Facebook, or blogging up a storm about the latest atrocity. I am an opinionated bitch.
I turn people off.
Well, not everyone. Some people don’t really care what my politics are, or if I swear, so long as they get a polished product out of me in the end.
Others worry that I’m not professional, or that I’ll sneak some kind of scary subliminal political message into my work (those particular people sleep wearing tinfoil hats).
But here’s the thing: I don’t care. So long as I am delivering prompt, quality work, you shouldn’t care either. I am not going to change myself or lie to you. If I wanted to live that way, I would have stayed corporate. So I will give you honesty and politeness at all times in our professional relationship, but if you follow me around on Twitter, be prepared for a few f-bombs and sweeping generalizations along the way.
Look at it this way: I love Starbucks. I could drink the stuff all day (and often do). It rarely pains me to drop $7 for a cup of some caffeinated syrupy goodness. But I also hate Starbucks. All that middle-class, white liberal, do-gooder guilt? No thanks. Fair trade, my ass, at $7 a cup! Fair for whom? Their current adherence to the (red) program is not only annoying, it’s two years past being cool.
Yet day after day, I go back to Starbucks because they deliver an excellent product worth paying for, despite their misguided attempts to save the world with coffee.
Love me or hate me, I’m good at what I do. Like Starbucks.
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You have an advantage – you produce ’stuff’. Some people have only themselves to showcase their product, or worse (like me) have to answer so often to the public. What I do reflects onto someone else, so I have to watch my tongue. Remain anonymous in my opinions. Cruel cruel world, unless you adapt… so I adapt. Here am I.
I love what I do. It’s risky and its rewarding. Never the same. Yet not much different than anyone working in an office or a warehouse. I get to see the best in people, and the worst. I’ve witnessed pain, joy, heartbreak, tragedy, and the reward of hopes coming true. And everyday I see the result of misspent lives and lies. Mistakes and sheer stupidity. And also the feeling sometimes of there but by the grace of God go I.
And some people love me. Others hate me. But, like you, I’m good at what I do. Starbucks may not be my cup of tea, but I’m satisfied.
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