I am not saying I am cool at all, but this was me when working minimal wage jobs where they treat you like crap because you’re replaceable.

I see it as the company paying me the lowest legally allowed are also 10 a penny so I would die on a lot of hills rather than someone mug me off like that.

It has to be said though that undiagnosed, at the time, ADHD was likely a contributing factor to my nonchalance about work and I was never in a shit enough situation where I would have to suck it up. As I didn’t care if I went back on job seekers allowance until I found another shitty job.

I am now a software developer 😂. Who knew. All those companies treating me like shit and I had this potential all along. Imagine companies tried to help you reach that potential, well actually Apple did in the end and I am where I am because I got lucky and got a temp job at Apple which changed my life.

A few examples of my insane antics:

• I was notorious for not turning up for work some times and just not telling them. It was more if I was going to be late I just hated being late so would just not go. McDonald’s gave me like 6 final warnings and I got sick of it. So in the last one I said look mate, when I’m hear I am one of the top performers as I like to be the best at shit, and if I ain’t here 10 mins after my start then I ain’t coming so make plans. If you don’t like me like this then let me go now otherwise let me go back to work. They let me stay.
• Call centre tried to make us come in 15 mins early to load the systems and stuff ready for first calls at start time. I asked if this was paid. They said no. I also said no then. Anyway after a few days they push it again and say they’ll let me go. I say alright bet. I’ll come in early tomorrow. When I got up to put on my coat and leave 15 mins early they were not happy. I said if you make me start early I’ll leave early. Suffice to say I could come in at the correct time because I was fucking awesome on the phones.
• JD Sports warehouse. Fired and arrested for punching a jobsworth in the face for telling me I couldn’t lean on my trolly whilst queueing up to get our pick sheets at the start of a 12 hours walking shift. Talk to me like that and you will get rocked, on camera or not. You get paid 10p an hour more than me you cunt.
• Finally I was a stealing little shit and I boosted my wages from many companies that treated me like shit. Like some scams so good that I got more than my salary. Although these are for another thread if anyone is interested in what antics I did.