So I watched the Fyre Festival documentary this weekend and it did not disappoint. But amongst all of the eye opening and riveting moments, one stood out far above the others:
After watching this doc that uncovers the truth behind the now infamous Fyre Festival, it feels like viewers are left with even more questions than answers. But amongst all of the questions, the only one that I can’t stop thinking about is: would you suck $#@! for your job?
Andy King is a goddam hero. He’s the ultimate team player. He’s the guy you want by your side because you know that he is going to do whatever is needed to get the job done.
But while this is one of the most honorable displays of loyalty I have ever witnessed, I simply cannot understand it. I keep asking myself why was he willing to do this? What did Billy Mcfarland have on this guy? Did he really care that much about the success of Fyre Festival? Fucking Fyre Festival? I mean what was this guy’s stake in the whole thing? He was being taking advantageous for his homosexuality. I’m sitting on my couch like “Billy if you want that water go suck that $#@! yourself my man.”
And then I started thinking about regular people jobs – ya know the ones that don’t defraud investors out of millions of dollars while lying to consumers about a music festival. Just the regular ass job you have. And then it hit me that the insane lengths Andy King was prepared to go to for the sake of Fyre Festival are not too many degrees away from the current expectations of U.S. work culture. I mean no one is asking me to suck $#@! at my desk job but, well I mean, sometimes it can feel that way.
The always-on, bleed your company’s color’s mentality seems to have become the norm in the past few years. The 9-5 doesn’t exist. And guess what, neither does the 9-6. It’s the 9 – whoops guess it’s already tomorrow. Now I want to be careful here because I am all for hard work. I believe that you should give your all at your job and handle all tasks to the best of your ability. I’m just saying that they don’t deserve your arm and your leg. Here’s some things I think need to be done to reset the current state of work culture:
1. Email should not be set up on your phone
No one should be able to reach you after hours. What are you a doctor? This now seems like a foreign concept but before cellphones this was not even possible. Now just because we have the technology to be “always-on” does not mean we should be. Go Amish when you get home. Turn your phone off. Heck turn the lights off and draw the blinds. Sit in the dark until the morning just to be safe. Otherwise they’ll find you.
2. Don’t tie your identity to your job
Job’s want you to “bleed their colors” but they don’t bleed yours. When money is tight they’ll just drop you. No questions asked. But when your money is tight it’s not like you can hit them up like an old friend and ask to borrow some extra cash. But…but…but… I thought we were family?
3. Don’t go out for drinks with “work friends”
This one may seem a bit dark but I think this is the biggest trap of all. I’ve conducted hours of studies at work happy hours and have concluded that they are never happy. 100% of the conversation at a work happy hour is about work. Damn they even got us when we are drinking!? Everyone at the happy hour is just complaining about how much they hate work. It’s depressing as fuck. Don’t go. Instead, get home immediately and learn a hobby. While all of your work friends (friends for hire) are out sad-drinking, you’re learning how to knit bitch.
Anyway, work hard kids, just don’t suck $#@! for your job.
