Tuesday, July 22, 2003
(7:10 PM) | Adam Kotsko:
Some of the many reasons I need to quit my job
Due to the immanent departure of one of the chiropractors in the office where I work, I am being trained to analyze X-rays. This consists of drawing lines off of certain points one the vertebrae, or lines parallel or perpendicular with the ground, then measuring various angles, seeing where lines land, measuing distances, etc. I don't mind doing it, aside from the fact that it requires me to learn to do something new without any definite promise of further compensation. I feel like my reading of Freud has already filled my mind with more than enough pseudoscience, and I'm not eager to fill it with any more.
Today I was alone in the office while everyone else was at lunch, because someone apparently needs to be in the office at all times. An X-ray machine repairman was in the office, and when he came up to have me sign the thing saying he was there, he asked me, "Is this your job?" I said yes, but that it was temporary until I got going in grad school. He replied that it was unusual to see a man working in a chiropractor's office. I explained that I had gotten the job through a temp agency. He said, "Well, it's just a little usual -- not that there's anything wrong with that" [emphasis added].
Also, while everyone else gets to make personal phone calls, hawk their stupid Amway-style shit, sort through their Avon shipment, do their make-up, etc., etc., I am absolutely prohibited from using the high-speed internet connection during down times. I don't have phone calls to make, and I don't wear make-up, but I do like to read the news and type on my weblog.
Screw them.
