Filed under: Comment, Cunning, Pretentious Rubbish, Social Divide, Unfair Life
Sometimes life reminds you that it doesn’t matter how hard you work, how well you do, how many academic qualifications you gain, how much you try, it’s the people with connections, wealth or a loud-mouth who often get the accolades.
I can’t really complain given how much my gob has helped me over the years, but I recently saw the success of someone I vaguely know that is so outrageous, it makes Paris Hilton look like she has had it tough.
On one hand, I should applaud him because he got off his arse and did something that corporates like and want.
But on the other hand, I know it’s all down to his rich Dad … because having watched his acceptance speech of some major industry award, he continues to spout the same stunted, superficial, irrelevant, mental bollocks that he did when I worked with him 10,000 years ago.
Which leads to the moral of the story.
Life isn’t fair.
Which is why because of this, you may as well have a go chasing whatever job/company/position excites you, because someone is going to get there and there’s a very good chance it will be someone who doesn’t deserve to be in that seat either.
And I’m the living proof.
But my ex-colleague is the 100%, absolute definitive definition of it.
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Do I know him? If I don’t, can you introduce me.
Comment by Bazza August 11, 2015 @ 6:30 amSort-of. You’ve met him and if I remember correctly, you referred to him as “the mosquito”.
Comment by Rob August 11, 2015 @ 8:29 amThat makes me vomit in my mouth.
Comment by Bazza August 11, 2015 @ 10:25 amIf life is unfair, there is no point in having a go. The deck is stacked.
Comment by John August 11, 2015 @ 6:33 amif that was the case campbell would be sitting in a nottingham jail where he belongs instead of giving us daily fucking mental torture from his ivory fucking tower.
Comment by andy@cynic August 11, 2015 @ 6:38 amHe’s the outlier. My experience is different.
Comment by John August 11, 2015 @ 6:52 amWhat if you’re the outlier John?
Comment by Rob August 11, 2015 @ 8:32 amI’m still screwed.
Comment by John August 11, 2015 @ 4:53 pmyou have a fucking nerve sounding like some jealous teenage twat when you live a lifestyle you dont deserve and havent earned in a thousand fucking lifetimes. now who is this jammy bastard?
Comment by andy@cynic August 11, 2015 @ 6:36 amI’ll give you a clue, AJB.
Comment by Rob August 11, 2015 @ 8:33 amis that photo of paris from her new home video, “everyone has been inside a hilton”?
Comment by andy@cynic August 11, 2015 @ 6:40 amI thought the sequel was called “deep inside Paris”.
Comment by DH August 11, 2015 @ 6:49 amBy the way, congratulations to George and Pete for joining Sesame Street.
Comment by Bazza August 11, 2015 @ 6:46 amA is for awkward.
What are you talking about?
Comment by DH August 11, 2015 @ 6:48 amI thought A was for Apple.
Comment by John August 11, 2015 @ 6:54 amWell it used to be.
Comment by John August 11, 2015 @ 7:00 am@DH
http://www.wired.com/2015/08/new-company-called-alphabet-owns-google/
@John
Comment by Bazza August 11, 2015 @ 7:21 amI decided to change it for today only in honor of the name of googles new owners.
And they say Silicon Valley is full of smart people. Lame.
Comment by DH August 11, 2015 @ 7:30 amOh dear. I also note neither George or Pete have said anything today. Maybe they’re being brainwashed. Again. Ha.
Comment by Rob August 11, 2015 @ 8:34 amI’ve been too busy relearning my ABC’s to respond to the childish banter of Baz.
Comment by George August 11, 2015 @ 10:58 pmI tried. Didn’t work for me. I ended up working for you.
Comment by DH August 11, 2015 @ 6:50 amAnd you got paid for not doing very much at all, so in some ways, you won.
Comment by Rob August 11, 2015 @ 8:33 am