Board 8 > it was my ten year anniversary at gamestop the other day

(+) Yeah! (+)

Yea, I have conflicting feelings about this
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Damn

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Have you ever seen Clerks?

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Wow, has it really been that long?
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Grats
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It feels like its been longer than that tbh. Hes always been works at gamestop guy(But apparently not).
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As a customer or as an employee?

If as an employee, that's at least 9 years too long
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red13n posted...

It feels like its been longer than that tbh. Hes always been works at gamestop guy(But apparently not).

I remember Pun's first GameStop topic. IIRC, he had another job, was offered a position at GS, and accepted while originally viewing it as more of a side job.
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Pun, real talk man. You and me need to have a discussion some point about other possible opportunities. I think you knew I was a PlaynTrade manager for 5 years before I entered library work. You could do well with libraries or recreation, have more job stability, better benefits, and probably slightly better pay.

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INCEPTlON posted...

Pun, real talk man. You and me need to have a discussion some point about other possible opportunities. I think you knew I was a PlaynTrade manager for 5 years before I entered library work. You could do well with libraries or recreation, have more job stability, better benefits, and probably slightly better pay.

This is awesome of you, A+

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sell pornography
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Retail is going to be a tough gig soon. You have some skills that will transfer. It wouldnt hurt to build your resume.

only 10?
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I thought it was longer than that.

Anyway yeah that's how I feel when I hit an anniversary at a job. I almost made it to 10 at my previous one (and by almost I mean like, within days). I recently hit 2 at my current one that I said I wasn't gonna be at for more than a month while I found something better so yeah I dont feel great about that.
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My district manager bought me lunch

I'm supposed to be getting something in the mail. "They don't know what"

and I'm supposed to get like, a certificate or something

I'm not being ungrateful or anything, i'm surprised they're even acknowledging it at all

but Yea, I dunno. Like I said I feel weird about this. I definitely did not expect to be here this long. but a DECADE?

I don't feel like I've wasted my time. A job is a job and I found a cushy one. I have a unique situation where I own the house, and other than annual taxes, I just pay for the utilities. So I was able to coast by

and yea, I have people skills I've developed over the years.

But still, this isn't what I saw myself doing. I DO like the job, I dunno if what i'm feeling is me being "unfulfilled" but I guess I'm just slightly disappointed. I'm thankful, and I'm not.

like I said, I'm just conflicted

I originally took this job on to get experience running a store because I wanted to open my own one day. But not only is my credit horrible, among other things, but this town doesn't seem like it needs a local game shop. I doubt it would work anyways unless its backed by a multimillion corporation like gamestop

so I sorta gave up on that dream. I feel like I settled with this job, its the next best thing.

I wanted to do my own things, but I guess thats life
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CaptainOfCrush posted...

red13n posted...

It feels like its been longer than that tbh. Hes always been works at gamestop guy(But apparently not).

I remember Pun's first GameStop topic. IIRC, he had another job, was offered a position at GS, and accepted while originally viewing it as more of a side job.

wow I"m surprised someone remembers that lol

I was a Delivery driver for Pizza Hut. that fucking job paid like CRAZY. but it was at the expense of my car. And the risk of getting tickets because our DM was crazy and wanted crazy times. Thats exactly why I quit, I was like I GOT GAMESTOP NOW, BITCHES

that following year was rough

THEN the crisis with my dad and the house happened

I'm glad I got promoted through the ranks so quickly
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bro you're like 30 years old and don't have kids, you can still do anything you want
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my new dream is to own an arcade

I can't buy 30 $1000 dollar machines, I definitely can't do whatever I want
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Punnyz posted...

my new dream is to own an arcade

I can't buy 30 $1000 dollar machines, I definitely can't do whatever I want

I would advise taking a business class or two (Harvard offers free ones online), because no one just takes their personal funds to open a business. You create a business plan, pitch to investors/partners, get business loans (which are not tied to your personal credit), etc.

So yes, you can do whatever you want if you're willing to do research and hard work.
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That being said I honestly do think there is a market in certain areas for arcades
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this town definitely does.

there IS one already here in the mall but its mostly ticket based games
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OrangeCrush980 posted...

As a customer or as an employee?

If as an employee, that's at least 9 years too long

But if as a customer, that's at least 10 years too long.
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Man, I still remember the cookie girl posts, how long ago was that...

Anyways, congrats on the work anniversary! Your story kind of hits close to home, that feeling you're describing, whether it's "fulfillment" or whatever. Quarterlife crisis? Closer to mid-life in my case really...

In any case, I like the arcade idea and SephG's right - it's not too late and you're at a time and in a position in your life where you can explore that. So you don't look back at a future work anniversary and wonder what could have been!