I am convinced that between me and my brother I have always been the sensible practical sibling, he is more of a "fly by the seat of your pants" type.
On a number of occasions I have been referred to as having "an old head on young shoulders" this could be interrupted as meaning boring but I choose to look at it as knowing how to be an adult.
Don't get me wrong I love to have fun and I especially love to cause trouble but where is concerned I appear to have a very old fashioned view of what is acceptable and what isn't. For instance I believe the do's and dont's to ber:
1) If you aren't ill go to work (unless you have pre-booked holiday)
2) Don't be late unless you have a valid reason to be
3) Always give 100%
4) Don't take the piss
5) If you don't like your job look for a new one but still put in 100% while doing the current job (unless you are being made redundant in which case screw 'em)
In the last few weeks it has come to my attention that my brother does not think this way.
I didn't go to Uni, I left college at 18 not really sure what I wanted to do with my life, but found a job and aside from 8 weeks of unemployment due to my first redundancy I have worked hard for the last 9 years. Alan went to Uni, did 3 years studying economics and left with a huge amount of debt and a 2:1 to his name. Not bad some might say. The problem was as he was leaving Uni the economy was going through the down turn but after a lot of perseverance he managed to get a job on the graduate scheme for Zurich dealing with Car Insurance, sure not the fast past high flying life of an economist or investment banker but a job (by this time I am facing my second redundancy but battling through none the less).
After doing the job for a while he decided that he didn't want to do it any more as he didn't like the sales side of it and he didn't like his new boss so while looking for a new job started to skive off work. Big no no as far as I am concerned. If you want a good reference when you leave a job you need to give the employer a reason to write one. But eventually he got a new job as a Customer Advisor at the Natwest and by all accounts really enjoyed. So much so he got arrested at Christmas after his works do, anyway I digress. We moved house and everything seemed to be going well until last month........
He got ill, nothing serious, just ear ache so he took a week off sick. This I don't have a problem with, then came the Monday he was due to go back to work, he decided he still wasn't well so went to the Doctors and they signed him off for two weeks with Vertigo as he kept losing his balance. OK so this didn't fill me with joy, especially as he wouldn't send his sick note in, and my worry being he would get sacked.
The sick note expired on the 28th March but again he didn't go back, now he had decided he didn't like the job, it was too sales based so he was going to quit. He spoke to his boss who arranged a meeting and it was decided that he would go back, even if just for three months and during this time could look for a new job. So yesterday was his first day back.
Well, imagine my surprise on returning from London to find the door bolted because he didn't go it, apparently he just couldn't face it and the update today is he has officially resigned and will not be going back.
I am not saying that I disapprove of his choice, if you are not happy then change is the best solution but my understanding of being an adult is when you have responsibilities you need to take these into account before making rash decision.
I am sure everything will work out for the best as it seems he always lands on his feet but only time will tell. He has until the end of June to have found a job other wise he is facing having run out of savings and we wont be able to afford our rent. I now have everything crossed, tight!!
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