Agony Aunt

I'm one of you!

Dear Lilu

I have been reading your column with interest and feel compelled to write as I'm sure you can help with my problem. My life is in crisis! I have been working tirelessly for a crap employer for as long as I can remember with no thanks, recognition or life out of work. I have been brainwashed by corporate shite for far too long and I have become a real life company wanker. What can I do to break the cycle?

I dream of doing crazy things like running around the office naked shouting 'I'm one of you' or staying on late to decorate the office with flowers to bring joy to all (maybe Christmas decoration would be better?).

Have you any suggestions? Am I having a mid life crisis? Thanks you so much to thisisntexeter for brining us your shit jobs section (I quite fancy some of those). Any chance of more boob pics? x x x x

Peter Tong

Dear Peter,

Thank you for your letter, unfortunately I feel you are one of many where this is concerned, so I will say the same to you as I do to friends. If your employer is crap and you do not receive any thanks for it, why on earth are you still there?!?!

The amount of times have I heard this, if you are not appreciated in your job then find a job where you are appreciated. There are so many crap employers out there that don't realise the potential that they have in some of their staff, but that's their problem. You could find that better job and be appreciated for it (God I sound like a commercial for Learn Direct, although I wouldn't mind getting a few quid for he plug).

You can of course stay in the boring job that you are in, and you could dance around the office naked, although I'm sure your colleagues wouldn't appreciate it, although you'll probably become the office clown and spend your days being ridiculed for it.

I don't think you are having a mid-life crisis, I just think you need to sit and think about your life. Do you really want to stay in a job where your not appreciated for your work???

Failing that, we'll always need people to clean the toilets in mental hospitals.

Oh and by the way, no more pics of my boobs just yet... again you will need to bombard the editor with letters on that one, as previously stated he is God where this beautiful and glorious site is concerned.

- Lilu