Coin Op-The Comic

----FREEDOM!!!!---

For about a month now I've started a new job, while I'm unsure if this company wants their name mentioned in a webcomic (or a blog for that matter). But I still have a laugh when I think about the fact that changing careers and starting over in a new field pays better than 8 years experience in the amusement industry.

During that time I have managed, ran, repaired, ordered, and operated 3 separate arcades/amusement parks. There is literally nothing that anyone can come up with that can shake or phase me in that industry. But unfortunately I had to end that career at a job that gave me 20 hrs/week at $7.50 hr with a highly illegal 13 hour shift on Saturday (with NO breaks I might add), no benefits of importance (medical/dental). I went to my employer there and told him I was offered a job that was able to pay me twice as much money (easy to do when I can get twice the hours), and all he could say is "we'll miss you". Not, "Can we work something out?", "Will a small increase keep you here?".

Based on the 8 years I've had, I can tell you it's only a matter of time for this place to close down...sooner than later. Because of the mis-management, and very questionable decisions, and the rumors that the owner's son was using the profits to pay off his credit cards doesn't give anyone a feeling of confidence there.

This will probably destroy any chance of me getting some extra cash on my days off there. But I really don't care anymore. Getting things to happen in that place was an act of God. I have a better chance of sleeping with an attractive co-worker than getting something to happen in that hole.