No fair!

Life isn't fair. I established this with a reasonable amount of certainty back during my angst-ridden college days. Anytime I'd catch myself whining "it isn't fair" I'd remind myself, life isn't fair, so shut up and deal with it. This attitude has served me well for many years now and has seen me through many personal/existential crises. However, it still doesn't cushion the initial blow of being dealt a severe injustice, or being treated in a blatantly unfair manner. And when that happens I still feel my face heating up from suppressed outrage, and I have to vent and spew my fury at the closest sounding board I can find.

Unfortunately I am now in a line of work where injustice and unfair treatment are a way of life, and there's very little I can do to combat it. At least when I was still a teacher, I could always play the morality card and invoke ethics and values (not that I won all my moral/ethical battles-- indeed I learned that principles can be flimsy weapons against bureaucracy and politics). But now that I'm an entrepreneur, even the most basic morals are rendered worthless and I am left with nothing but my wrath and murderous visions of blowing up certain corporate offices of oppressive business bigshots. I can take emerging from the battlefield bloodied, but I don't like coming out of it without even being given a chance to fight the good fight. If I go down, I want to go down kicking and screaming; when I joined the business world, I had to forfeit my kicking and screaming rights, since I don't want to risk jeopardizing all that my parents have built from the ground up.

I still love what I'm doing now, but I do wish I could raise more hell in this job. It's frustrating to be bullied by unscrupulous individuals who just won't give you your due. It's maddening to be belittled, bypassed and snubbed despite all the hard work and solid results you've delivered. It's infuriating to see less deserving parties reap the rewards while you bust your butt but still get the short end of the stick. It's just not fair.

But like I said. Life isn't fair. Deal with it.