Letter of Resignation...

To Whom it may concern

Having worked with Burberry for the last 6 months i have come to realize two things, that commuting and Security are not for me.

I know it sounds a bit asinine of me, but i feel the need to at least enjoy what I'm doing in work and in life and i don't enjoy this, weather it be the travel to work or the travel home on Sunday mornings, either way, i realize now that commuting sometimes brings out the worst in me, or it could simply be the fact that i've been working with T-Class for the last month or so, i may as well be working on my own, and thats another thing, i feel like, even when Charles was here, that I'm working on my own, its not Charles's fault, not at all, and i wasn't the least surprised when i read the email about his leaving, its not that he had already told me he was going to leave, he didn't say anything about it, well not to me at least, i just recognized in myself that if i had another job to go to, preferably one where i don't need to commute, I too would leave even if it meant a drop in pay, all i want is to be content.

It's not Burberry, its not Burberry staff or APP (LPO) staff, I just think that security, lets not kid ourselves here, you can call us Loss Prevention or Asset & Property Protection all you like, were Security Guards plan and simple a fancy name will never change that, is not what I'm supposed to be doing with my life, the greatest treasure in the work place is to find a job we enjoy, a friend of mine once said to me that Humanity is inherently unhappy with its current situation, i tried to defend Humanity by saying that that statement was rubbish, but i have come to accept it as just one unhappy truth about who we are, the one thing you can count on in life is that, no matter how much you love your job, and your family, you will always complain about something, I'm not sure that inherently unhappy is the true statement however i just think we are eternally unsatisfied with what we have, this could mean material things, friends or family even relationships personal and professional, no matter what we have, we always want more, there is no such thing as the Man who has everything, because he will always want more, its ingrained into us as a species, Humanity is greedy and we use our greed to get another thing we desire, power, in the work place its easy to spot, once someone gets the title of manager there attitude towards the people under them will change, this is the human race, the human condition, this is US.

What do i think we need to do, another friend of mine told me this, he said that he tries to change his job every four years or so, he still works in the same industry, but the location and people change, this i feel is a good idea, but then, why not change everything, we should be able to change jobs, homes and even countries, this change will give us a wider spectrum of experiences, cultural differences, language and maybe find a nice place to retire when were done, I've lived in the same house my whole life, in the same room for most of that, i very rarely live the country on holidays, my expired ten year passport has four stamps on it, but with the population expanding as it is changing jobs isn't as easy as it has been in the past, we find ourselves stuck in one place for to long then we become comfortable where we are.

We are after all the sum of our experiences, experiencing the same thing day after day, month after month, year in year out, we are stagnating as a species, once we had freedom to experience the world, but due to greed we cannot, i would like to travel, see and experience things that i never thought i would, countries, people, cultures, but due to credit cards and poor earnings i cannot, and why do i have these problems, because i am greedy, and greed with a credit card is never a good combination, i pay into it every month, but i don't pay enough to clear the late fee's, the over the limit fee's and the interest, again these fee's and the interest stem from greed, greed on the part of the banks, or more accurately the Bank of England, for rising interest rates to make sure the economy grow stronger, bastards, i pay what i can afford, but maybe i should pay more then i can afford to at least get it below the limit, and maybe poverty will inspire me.

Anyway, I have rambled or ranted for far to long, i guess this is my attempt at a philosophical way of doing something as simple as 'handing in my notice'.

My last day will be a week from now, which means i'll be working next weekend and then that will be it, unless you would like me to leave sooner, if so, please call me or send me an email to let me know.

Regards

Jay

The above is a letter i wrote a few days ago when i was trying to write my letter of resignation, it kinda got outta hand, i decided not to give it in or quit my job, just yet, i may do however if i change my mind.