Vancouver Has Taught Me

I moved to Vancouver from Regina about 3 years ago and I was a good guy when I got here. I was a hard worker who had this view that there was good in everyone. That got me nothing with women and my career. I looked around and realized everyone is lying and a big phony so I need to be as well to keep up. I tell women I am some type of big shot with tons of money and that gets me laid. I lie non-stop to them and since I say things with confidence they eat it up. At work I am a jerk and that got me a promotion. Yeah coming to work on time and exceeding all work expectations got me nothing but being a total jerk gets your noticed. If someone isn't performing at work I call them out on it and I am not nice about it at all. No more walking on eggshells. I fire people who aren't performing and don't give a #%$@# about it. You think you aren't paid enough then go get another #$@$#@ job and don't complain to me about it. My boss promoted me to Manager and said I have a take no prisoners type of attitude and am willing to do anything to succeed. Vancouver has brought out the worst in me and maybe this is who I am and I can't go back now.

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Contagion

Sep 21, 2018 at 3:34pm

Douchebaggery is infectious.
People give it to each other. Gender-nonspecific.
The joke goes that you are the average of your 5 closest friends. Not family, because you don't get to choose those (except your partners).
Look REALLY CLOSELY at those 5 people. If you've never been friends with them, are they what you'd choose? Ask yourself what that 5-person average looks like.
Good luck with that.

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Lestat

Sep 21, 2018 at 3:53pm

"The Wolf of Wall Street" as a self-help guide. Love it.
Such honesty is refreshing.
"I'm the Joker and I OWN this f*cking town" or "Behold as worlds crumble before Vader... Darth Vader..."
Much more believable than the usual bullsh*t platitudes about warmfuzzy Vancouver. I'd have to be permanently high, drunk or otherwise impaired to buy that sh*t.

Kind of curious

Sep 21, 2018 at 3:56pm

The type of job you work at. Manager of a restuarant?

I am a geologist who works with engineers and other geologists. No one in management has less than a MSc P.Eng or P.Geo. Intelligence , confidence and humility are what I am surrounded by daily and I likely get paid more than you. I dont bull shit women and I can tell them the truth.
Life decisions ey? Any work environment where people cant smell the fake arrogance - well they just sound half brain dead. Have fun

Be careful...

Sep 21, 2018 at 4:28pm

Regardless if you believe it or not, some people practice witchcraft and know how to take a person under. You may meet your match one day and wonder to why things are going wrong for you.

Who cares

Sep 21, 2018 at 4:54pm

You obviously don't. You better check out of that lifestyle before it checks you out and karma kicks you in the ass. It's not worth it to be an asshole, it's really not. Find a better path, man- and stop blaming Vancouver, even if what you see around you confirms how you think you can & should act. Life is going to knock you down eventually so you better have actual friends and positive relationships/memories to help pick you back up when you need it.

Ok wow

Sep 21, 2018 at 5:00pm

We’re all faced with choices in life. I think the ones we choose can often illustrate clearly who we are. I made some questionable decisions myself as a young person, particularly with employment situations. I never did when it came to relationships (even very casual ones) with men. I only lasted a short time with the bad employment decisions because I couldn’t handle the complete lack of integrity required, and it didn’t feel authentic to me. So if you’re comfortable behaving this way, trust me kid it has nothing to do with what city you’re in, and everything to do with YOU.

Lord Business

Sep 21, 2018 at 6:20pm

Ignore the naysayers and consider this list:
Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, Travis Kalanick, Conrad Black, Chip Wilson, Laurent Potdevin, Richard S. Fuld, Jr.
... and many more like them, but let's do one level higher:
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-un, Xi Jinping, Nicolas Maduro, Daniel Ortega, Bashar al-Assad, Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud
... I've avoided naming any women, and excluded the Stans and Africa as too easy. Again, this is not a definitive list.
The people you see here range from the sleazy and unpleasant to criminal, ruthless and downright murderous.
We live in the Age Of The Strong Hand (tm). One of the paperback editions of The Prince by Machiavelli had a wonderful cover graphic for this.
You can either be that hand, or go hide in the woods... Or be somebody else's resource. There are no other viable options.
It's very ironic that the geo piped up. The Canadian resource sector is notorious, as any insider will tell you. It is absolutely packed to overflowing with shady, ruthless execs, agents and promoters. Resource extraction in general is one of the sleaziest businesses in earth.
Fortunately for the geologists, they mostly address technical matters, give the occasional (arcane and jargon-packed) presentation, and otherwise deal with other geeks. Bless them.

In the same boat

Sep 21, 2018 at 6:33pm

I moved here from a small city on the shores of the Baltic Sea 5 years ago. I had a great job, a gorgeous wife and quite a few really true friends over there (not like friends here that are more of acquaintances). I was a man of my word, always answered for my words, never promised things to anyone that I couldnt do. I didnt smoke, drink or took any drugs, was into sports. Things started to change once I arrived to Canada 7 years ago. On arrival at my new work places many people were complete assholes. Once here my wife realized that she could trade up really with no effort taken. In a year she dumped me for a rich persian guy who paid for her trips all around the globe and UBC tutions. I got broken i changed. In the city where people are superficial af, women are judged by their looks and guys by their wallets. Cant trust noone. At work in order to get promoted I started to become friends with everyone. As a chameleon I adapt my behaviour to befriend with someone to gain profit for myself in the future. I manage to get along with both leftists and rightists and screw them over in the end to get what i want from them. This city where people are superficial af, women are judged by their looks and guys by their wallets brought out the worst out of me.I use women also - fake instagram followers along with pro-taken photos of myself in my buddies boats and fancy cars. Im fake as hell, I dont like myself this way but ill keep going.

Vancouver is not the problem

Sep 21, 2018 at 6:53pm

It seems like you are using Vancouver as an excuse to behave badly. I can see that you have had some bad experiences but it does not mean that you have to lie or be a jerk. The good news is that you do not have to stay this way. Stop lying to women for sex. It's not worth it. It is just making you feel bad about yourself. Don't be a jerk at work. Reach down deep inside and find the good person that you know you are.

Fake

Sep 21, 2018 at 6:54pm

Fake af

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