[ WP ] Knowledge is property . Leave a job ? Your employer keeps your work experience . Break up with someone ? You can take back their knowledge of your secrets . Want to get an education ? You can rent it for cheap ... just do n't fall behind in your payments if you value what you learned .

First time I've ever done one of these. Fuck it, here goes. 
 
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 “ Then why the hell do you still work there? Jesus, man, you can ’ t just put up with that shit. I don ’ t care how well they fucking pay you, it can ’ t be worth that. ” 
 
 
 “ It ’ s not that simple, man. ” 
 
 
 “ ‘ Course it is. You can ’ t let people treat you like shit. Period. You let people get away with it enough, and they ’ ll keep on fucking doing it. Just quit, man. Plenty of other opportunities out there. ” 
 
 
 “ Again, *it ’ s not that simple. * You don ’ t know the whole story. ” 
 
 
 “ Well, fuck, then what the fuck have I been listening to you whine about for the past goddamn hour? Find a new job, man. You ’ ve got fucking experience. Economy ’ s fucking booming. You find something, you put your two weeks in, and you move one with your goddamn life. It ’ s not fucking rocket science. ” 
 
 
 “ Listen, I get it. You can stop. ” 
 
 
 “ I mean, seriously, you ’ ve got to- ” 
 
 
 “ Shut up, Mark. ” 
 
 
 “ All I ’ m saying, man, you take- ” 
 
 
 “ Mark. Shut. Up. ” 
 
 
 “ Just saying, if I was you, I ’ d seriously- ” 
 
 
 “ Shut. The. Fuck. Up. You think I don ’ t dream about quitting every goddamn day? You think I *like* this? You think that I enjoy being a fucking punching bag every time I clock in? Don ’ t tell me what the fuck I can and can ’ t do, because you have no FUCKING idea what my life is like right now. SHUT THE FUCK UP. ” 
 
 
 
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 “ Jesus, man, I ’ m sorry, all right? Fuck, man I just say these things sometimes and I- ” 
 
 
 “ It ’ s all right. You... You should probably know the whole story. 
 
 
 Ever heard of something called an REA? Stands for Restrictory Experience Agreement. All knowledge gained on a job is legally the property of the employer and can be repossessed at any time. I was desperate enough and dumb enough to sign one of ‘ em, and they remind me of it every day. 
 
 
 I can ’ t quit. As soon as I quit, I ’ m dead. You say I ’ ve got experience? I don ’ t know *shit. * No college diploma, only a GED: a job search is going to be impossible as is. Slap a complete lack of experience in the field on top of that? I ’ ll be working as a fucking cashier for the rest of my life, and the bastards know it. 
 
 
 I put up with their shit because I have to. The fuckers own me. ” 

