Well first I never said I wanted work to be fun, i know what work is supposed to be and I am ok with it. Secondly I don't think my superiors want to exploit me, it's just that in every work I've been it's like they look at me as a guy that could give out more and chooses not to. People sense I am relatively smart in certain areas, like the way I talk and and my knowledge of certain things and they probably conclude I should be striving to get a better position because of it, but I don't, I just try to get out of the limelight the most possible, just do my tasks and gtfo. Some of my coworkers come by in their free time, bring cookies, they meet with others outside of work, throw parties. Most of these are really bent on getting a promotion. It's the way life works you know.

A while ago I was surprised that a coworker who I would never have guessed by his whole demeanor, actually is bent on being promoted to director of one of my company's establishments to be inaugurated. I could have never imagined it. And in this convo he actually spoke very badly of some people in other departments who have been working for more than a decade in the same position. It's like for most people this is the worst of sins, it makes you some sort of pariah. That certainly shocked me and altered my perception of work dynamics. I think people must consider me some sort of pariah too.