Am I 'disgruntled'? (Trimet did lie to me and 1100 other retirees about our retirement packages, that's sorta a good reason to be a little bit disgruntled don't you think?)
It depends on how that word affects your 'limbic brain'.
When most people hear that word they think that I am so pissed off that I harbor some sort of hatred for the people working at Trimet.
Nothing is further from the truth. I never harbored any hard feelings even though they were responsible for making my life pretty miserable the last couple years I was there.
They did what they thought they had to do, I understand that.
I was not fired from that job and was never in any trouble except for my blog.
The Trimet masters thought my blogging activities were a threat and wanted me to stop. I wouldn't stop so they made my life miserable. And then I left, on my own free will.
It's true, there is not one person over there that I harbor bad feelings toward as an individual.
Now the 'institutional policies', that's a completely different story. And my interest in transit blogging has blossomed since I left there. Actually that's all I do all day now when I am in Portland. (I do go back east quite frequently now and I do enjoy premium cable tv)
Trimet ended up not being just a job to me, Trimet (the institution) ended up actually being part of my continued consciousness, and here I am almost 3 years after I left their employ, still blogging away.
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