My entitled boss demands that I work overtime, all while explicitly making fun of me,

and mocking me for choosing to take unpaid overtime. So I decide to get some petty revenge.

As I start denying any of his extra requests outside of my job description,

as well as anything outside of my work hours. And as a result, I truly made this guy's life miserable.

Here's what happened. So I work as a mariner, and my position on the ship is made.

Below me are my deck hands, who are responsible for the labor work,

like painting, grinding, maintenance, line handling, cargo ops, stuff like that.

Above me is the chiefmate, who's the second in command, as well as the captain,

who is obviously in charge of everyone and the responsible individual for the entire ship.

We are officers, and we do the planning for navigation, ship handling,

training, payroll, stuff along those lines. I work for a private company that pays me by a day rate,

which is a 12 hour work day. I work one month on and one month off.

Like most industries, we are under manned. We can't hire enough to fill all the positions.

Now, this ship I work on is even harder to crew up, mainly because of the captain.

He's got a notorious reputation for being an absolute jerk,

so people find all sorts of ways to not come onto his boat. And if they do,

they only work one tour and never come back. I join this ship in May, and for the last seven months,

it's been kind of a nightmare working with this captain. He's a narcissist,

he condescends everyone, insults everyone, works us like dogs, never thanks us,

and is just an all-around class act. You know these types of bosses. They never let up,

they push you to the limit, and it just makes you hate work and hate your life.

With that said, I've been working 15-something 18-hour days because we're so short-handed.

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