Yeah, but how long has this job been a time drag? It's been that way ever since I've driven. I guess it's all about choices. Do you want a job that pays 30 to 40 grand a year that you might get off at 5PM every night, or a job that has unpredictable hours that pays almost a 100 grand a year with some of the best benefits in this country?
You don't get to pick and choose which parts of the job you want and which parts you don't. It's a take it or leave it proposition.
Look, no one likes to take crap like we do. But we are wrongfully insulated if we think that only our job gets this much crap. Most jobs have idiot bosses like we do. But don't take my word for it; ask your neighbors. Our bosses tend to have attitudes because we have better insurance than they do, and we work less hours--on the whole--than they do.
I don't fight with these guys anymore. My backtalk is on the overtime ledger of my pay stub. That's good enough for me.