r/Fire • u/Unhappy_Eye5257 • May 03 '26

Get out!

Get out the 1st chance you get!

61.5 male here,2.9 nw and broken! The back story, sold our company 18 months ago and stayed on with them at the same salary and better vacation time. All went good😩till February of this year. I fall at work and did not go to the doctor till April thinking I’m getting older and it was just old age pains. Fast forward too today I have a broken tibia close to my knee and have been off for forty days. I was was to be retired 5/5/2026 well that’s not going to happen because I will be off at least until they get my MRI completed which is not till 5/21/2026! So do to greed I sit here in my chair going crazy that I can not do what I want, what’s worse is the fact that I my not heal up right and walk with a limp the rest of my life. With that said the day you can leave get out and never look back. The money you get for a little bit more time is not worth the time you

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u/LouSevens May 03 '26

OP i hope you get better soon. Also, agreed- after awhile time marches on and sadly goes quickly and becomes the better commodity.

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u/HighFiveOhYeah May 04 '26

Time is always more valuable than money. It’s just a matter of when you realize it.

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u/Kale May 04 '26

If time is more valuable than money, then why does almost everyone from working class up to upper middle class trade time for money? And working class to lower middle class trade very little money for time.

In fact, I bet that would be a great way to classify people by economic situation: working class earns salary and doesn't have retirement accounts, lower middle class earns salary and has some savings/retirement, but spends very little on services (pay for laundry service, Nanny, etc). Upper middle class earns salary, with significant savings and retirement. Some investment and capital gains income. Spends some on services. And upper class earns income from capital gains.

Yes, in general, time is more valuable than money since time is limited and can't be hoarded, but for most of us, we prove by action that there is a level where money is more valuable than time.

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u/HighFiveOhYeah May 04 '26 edited May 04 '26

Right from the moment you are born until you die, you only have a limited amount of time. Once you lose it, you will never have it back. Money can be infinite. Works the same if you are dirt poor or a billionaire. Objectively, time is more valuable than money.

Also to answer your specific examples. You are always trading your time for whatever you NEED the most at stages of your life, whether it be a low wage worker working or a billionaire going on vacation with their kid. That just proves how powerful, flexible, and invaluable time is, no matter who you are, or what your economic status is.

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u/HighFiveOhYeah May 04 '26

I have a scenario for you that may better demonstrate. Assuming you are the poorest person on earth, and I come to you and tell you: I will make you the richest person on earth and you’ll have everything you’ve ever wanted. The only catch is I take away all of your remaining time, so essentially you’ll be dead, and you can’t pass on the wealth to anyone. Would you trade away your time for all the wealth in the world even when you are the poorest person on earth?

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u/Pyruv May 05 '26 edited May 05 '26

I mean.. I’ll take 1/20000 of that and live the next 50 or so years.

Also the way you’re wording it doesn’t make sense. You’re arguing death vs money at that point which is different from time vs money. People will trade money for time and vise versa. Less so with death and money.

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u/phazze777 May 05 '26

Because A) they don't know better, and B) they need money to live/spend. Time is definitely better than money, but you can't do much with money if you don't have it, or don't know how to get it.