A firewish is the employment cousin of the deathwish. The term expresses an innate desire to be fired. In enacting this desire, the firewish victim (victim?) may demonstrate behaviour that coerces others to feed their desire, either by harvesting negative thoughts about work or pushing boundaries in their employment to see how far they can go before they are reprimanded or actually fired.
Unlike its fatal counterpart, however, a firewish also has a life-affirming aspect, for 'firewish' also represents a desire for ignition, a desire to feel passionate about something. Most commonly it relates to the desire to feel passionate about what they do for a living, the very dearth of which brings on the firewish in the first place.
I have a firewish.
Which comes first, the carrot or the sack?
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