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MontysDouble Salvaged from Archive	Posted: · [Salvaged from Archive] I had one. OK, not literally being force fed brimstone for all eternity, actually the day went pretty quickly, but we were one man down today. So there's me and one othere dude doing what is normally done by three of us. On a Tuesday, which I may previously have mentioned is hell day anyway. The thing with Tuesday is that it's fire sale day: Almost everything goes. We send freight and mail to all of the once-a-week country libraries, police stations and various other govt offices on Tuesday, meaning there's half as much freight again as other days. Thank fuckery that the library head office driver was in early, and that he only had thirty-odd kilos overweight. Wayne and I literally did not stop except for a couple of five minute smoke breaks and shortened lunch breaks. We were sorting, pigeonholing, slinging heavy bags, running around with tubs of mail and pallets full of assorted crap like a couple of blue assed flies from nine until about four, when we finally looked around after the Bentley truck left, realising we'd actually caught up- nothing to do right now. Phew! Then the drivers started rolling in and it was all hands on deck until half past five. Git 'er done, git home, git some beer in yez... tonight I sleep the sleep of the just, looking forward to slackass Wednesday, where we only despatch daily and two days per week freight.
uso Salvaged from Archive	Posted: · [Salvaged from Archive] Whoever called out on the busiest day was using pure strategy, even if they get hell for it tomorrow. Well played...
MontysDouble Salvaged from Archive	Posted: · [Salvaged from Archive] Nah, it was arranged a couple of weeks ago: Neil had to take his missus to the hospital for a bunch of tests. Wasn't a sickie, Wayne and I coped, no big deal.
Supplemental Persona Salvaged from Archive	Posted: · [Salvaged from Archive] You seem like a fairly bright chap, why don't ya leave the logistical bullshit work for the half wits like we do in the states.
MontysDouble Salvaged from Archive	Posted: · [Salvaged from Archive] Quote: Originally Posted by Supplemental Persona View Post You seem like a fairly bright chap, why don't ya leave the logistical bullshit work for the half wits like we do in the states. Thanks for the compliment. Boo asked me this question before, in this thread: Quote: Originally Posted by boo_cocky View Post Monty, I have a serious question for you...and let me start by saying this is absolutely not intended as a flame. You appear to be one of, if not the most intelligent poster on this forum...it somewhat surprises me that you don't have a 'high paying' professional job...I mean, you certainly seem qualified to be doing a hell of a lot more than bike courier or lift operator. I have an uncle who's very intelligent, yet admits he has a 'fear of success'. Not really sure what that means, and though he has a 'good' job, he could probably have done better for himself. Then there's me...a fucking bonehead of average intelligence who didn't get his HS diploma until he was in his early 30's...I've probably 'overachieved' in the business world compared to my level of intelligence. I just worked very hard, and lied about my education...I guess my work ethic and on the job knowledge meant more than a college degree. I've got no college degree and the only skills I have were attained through schooling and experience that my jobs paid for. Quote: Originally Posted by MontysDouble View Post No offense taken. A former housemate once mentioned something about me being the most overqualified bartender in Perth, back when I was working in my family's business (yes, yes- I was working for Daddy... so what) and while I could (I have enough money and could pass entrance requirements) go back to university, I don't really want to. I dropped out of computer science twice, first after a year then after three months of doing zero work. A couple of years after that I enrolled in a lab technician course, did quite well in the first semester then just lost interest and backslid so much in semester two that I would have failed miserably, so I dropped out again. Basically I just lack motivation and have poor organisational skills. It kind of bothers me sometimes when I see what my friends have achieved. Then again, materially I have everything I want, and more than I need so why should I bust a gut to get qualified merely so I can become a more profitable "input to production" for a company that in the end I really couldn't give two shits about the bottom line of? One of these days I might find something that motivates me enough to really apply myself to. Until then I guess I'm just your typical apathetic gen X type.
Josh85 Salvaged from Archive	Posted: · [Salvaged from Archive] Quote: Originally Posted by MontysDouble View Post I had one. OK, not literally being force fed brimstone for all eternity, actually the day went pretty quickly, but we were one man down today. So there's me and one othere dude doing what is normally done by three of us. On a Tuesday, which I may previously have mentioned is hell day anyway. The thing with Tuesday is that it's fire sale day: Almost everything goes. We send freight and mail to all of the once-a-week country libraries, police stations and various other govt offices on Tuesday, meaning there's half as much freight again as other days. Thank fuckery that the library head office driver was in early, and that he only had thirty-odd kilos overweight. Wayne and I literally did not stop except for a couple of five minute smoke breaks and shortened lunch breaks. We were sorting, pigeonholing, slinging heavy bags, running around with tubs of mail and pallets full of assorted crap like a couple of blue assed flies from nine until about four, when we finally looked around after the Bentley truck left, realising we'd actually caught up- nothing to do right now. Phew! Then the drivers started rolling in and it was all hands on deck until half past five. Git 'er done, git home, git some beer in yez... tonight I sleep the sleep of the just, looking forward to slackass Wednesday, where we only despatch daily and two days per week freight. Is Wayne a bearded malcolm douglas lookalike covered in tattoos.. roughly 50 years old or something? Coz if he is, he used to work for us for awhile. Awesome bloke. Was going to buy a subaru brumby off him.
rubicks Salvaged from Archive	Posted: · [Salvaged from Archive] i reckon,jobwise if you are happy doing what you do AND get paid for it ,it is a win ,win situation.I am happy to be with i think,Monty in this situation
Josh85 Salvaged from Archive	Posted: · [Salvaged from Archive] ^ Good shit man. You don't need to have a six figure income to be happy in life. sometimes i think underachieving is exactly what has led me to experience so much of the world that i would have never seen if i'd been a smartass fucker living a sheltered life in university or something. Even though sometimes.. in fact, a lot of the time.. i might get a bit down thinking about the sort of life i could have had.. i wouldn't change anything. I still believe there is a purpose behind the decisions i've made and what i've become. I mean, as a loose example.. in post apocolyptia.. the current me would thrive.. but a well educated, intellectual, wealthy me... would probably suck. I can do everything myself. Everything that matters in the real world. I could build my own house with my own two hands. I can repair my own car. I can butcher an animal/person. I'm self sufficient.
MontysDouble Salvaged from Archive	Posted: · [Salvaged from Archive] Now those are useful skills Josh- here's the kicker: Your MBA pulling a seven figure income won't know how to do any of them. Why? Merely because they have that MBA and that lucrative career, they'll pay tradespeople to do everything from painting the verandah to washing the dog. The MBA will say, OK, my time is worth $1000 per hour. Doing a cost benefit analysis, rather than teaching little Johnny about carpentry by fixing the shed with him, I'll get Jeeves to have a man arount to fix the shed. My leisure time is far better spent taking the family out for a picnic; chef puts together a nice spread for us. This sort of wealthy person is actually a slave to money: They literally have no skills or work ethic outside of their qualification; because they employ others to do everything for them, outside the office they are quite helpless so they employ others to do everything for them. Sounds like a pretty sad existence to me.
Josh85 Salvaged from Archive	Posted: · [Salvaged from Archive] Quote: Originally Posted by MontysDouble View Post Now those are useful skills Josh- here's the kicker: Your MBA pulling a seven figure income won't know how to do any of them. Why? Merely because they have that MBA and that lucrative career, they'll pay tradespeople to do everything from painting the verandah to washing the dog. The MBA will say, OK, my time is worth $1000 per hour. Doing a cost benefit analysis, rather than teaching little Johnny about carpentry by fixing the shed with him, I'll get Jeeves to have a man arount to fix the shed. My leisure time is far better spent taking the family out for a picnic; chef puts together a nice spread for us. This sort of wealthy person is actually a slave to money: They literally have no skills or work ethic outside of their qualification; because they employ others to do everything for them, outside the office they are quite helpless so they employ others to do everything for them. Sounds like a pretty sad existence to me. Exactly.
JooX Salvaged from Archive	Posted: · [Salvaged from Archive] This site needs more repping bits... I'd rep your brains out.
Quackers Salvaged from Archive	Posted: · [Salvaged from Archive] We have had a mad busy week aswell, we're painting all the workshop this week, and it needs to be done by friday. Theres 2 of us doing this while the others do the regular work. The problem is the workshop is packed full of shit that has to be moved outside, then moved back in at the end of the day, then every surface needs to be brushed clean, then washed to remove the grease and oil thats accumalated in the 20 years since it was last painted, then painted. And theres been like 8 breakdowns this week and my workmate thats helping me with the painting has too go out and fix them everytime.
MontysDouble Salvaged from Archive	Posted: · [Salvaged from Archive] Sounds like hard yakka there Quackers. It's a garbage truck repair shop you work in, right?
Quackers Salvaged from Archive	Posted: · [Salvaged from Archive] Quote: Originally Posted by MontysDouble View Post Sounds like hard yakka there Quackers. It's a garbage truck repair shop you work in, right? Yea, I work with the mechanics there. It's for the local council, peoples tax money pay for it all. I've spilt 2 of the taxpayers tins of paint today.
Ghandi's Mohawk. Salvaged from Archive	Posted: · [Salvaged from Archive] Quote: Originally Posted by MontysDouble View Post I had one. OK, not literally being force fed brimstone for all eternity, actually the day went pretty quickly, but we were one man down today. So there's me and one othere dude doing what is normally done by three of us. On a Tuesday, which I may previously have mentioned is hell day anyway. I'm confused.
MontysDouble Salvaged from Archive	Posted: · [Salvaged from Archive] Quote: Originally Posted by Ghandi's Mohawk. View Post Quote: Originally Posted by MontysDouble View Post I had one. OK, not literally being force fed brimstone for all eternity, actually the day went pretty quickly, but we were one man down today. So there's me and one othere dude doing what is normally done by three of us. On a Tuesday, which I may previously have mentioned is hell day anyway. The thing with Tuesday is that it's fire sale day: Almost everything goes. We send freight and mail to all of the once-a-week country libraries, police stations and various other govt offices on Tuesday, meaning there's half as much freight again as other days. I'm confused. Read the bolded bits. Use your finger to point to each word, Is that clear enough GM? sound out each sound and go slowly. You're welcome.
freestyler_3 Salvaged from Archive	Posted: · [Salvaged from Archive] Ivv heard people working at mc donalds complain better then you. cept they did not have some motivational shit., like you had.
MontysDouble Salvaged from Archive	Posted: · [Salvaged from Archive] Quote: Originally Posted by freestyler_3 View Post Ivv heard people working at mc donalds complain better then you. cept they did not have some motivational shit., like you had. I wasn't complaining, just saying I was hell busy. If I was complaining I'd have said the boss should have had one of our afternoon people in early to help us and thrown in a few choice epithets. I've no doubt that McDonalds employees can complain like demons. The drudgery they have to endure is probably soulcrushing enough to inspire extremely eloquent and anatomically specific rants, even if the ranter barely passed high school English.
JACKASS2010 Salvaged from Archive	Posted: · [Salvaged from Archive] i had a shit day too. i won't bore you with the details, but it was shit.
MontysDouble Salvaged from Archive	Posted: · [Salvaged from Archive] Ah well Jack, we all have crappy days sometimes. Hang in there, things are bound to improve, the only way is up, kill two birds with one stone and other assorted cliches. BTW, I didn't say my day was shit: I finished post one by saying I'd sleep the sleep of the just...
freestyler_3 Salvaged from Archive	Posted: · [Salvaged from Archive] Ow forgot another difference, mcdonalds people don't work.
Musicman58 Salvaged from Archive	Posted: · [Salvaged from Archive] I'm pursuing a degree in either chemical or mechanical engineering (possibly electrical). I could build a house kill a man and all that shit josh has described, base pay will is 50k, and I'll be set. It's the education part I've got to make it through. As Monty has described as his downfalls I too see in myself. I lack the motivation and organization, I find myself starting assignments at late at night, if getting them done at all. I mean this has to change for college, but idk. Maybe I'd have been better off learning a trade. I'm really not sure what's right for me. I think I'll make it through college though. I'd really like to work for a defense contractor and design, prototype, and solve problems in weapon systems.That is one kind of work I'd really enjoy. Playing guitar for a living is a pipe dream, but that'd be my first chioce of a career if it was a profitable decision. I could do that for the rest of my life easily.
Josh85 Salvaged from Archive	Posted: · [Salvaged from Archive] Quote: Originally Posted by Musicman58 View Post I could build a house kill a man and all that shit josh has described,. no you can't. -sigh- Good luck with the courses though brah. Stay in school. Study hard. I reckon a job in something to do with weapons systems would be fucken awesome. Go for it. They say you'll never work a day in ur life if you love ur job.. or something like that.