An old school classmate took early retirement aged 58 and loves it.I really liked my last job until it went all budget and spreadsheet, meet your targets.
It used to be in the top 100 companies to work for. As soon as they lost that personal touch and focus it quickly dropped out.
Happy now I am out of it all.
I loved my paper round as a kid and going on building sites at weekends with my dad who was a Brickie,doing odd jobs for pocket money.In true Pete and Dud style: "The best job I ever had, was ..."
For me it was in my 6th form. I had 2 jobs so I could afford to go out with my mates who were already working and we had just discovered pubs! One was at the local petrol station cleaning the pumps and the jet wash area, that was a horrible job, worked like a b*stard for almost sod all. But the other was a milk round and I absolutely loved it. Collecting the empties on cold mornings was not the best, but the early start with crisp fresh mornings, keeping fit and then seeing the people on the round as I went collecting on the weekend all made it worthwhile.
Since then a variety of jobs but almost all office based and tbh although all independent from each other, one pen pushing job is much the same as the other and hard to get excited about. I think unless I was a pro-footballer I would struggle to be excited about any job. That said being in my 40s, fat and crippled, coupled with a lack of talent mean that dream should probably die now (although perhaps I might still get into the Villa side).
A bit boring asit's laptop, meetings, phone calls most the time. But, no weekends, flexi time, hime working when needed. Could be worse.
Really like a lot of my customers. Especially the older ones they can be so funny in what they do and say. I'm thinking of writing about some ? One lady once said to me: " She'd got a new cooker from MI5 instead of MFI !not so much my job but work with a sound bunch of people and we have great craic so can't complain too much.
I try to work the least amount possible these days , especially when others can do it for me
Got up at 10 today been watching sponge bob getting baked , think I'm gonna try and get the Mrs cat and dog the mate now ,
Thought you'd be in Skeggy today ....£50m of cocaine found on Norfolk beaches - BBC News
post bag in one hand, bifta in the other!I was a postman years ago and used to love getting out in the fresh air and was always happy rain or shine
Skeggy is in LincolnshireThought you'd be in Skeggy today ....£50m of cocaine found on Norfolk beaches - BBC News
post bag in one hand, bifta in the other!
I used to shag this monster on me round and she made me bacon sandwiches, I used to claim overtime hahaha
How do you manage to find the time to travel so much?I suppose so. Passing on knowledge and experience to kids (my staff too FWIW) is something you can't put into words, especially when you see an individual develop and learn due to that knowledge. Don't get to spend much time with kids now though as it's mainly desk work :-(
My sports management and marketing stuff can be a bit boring. Endless calls and paperwork. Rewarding though when your hard work is there for all to see! Used to have to travel a lot to circuits for race meetings but do my best to stay away from that now.
Photo booth hire can be fun. Late nights but meet a lot of interesting people. See a lot of sights that I wouldn't see if I didn't do it too!
I couldn't agree more. If we are running well we can have a laugh most of the shift. If not running well we are so busy a 12 hour shift flies by. You can see how easy it can be as I am working nowI hear often people with large salaries with loads of money but who hate their jobs. They work there because of the money and nothing else.Obviously money is important but if you dislike the work/job and keep looking at the clock and have no banter etc personally I'd rather be in low paid employment.
Sounds like my job. I did go into management years ago. But I hated it. On call 24 hours 7 days a week. No overtime pay. Lots of responsibility. And only an extra 14k a year. Couldn't even plan anything knowing nothing could stop you. And we can make the money up with a bit of OT and bonuses.Love my job. I'm overpaid and underworked. Have a great laugh with my colleagues. No responsibilities at all. Pritty flexible with my working hours too. Only thing is I can't see it lasting more then 10 years so just enjoying it while I can.
Don't forget the Rebate, or Mailsort 3 as it becameBeing a postman was fun but used to hate delivering households and sky magazines
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