The Year Of The Fox Posted 6 March 2013 Posted 6 March 2013 I'm not going to lie.. that sounds amazing, I've worked in a office before and I've never been so bored in my life! I'm just a waiter at the moment but I enjoy it so much more being more active, speaking to people face to face. I start my new job in April witch I really can't wait to start! I've always been more (I really can't thinkof the word now which doesn't bode well ) than I am practical, but turning up to an office day in day out for years would do my head in. There always seems to be too many office politics too and bitching and backstabbing. I started to get bored on one job after being in the same site routine for two months. I couldn't imagine doing it for years. One of the good things about our firm is that you get paid for travelling to and from work.
Vlad the Fox Posted 6 March 2013 Posted 6 March 2013 I'm self-employed & I wouldn't want to be doing anything else. I can honestly say that it doesn't feel like work & even if I won the lottery I would carry on......but for free or for charity. I went to university, got a job that was well paid & just seemed to plod along. Out of nowhere I was made redundant & although I didn't think so at the time, it is probably the best thing that has ever happened to me. To get by, I took up a gardening job with a local council & loved it. From being stuck in an office all day staring at a computer.......to out in the community, in the fresh air, no two days the same & interacting with different people. I have been self-employed for a few years now & I don't earn mega-money, but enough not to worry. Money is the least of my concerns. It's all about doing the best job I can for my customers (who I also consider friends). A lot of my customers are elderly & don't get many visitors. They are pleased to see me & I spend a bit of time with them when I could probably be working. Although I'm a gardener, I end up doing all sorts of jobs just to help them out......plumbing, electrical, carpentry, painting, etc. The job keeps me fit, I get a decent tan, I'm never ill & I feel like I am doing something worthwhile. It's difficult to find something that also makes you happy & I consider myself very fortunate. I am probably the world's worst businessman & could be charging twice what I do. I do far too many favours for people........but it isn't about the money & I couldn't be happier. I am very lucky!! That is quite similar to me, couldn't ever imagine working for someone else now. Being outside suits me more than inside, even during the coldest days of winter, and as you say I'm rarely ill.
foxfanazer Posted 7 March 2013 Posted 7 March 2013 very well satisfied , as are all my lady co-stars .
Bellend Sebastian Posted 7 March 2013 Posted 7 March 2013 I've never been sure what my ideal job would be, until I saw on the One Show last night a bloke that was training moths
foxfanazer Posted 7 March 2013 Posted 7 March 2013 I've never been sure what my ideal job would be, until I saw on the One Show last night a bloke that was training moths to do what?
MooseBreath Posted 7 March 2013 Posted 7 March 2013 I've never been sure what my ideal job would be, until I saw on the One Show last night a bloke that was training moths He was the kid at school who had no friends and got laughed at by everyone. No-one is laughing now.
Zingari Posted 7 March 2013 Posted 7 March 2013 I've never been sure what my ideal job would be, until I saw on the One Show last night a bloke that was training moths I wouldn't trust moths , they are all fly by night characters.
Rincewind Posted 7 March 2013 Posted 7 March 2013 It's taken me 45 years to find my ideal job. I remember strangely enough talking to mates in the playground at school when I was 12-14 about what we wanted to do. I said I wanted to be a newspaper reporter but what put me off was intruding into peoples lives and the sleaziness. Back then I would have needed degrees from university and at my level of education it was not possible to even take GCSE's Now I have taken up a job with a community news agency after volunteering for a year. It offers opportunities to the homeless sector to volunteer and train to be a journalist. I worked just over 30 years at the same place in a warehouse and just accepted that it was the best I could acheieve. It is only in the last few years I have been motivated to strive to improve my achievements.. As someone said 'Things can only get better'.
birdwith2beaksandnofriends Posted 7 March 2013 Posted 7 March 2013 As someone said 'Things can only get better'. Something which is completely, completely false.
1964FOX Posted 7 March 2013 Posted 7 March 2013 I am lucky to be in a job that pays enough for me to be comfortable and I enjoy doing, like others I do get fed up of it sometimes and look forward to my days off as I'm a 24/7 worker. It can be very mentally draining at times but also very rewarding knowing I have helped people who in general only contact us when they are in danger or trouble.
Bellend Sebastian Posted 7 March 2013 Posted 7 March 2013 to do what? I was so excited about the concept of training moths I wasn't paying that much attention. I think it was something to do with making them go to a different colour flower than usual. Exciting and valuable work, I'm sure you'll agree He was the kid at school who had no friends and got laughed at by everyone. No-one is laughing now. No, they're all sat seething and wishing that they had what it takes to be a moth trainer. We can only dream
Zingari Posted 7 March 2013 Posted 7 March 2013 I've trained moths to dance around light bulbs at night . People come from miles to watch one of my spectacular aerial terpsichorean displays .
Captain... Posted 7 March 2013 Posted 7 March 2013 I have had a number of jobs, and only ever had one I didn't enjoy, so I quit, I've also quit jobs I enjoy, but I am not going to live dreading work, when teaching I dreaded certain classes, but they were the minority. The thing is the job I hated was exactly the same job as one that I have enjoyed, the difference is the people, if you don't like your job then you don't need a complete change in career, just a change of environment and it can make all the difference.
birdwith2beaksandnofriends Posted 7 March 2013 Posted 7 March 2013 People who enjoy their jobs are often incredibly difficult to tolerate. I was on a stag do and spent most of a three hour journey from Notts to London (yes) listening to a teacher and doctor bleat on about how much they love their jobs and how much good they do. Incidentally, they were the two dullest men not only on the stag do, but also in Nottingham that weekend
Bellend Sebastian Posted 7 March 2013 Posted 7 March 2013 I've trained moths to dance around light bulbs at night . People come from miles to watch one of my spectacular aerial terpsichorean displays . I think you need to scale down your training, on balmy summer nights there are literally tens of them now. I thought you'd want to know
Guest Posted 8 March 2013 Posted 8 March 2013 People who enjoy their jobs are often incredibly difficult to tolerate. I was on a stag do and spent most of a three hour journey from Notts to London (yes) listening to a teacher and doctor bleat on about how much they love their jobs and how much good they do. Incidentally, they were the two dullest men not only on the stag do, but also in Nottingham that weekend Serves you right for going to Nottingham.
birdwith2beaksandnofriends Posted 8 March 2013 Posted 8 March 2013 Serves you right for going to Nottingham. Okay, so when I got the invite to Nottingham I should have insisted on a change of venue? Or just gone to a different city on my own? You're just jealous because I get invited places (despite having no friends - I'm like a professional party animal)
Guest Posted 8 March 2013 Posted 8 March 2013 Okay, so when I got the invite to Nottingham I should have insisted on a change of venue? Or just gone to a different city on my own? You're just jealous because I get invited places (despite having no friends - I'm like a professional party animal) On second thoughts you should have just "gone".
birdwith2beaksandnofriends Posted 8 March 2013 Posted 8 March 2013 On second thoughts you should have just "gone". Are you trying to groom me? You do know I'm 29? Oh, and a bird?
Guest Posted 8 March 2013 Posted 8 March 2013 Are you trying to groom me? You do know I'm 29? Oh, and a bird? If you're a bird of the feathered variety wouldn't you just groom yourself? Why would you need me?
birdwith2beaksandnofriends Posted 8 March 2013 Posted 8 March 2013 If you're a bird of the feathered variety wouldn't you just groom yourself? Why would you need me? Correct. I don't need you. No one does. Unless there is a village lacking an idiot somewhere? Judging by this place, Leicestershire won't have any vacancies at all. Is that why you ended up in France?
birdwith2beaksandnofriends Posted 8 March 2013 Posted 8 March 2013 Reckon I'll be banned before 150 posts? I reckon if NP does get sacked, Babylon might ban me out of spite.
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