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Ok folks... I'd just like to say that I LOVE working in an office. I know... it's weird.
But I was a mechanic for YEARS prior to this second career. I worked in greasy shops with drug addict co-workers and illiterate bosses. I've rebuilt diesel engines in sub-zero weather with the snow flying. Worked on combines and oil rigs when it's 110 degrees out and no shade for two miles in any direction. Hauled illegal loads in excess of 100,000 pounds, witnessed fraud and environmental violations that could send people to prison under the right circumstances, seen co-workers pass out in the heat while we worked on agricultural equipment in the mid-day sun with no shade.
All that's over for me now. These days I wander into the office about 7:00. Chat with co-workers about ridiculous things like fresh-ground coffee or where we'll go to lunch today. Answer a couple of emails, do some design work, bull**** about the latest Star Wars movie or whatever nonsense we're talking about today. Sitting there in a pleasant 73 degrees with our comfortable, clean offices-clothes (I wore greasy uniforms for 16 YEARS). Seriously... I don't even CARE if I never get another promotion. I'll happily ride this gravy-train 'til I'm old and irrelevant. I'd do this job for a THIRD of what they're paying me. I'll NEVER go back to working in a shop if I can help it... I'd sooner be on unemployment.
You office-workers out there... count your blessings. If you're making enough to pay the bills and working in a nice air-conditioned office... you're living the good life. That college edumucaton was the best thing I ever did for my career. My only regret is that i didn't finish it 10 years earlier.
Last edited by turkey-head; 12-17-2015 at 10:33 PM..
I get all bent out of shape if I work in an office all day. In a shop, I can get lost in my work, not buried in it. When you're plowing through work, the day flies by fast. It's not a bad routine at all in my experience.
But as one ages, I'm sure those comfy desk jobs start looking really good...
I would like to see this OP conveyed to every high school student everywhere! Do you want to do physical labor or mental labor for the next 40 years? In many instances education is the difference.
I would like to see this OP conveyed to every high school student everywhere! Do you want to do physical labor or mental labor for the next 40 years? In many instances education is the difference.
Amen. It is about the long term, and folks choose short term likes at their own peril.
I would like to see this OP conveyed to every high school student everywhere! Do you want to do physical labor or mental labor for the next 40 years? In many instances education is the difference.
Not everyone is cut out for office work, just like not everyone can be a CEO.
I do applaud his success, but like he said "Should have done it 10 years ago" which shows lack of motivation then...
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