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What do you think of your job?

Red223Red223 Member Posts: 7,946
edited February 2004 in General Discussion
How many people actually love to go to work in the mornings and feel they have a good job?

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  • rldowns3rldowns3 Member Posts: 6,096
    edited November -1
    Not I. [:(]

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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,446 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I absolutely love my job .
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  • REBJrREBJr Member Posts: 1,210 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I love it
    -Ralph

    In the demonstable absence of evolutionary perfection, if some calamity is not to occur, we shall have to learn to live with ourselves as we are. Fast. -Tattersall
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  • SuspensionSuspension Member Posts: 4,783
    edited November -1
    Mine wouldn't be so bad if there was nobody else there with me.
    Overall feeling is thumbs down...:(

    I sure would like to know what select-fire does? Has to be something with guns.

    "A pocket knife, a clean hankey, and a pistol... things I can use." - Ted Nugent
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,446 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Suspension, I am semi retired. I have rental property. It does not keep me busy at all. Do about what I want and actually looking for something as a second job. I shoot alot , fish, buy and sell at auctions, flea markets ( when I want too ). I am doing some sole seaching now wanting to start up a business or something. Just haven't put my finger on it quite yet.
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  • njretcopnjretcop Member Posts: 7,975
    edited November -1
    Don't have a job, but I work very hard at being retired [;)]



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    Charlie

    "It's the stuff dreams are made of Angel"NRA Certified Firearms InstructorMember: GOA, RKBA, NJSPBA, NJ area rep for the 2ndAMPD. njretcop@copmail.com
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  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I drive to Brooklyn NY everyday, pull into a huge building full of garbage that stinks to high heaven, get the trailer loaded with 47,000#s of garbage and then go to a landfill. Take a guess[:D]

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  • p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 23,916 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have the second best job in the world.

    I think the first best is carrying towels and changing red light bulbs.
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  • njretcopnjretcop Member Posts: 7,975
    edited November -1
    Yeah, and I suppose that landfill is called NJ. [V][V]



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    Charlie

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  • whiteclouderwhiteclouder Member Posts: 10,574 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Best job I've ever had and I've had some good ones.

    Clouder..
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  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Nah, Charlie, it all comes to PA[V] You know NYC pretty well, the transfer station is not far off the BQE on Metropolitan Ave, get to make a good round each day as I go in on the Verazano and Goethals from Newark and exit on the Triboro and GW. Garbage comes out to Johnstown Pa. I need some help, need to learn how to speak non American lanuages like Rag Head and Puerto Rican languages[:D]

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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    I'm a custom builder, and I absolutely love my job...when business is booming. Things have been slow lately, and when that happens, I tend to hate my profession[B)] That and all this stinkin' snow and ice have put a hurtin' on us lately...need some inside work[:(] The gun sales, is a new business we are just starting, and I enjoy that a lot too...but I'm not really making any money at it[B)] I've got to get some work soon, or I'm going to be in a world of hurt. The only project that I have lined up is an outside job and I have to wait till the weather breaks.

    Eric

    All American Arms Company

    Veteran Owned and Operated
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  • gunpaqgunpaq Member Posts: 4,607 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Would not trade mine for a million bucks.



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  • njretcopnjretcop Member Posts: 7,975
    edited November -1
    Yo Bubba,

    I got a really good idea! Why don't ya bring the truck to my house and park it outside for a coupla hours, LOL.



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    Charlie

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  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Loaded or empty?[:D] Chat with ya later, gotta get to the landfill[V]

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  • AlpineAlpine Member Posts: 15,093 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I really love my job. Being retired is a 24/7 proposition. Currently I have about 10 projects going on so I play on the 'puter till 10 to 11 am deciding on what to work on for that day. Then work on that project till lunch, then of course it is siesta time. After that it's back to the grind till quitting time.

    And keep in mind that this is a 7 days a week job, no holidays and weekends off, and no vactions.

    But then I do take 2 afternoons off to go shooting. Only because the range is open two days a week (I wish they were open more).

    "If you ain't got pictures, I wasn't there."
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    Margaret Thatcher

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  • Tailgunner1954Tailgunner1954 Member Posts: 7,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I show up about 1/2 hour early, and hang around work for a couple of hours after I punch out. So you could say I enjoy my job.

    Whittemore
    Some guys like a mag full of lead, I still prefer one round to the head.
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  • greeker375greeker375 Member Posts: 3,644
    edited November -1
    I can't imagine having a better job. I'm not confined to an office, I'm inside or outside depending on MY schedule, I don't have any boss other than my schedule and I work when I want to schedule cases.

    "the difference between the almost right word and the right word is like the difference between a lightning bug and a lightning bolt" - Mark Twain.
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  • SkyWatcherSkyWatcher Member Posts: 1,571 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well, I am thankful that I have a job...but...I'd rather find something other than sitting in a gray cubicle for 9 hours a day. With the new little one on the way, I am currently looking for something that pays better - it's a challenge to feed a family on one income - but we do have all of our basic needs met - and I AM thankful.

    Ideally, I'd like to work from home. My wife have talked on and off about different ideas but haven't really settled on one. We talked for a long time about buying land and starting an apple orchard (my dad has a lot of experience and could help us out), but decided we weren't ready to risk supporting our family on that income alone. I'd really like to either farm in some capacity, or to make something. Farming skills I have - fine craftsman skills I don't have - it's just I love the thought of having my own woodworking shop and making money from it.

    Bottom line is, we are really trying to figure out a way that I can make enought money to support us by working at home - and as long as I get to work with my hands some of the time.

    To whom much is given, much is expected.
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  • 4wheeler4wheeler Member Posts: 3,441
    edited November -1
    I like my job and this year they changed the floater time like vacation. I will get 12 weeks vacation this year if I take vacation on my short weeks. I rotate 12 hour shifts,2 weeks days and 2 weeks nights,work every other week-end which takes a lot out of me.

    Hillsville.
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  • mateomasfeomateomasfeo Member Posts: 27,143
    edited November -1
    I am like a pig in slop...(that means good!)

    quote:I drive to Brooklyn NY everyday, pull into a huge building full of garbage that stinks to high heaven, get the trailer loaded with 47,000#s of garbage and then go to a landfill. Take a guess


    Hey 7mm, you over at Starrett City (sp?), helping feed the seagulls?

    I used to make the run to Brooklyn and you are right, you need a few foreign languages to fit in!




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  • hawkeye6020hawkeye6020 Member Posts: 2,517 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I like my job. I am a machinist in the mold shop of a plastic manufacturing plant. I build tooling, build machinery and do repairs on the machines and molds that are used in the factory. there is something different to do every day. the pays is not to shabby either.




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  • mohawk600mohawk600 Member Posts: 5,513 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think it pays my bills and supports my family. That's about it.
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  • daddodaddo Member Posts: 3,408
    edited November -1
    I have a Heating & A/C company here in south Texas. Since I've gotten a little older, I've cut down to just myself and a old freind as help. In the summer we work a little hard, but winter is very slow and allows me to get ahead on honeydoos. I quess you could say I'm semi-retired as I can usually make my own hours (except summer) unless there's emergencey calls or the weather is extreme. We have a lot of fun working and joke around a lot during the day. I make no "clock-in, clock-out" time, we work when needed. We may quit work at 2 p.m. or go on till 10 p.m.. Of course when the customer calls- we go right away the same day if it's important.
    I started this business 14 years ago when I lost my job, had hardly a penney in the bank and ate franks and beans a lot. It was worth the chance I took because now I have a secure job and make more than I ever could putting the bucks in anothers pocket.
    **skywatcher-- You have to decide for yourself, but if you never take the chance, you'll regret not taking the risk to employ yourself. Make or break, you will have at least taken steps away from that little space you will be in for a lifetime. Decide what you want, be willing to work your * off for 3 to 5 years to get established, and good things will follow, but you must be tenatious and work like never before to make it happen. Then the day will come where things just happen and it gets easier and others can take some of the load.****Quality, Fair prices, and Honesty**** makes you steps ahead of the fly-by-nighters!
    Oh! Yea! I like my job!
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  • kingjoeykingjoey Member Posts: 8,636
    edited November -1
    Don't like mine at all. It's my family's business and my family knows NOTHING about how to run a business. Guess that's why I'm "sick" today, gotta put out some resumes[;)]

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  • concealedG36concealedG36 Member Posts: 3,566 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I love my profession but hate my current job. I also detest the people I work for.

    The ONLY reason I continue to drive 4 hours round trip every day and spend 8 1/2 hours a day at my workplace is because it allows my family to have a good life (albeit without me most of the time).

    [V]

    G36



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  • NOSLEEPNOSLEEP Member Posts: 4,526
    edited November -1
    I would have to say I like my job very much. It allows me time
    for the things I love to do, Fishing, hunting, shooting and most
    importantly Family time.

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    and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.
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  • SuspensionSuspension Member Posts: 4,783
    edited November -1
    select-fire Posted - 02/10/2004 : 08:16:15 AM
    "Suspension, I am semi retired. I have rental property. It does not keep me busy at all. Do about what I want and actually looking for something as a second job. I shoot alot , fish, buy and sell at auctions, flea markets ( when I want too ). I am doing some sole seaching now wanting to start up a business or something. Just haven't put my finger on it quite yet."

    Need any help shooting or fishing is all I need to know now!!!!
    Live it up and take care....


    "A pocket knife, a clean hankey, and a pistol... things I can use." - Ted Nugent
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  • PATBUZZARDPATBUZZARD Member Posts: 3,556 ✭
    edited November -1
    I love my job 1 weekend a month, 2 weeks in the summer [:D]

    Although truth be told, I really wish that I could find another job to help pay bills, and put food on the table. I am running out of deer meat!

    May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't.
    - General George Patton Jr
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  • IAMACLONE_2IAMACLONE_2 Member Posts: 4,725
    edited November -1
    Usually I have a GREAT job. But right now I'm short a Parts Mgr , Expeditor that I have to take up the slack on until replacements are found.
    Then to top that off, this morning I got drug test results back on 5 of the field service people. 3 failed their 2nd chance test & had to let them go this morning.
    Today my job SUCKS!
    Walte
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  • Night StalkerNight Stalker Member Posts: 11,967
    edited November -1
    I love mine, and am not sure what I'll do when I finally grow up.... and retire!

    NSDQ!

    "Many free countries have lost their liberty, and ours may lose hers; but if she shall, be it my proudest plume, not that I was the last to desert; but that I never deserted her." -President Abraham Lincoln
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  • 96harley96harley Member Posts: 3,992 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I really like what I do and even though I can retire next year I plan on sticking around. I'd like it even better if some of the whiners I worked with had some cheese.

    "Save the Whalers, they need jobs too."
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  • kuhlewulfkuhlewulf Member Posts: 591 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    LOVING LIFE. Semi-retired and just buy and sell wholesale cars. Most of my days are spent chasing my son, playing with my guns or tinkering with cars/4wheelers/motorcycles. I have a lot of hobbies: animal rescue, reloading, and online auctions. You gotta enjoy life.

    James

    Whats next? A ban on automatic transmissions?
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  • NickCWinterNickCWinter Member Posts: 2,927
    edited November -1
    As a community college professor and program administrator, I thank God every day for it. A chance to make a difference every day. I worked for broadcasters a long time, too, as well as in fund-raising for a brief time. There's no perfect job. But this one comes close to it for me.
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  • punchiepunchie Member Posts: 2,792 ✭
    edited November -1
    I love my job and the horse I rode in on. Yeah right. I have been driving a truck for 31+ years and it doesn't do anything but get more restrictive and less fun. The Company I drive for is really good and we have a wonderful local management team so I really don't have any complaints. Guess I'm finally getting burnt out but it doeas help support my bad habits. You know...like eating, sleeping under a roof, driving to work etc., etc.

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  • DIRTYRATDIRTYRAT Member Posts: 2,167 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Love it for the most part. I don't like the REALLY COLD days, I can't move too much with all my Carharts on.

    "I AM MY OWN WORST ENEMY"
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  • pickenuppickenup Member Posts: 22,844 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I put in way too many hours (10) per week. [:(]

    The gene pool needs chlorine.
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  • FrOgFrOg Member Posts: 2,034 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hopefully in a few years. Until then, I'd rather cut myself with razor blades[:p][B)]. No, I don't like to hurt small animals.[:)][8D]

    Frog

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  • interstatepawnllcinterstatepawnllc Member Posts: 9,390
    edited November -1
    I love my JOB. The boss is friendly, cute and most gregarious. Pay is good and the work most exciting. I even get to wear my holstered P-99 while working. Yep, never a dull moment around here.[:D]


    JC

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  • muggstermuggster Member Posts: 420 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I like my job ok.I am an electrician,mostly industrial stuff but as you all know,our manufacturing base is dwindling.I have been thinking about starting my own business installing home theater equipment and /or buying fixer upper houses and renting them out. The main thing I want is my OWN hours and making myself rich instead of somebody else.[^]

    Muggster
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