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From: Conor on 18 Mar 2010 12:27 On 18/03/2010 09:29, boltar2003(a)boltar.world wrote: > I'm sure there are trucking jobs just like you describe. But what percentage? > Every single one of them. There is no such thing as a lorry driving job that doesn't need any problem solving or ingenuity. Thanks to the UK road network, almost daily a spanner is thrown in the works merely trying to get to where you want to be. You have to be able to recalculate a route, work out how much time it'll add, whether you've enough time to reach your destination without taking a break, how late you'll get there and whether you have enough time to make it back - all on the fly as you're driving down the road. And that's just for issues getting there by road . When you get to a lot of deliveries, then there's a whole other raft of things that can and usually do go wrong. For example, I took a load down to Howdens Joinery at Harlow. Forklift truck had broken down and it needed one to unload or it would have to go back and be redelivered another day. The store staff hadn't a clue what to do so I suggested that one of them go round the rest of the units on the industrial estate and see if they could blag one, which they managed to. -- Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.
From: Brimstone on 18 Mar 2010 12:28 <boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message news:hntgp9$k8r$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > On 18 Mar 2010 15:20:46 GMT > Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>Bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were >>saying: >> >>>>> <thinks> >>>>> If I keep off Usenet on Sunday, you're all going to be really worried, >>>>> aren't you? >> >>>> Nope, we'll enjoy the peace and quiet. >> >>> Now you've done it! I bet he'll DELIBERATELY stay alive to spite us. >> >>It's true. Pissing you/Kev/NM/Nugent/Boltar and the other mouth-breathers >>off is the only thing that keeps me breathing. >> >>Aren't you proud to be in such august company? > > Are you angling to become Steve Firth Mini-Me? > He's certainly not fishing for compliments.
From: Conor on 18 Mar 2010 12:29 On 18/03/2010 09:33, boltar2003(a)boltar.world wrote: > The best most of us can hope for from a > job is that we don't actively hate it. > It was partly the amount of problem solving required in the job that kept me doing it so long, plus there's nothing like driving down a fairly empty road either from April-September around dawn and on a summer evening with the window open, good tunes on the radio and nobody to give you any grief. -- Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.
From: Ret. on 18 Mar 2010 13:02 boltar2003(a)boltar.world wrote: > On 18 Mar 2010 11:38:55 GMT > Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> I rather suspect that those who claim otherwise have just simply >> never actually had a job they enjoy. > > I'm sure most people have had times in their job when they've enjoyed > the particular moment, but I doubt even you love every single minute > of your job and have never occasionally wished you could be somewhere > or doing something else. This is the whole point. I may enjoy going out for a meal - but I don't want to do it compulsorily five days a week. I may enjoy going to the movies - but I don't want to do it compulsorily five days a week, etc. Kev
From: boltar2003 on 19 Mar 2010 05:27
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:22:51 -0000 "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >In general I agree, but there are some fortunate people who find a job that >they thoroughly enjoy doing and it becomes a passion or there are other >people who have a hobby or interest that they turn into a job/business. > >I would have difficulty believing that computer programming (or something >similar) or nicking ne'er do wells would fall into either of those brackets. Well the amount of free software proves otherwise. Programming is interesting so long as you're writing something fun and not yet another tedious statistical reporting application or whatnot. B2003 |