Is your job fun?

skaterdude · 19-08-2008 03:32AM #1

Most jobs out there are pretty crappy with no perks
but there are fun parts to most jobs ,
gardi get to speed around the place with the siren on if they wanna get lunch
bartenders get to drink after hours till like 7am
firemen get to spurt water at hot suff bla bla bla
whats your job like?

Xavi6 · 19-08-2008 03:34AM

I get to be on boards for 8 hours straight.

Rabies · 19-08-2008 03:39AM

skaterdude wrote: »

bartenders get to drink after hours till like 7am

Not when when you don't do lights on until 5:30am and you have to get 7 tired staff to clean up and it takes 1.5hrs.
One drink, some food, then home time.

eVeNtInE · 19-08-2008 03:40AM

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19-08-2008 03:45AM

Xavi6 wrote: »

I get to be on boards for 8 hours straight.

If it's a quiet night/weekend shift I can get 12 hours of boreds in. It's either

or :eek:

Zolderzzzzz · 19-08-2008 03:52AM

Working with highly volatile solvents and toxic chemicals in the early hours of the morning is not my idea of fun. Though I have to admit that some of the stuff has, allegedly, been used for some really interesting 'experiments' late at night, one of which left one guy here a lovely bright orange colour for a few days until it washed off, and another had to get the doctor called in after inadvertently inhaling fumes from a leaking reactor and was told by the doctor that it was the equivalent of inhaling 10-15 pints. The hangover the following day was something savage.

Another thing about chemical plants, water at 10bar pressure in fire hoses hurts.

MagicMarker · 19-08-2008 05:20AM

I have to be nice to idiots.

Not really fun.

Holsten · 19-08-2008 06:04AM

No, not in the slightest, boring as hell.

Crumble Froo · 19-08-2008 07:26AM

i work with kids. i get to paint, dance, singalong, run around, play games and bake tasty things all day.

awesome.

c - 13 · 19-08-2008 07:28AM

Not really no. But the perks are really good and I do get to meet a lot of new people through it I suppose

minxie · 19-08-2008 07:57AM

no not really, just a constant nightly,
mundane, boring kind, of same old.....:(

Silenceisbliss · 19-08-2008 08:00AM

no....and my eyes are sore from these stupid monitors. thank god its only a work placement

Mossy Monk · 19-08-2008 08:04AM

My job is a load of bollocks but I have to pay my bills.

John Mason · 19-08-2008 08:15AM

my job is so boring that sometimes i want to kill myself but then who would pay my mortgage

captainzapp · 19-08-2008 08:16AM

No. My job is insanely boring most of the time.

Silenceisbliss · 19-08-2008 08:16AM

Mossy Monk wrote: »

My job is a load of bollocks but I have to pay my bills.

....or DO you?

Reku · 19-08-2008 08:32AM

Nope, about as interesting as watching paint dry most of the time.
I've developed a repetitive task injury as a result... short attention span.

Go into work -> shut down thinky thingy -> do job -> ooohhh hometime!:)

Sean Quagmire · 19-08-2008 08:43AM

very boring, mundane 9 -5 stuff. sometimes i actually feel guilty for the amount of time i spend on the internet messing around.

dee8839 · 19-08-2008 08:48AM

Nope, lots of surfing the net and some dull paperwork. Not really what I imagined my future career would be like! (Its only an 8 month work placement thank god), but there are good things like going out to see the job in practice and the work lunches and nights out are savage! Last week this week and I'll be sort of sad to leave...

Naos · 19-08-2008 08:56AM

Nope, pretty boring.

Thus prompting me to actually start thinking seriously as I'm not spending the next 40-50 years doing something that doesn't interest me.

kaimera · 19-08-2008 09:02AM

yes

studiorat · 19-08-2008 09:10AM

I do what I've always wanted to do, I don't have to work for the man, everyday is different, I'm respected for the work I do, I get to meet cool people and make lots of good friends.

I make about as much money as a church mouse on a bad day and work really long hours and am constantly in debt.

You tell me...

Truck · 19-08-2008 09:14AM

On six months work placement now and man its a load of balls. Just wanna get back to college. :rolleyes:

Pompey Magnus · 19-08-2008 09:17AM

Yesterday I got a grand total of two emails and one phone call to deal with. The second of the emails was a thank you reply for me dealing with the first btw. Thank God for Boards, it keeps me occupied.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 19-08-2008 09:18AM

I'm a rather poorly paid janitor in a Dunnes Stores, it's no fun.

Doodee · 19-08-2008 09:18AM

I play games

Epic Tissue · 19-08-2008 10:10AM

Doodee wrote: »

I play games

Oh snap!!!1!

A_M101 · 19-08-2008 10:40AM

Hmm, I'm currently looking for a good career advisor! So no, no my job isn't fun!

ssmith6287 · 19-08-2008 10:49AM

Ive a 9-5 admin job which is boring at the best of times. But also work in a bar at the weekends which is great. Where else can ya challenge a customer to drink a pint of guinness quicker then ya, and not to mention the women. Have to laugh, barjob doesnt really require any education, money aint great and ya have to refuse people from timt to time, but the women love it. Cant understand it, Im a fat **** and get more women then most my mates

and2 · 19-08-2008 11:02AM

Xavi6 wrote: »

I get to be on boards for 8 hours straight.

+1
well 8 1/2

horseydevine · 19-08-2008 12:00PM

ssmith6287 wrote: »

money aint great but the women love it.

The money aint great?where you workin?

I worked in one hotel just to do weddings and i was gettin 14 euro p/h behind the bar..

Is your job fun?

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