Old Grafters

[mel b 2,159]

14 minutes ago, low plains drifter said:

Fuckun hell 

It's only the money that keeps me getting up at 4am every day . I absolutely despise the job now.

I'm of the lucky ones , that earns a decent rate , because I've been there for so long. The turnover of staff is massive these days.

Despite the fact that I've been doing the job for years , and know it inside out. New bosses that have been doing it for two weeks , always feel that they know more than me .

[jukel123 7,957]

2 hours ago, mackem said:

I got the retirement gold watch while I was still young enough to enjoy life.

25 years at the grass face?

[dogmandont 9,777]

Watched my ole fella bust a gut till he couldn't anymore, spent his last years with a knackered body and eventually a knackered mind, fcuk working till mid seventies. 

I'll graft away till my youngest is on her feet then I'm packing it in, get myself a little mongrel lurcher as a companion for mooching and fishing and I'll be as happy as a pig in shite. 

Don't care about money, I'll just get better at being poor. 

 

[jukel123 7,957]

1 minute ago, dogmandont said:

Watched my ole fella bust a gut till he couldn't anymore, spent his last years with a knackered body and eventually a knackered mind, fcuk working till mid seventies. 

I'll graft away till my youngest is on her feet then I'm packing it in, get myself a little mongrel lurcher as a companion for mooching and fishing and I'll be as happy as a pig in shite. 

Don't care about money, I'll just get better at being poor. 

 

Yes, you cut your cloth. What price freedom?

[low plains drifter 10,282]

28 minutes ago, mel b said:

It's only the money that keeps me getting up at 4am every day . I absolutely despise the job now.

I'm of the lucky ones , that earns a decent rate , because I've been there for so long. The turnover of staff is massive these days.

Despite the fact that I've been doing the job for years , and know it inside out. New bosses that have been doing it for two weeks , always feel that they know more than me .

Aye the middle men have to appear to have a purpose, they're canny lads some of them mind

[jukel123 7,957]

I've lucky enough to gave been retired nearly twenty years. I still wake up every morning and think __thank f**k no work today. 

It wasn't the work that I resented, it was the people. Organisations bring out the worst in people. Crawlers especially. Low life shit with zero sense of dignity or self worth.

Edited December 27, 2023 by jukel123

[mackem 26,168]

1 hour ago, jukel123 said:

25 years at the grass face?

I did a job for a bloke once,that was part of the golden handshake.I left a 9-5 years ago and the staff got me a huge atlas which had a lot of thought put into it and meant a lot more to me as a personal gift.

[jukel123 7,957]

7 minutes ago, mackem said:

I did a job for a bloke once,that was part of the golden handshake.I left a 9-5 years ago and the staff got me a huge atlas which had a lot of thought put into it and meant a lot more to me as a personal gift.

I wasn't being a slimeball mate.Just jesting.

I wish I had travelled. I've never been out of Europe. Your posts are very interesting to say the least. Now I am being slimy. Lol

[darbo 4,774]

Stayed in the same trade a Electrician since 16 coming up to 60 in April. A few more years to go.

[dogmandont 9,777]

Been working in the same little company for 24 years, me and the bosses brother practically run the place, and although they treat me well enough I'm still an employee, gonna give it 2 more years till I'm 50 then I'm clocking out and going for a career change, haven't a clue yet what I'm gonna do but has to be more to life than wasting away in the same place. 

Any ideas fellas. Lol. 

 

[WILF 46,567]

6 minutes ago, dogmandont said:

Been working in the same little company for 24 years, me and the bosses brother practically run the place, and although they treat me well enough I'm still an employee, gonna give it 2 more years till I'm 50 then I'm clocking out and going for a career change, haven't a clue yet what I'm gonna do but has to be more to life than wasting away in the same place. 

Any ideas fellas. Lol. 

 

Got anything in mind mate ?

[dogmandont 9,777]

Just now, WILF said:

Got anything in mind mate ?

I have wilf but it could be out of reach for me, both financially and beyond my ability. 

 

 

 

[WILF 46,567]

Just now, dogmandont said:

I have wilf but it could be out of reach for me, both financially and beyond my ability. 

 

 

 

Well, I’d say what you don’t want to be is stressed mate….whatever you do, enjoy it.

 

[mackem 26,168]

2 hours ago, jukel123 said:

What price freedom?

Priceless.

[dogmandont 9,777]

14 minutes ago, WILF said:

Well, I’d say what you don’t want to be is stressed mate….whatever you do, enjoy it.

 

I'll take a look at it in a couple of years wilf and weigh up my options, I just know a change is needed.