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January 29th, 2019 at 8:21:01 PM permalink
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January 30th, 2019 at 2:03:08 AM permalink
Damn he was a postal worker. What is it with the whole going postal stereotype?
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Damn he was a postal worker. What is it with the whole going postal stereotype?



Imagine working in a factory. All you do every single day is the same mundane, monotonous thing. Exactly the same, every day. Imagine this factory has no HVAC; it doesn't even have walls. When the Weather Channel tells everyone to stay home because it's 118*F or -15*F actual temp and you'll die, you HAVE to be in it for at least 5hrs and anywhere up to 18hrs, doing manual labor in a cramped space. Oh, and the factory moves, and you have to control it, in a sea of self important, makeup applying, trumpet playing, breakfast eating, eternally texting idiots hurling 6,000lb projectiles within 4" of you sitting stationary in a 40yr old, 2,000lb aluminum can. Oh, and the factory pours CO and right into your cockpit, above amounts that even New Delhi OSHA would approve of, with not a care in the world so long as it continues to move forward.

Imagine doing this for 20-30-40 days in a row at a time, in violation of many laws but somehow is accepted as normal and you're unable to draw rectifying attention to it. Imagine tragedy befalls you and you have to pick - tend to a cancer stricken family member or keep your only source of income. One or the other; there is no "both". Imagine being called in at 1100hrs instead of given warning days before when your presence is needed, so you have to stiff your young son on his birthday literally as you're packing to leave, all cuz no one gave enough of a s#$% to inform you of your need to be there, and there's absolutely no recourse but to leave your son crying alone as you motor back out of his life for the hundredth time.

Imagine being hurt and having nothing there for you. You dutifully report everything as you should only to be kicked onto the street and find that not a soul in your state will see you for medical care, for no other reason than your federal insurance is such a cluster that not an office will accept it as they won't deal with the hassle. You're now disabled, often permanently, with no option than to personally slog through the very info that professionals can't handle, and if you're lucky, you might after several days of slogging find one shop that will see you for your issue, and it's several states away. And all the while you have no idea if you're doing it correctly, your shop has an army of people looking for ways to deny you, and your deadline of a handful of days before your time (and your pay) runs out is fast approaching. And when that deadline approaches, you with your medical issue that has prevented you from working is still the same ol painful, debilitating, permanent issue is still there, and now you have to go back and continue all of the above.

Somewhere along the line you get a little introspective and you realize you are now legitimately disabled; you could hang a placard and park in the good spots, were you not so proud. That pain you cry yourself to sleep to is never going away, is only going to get worse, and is going to infect more joints that currently are OK. The joke of "days off" is never going to be realized; your boss isn't even posting wanted ads, and though it's his job, there's really no recourse to encourage or force him to do so, so working minimum 6 days a week isn't a fluke, it's your eternity. You think of the family you lost that you weren't there for, relationships that have been destroyed due to your absence, the events you've missed and have no hope for ever attending in the future. And somewhere along the line it hits you - you're doing this for $4X,XXX a year and have suffered 3 debilitating injuries in 4 yrs all so someone can save $0.15 on bulk toilet paper, get a new pair of Crocs for a dollar less, and receive one more GD Harbor Freight / Boston Proper / Finger Hut / Uline POS GD catalog that's going straight into the f#$%ing garbage cuz no one needs this s#$% ever. You're not only wasting your life but you are literally destroying it, all for the joy of being nothing more than the very lowest cog of capitalism.

Due to all of the above, anyone with sense and ability gets out, eventually purifying the force until it's nothing but damaged vets and masochistic sociopaths remaining. Fortunately I have an impenetrable life philosophy that makes gun violence a non issue for me. But I tell ya, if someone ever left Trump's lil suitcase near me, and you just know the combo is "1-2-3-4-5", y'all'd be rotting in the United Plains of Smoked Glass a hundred times over by now.
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January 30th, 2019 at 7:24:22 AM permalink
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Imagine working in a factory. All you do every single day is the same mundane, monotonous thing. Exactly the same, every day. Imagine this factory has no HVAC; it doesn't even have walls. When the Weather Channel tells everyone to stay home because it's 118*F or -15*F actual temp and you'll die, you HAVE to be in it for at least 5hrs and anywhere up to 18hrs, doing manual labor in a cramped space. Oh, and the factory moves, and you have to control it, in a sea of self important, makeup applying, trumpet playing, breakfast eating, eternally texting idiots hurling 6,000lb projectiles within 4" of you sitting stationary in a 40yr old, 2,000lb aluminum can. Oh, and the factory pours CO and right into your cockpit, above amounts that even New Delhi OSHA would approve of, with not a care in the world so long as it continues to move forward.

Imagine doing this for 20-30-40 days in a row at a time, in violation of many laws but somehow is accepted as normal and you're unable to draw rectifying attention to it. Imagine tragedy befalls you and you have to pick - tend to a cancer stricken family member or keep your only source of income. One or the other; there is no "both". Imagine being called in at 1100hrs instead of given warning days before when your presence is needed, so you have to stiff your young son on his birthday literally as you're packing to leave, all cuz no one gave enough of a s#$% to inform you of your need to be there, and there's absolutely no recourse but to leave your son crying alone as you motor back out of his life for the hundredth time.

Imagine being hurt and having nothing there for you. You dutifully report everything as you should only to be kicked onto the street and find that not a soul in your state will see you for medical care, for no other reason than your federal insurance is such a cluster that not an office will accept it as they won't deal with the hassle. You're now disabled, often permanently, with no option than to personally slog through the very info that professionals can't handle, and if you're lucky, you might after several days of slogging find one shop that will see you for your issue, and it's several states away. And all the while you have no idea if you're doing it correctly, your shop has an army of people looking for ways to deny you, and your deadline of a handful of days before your time (and your pay) runs out is fast approaching. And when that deadline approaches, you with your medical issue that has prevented you from working is still the same ol painful, debilitating, permanent issue is still there, and now you have to go back and continue all of the above.

Somewhere along the line you get a little introspective and you realize you are now legitimately disabled; you could hang a placard and park in the good spots, were you not so proud. That pain you cry yourself to sleep to is never going away, is only going to get worse, and is going to infect more joints that currently are OK. The joke of "days off" is never going to be realized; your boss isn't even posting wanted ads, and though it's his job, there's really no recourse to encourage or force him to do so, so working minimum 6 days a week isn't a fluke, it's your eternity. You think of the family you lost that you weren't there for, relationships that have been destroyed due to your absence, the events you've missed and have no hope for ever attending in the future. And somewhere along the line it hits you - you're doing this for $4X,XXX a year and have suffered 3 debilitating injuries in 4 yrs all so someone can save $0.15 on bulk toilet paper, get a new pair of Crocs for a dollar less, and receive one more GD Harbor Freight / Boston Proper / Finger Hut / Uline POS GD catalog that's going straight into the f#$%ing garbage cuz no one needs this s#$% ever. You're not only wasting your life but you are literally destroying it, all for the joy of being nothing more than the very lowest cog of capitalism.

Due to all of the above, anyone with sense and ability gets out, eventually purifying the force until it's nothing but damaged vets and masochistic sociopaths remaining. Fortunately I have an impenetrable life philosophy that makes gun violence a non issue for me. But I tell ya, if someone ever left Trump's lil suitcase near me, and you just know the combo is "1-2-3-4-5", y'all'd be rotting in the United Plains of Smoked Glass a hundred times over by now.
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Brutal man...just brutal. How long were you a postal worker? Are you actually out now? I don't recall your profession from past posts, just discussion of hobbies/guns/hockey/etc.
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Quote: Face

Imagine working in a factory. All you do every single day is the same mundane, monotonous thing. Exactly the same, every day. Imagine this factory has no HVAC; it doesn't even have walls. When the Weather Channel tells everyone to stay home because it's 118*F or -15*F actual temp and you'll die, you HAVE to be in it for at least 5hrs and anywhere up to 18hrs, doing manual labor in a cramped space. Oh, and the factory moves, and you have to control it, in a sea of self important, makeup applying, trumpet playing, breakfast eating, eternally texting idiots hurling 6,000lb projectiles within 4" of you sitting stationary in a 40yr old, 2,000lb aluminum can. Oh, and the factory pours CO and right into your cockpit, above amounts that even New Delhi OSHA would approve of, with not a care in the world so long as it continues to move forward.

Imagine doing this for 20-30-40 days in a row at a time, in violation of many laws but somehow is accepted as normal and you're unable to draw rectifying attention to it. Imagine tragedy befalls you and you have to pick - tend to a cancer stricken family member or keep your only source of income. One or the other; there is no "both". Imagine being called in at 1100hrs instead of given warning days before when your presence is needed, so you have to stiff your young son on his birthday literally as you're packing to leave, all cuz no one gave enough of a s#$% to inform you of your need to be there, and there's absolutely no recourse but to leave your son crying alone as you motor back out of his life for the hundredth time.

Imagine being hurt and having nothing there for you. You dutifully report everything as you should only to be kicked onto the street and find that not a soul in your state will see you for medical care, for no other reason than your federal insurance is such a cluster that not an office will accept it as they won't deal with the hassle. You're now disabled, often permanently, with no option than to personally slog through the very info that professionals can't handle, and if you're lucky, you might after several days of slogging find one shop that will see you for your issue, and it's several states away. And all the while you have no idea if you're doing it correctly, your shop has an army of people looking for ways to deny you, and your deadline of a handful of days before your time (and your pay) runs out is fast approaching. And when that deadline approaches, you with your medical issue that has prevented you from working is still the same ol painful, debilitating, permanent issue is still there, and now you have to go back and continue all of the above.

Somewhere along the line you get a little introspective and you realize you are now legitimately disabled; you could hang a placard and park in the good spots, were you not so proud. That pain you cry yourself to sleep to is never going away, is only going to get worse, and is going to infect more joints that currently are OK. The joke of "days off" is never going to be realized; your boss isn't even posting wanted ads, and though it's his job, there's really no recourse to encourage or force him to do so, so working minimum 6 days a week isn't a fluke, it's your eternity. You think of the family you lost that you weren't there for, relationships that have been destroyed due to your absence, the events you've missed and have no hope for ever attending in the future. And somewhere along the line it hits you - you're doing this for $4X,XXX a year and have suffered 3 debilitating injuries in 4 yrs all so someone can save $0.15 on bulk toilet paper, get a new pair of Crocs for a dollar less, and receive one more GD Harbor Freight / Boston Proper / Finger Hut / Uline POS GD catalog that's going straight into the f#$%ing garbage cuz no one needs this s#$% ever. You're not only wasting your life but you are literally destroying it, all for the joy of being nothing more than the very lowest cog of capitalism.

Due to all of the above, anyone with sense and ability gets out, eventually purifying the force until it's nothing but damaged vets and masochistic sociopaths remaining. Fortunately I have an impenetrable life philosophy that makes gun violence a non issue for me. But I tell ya, if someone ever left Trump's lil suitcase near me, and you just know the combo is "1-2-3-4-5", y'all'd be rotting in the United Plains of Smoked Glass a hundred times over by now.
The mail just... does something to ya.



From an outsider this seems like a bit of an over reaction. What you are not mentioning is good pay, overtime, pension, and good benefits (you site them as bad, but in my area APWU works just fine everywhere.) My dad worked in a steel mill for 40 years. He often times climbed a 50 foot latter carrying something that was too heavy for 1 person. He would also go into the boiler room where it was upwards of 300 degrees if not more losing all of his water with a forced IV at the end of the shift, during winter they would go down by the river and run rigs which were basically large drills to break up ice so the plant didn't shut down with no protection to the elements. My point being, there are plenty of jobs that are hard and in the worse of conditions but there isn't a term going steelal or going lineal for the linemen working poles during hurricanes and tornadoes.
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January 30th, 2019 at 9:59:17 AM permalink
He forgot the part about having to walk 17 miles to get to work. In the snow, all uphill either way.
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January 30th, 2019 at 10:00:32 AM permalink
I remember when I was growing up you would hear about a shooting on the news, and the accepted explanation was just "some guy just snapped and went crazy. Oh well. S*** happens."

Nowadays everybody wants every little detail explained, including why the shooter ate three eggs for breakfast that morning instead of two, and if they don't get all the answers it means that there's some huge conspiracy afoot involving multiple governments and thousands of people.

Whatever happened to people just going nuts? Everything has to be a conspiracy.
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January 30th, 2019 at 10:07:28 AM permalink
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My point being, there are plenty of jobs that are hard and in the worse of conditions but there isn't a term going steelal or going lineal for the linemen working poles during hurricanes and tornadoes.


Linemen make crazy money. My financial advisor was telling me they come in with millions to invest.
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January 30th, 2019 at 10:16:33 AM permalink
I love how some idiots tried to claim this guy wan an AP.
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January 30th, 2019 at 10:48:26 AM permalink
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From an outsider this seems like a bit of an over reaction. What you are not mentioning is good pay, overtime, pension, and good benefits (you site them as bad, but in my area APWU works just fine everywhere.) My dad worked in a steel mill for 40 years. He often times climbed a 50 foot latter carrying something that was too heavy for 1 person. He would also go into the boiler room where it was upwards of 300 degrees if not more losing all of his water with a forced IV at the end of the shift, during winter they would go down by the river and run rigs which were basically large drills to break up ice so the plant didn't shut down with no protection to the elements. My point being, there are plenty of jobs that are hard and in the worse of conditions but there isn't a term going steelal or going lineal for the linemen working poles during hurricanes and tornadoes.




The stress levels of a bad job aren't always about hard labor though. It can be the creation of impossible tasks. For instance piling on hour jobs which really take an hour and half to complete. And before you finish you get another assignment. Or constantly interrupting someone with other tasks so they are constantly bouncing around. Anything that adds to lack of stability and control. You can make a complete hell for someone sitting in front of a desk with no hard labor at all.
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January 30th, 2019 at 10:53:29 AM permalink
suicide nets for Apple workers in China

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January 30th, 2019 at 10:54:37 AM permalink
I thought he was AP catcher.
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January 30th, 2019 at 11:30:15 AM permalink
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Brutal man...just brutal. How long were you a postal worker? Are you actually out now? I don't recall your profession from past posts, just discussion of hobbies/guns/hockey/etc.



Since May of '14, full time since August of '16. Currently out on comp with a separated shoulder.

Quote: GWAE

From an outsider this seems like a bit of an over reaction.



There's a lot to this. I'll be the first to admit that ALL shops aren't bad; some are rather pleasant, or at least I gather so via word of mouth from visiting workers. And a lot of this is quite personal; I consider myself a quasi-Buddhist, and believe in the four noble truths. Add to that my outdoorsmanship and the conservationist, anti-consumerist feelings such things engender, and this job is like putting a Muslim on a pig farm. That is not a quality of the USPS, but rather one of mine. In short, many of the problems are "of my own making". An ill fit, in other words.

But compare it to the noble jobs which you offered. The steel worker is the seed of creation; without him, not a thing which makes up our society could exist. The lineman ditto; civilization itself would cease to be without access to the free flowing energy we take for granted. What do I do? I bring you "Gimme money cards" from the likes of Joel Olsteen, insurance ads from Geico, and catalogs of purchasable trash from China. I bring you paper bills that you just pay online, consumer goods from a store that's quite literally on the street you live on, and Happy Birthday wishes from your dentist.

A man spends a majority of his waking life at his job, so much so for many it becomes their purpose. What happens when one's purpose becomes pointless? I'm finding out, and it's not pretty. I used to work construction, and still hustle it on the side. Back when it was my bread and butter, I made $9hr, humping 70lb slabs of shingles up 3 stories of 50yr old wooden ladders onto church steeple roofs without tie offs in 90*+. A right bitch, but one of the most rewarding jobs I had. I made something. I fixed a problem, I created a structure, I did something of value. It fulfilled a need besides just a paycheck, the need to be useful, constructive, creative. I still do construction, and currently averaging about $3hr for it, for little more than the joy of creation and the wonder of helping those less fortunate. Here at USPS, I make ~$17/hr, doing almost nothing of value while my entire physical being caves in on itself. It satisfies no need whatsoever other than a need for a paycheck, and the only way the paycheck is sufficient is due to working every f#$%ing day that's on the calendar.

So, overreact? Sure. I'm a dramatic person. There are people in my very office working the very job I do, and have been for 20-30-some nearing 40 yrs with apparent success. But for me, all it's doing is fueling my masochistic, self destructive side and driving it mach 5 into suicide town, all for pay that doesn't cut it, a pension I'll never reach, and for reasons that are the antithesis to all I hold real and dear. It's one big destructive f#$%arrow, and I can't seem to get enough of it.
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January 30th, 2019 at 12:16:22 PM permalink
So, what I unfortunately don't see from my quick skim of the report is anything about which WoV Forum critters' screen names went silent since right about the 1st of October of '17? Always my first question regardeing every koo-koo for Cocoa Puffs shooter, mad-bomber, fruitcake serial-killer, etc. Guess I should just check a couple of the ubiquitous "it's such a damn shame that nice guy good ol' Jeff Dahmler isn't here any more 'cause he was so interesting & fun & had lotsa great healthy diet advice and somebody should try to bring him back" from the folks who are regularly campaigning for even more mental illness on the site.
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January 30th, 2019 at 12:20:18 PM permalink
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January 30th, 2019 at 12:38:41 PM permalink
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Since May of '14, full time since August of '16. Currently out on comp with a separated shoulder.



There's a lot to this. I'll be the first to admit that ALL shops aren't bad; some are rather pleasant, or at least I gather so via word of mouth from visiting workers. And a lot of this is quite personal; I consider myself a quasi-Buddhist, and believe in the four noble truths. Add to that my outdoorsmanship and the conservationist, anti-consumerist feelings such things engender, and this job is like putting a Muslim on a pig farm. That is not a quality of the USPS, but rather one of mine. In short, many of the problems are "of my own making". An ill fit, in other words.

But compare it to the noble jobs which you offered. The steel worker is the seed of creation; without him, not a thing which makes up our society could exist. The lineman ditto; civilization itself would cease to be without access to the free flowing energy we take for granted. What do I do? I bring you "Gimme money cards" from the likes of Joel Olsteen, insurance ads from Geico, and catalogs of purchasable trash from China. I bring you paper bills that you just pay online, consumer goods from a store that's quite literally on the street you live on, and Happy Birthday wishes from your dentist.

A man spends a majority of his waking life at his job, so much so for many it becomes their purpose. What happens when one's purpose becomes pointless? I'm finding out, and it's not pretty. I used to work construction, and still hustle it on the side. Back when it was my bread and butter, I made $9hr, humping 70lb slabs of shingles up 3 stories of 50yr old wooden ladders onto church steeple roofs without tie offs in 90*+. A right bitch, but one of the most rewarding jobs I had. I made something. I fixed a problem, I created a structure, I did something of value. It fulfilled a need besides just a paycheck, the need to be useful, constructive, creative. I still do construction, and currently averaging about $3hr for it, for little more than the joy of creation and the wonder of helping those less fortunate. Here at USPS, I make ~$17/hr, doing almost nothing of value while my entire physical being caves in on itself. It satisfies no need whatsoever other than a need for a paycheck, and the only way the paycheck is sufficient is due to working every f#$%ing day that's on the calendar.

So, overreact? Sure. I'm a dramatic person. There are people in my very office working the very job I do, and have been for 20-30-some nearing 40 yrs with apparent success. But for me, all it's doing is fueling my masochistic, self destructive side and driving it mach 5 into suicide town, all for pay that doesn't cut it, a pension I'll never reach, and for reasons that are the antithesis to all I hold real and dear. It's one big destructive f#$%arrow, and I can't seem to get enough of it.



You sound rediculously self destructive. Atleast you will have a job too go back to when you get better. It's not hard to beat $17 an hour these days. Heck , I see signs on the door at Tacos El Gordo for $15 an hour. Go stuff meat in a shell instead of paper in a box. Probably get a free lunch and make up the difference.😀 Life is what you make it and quite often you get what you ask for.
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January 30th, 2019 at 1:15:46 PM permalink
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Linemen make crazy money. My financial advisor was telling me they come in with millions to invest.

I've been one since '77. There are two sides to every story. If that's what he's telling you, I'd get a different financial advisor.

And yet there is a standing call, nearly coast to coast to find people willing to take those positions, makes you wonder doesn't it?
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January 30th, 2019 at 1:27:26 PM permalink
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I've been one since '77. There are two sides to every story. If that's what he's telling you, I'd get a different financial advisor.

And yet there is a standing call, nearly coast to coast to find people willing to take those positions, makes you wonder doesn't it?


Why is that? I’m not completely following. He’s a personal friend, been investing my family’s money for quite some time.
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January 30th, 2019 at 1:32:10 PM permalink
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You sound rediculously self destructive.



Yup. One of the features of depression. The game is in turning into a positive. Sometimes you can wrangle the bull into destroying parts of you you wanted changed anyways, and you can make huge strides in life with no real effort on it, save the energy expended trying to wrassle the bull. Other times, you get your teeth kicked in. Happy to say I've avoided the latter and almost got my 8sec outta this sumbish.

Maybe that's the only difference between those who destroy selves and those who destroy others. Maybe we just understand who's responsible for it all. Would be interesting to be able to see the minds of a Paddock vs those of others.

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And yet there is a standing call, nearly coast to coast to find people willing to take those positions, makes you wonder doesn't it?



And I couldn't even get a foot in the door as a meter man. Makes one wonder.
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January 30th, 2019 at 1:56:22 PM permalink
I have to say that I really enjoy when Face posts. That is a guy I would like to go out and get drunk with. Face, if you ever make it to Vegas I am buying.
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January 30th, 2019 at 1:58:47 PM permalink
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I want to take that back. It's actually gotten so easy, they have women and children doing it.

We even had special sacks to carry the money in. lol

Was a day, when they even had special lineman bars where we could cash payroll checks.

Like other jobs I suppose, no one knows what it's like until they are standing in it.

https://www1.salary.com/Lineman-Salaries.html
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January 30th, 2019 at 1:59:35 PM permalink
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Yup. One of the features of depression. The game is in turning into a positive. Sometimes you can wrangle the bull into destroying parts of you you wanted changed anyways, and you can make huge strides in life with no real effort on it, save the energy expended trying to wrassle the bull. Other times, you get your teeth kicked in. Happy to say I've avoided the latter and almost got my 8sec outta this sumbish.

Maybe that's the only difference between those who destroy selves and those who destroy others. Maybe we just understand who's responsible for it all. Would be interesting to be able to see the minds of a Paddock vs those of others.



And I couldn't even get a foot in the door as a meter man. Makes one wonder.



What's that saying. Something about walking a mile in someone else's shoes in respect that is how you feel about your job and it sounds like it sucks. On occasion I will drive uber and about 6 months ago I took a girl to usps on a Sunday. She told me that she was considered new but had been there 3 years. Was doing a route 5 days a week and had to do a 6th day doing amazon packages or something. She wasnt waiting for a permanent route to open so she wouldn't be considered temp or something. She claimed she was making great money and I am pretty sure it was more than 17 an hour. I thought letter carriers made in the 20s?
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January 30th, 2019 at 2:01:52 PM permalink
Quote: rxwine

The stress levels of a bad job aren't always about hard labor though. It can be the creation of impossible tasks. For instance piling on hour jobs which really take an hour and half to complete. And before you finish you get another assignment. Or constantly interrupting someone with other tasks so they are constantly bouncing around. Anything that adds to lack of stability and control. You can make a complete hell for someone sitting in front of a desk with no hard labor at all.



That is very true. Today spent 3 hours doing something that should have only taken 45 min. Put me way behind first the day and probably the rest of the week.
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petroglyph
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January 30th, 2019 at 2:07:39 PM permalink
Quote: Face

And I couldn't even get a foot in the door as a meter man. Makes one wonder.

Meter man is like a paper route. I think that job [lineman] would be perfect for you and you for it. It likes people who don't mind banging against solid objects, multiple times per day. It is a high contact occupation.

I didn't know you were looking ?

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1SQJL_enUS787US787&ei=zh5SXMW9OOyatgWAlo_wCQ&q=lineman+hiring&oq=Linem&gs_l=psy-ab.1.0.0i67l3j0j0i67j0l5.4256.15379..27772...6.0..0.244.2796.5j16j1......0....1..gws-wiz.....6..0i71j35i39j0i8i13i30j0i131i67j0i131j0i10.7cu9oUucrBU

I think I mentioned in the past to start by contacting the local union. There are ways. They don't just take everybody.

Although there is huge demand [I have never witnessed this much demand], some of the hiring may not be in your backyard.
tringlomane
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January 30th, 2019 at 8:38:21 PM permalink
Quote: petroglyph

I want to take that back. It's actually gotten so easy, they have women and children doing it.

We even had special sacks to carry the money in. lol

Was a day, when they even had special lineman bars where we could cash payroll checks.

Like other jobs I suppose, no one knows what it's like until they are standing in it.

https://www1.salary.com/Lineman-Salaries.html



Maybe that money advisor deals with linemen whose wives' make even more money?

And as for the topic at hand, i'd still be interested in knowing how much of his wealth he lost in the casinos...
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