What Your 16-Hour Workday Says About You!
You’re a really hard worker
Your time is poorly managed
You don’t know what to do with your life
Your boss knows you’re gullible
At least 40% of your diet consists of pre-packaged food
You send out work emails at inappropriate hours
You have no perspective on life
You don’t sleep enough for proper brain function
You have very little self-respect
Your salary should be higher, but isn’t
You drink either too much or not enough
Peter
Ironically, I just this morning totalled the hours I have worked since September 24, 2010. 1819 hours. Of course I was getting paid per hour with everything over 40 per week at time and a half. Alas, that job is now done for me and now I'm back to looking for real work again.
Of course riding around on a Gulf Coast beach on an ATV watching other folks work is not a bad way to make a living either. AND I didn't have time to drink, whether it be a little or a lot.
Andy
Andy
Long long ago and far far away:
As I walked up the front steps one evening after being gone for a week or more my adolescent daughter stuck out her hand and said "Hi, aren't you a friend of my Dad?"
It was a joke, but I got the point.
Shortly after that I rearranged my priorities and got to know my family again.
You do what you have to do.
Peter
I totally agree. That's why I'm now at home getting reacquainted with my wife and my dog. I'm getting too old for that sh... stuff.
Andy
Andy
:good:
Peter
>"since September 24, 2010. 1819 hours."
Help me with the math. I calculated 17 weeks, over 15 hrs/day 7 days a week. Really?
The last power plant I did was 750 days straight, 16 hours a day. Then we had a few months with a Sunday off every month or so. The money was pretty good, but I didn't get home (8 hour drive) for three years. That's corporate employment at it's best.
Peter
The example that you gave reminds me of this little jewel that I heard quite a few years ago:
A first-grader wondered why her father brought home a briefcase full of work every evening. Her mother explained, “Daddy has so much to do that he can’t finish it all at the office.” “Well, then,” asked the child innocently, “why don’t they put him in a slower group?”
That little example helped me at a perfect time in my life....I was certainly "out of control".
I've also heard that a dying man doesn't wish that he had worked harder.....
Peter
Love that Frank. Thanks. Kids really can cut through the chaff and get to the point at times.