It's a shame, and younger guys should be ashamed of not working. I retired not long ago. At the end, it was me at 63, two guys both in they're 50s, and one young guy from Michigan who worked with us for a year. Pay scale started at 17.00 per hr, with the potential to make 25 dollars per hr. But, if guys don't want to work, the pay doesn't matter. That's the problem. Nobody wants to work anymore. Not sure what will become of these guys, but at some point, they'll have to go to work. The longer they wait, the harder it will be for them.

2 hours ago, Mobasser said:

It's a shame, and younger guys should be ashamed of not working. I retired not long ago. At the end, it was me at 63, two guys both in they're 50s, and one young guy from Michigan who worked with us for a year. Pay scale started at 17.00 per hr, with the potential to make 25 dollars per hr. But, if guys don't want to work, the pay doesn't matter. That's the problem. Nobody wants to work anymore. Not sure what will become of these guys, but at some point, they'll have to go to work. The longer they wait, the harder it will be for them.

I heard a new joke

”They’re changing the name of Payday candy bars”

why? Because they don’t want to offend all these folks that don’t want to work.

When I was growing up I was taught to do the job right the first time.  That believe seems to have gone out the window.  Now it's all about how many tickets you can close out in a day.  Doesn't seem to matter if the job is only half done, or done wrong.

I was just talking to my boss while he was doing his rounds. I worked the position I'm in a week ago. It's very clear that not a single supply has been stocked since I was here last when I restocked everything. It's a very menial task, but when you don't have the supplies needed to do your job because someone else was too lazy to do theirs, suddenly it's not such a small issue. So I'll be busy all night, doing that job that 7 other people between now and when I worked here last couldn't find the time in their shifts to get done. One of them even stopped me right after roll call to tell me one of the things I was out of, because he used the last of them at the start of his shift the night before. So he knew for most of his shift he was out, and decided to leave it for me to take care of tonight instead of doing his job, frustrating. 

20 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I was just talking to my boss while he was doing his rounds. I worked the position I'm in a week ago. It's very clear that not a single supply has been stocked since I was here last when I restocked everything. It's a very menial task, but when you don't have the supplies needed to do your job because someone else was too lazy to do theirs, suddenly it's not such a small issue. So I'll be busy all night, doing that job that 7 other people between now and when I worked here last couldn't find the time in their shifts to get done. One of them even stopped me right after roll call to tell me one of the things I was out of, because he used the last of them at the start of his shift the night before. So he knew for most of his shift he was out, and decided to leave it for me to take care of tonight instead of doing his job, frustrating. 

and I was swamped all day. I work alone so it's all on me. I had my best day yet since I took over the store. I sold the equivalent of 4 days worth of average sales today. No rhyme or reason as to why. If I could do what I did today, everyday, I would literally quadruple my salary. 

On 7/29/2021 at 9:44 PM, slonezp said:

@Jigfishn10 As you know I'm out of the field but still 100% committed to the trade. It's what I know. 

A lot of guys in your position would have went the disability route and would have gotten approved no questions asked. Knowing you the way I do, I have a lot of respect for you staying in the trade like you did. Honestly, I'd probably would have done the same given the age you were at when you made that decision. 

 

Hats off to you bud! 

45 minutes ago, Jigfishn10 said:

A lot of guys in your position would have went the disability route and would have gotten approved no questions asked. Knowing you the way I do, I have a lot of respect for you staying in the trade like you did. Honestly, I'd probably would have done the same given the age you were at when you made that decision. 

 

Hats off to you bud! 

He would have never been injured working on my crew (aka fishing off the dock)

26 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

He would have never been injured working on my crew (aka fishing off the dock)

I'm on vacation this week and my asked me to get a couple of small things done...So I took a page out my TnRiver46 Construction Company experience and fished every day...so far anyway. ?

4 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

He would have never been injured working on my crew (aka fishing off the dock)

I have fished for money in the past. Wasn't as lucrative for me as commercial/industrial hvac/r. I was happy if I paid my fishing expenses yearly with the prize money.

My stepbrother was always the butt of jokes as a kid because he couldn't use a hammer and all that. Now he's a president at Intel and pays other people to do his dirty work. The rest of us can still use a hammer though.