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Posted 27/02/2012 - 22:22
greynolds999 wrote: Nope. Mine is worse! In my last job I sat in a chair looking out the window for four hours then had eight hours rest to recover. Oh I also had to monitor 5 radios but could blank the static out until I heard the ships name called. During my four hours awake I also had to think up ways to keep almost every one else occupied, boring or what  Regards Stan To My Snaps... PPG
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Posted 27/02/2012 - 22:27
A job where you don't actually have to do anything but stand there? Doesn't sound that bad to me!
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Posted 27/02/2012 - 22:33
Stuey wrote: At least it is a job and an interesting photo  I'm not knocking the fact he's working  At least he's not sat on the pavement with the mandatory dog on a string  Regards Stan To My Snaps... PPG
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Posted 28/02/2012 - 00:09
Interesting photo - but nothing like Britain's most boring job.
Many years ago, I went on a tour of (what was then) the Creda factory at Blythe Bridge. They had a conveyorised production line on which several people manually assembled parts to produce Creda storage heaters. One chap had the job of applying glue, using a gun, to the insulation on the front of the heater. The next chap along applied the front panel on top of the glue ribbon. They did this 8hrs a day, 5 days per week. I remember asking the chap with the glue gun whether he found the job a tad tedious. His reply was that it was a bit, but he was looking forward to tomorrow, because he got to swap with guy next to him who applied the front panel. This seemed pretty boring to me. Andrew
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Posted 28/02/2012 - 00:25
They do say you can train a chimpanzee to operate a capstan lathe. What you can't do is get it to spend a lifetime doing it.
Whose the smarter? In my first job I spent 5 years staring at polished samples of bronze under a microsope, which I then photographed with a 1/4 plate (glass) camera mounted on the top. After I'd processed the plates and produced B&W prints I delivered them to the metallurgist then went back and did another load. I never did figure out what he saw in them. regards Bernard
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Posted 28/02/2012 - 09:12
tyronet2000 wrote: greynolds999 wrote: Nope. Mine is worse! In my last job I sat in a chair looking out the window for four hours then had eight hours rest to recover. Oh I also had to monitor 5 radios but could blank the static out until I heard the ships name called. During my four hours awake I also had to think up ways to keep almost every one else occupied, boring or what RFA?
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Posted 28/02/2012 - 11:37
Ajof wrote: [quote:3496ace15f="tyronet2000"] RFA? ERRV much more exciting especially in the winter months, a bit like living on a see-saw there are some examples on youtube Regards Stan To My Snaps... PPG
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Posted 28/02/2012 - 12:40
tyronet2000 wrote: Stuey wrote: At least it is a job and an interesting photo I'm not knocking the fact he's working At least he's not sat on the pavement with the mandatory dog on a string I took it that you were almost applauding him for doing/ having that boring job K10D, K5 plus plenty of clueless enthusiasm. My Flickr site link
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Posted 28/02/2012 - 13:28
I get quite dismayed when you ask someone what they do and they say they are 'only' a cleaner/barman/etc.
All jobs require doing and I think anyone who does a job (paid or unpaid) and does it with dedication and professionalism deserves the same respect, regardless of what the job entails. In fact the weird thing in life is, the less I do the more I get paid! My Photobucket
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Posted 28/02/2012 - 13:32
greynolds999 wrote: I get quite dismayed when you ask someone what they do and they say they are 'only' a cleaner/barman/etc. All jobs require doing and I think anyone who does a job (paid or unpaid) and does it with dedication and professionalism deserves the same respect, regardless of what the job entails. In fact the weird thing in life is, the less I do the more I get paid! How very true, and the harder you work the luckier you get Regards Stan To My Snaps... PPG
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Posted 28/02/2012 - 17:07
Do you think he'll ever go back there ? And if he does how long will he have to wait for his order, and what exactly will he be served
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