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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Same here.
Though that's mainly because I've hardly had any jobs with internet access, or even a computer for that matter.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 18:25, 1 reply, 14 years ago)
I've had internet access
But I have this possibly old fashioned thing about working for a living.

I couldn't imagine doing a job that allowed so much slack that I could be on t'net all day. Maybe it's a generational thing. To me, if you're not busy you're in the wrong job.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 18:42, Reply)
Depends.
When I started my last job it was all rush and manic, then the programme got delayed by 18 months and for a bit there was a huge lull in the workload as we waited for policy decisions to be made. There was very little to do for a few months, to the point where a few of the team buggered off and got secondments.

Once the programme got underway though, it got extremely busy. Which was nice.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 18:50, Reply)
I did Sunday -Thursday nights
Sunday - Wednesday I was working flat out, but Thursday was dead. We used to shift crates of wine, and it wasn't unknown for a crate to get "damaged" on Thursday...
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 18:57, Reply)
And yet many folk see such jobs as aspirational.
It takes all sorts.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 18:52, Reply)
some of my temp jobs were
all about the trying waste time without looking like you were (if you worked too quick there would be no work left). Man, I was bored out of my head
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 18:52, Reply)
This ethic doesn't go down well at all on production lines.
As one 16 year old lad found out only too quickly in a joinery factory I worked in a few years back. He lasted two days.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 18:56, Reply)

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