I've had enough of it all

[blue1948]

I started work on a shilling and a farthing an hour ,44 hours a week = about 2 1/2 quid a week. 30 bob to me Ma and the rest was for me to splash out on whatever the world offered .When I got a girlfriend (no she wasn't blind) I went from Walton village to Sheil road -two buses ) picked her up went to the Orell park ballroom by the station paid for her to go in ,a couple of cokes each and the same on the way home .Cost 14 shillings ,those were the days .No alchohol served as there were too many bringing axes to the fights .Funny how the memories are always rosy ,many is the time I had no idea what would happen when I walked outside .

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

Only call in sick if you’re absolutely dying is my philosophy.

Use your sick days as extra annual leave is what I do. Bumps it up to a nice 30 days a year.

My old boss used to say "never waste a sick day when your not feeling well"

 

[Paris]

So the system you are fed up with is working 9-5 5 days a week? What halcyon days would you have us return to?

Except it's not 9-5 is it? In my case if I'm lucky it's 8-6.

 

[Rob17896]

I started work on a shilling and a farthing an hour ,44 hours a week = about 2 1/2 quid a week. 30 bob to me Ma and the rest was for me to splash out on whatever the world offered .When I got a girlfriend (no she wasn't blind) I went from Walton village to Sheil road -two buses ) picked her up went to the Orell park ballroom by the station paid for her to go in ,a couple of cokes each and the same on the way home .Cost 14 shillings ,those were the days .No alchohol served as there were too many bringing axes to the fights .Funny how the memories are always rosy ,many is the time I had no idea what would happen when I walked outside .

My mum said something similar about people with axes in the Grafton...in the fifties not grab a grannie nights. It sounded more violent than anything I ever knew, although expect the kids today have to be wary.

 

[malcson]

Except it's not 9-5 is it? In my case if I'm lucky it's 8-6.

You think that’s unusual?

 

[Yarrgh]

If you read the Frank's dead girlfriend thread then you will realise without exception, you have it better than some.

 

[Paris]

You think that’s unusual?

That's not my point though is it you silly twit?

 

[brieverton]

Not looking for a medal but I've done 7am-7pm including commuting for 15 years. It certainly grinds you down.

 

[Boss_Blue]

Except it's not 9-5 is it? In my case if I'm lucky it's 8-6.

You think that’s unusual?

That's not my point though is it you silly twit?

 

[Paris]

"Now you're talking semantics. What if I told you insane was working fifty hours a week in some office for fifty years... at the end of which they tell you to pee off? Ending up in some retirement village... hoping to die before suffering the indignity of trying to make it to the toilet on time. Wouldn't you consider that to be insane?"

 

[Rob17896]

"If I offer to sell you a tenner for thirteen quid you would send me on my way. We are forced to do do this for a home." A bit of an over simplification isn't it ?
You haven't got the tenner or the thirteen quid !
When I took my first mortgage you paid back 2.5 times what you borrowed to the friendly building society.
I served my apprenticeship with a lad whose father was determined to never have a mortgage,he was a butcher with his own shop on Stanley road , he saved all he could to buy his dream house in West Derby and got it when he was 52 years old .That is why people take a mortgage despite the rates offered ,we all want it now not in 25 years so that is the price we pay.

We all need it now. Want is not really the word and you ignore the manufactured price increases. These people think through their actions in relation to their profits. It is not over simplified, it is simple but the reality is never the subject of marketing campaigns.

 

[Pilks]

I feel this pain. I worked for 25 years in IT. When I reached 51 I got made redundant, second time it had happened to me. I took stock, thought I was too old to be getting another IT job, and dropped out.

I'd always loved writing, and music, from being a kid. I'd done the odd review for fanzines and such. So, I used my redundancy money to live on for a while, and started networking around all the contacts I have. Now, seven years later, I've got five years editing a magazine behind me (granted, on a voluntary basis, but loads of free music and guest passes to gigs), I've written for several mags, and have published four books, with numbers five and six coming this Autumn.

I've interviewed and worked with so many people who used to be heroes of mine. Paul Rodgers, Greg Lake, Jack Bruce, David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, Ritchie Blackmore, Leslie West, Ian Anderson, Roger Hodgson, Steve Hackett, Justin Hayward, Carl Palmer, Rick Wakeman, Chris Squire etc etc. I'm the authorised biographer of Gordon Giltrap, and I worked with him for three years on that.

I make my own hours, do everything from home. I may not have the money to go on holidays and the like now, but my quality of life is immeasurably richer. If I hadn't taken the plunge when I did I'd never have done it. If you have a dream, follow it.

 

[blue1948]

My mum said something similar about people with axes in the Grafton...in the fifties not grab a grannie nights. It sounded more violent than anything I ever knew, although expect the kids today have to be wary.

Yes at least you could see who had an axe down his jacket and steer clear ,now you have no idea who is carrying what .In those days "you had to deserve it " but now it seems to be quite random and that is frightening.

 

[hibbo'sclass]

Not been an employee since I was 29, successfully avoided doing more than 2 weeks solid work in a row for 25+ years - typical week constitutes about10 hours spread over 7 days.
Will never be rich, will never die of stress, will never own a house, will never retire and will spend every penny I earn on stuff I enjoy (and Everton).
Work should always be undertaken to satisfy your needs rather than your wants imho.