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user-inactivated  ·  3270 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: July 6, 2016

Found that on Reddit today. It was too cute not to share.

cgod, you have a lot of experience working food. There's a Mexican restaurant near me hiring for dishwashers. I know the job isn't fun and it's definitely not glamorous, but I'm beyond burnt out at this point and I need to hit the reset button. I figure something that has minimal responsibility, minimal problem solving skills would help me decompress a bit. What are your thoughts?





blackbootz  ·  3270 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I washed dishes as part of a help-exchange (labor in exchange for room and board). It was a dinky restaurant that was only ever busy a few months out of the year. 3 days a week I served tables, twice a week I'd wash dishes. I did this for about two months. I found that with the earbuds in, a kickass pump-up playlist made the time fly. And there's something deeply gratifying about dirty work -- sticking my hand down the drain to pull out a fistful of food refuse would've made me squeal a few years ago.

steve  ·  3270 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    there's something deeply gratifying about dirty work

Keep parlaying that handyman job. maybe even consider training as a plumber? If you don't mind the dirty work... plumbers make a good, honest wage for a good, honest, hard, sometimes dirty job.

_refugee_  ·  3270 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Really any union job which requires some amount of training and expertise isn't bad. HVAC, etc, come to mind.

user-inactivated  ·  3270 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I whole heartedly agree. Physical labor can be very rewarding, emotionally speaking. The degree of satisfaction that comes after a long day is hard to beat.

cgod  ·  3270 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Might be a lot of very straight forward responsibilities. If you get it work your ass off until you get good at it. I was born to do physical and social work, I like restaurant people and usually have a lot of fun doing the work but could never dish wash because the money is so meager and it can be surprisingly hard work.

user-inactivated  ·  3270 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thank you. I greatly appreciate the input. I'll have to look into the pay aspect though. After all, I have to retire eventually. :)

OftenBen  ·  3270 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I wish trash-pandas weren't so destructive. They'd be great pets otherwise.

user-inactivated  ·  3270 days ago  ·  link  ·  

How something so adorable and innocent can grow up to be something that is still adorable but now the devil incarnate surprises me. It's like they never grow out of the destructive teenager phase.