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blackbootz  ·  3269 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: July 6, 2016

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  ·  3269 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_  ·  3269 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  ·  3269 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.