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**Frownland** · 04-11-2018, 11:56 AM

Employee discount on bubble wrap though. ****, I bet Kiii can snag a sheet for free on his lunch break.

Key · 04-11-2018, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

You still loading trucks or what?

No. I hurt my back pretty bad from doing that so I can't really do any jobs that require strenuous physical labor. And yes, UPS does require some physical labor but not as much as you'd think. Especially if you're not a driver.

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

That just doesn't sound like a job to love. Better than Burger King obviously, but still sounds like another job.

I mean...it is just another job but I'd much rather learn to enjoy my job then learn to hate it.

Plankton · 04-11-2018, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

^ Yep, good old pen and ink, Plankton ! After 13 years in architecture I was made redundant in a big recession in the 'nineties. That's when I came to Mexico and changed profession, so I missed out on all that fancy CAD stuff...

I'm guessing all your design work was CAD, right?

Sounds like you were a mylar and vellum guy. I started on the board in the early 90's, and did pretty well, but it didn't take long for CAD to replace all the eraser plates, triangles, and t-squares. I already had some background in PC's so it wasn't much of learning curve for the transition. It's been a long road since then, and I'm still learning and having fun with it.

DwnWthVwls · 04-11-2018, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Kiiii

No. I hurt my back pretty bad from doing that so I can't really do any jobs that require strenuous physical labor. And yes, UPS does require some physical labor but not as much as you'd think. Especially if you're not a driver.

I'll be more direct. What do you do at UPS?

**Frownland** · 04-11-2018, 12:10 PM

"Welcome to UPS."

Pretty sure he's that dude.

Key · 04-11-2018, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

I'll be more direct. What do you do at UPS?

I work at a franchise store that works under UPS. I pack and ship items as well as many other copy shop style things.

Lisnaholic · 04-11-2018, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

Sounds like you were a mylar and vellum guy. I started on the board in the early 90's, and did pretty well, but it didn't take long for CAD to replace all the eraser plates, triangles, and t-squares. I already had some background in PC's so it wasn't much of learning curve for the transition. It's been a long road since then, and I'm still learning and having fun with it.

^ Ah! You were more adaptable than me then! Yes, I remember all those techniques with stencils, templates, ammonia-based copying of blueprints, etc.

I mainly worked on two types of project; enormous new-build residential complexes for the Middle East, and at another extreme, tricksy, regulation-heavy office-refurbs for London.

The Batlord · 04-11-2018, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Kiiii

No. I hurt my back pretty bad from doing that so I can't really do any jobs that require strenuous physical labor. And yes, UPS does require some physical labor but not as much as you'd think. Especially if you're not a driver.

And so you love your job...

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I mean...it is just another job but I'd much rather learn to enjoy my job then learn to hate it.

That's not loving your job, that's delusional, quiet desperation. That's how you become a soul sucked husk at 40. Or just become boring.

Trollheart · 04-11-2018, 01:04 PM

Yeah I'd have to agree. I worked for almost thirty years in the same job. There were days I really thought it was okay, and many days I hated it. I would doubt I could however point to even one day when I would have said I loved it. I couldn't imagine many people thinking this. Exo's job, now, that's a different story. Gotta be easy to love working in a record store, or in Batty's case, his dream job no doubt, a comic book store. But UPS? Fine if you do love it, but I can't see it. You mean you get up every morning thinking "Oh how great! Another day of work! Can't wait!" ??

Lisnaholic · 04-11-2018, 01:07 PM

If we are lucky, life has many mild satisfactions to offer. If Kiiii has fallen in with an agreeable team of people and can make a contribution that he is pleased with, I'd say, "Good for you, Kiii." What's the alternative? An ineffectual rage that keeps you awake at night?

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Employee discount on bubble wrap though. ***, I bet Kiii can snag a sheet for free on his lunch break. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.* d e a f b o x

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	"Welcome to UPS." Pretty sure he's that dude. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Yeah I'd have to agree. I worked for almost thirty years in the same job. There were days I really thought it was okay, and many days I hated it. I would doubt I could however point to even one day when I would have said I loved it. I couldn't imagine many people thinking this. Exo's job, now, that's a different story. Gotta be easy to love working in a record store, or in Batty's case, his dream job no doubt, a comic book store. But UPS? Fine if you do love it, but I can't see it. You mean you get up every morning thinking "Oh how great! Another day of work! Can't wait!" ?? __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

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Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	If we are lucky, life has many mild satisfactions to offer. If Kiiii has fallen in with an agreeable team of people and can make a contribution that he is pleased with, I'd say, "Good for you, Kiii." What's the alternative? An ineffectual rage that keeps you awake at night? __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953