Category: MUSING ON THE JOB ABOUT THE JOB
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“That Health & Safety Representative is fucken useless!” “Our union delegate only gives a shit about stuff that affects him” More common gripes that could make you rich if you got a few bob every time you heard them. Always easy to pass judgement from the sidelines. Another one that would build a nice little…
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“How the fuck could they make that lazy prick a supervisor/manager?” Another line I have heard on repeat for many a year. Sometimes I personally witnessed the present boss doing fuck-all during their tenure on the floor with the rest of us. Sometimes the rise took place before my arrival and my coworkers were ever…
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“I do everything around here!” “This place would be fucked without me!” And the limitless variations on this theme. Oh, to have a dollar for every time I heard it. Shit, I ‘d be rich to have a dollar for every time I thought it myself! Wouldn’t be worth enough to get paid only for…
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“Monday’s Experts Always know what’s best Always tell you what you should’ve done Monday’s Experts Always know what’s cooking How the game was lost and how it could’ve been won” Weddings Parties Anything 1993 “Management is so fucken stupid here.” “Our supervisor couldn’t organise a fuck in a brothel.” I reckon it would be impossible…
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Smithers (over loudspeaker): Attention Homer Simpson. You have been promoted. You are now an executive. Take 3 minutes to say goodbye to your former friends and report to room 502 for reassignment…to a better life. Simpson and Delilah The Simpsons: Season 2, Episode 2 My experience with workplace hierarchy kind of went in reverse. My…
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I think it’s time to revisit that paragon of sobriety and workplace safety I survived all those years ago. Not only did I survive, but I learned to drive a forklift in that madhouse! Talk about a trial by fire! It was akin to having an L plate driver on an obstacle course in the…
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Growing up in the west certainly has its advantages, but comfort can breed complacency. Going back as far as the end of the Great Depression, in Australia it has not been too hard to earn a living. Maybe not ‘living it up’, but enough to get by on. Jobs (in the cities at least) were…
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My first full time permanent job began sometime in the early 1990s. It was a small lighting fixture manufacturer rune by 2 brothers. Their 2 wives ran the office and reception, and there were two other guys making the fixtures before I arrived. A grand total of 7. There are a few stories from this…
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Two things stick in my mind about that meeting. The self-applause and the story about old Reg. Ordinary day at work and we are all asked to scale the lofty heights and attend a farewell meeting in the first-floor offices for our boss. It was a long time ago, so most of this is pretty…
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Yes, this is the same place where two thirds of the place got wasted every other lunch break. But wait, there’s more!!! We have come a long way regarding workplace health and safety in the 25 years since I left this place – thank God! Believe it or not I left after 2 years without…
MINDLESS MUSINGS 