Anyone actually wishing they had a mindless drone kind of job?

[SunnyD]

Tech burnout. I'm just about getting there again. I'm kind of wishing I could be doing maintenance (facilities) or even construction right now.

Man, sitting on ones ass day in and day out can really take its toll.

 

[blackdogdeek]

why am i thinking of office space the movie?

 

[TwiceOver]

Last summer I walked out of the building and saw a guy mowing the adjacent lawn on a rider. Listening to music, getting some sun. All I could think was "Damn I wish I made this much money doing that".

 

[sdifox]

I don't think I can do that.

 

[Pardus]

 

[polarmystery]

Noooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ShawnD1]

Doing nothing is one of the most tiring things you can do.

 

[bignateyk]

I hear ya. If I could get paid even 75% of what I make now to do construction or landscaping or something like that, I would do it in a heartbeat.

 

[ShawnD1]

I hear ya. If I could get paid even 75% of what I make now to do construction or landscaping or something like that, I would do it in a heartbeat.

Man fuck that. I worked construction, and the work itself was fine, but the people are retards. It seemed like their whole week would build up to the moment where they can drink until they pass out then talk about how drunk they got. The work was 7am to 7pm mon-fri then 7am to 3pm on saturday so getting drunk on saturday then recovering on sunday really was the only time anyone could do anything. The rest of the time is working or sleeping.

 

[Kelvrick]

I did have a mindless job, but I moved to one where I rack my brain because it seems the poeple I have to deal with are mindless.

I wouldn't go back though, sometimes I swear I'd have a headache from the lack of stimulus. Especially when they started blocking things like ikariam and tribal wars.

 

[mmntech]

I have a mindless job. Been trying to get something in my field for months now. If you want it SunnyD, I'll trade you in a heartbeat.

Construction isn't a mindless job. It does require some skill. Plus you actually get to accomplish something at the end of the day. Now anything service, retail, or assembly line is mindless. You do the same amount or more work, for more hours, with a lot less pay. No thanks.

 

[ShawnD1]

I wouldn't go back though, sometimes I swear I'd have a headache from the lack of stimulus. Especially when they started blocking things like ikariam and tribal wars.

It does very tiring to do nothing. I'm pounding back coffees one after another while posting in ATOT. When there's work to do, I don't need coffee to stay awake.

 

[DaWhim]

u bet OP has never taken a mindless job before. i did data entry for 3 years.

 

[bfdd]

yes, i actually do. i've been craving manual labor so badly lately, i've been thinking of offering to do it for free on the weekends. sitting behind a desk all day zaps me of my energy, but shoveling for 12 hrs straight? i'll be so full of energy i'll be lucky to sleep.

actually i kind of have a mindless job now, i just wish i had a physical job again. i miss doing manual labor.

 

[Texashiker]

Anyone actually wishing they had a mindless drone kind of job?

Tech gets so boring, and repetitive. Unless your a developer, there is almost no creative thinking.

I kinda missing working in the welding field. At least in the welding field my weight stayed where it was supposed to be from all of the manual labor.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Sometimes, not often...but only if it's manual labor.

I worked on the distribution line for Menards once. Mindless as fucking hell, but at least the pay was okay (not great) with per pallet bonuses, you got to listen to your headphones and are physically active.

Sitting on my ass doing data entry all day sounds like the 6th ring of Hell.

 

[phoenix79]

I'd love to be a gunsmith. Combines several things I love: guns, working with my hands, not being bored all day sitting at my desk...

 

[JTsyo]

I've done my stints in jobs like K-mart and "machinist" (the machine was automated, I just put the pieces on and took them off) and there's no way I would go back to that.

 

[rudder]

I hear ya. If I could get paid even 75% of what I make now to do construction or landscaping or something like that, I would do it in a heartbeat.

Then when you are 50 with crappy insurance and your back is killing you... you will be like.. man I should have sat on my ass all these years.

Anyway you can make good money doing landscaping.... you just need a truck, some mowers, shovels, etc... and a crew of 8 illegals the total of which cost you $40/hour in labor.

 

[bfdd]

Then when you are 50 with crappy insurance and your back is killing you... you will be like.. man I should have sat on my ass all these years.

Anyway you can make good money doing landscaping.... you just need a truck, some mowers, shovels, etc... and a crew of 8 illegals the total of which cost you $40/hour in labor.

I'd rather break my back by 50 than sit in a fucking chair every day til then. Having done both and I've done some back breaking labor, I'd pick that over what I do now any day.

 

[iGas]

I'm in construction and it is far from mindless. Reading crappy blueprints and spec books that are full of engineering and architectural errors (sometime missing detail drawings and other times missing entire critical area that costs up to a few millions of dollar worth of work & machineries), and try to make sense of it. Apply the knowledge that we know and make those drawing into working machines and structure isn't that easy because it is difficult enough that most if not all engineers wouldn't know how to put it together if they have to.

My working hour is 7:00am to 3:15pm, and there are jobs in the oil field that required the working hours that ShawnD1 described but that is another animal in itself.

PS. The most mindless job that I ever had were in IT. It was mind numbing sitting around waiting for a project, and the highlight of my day was the daily 5k run at lunch break.

 

[Train]

I've always thought of starting a company (I think they are technically called co-ops?) where you can do both office work (like IT or development) half the time, and labor (drywall, painting, framing, landscaping, etc) the other half. Sort of a way to get the best of both worlds.

I think splitting someones time between the two would actually make them better at both.

Could also have the added benifit of keeping the company more stable. The % of time spent on different jobs could be dependent on the pay/demand at any given time.

 

[nanette1985]

I used to work for a company that installed movie projectors/equipment - it was fun and interesting, always something new & interesting to deal with. The guys that actually ran the equipment on a regular basis got paid the same as we did, so I figured it'd be easy and so I tried that for a while. It was HELL. You go in, set up, push the start button, and then there is nothing to do for hours/days - if the everything is in good condition. Then just as you are totally zoned out, something breaks and you have to frantically fix it while tons of people are screaming at you.

I was so bored that I used to break things on purpose just so that I would have something to do. Needless to say, I didn't last at that job.

 

[Duder1no]

getting fat eh?

 

[Zargon]

I loved working on motorcycles, but there wasnt enough work to be worth quitting my real job.

now my real job takes too much time