Landed a new tugboat job

[Texashiker]

Did you lose your IT Job? This seems an unusual field to get into.

I left that job. No I was not fired or let go.

I was tired of sitting in an office listening to women complain that they forgot their passwords or could not print. I felt like I was rotting in that office.

A buddy of mine is a captain on a tug. He talked to me about coming out here, so I took the leap.

 

[Blanky]

I left that job. No I was not fired or let go.

I was tired of sitting in an office listening to women complain that they forgot their passwords or could not print. I felt like I was rotting in that office.

A buddy of mine is a captain on a tug. He talked to me about coming out here, so I took the leap.

I guess you could have applied for another IT job elsewhere with a different job description, but I can appreciate being tired of that. I was starting to get burned out a couple of years ago on my office job. I finally figured out what aspect about it I liked and have tried to spend a bit more time doing that now. "fixing shit" is the worst part about IT, whether it's people's computers, installs, software, bad data, etc. Sometimes I bet doctors feel the same way, doing little more than fixing problems, not really creating something new.

 

[Sonikku]

How much tugging is involved on this boat?

Of your penis?

 

[Texashiker]

How much tugging is involved on this boat?

Of your penis?

Not much.

I let it build up for when I get home.

 

[Carson Dyle]

It is called equal time. You work a day and you get a day off. This type of work brings true balance between work and family.

I can not help it if you have been conditioned to think you have only 2 days off a week. This is how people should work. Everyone should get a day off for everyday they work.

Ok, then... In a two week period, how many hours do you work? Most people work about 80 hours every two weeks. Do you work only 40 hours? And in a year, do you work only 1/2 of the 2000 hours a typical American full-time worker does?

If so, you can say you only work "six months" of the year. Otherwise, you work the same as anyone (or more) and only your schedule is different.

 

[bradly1101]

A friend of mine drives the boats that ferry offshore oil workers to their rigs. He makes good money.

 

[Texashiker]

Ok, then... In a two week period, how many hours do you work? Most people work about 80 hours every two weeks. Do you work only 40 hours? And in a year, do you work only 1/2 of the 2000 hours a typical American full-time worker does?

If so, you can say you only work "six months" of the year. Otherwise, you work the same as anyone (or more) and only your schedule is different.

I work probably 70 - 80 hours in one week. It is not like you are up busting your ass for 18 hours a day either. There are lots of times when we have several hours of down time.

This week we had 2 days where the ship channel was shut down for 2 days. That is 2 days where we clean and work on small stuff.

I live on the boat for 1 week. Then I go home for a week.

 

[MongGrel]

I left that job. No I was not fired or let go.

I was tired of sitting in an office listening to women complain that they forgot their passwords or could not print. I felt like I was rotting in that office.

A buddy of mine is a captain on a tug. He talked to me about coming out here, so I took the leap.

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq0e4WjL7G0

Close enough, still a classic.

Had one guy used to do tugs in Alaska was best friends with another I worked with, John was always cool as hell when he came to town.

 

[Carson Dyle]

I work probably 70 - 80 hours in one week. It is not like you are up busting your ass for 18 hours a day either. There are lots of times when we have several hours of down time.

This week we had 2 days where the ship channel was shut down for 2 days. That is 2 days where we clean and work on small stuff.

I live on the boat for 1 week. Then I go home for a week.

Then like I said, your schedule is just different. You don't work only "six months" of the year any more that someone who works 4 days a week works only 4/7 = "6.85 months" of the year.

 

[Thebobo]

Tugboat music for you T Hiker

John Hartford - Steam Powered Aereo Plane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV7ZTwqC8ZI&list=PL326AB86EFB8A5E68&index=37

John Hartford - Vamp In The Middle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B21qhoKbmNE&index=38&list=PL326AB86EFB8A5E68