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   just the happenings in my life... mainly drinking!

still adjusting...

Sunday, May 20, 2007
so i moved out here december 30th... its now the end of may.  amazingly, my girlfriend and i are still not at each others throats and we still look forward to our evenings together... crazy!
 
so on the relationship front, everything is great... now job wise... not quite. 
 
for those that i haven't talked to in a while, i left the suit place... they were trying to make myself and the other assistant manager fill in for the manager since she left... but without any mention of financial compensation.  so basically, having us run the store for hardly more than minimum wage... screw that... add to it the fact that my co-manager decided to take a power trip and claim i was somehow trying to steal his job away from him... so i walked out... literally.  told him he can be manager and gave him my keys to the store.  haven't been back since.
 
now i just got off the phone with the owner of a company here in town where he was offering me a position with them that could have been fun and also made me some contacts in the hospitality industry... i turned him down.  instead, i'm going to keep doing roofing with a friend of a friend.  i feel like i'm not doing something to my potential at all... but i can't seem to find something that is that actually seems more enjoyable or more financially lucritive.  this job i was offered was setting up accomodations and (golf) tee times for some corporate and private clients... kinda neat since i love golf and travel... but i was going to make the same amount of money weekly as roofing but having to work a minimum of 5 hours more per week.  plus, its kinda nice to be outside...
 
so how dumb am i to not take the sure job?... the one with set hours, set pay, set location...?  instead, i'm never sure my hours or where i'm working, i definitely am at a higher risk of hurting myself... i feel almost embarassed to tell my family and friends that i'm roofing...
 
so what i need are some people to either tell me i'm dumb and should call this guy at the golf place back, or that i'm better off roofing... we'll do a poll!


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Posted on May 23, 2007
ONLINE Karma:
From: Jesgirl
30s, White Haven (Grand Haven, Mi for the season), Pennsylvania, US
Although the roofing thing sounds very manly and hawt, I have to take the other side of the fence and agree that you need to find something else. 
 
I wouldn't really agree that the golfing job is what you should do, as I've never believed in "calling someone back" on a job that you already turned down.  IMO, it makes you look like you don't have the ability to make a decision and stick with it.  Or that you lack the confindence in yourself to.
I don't think either of those things apply to you.
I would get off the roof (literally) before you do some damage to yourself that will have a long time impact on your body, and put your skills to work. 
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Posted on May 22, 2007
ONLINE Karma:
From:  cazza21
29, Whistler, British Columbia, CA
Roofing is definetly the place to be for the summer.. I have to say, even I did a bit of a stinit as a roofer and really enjoyed it! 
 
if you think you can find something when the winter months come along and roofing won't be as regular a job, then I say stick with it!
 
hum, seems like everyone has all these decisions to make this month... crazy!  good luck with yours :)


The only constant in my life is change.
Friends are the family we choose.

Posted on May 22, 2007
OFFLINE Karma:
From: coco7
28, Madison, Wisconsin, US
do the golf thing you dork....so what if its more hours, it would probably be more satisfying. money isn''t everything
Posted on May 21, 2007
ONLINE Karma:
From: reachben
32, Squamish, British Columbia, CA
stick too roofing.....for a little while anyway, if you stay roofing too long chances are you will lose your front teeth and grow a mullet, every roofer i see has a maximum of one front tooth. keep looking for another job but, in the present there seems to be something you like about roofing so stick with that and im sure a better job offer will come by. good luck
 
 
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