Thread: Any work is good work

Just had a pizza delivered,round table all meat marvel.my fave, the delivery person was interesting,she was 81 yrs old, very vibrant lady.
I asked her, do you like your job?,she said any work is good work,credo I have always lived by.

I can't say I agree with that statement at all. There are many many crappy jobs out there. If you can't derive some satisfaction or enjoyment from your job you're simply biding your time before you die. You only live once, so why waste your life?

Then again, I live in a country where jobs are very plentiful and realize it's not the same everywhere around the globe.

Originally Posted by Ryan82

I can't say I agree with that statement at all. There are many many crappy jobs out there. If you can't derive some satisfaction or enjoyment from your job you're simply biding your time before you die. You only live once, so why waste your life?

Then again, I live in a country where jobs are very plentiful and realize it's not the same everywhere around the globe.

I have been out of work for two yrs, at my age I cannot find work,I make my brushes. I also recycle aluminum cans and scrap metal to suppliment my income,I enjoyed what I did for 43 yrs,Than I got offshored,any work to me is good work.NO JOB IS CRAPPY.I wish I had a job,any job.

Sorry to hear that Bill. But I still stand by my statement. Desperate times call for desperate measures which is just harsh reality, but necessity shouldn't be confused with gratitude.

Listen to the boys from Winnipeg tell it like it is!

Excellent! The Guess Who and BTO are two of my favourites (quite naturally, I'm sure lol). Thanks JB.

Originally Posted by Ryan82

Sorry to hear that Bill. But I still stand by my statement. Desperate times call for desperate measures which is just harsh reality, but necessity shouldn't be confused with gratitude.

Your statement is wrong,my garbage man makes $9.00 an hr ,he is very gratefull to at least make that,it helps feed his family.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

I have been out of work for two yrs, at my age I cannot find work,I make my brushes. I also recycle aluminum cans and scrap metal to suppliment my income,I enjoyed what I did for 43 yrs,Than I got offshored,any work to me is good work.NO JOB IS CRAPPY.I wish I had a job,any job.

Do you sell? I'll buy a brush from you.

I agree with Bill. People complain about their jobs all the time. I think with this economy it is difficult to feel unlucky when we are able to provide regardless of job satisfaction. I often find myself feeling unsatisfied until I find someone who has nothing to feel unsatisfied about.

Luis

In reply to the original post, I would be glad to be alive at 81 let alone able to even work at 81, ( as no male family member I know has lived to 80 so far " but I hope to break this trend ) the fact that she "must" work at 81 is sad rather than she works because it is something she likes.
I have done a couple of years of unemployment in a area of few options getting by with what I could get with a young family, so I sympathise with those who are in this position it is not easy. But a 1300 km move and restart changed it all for me.
As for Pixelfix looking at the beautiful pieces of art you produce I would love to see your products in stores online etc along side those of Livi on the likes of RSD especially your loom strops, which are absolute masterpieces that
A: I wish I could afford but
B: would be to scared to use in case I cut it or something stupid at this stage
But we are the masters of our own destiny's so the changes must come from within to manifest externally into our lives

“Come to the edge, he said.
We are afraid, they said.
Come to the edge, he said.
They came to the edge,
He pushed them and they flew.
Come to the edge, Life said.
They said: We are afraid.
Come to the edge, Life said.
They came. It pushed them...
And they flew.”
― Guilliame Apollinaire French Poet.

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