Will I last?

[RJman]

Originally Posted by Connemara

I'm finding a lot of horror stories on the 'net about package handler jobs.

At least it's not one of those summer "cannery in Alaska" jobs that advertise in college newspapers.

 

[odoreater]

Originally Posted by Connemara

I'm finding a lot of horror stories on the 'net about package handler jobs.

Haha, he's ready to quit before he's even started.

 

[Margaret]

Ooh-la-la, spending the wee hours of the morning in a cramped truck filled with hot sweaty muscular menfolk. You won't know which packages to handle first.

 

[RJman]

Originally Posted by Margaret

Ooh-la-la, spending the wee hours of the morning in a cramped truck filled with hot sweaty muscular menfolk. You won't know which packages to handle first.

lupwned

 

[montecristo#4]

Originally Posted by Connemara

I still have it. This would be my second job.

I'm impressed. I have faith. Good luck.

Don't you wish you weren't paying so much FICA? Maybe you wouldn't need a second job if taxes were lower.

 

[Sable]

Originally Posted by Connemara

I'm finding a lot of horror stories on the 'net about package handler jobs.

late shift + surly men = oh youll be handling packages alright....

 

[Dakota rube]

You do realize you'll often be subjected to drug testing, don't you?

 

[edmorel]

Originally Posted by Margaret

Ooh-la-la, spending the wee hours of the morning in a cramped truck filled with hot sweaty muscular menfolk. You won't know which packages to handle first.

funniest thing you ever said.

Originally Posted by montecristo#4

Don't you wish you weren't paying so much FICA? Maybe you wouldn't need a second job if taxes were lower.

do you have an "off" switch?

 

[Stu]

Does anyone else hear the opening banjo strums from Deliverance in their heads when they read Conne's post?

 

[RJman]

Originally Posted by Margaret

Ooh-la-la, spending the wee hours of the morning in a cramped truck filled with hot sweaty muscular menfolk. You won't know which packages to handle first.

Will Conne get double-Teamstered?

 

[Margaret]

Originally Posted by edmorel

funniest thing you ever said.



Thank you. Though admittedly, I never answered the question posed by the thread title.

Conne, some say these help:

 

[topcatny]

Originally Posted by Connemara

I'm just glad I have another job so that my parents get off my back. They didn't grow up with a lot of money and had to work long hours during the summer to partially support themselves. They've been trying to foist that mentality on to me for years.

I have a lot of respect for them that they are trying to instill that mentality in you. It will only help you in the future.

Will you last the rest of the summer? I certainly believe you can. It's just hard work, even you can survive that. It's also only 8 weeks. I have my doubts as to whether you'll stick it out, but I hope you do.

 

[Margaret]

Originally Posted by RJman

Will Conne get double-Teamstered?

If he joins the union, will that make it a threesome?

 

[EL72]

Perhaps we will be seeing some NIB shoes from GVH appear on the B&S forum?

 

[West24]

my friend works at ups, but hes the manager so he doesnt have to do any of the lifting. he says the job is really tough, the workers are dumbasses and many times try to get into fights with eachother. there was a thread just a bit ago about the type of people that work in these places. i think you should search for it.