"Rainbow" (rainbeaux)
01/16/2018 at 18:24 • Filed to: None
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"Rainbow" (rainbeaux)
01/16/2018 at 18:24 • Filed to: None | 2
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I’m in Knoxville tonight, but I should be in Nashville. Why am I in Knoxville? Well, I came here first to deliver a single stepladder. The place that ordered it closes at 4, and I arrived at 3:30 on the dot. Oh, but there was less than a quarter of an inch of snow, so they apparently closed early. So I have to wait until tomorrow morning, and now I’m 3 hours behind schedule.
What’s worse is I never called ahead (because I didn’t know what time I would arrive anyway) and my boss is definitely going to blame me for this.
Even WORSE... this is my truck after convincing my boss to drop HALF of the load for tonight:
This job is just awful. I’m overworked and blamed for everything that goes wrong. The people who plan out these loads have never worked as a driver, so they have absolutely no clue what they’re doing. Apparently my boss has hired over 50 different drivers across his 7 years at this branch. If I knew that beforehand, I would never even consider something so ridiculous that nobody stays longer than a few months.
And, then there’s the fact that I’ve never held a job for a full year. I know that I’ve just been unlucky in that I only seem to get into the things that legitimately suck, but this is still really difficult to process emotionally. I can’t help but wonder if I’m NEVER going to find something remotely tolerable.
There isn’t a point to this, really. I just needed to vent.
E90M3
> Rainbow
01/16/2018 at 18:44 |
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You and me both.
They laid off some people at my plant today and all I could think of was not this shit again.
Spanfeller is a twat
> Rainbow
01/16/2018 at 19:06 |
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That seems unreasonable by part of the store. I’m sorry you find yourself in this situation
Recovering Gaijin
> Rainbow
01/16/2018 at 19:14 |
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Damn, man; that sucks! Keep at it: it does get better. I didn’t get a job I truly loved until I was late 30s-then had to leave it after 15 years because dying industry ( I repaired/rebuilt pianos ). Now I have a job that not only do I love, but they pay me stupid $ for.
Start looking now: easier to get one while still employed. Seriously consider going to school for HVAC: that field is booming.
Good luck!
E92M3
> Rainbow
01/16/2018 at 19:22 |
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I’m trying to figure out how this business works. I mean driving out of state to deliver a step ladder?? I know you can’t ship a tall ladder using conventional shipping methods. Still...hard to imagine making much money unless you’re delivering large quantity orders to big box stores with a semi truck full of ladders.
Khalbali
> Rainbow
01/16/2018 at 19:50 |
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Completely understand, wish I had better advice but I’m about to start my 6th job since July so I haven’t figured it out either.....
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Rainbow
> E92M3
01/17/2018 at 05:59 |
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Yeah, I seriously have no clue how they make any money. I’ve wondered that since my first day.
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E92M3
> Rainbow
01/17/2018 at 14:12 |
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Do they manufacture the ladders?
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Rainbow
> E92M3
01/18/2018 at 12:13 |
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Nope. They just sell them. What’s even weirder is we deliver them to a lot of resellers, too. The markup must be HUGE, and they’re already not cheap.
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E92M3
> Rainbow
01/19/2018 at 11:20 |
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Weird.....I thought maybe they also manufacture them with $20-25 of aluminum, and that’s how the make a profit. This makes no sense, even if they are $500 a piece.