Overtime Work

So today I installed both gears AND rockers! Yeah yeah,I know it's Saturday, but I went in for overtime. Apparently they have overtime on weekends every week. I'd make more money doing the one job plus overtime than doing two jobs, but I'm still going to aim for two.

There was only like, eight people who came in out of my estimated sixty-five employees. I was the only member of the Temp Five who came in. I can come in on Saturdays, but I can't do Sundays, because I rely on bus. I think I'm the only employee there that buses.

There are a couple of people there that work 12 hours a day, seven days a week. Think about that. 12 hours is half a day, and if you're doing that every day, minus the amount of time you spend sleeping, and then travel time, you have less than a quarter of your life to yourself. You'd probably make mad cash, but what's the point if you can't spend it on anything you'll spend any significant time on?

And how is it even possible to do those hours? In the three days I've worked there, I've been offered an extra two hours of overtime once. I don't have the option of doing twelve, even if I wanted!

We had these big gizmos that had a sort of structure that we built off. Still the same job, but we had to share the construction structures, so this time, how fast we went actually did effect how fast each of us could go. Still went pretty smoothly. Plus, because the structures were tall, it didn't strain our backs and shoulders. Normally, you spend about an hour thinking how easy this is, you can't believe you're getting paid so much to do it, before you start getting angry. Today it took about five hours to get to that stage.

It was a pretty good day, even though I don't get overtime pay, because I only started working halfway through the week.

This is shift work. So I spend two weeks on days, two weeks evenings, and two weeks nights. I will only not be able to do Karate during evening shifts.

It'll be fun doing nights, going in after Karate, all beat up.

If anything, this job only motivates me for Karate. I mean, it's true, you're exhausted after a day's work, but you spend a full day with your heart bleeding, thinking "I WAS MADE FOR BETTER THINGS!!!" plus you're aggravating your body, using it continually for such minor things, you just want to let your body and mind have the chance to go all out!!!

You know how your brain actually moves slower when watching TV than it would if you were doing absolutely nothing? I think it's the same for my job.

The only thing that's a little disappointing about getting work is that, I've been in the job-searching business for so long... getting to know all the job-searching people, figuring out all the resources, the techniques... It almost seemed like a career. So it feels like ditching a former lifestyle, a little bit.

Someone at Secondchance got me a tie. Gonna drop in next week to collect. Gonna treat you guys to a new pic of me and my new, suited up with my new trimmed beard!