Career Change???!!

“I'm still looking for that 10 year, multimillion dollar contract to hike, bike and cross country ski at will.”

“Hey man, long time no seaweed.”

“A hammer to the face could speed up the process.”

“Sell your soul (in fact you probably did that when you became a day hiker - hehehehe) and become a teacher. Move to the country and never work again (it's fun). You probably have a degree that can be applied to Education (math?).

Teachers are worse than farmers when it comes to #&%!$ing about their lot in life. However, it is remarkably easier when you come to it from the real world and with a little maturity (did I really write ma ma ma? nope can't do it a second time). Studies are easier and teaching is too. The kids recognise someone that has reality $hit to tlell them - some of it not pleasant - and they respect that automatically after hearing the conventional bull$#&%!$ that's been stuffed down their throats all their lives. JMHO.”

“Nah, that just breaks the teeth. It takes years of neglect, starting in early childhood, to get the proper blackened, rotting stumps of teeth.

Believe me, I've seen it. I know what I'm talking about.”

“Blow up your TV
Throw away your paper
Go to the country,
Build you a home
Plant a little garden,
Eat a lot of peaches
Try an find Jesus
On your own”

“Spanish Pipedream. One of my favorites. Along with The Late John Garfield Blues.”

“Here's a timely tangent!”

“9 to 5, Who works 9 to 5? I here that term but know nobody that works that short of time. I work now 7 to 4:30 and that is less than when I was contracting out my services.

You have had it soft. Be glad for the easy times you had and get to work doing something difficult. If work was all fun you would be paying them not them paying you.”

“After 10 years in retail, including management, I changed careers. Now I work for a municipal government. 7-4 Monday thru Friday, not a bad gig. Find a gov't job that is up your alley, something like a budget manager or a fiscal analyst.”

“I had coffee with a head hunter in the banking/business area, who told me that his experience is that for every $10,000 in salary you want takes one month of job search, on average. That number can be depressing if one needs a job fast, but if you have a career plan and patient it will pay off. Also, the job market in all sections is really bad right now. (I know.)”

“Problems getting a job like you are having are not uncommon during an economic downturn. This is a good time, however, to go back to school and get a Master's degree, if you can.”

“Please answer the following questions so that we may better match you to a prospective employer:


How do you work in a team situation when all the other team
members are fools and idiots?

How well do you work under the influence of hard drugs?

Have you ever beaten or killed a co-worker?

Give a rough estimate of the maximum dollar amount that you've
stolen from each of your previous employers.

Do you object to torture in the workplace?

How much of your workday would you waste by posting to Trail Talk?”

“Gremlin, what did you do in your former life?”

“I hear Yassar Arafat and the PLO are looking for some good men for short term assignments.”

“Get a job at a camping/backpacking store or similiar until you figure out what you really want to do!”

“Mtngal: Geez, does this mean I'm going to have to start paying THEM? Bugger it, I'll give it all to my students and have a MAJOR party and go out with a flash.

Smiley girl (love that name): After dropping out of college I went to work at Ma Bell for five years before going back. I worked for them a few summers. After my degree I worked as a head hunter (a disaster given my personality and background) and a print journalist for a year. This confirmed my wish to get out of the rat race and I went back to McGill for my teaching certificate and have never regretted it.

This is my 25th year of teaching and in all that time I didn't want to go to work only once. That was last Thursday and, guess what? I didn't go to work. I felt better Friday and my boss came to see me saying she hoped I felt better (I don't even get $hit anymore - perhaps that's a bad sign).

Happy trails, everybody.”

“Gremlin, I'm going back to school this fall to get my teaching certificate. I'm fed up with engineering consulting, and the private side or even a govenrment job doesn't look any better. I hope I enjoy teaching as much as you do!”

“Gremlin, you are one of the lucky few. I did say ALL fun, that does not exclude mostly fun. If it were never fun you should find a new career.

I like my work but one of my career goals is to have a boss smarter than me.”

“Smarter than I?”

“that too.”

“LOLOLOL! are you hiring, Violin?”

“There is AN URGENT NEED for bread inspectors at the local Rainbow factory!

Please help us help the public!



PS I am not violin.”

“Me am just a smart a$$.”

“That is really nasty!”

“That works out well! I just made a new macro to log me out and back in, so I can post as different handles in under 20 seconds! Isn't technology grand?”

“You should change your name to ultratroll.”

“Wow! What a great invention; the mouse is already baked into the bread!”

“No, the bread was baked and sliced first. The mouse is still in its virginal and juiciest organic form.

Enjoy!

I am not violin.”

“Ultratroll
I’m not playing the “guess who the troll is” game but you could have two browsers open each logged in to a different name. This is not rocket science.”

“No no no, silly woman. Cookies like the ones used to determine your identity here work off the same folder, no matter how many windows you have open.

I suppose I could have two seperat installations of the browser, each with a different cookies folder... But then, that would be more trouble than writing my little script.

Sheesh! Women and technology.”

“She didn't say another window, silly whatever, she said another browser.”

“From the Cooke City Sinclair and Cabins website:

Need help to get the most out of your visit to Yellowstone National Park and surrounding National Forests in Montana and Wyoming?

Ride along biology and conservation teacher can tell you about the wildlife, geology, tree and flowers of the Yellowstone ecosystem and make sure you don’t miss any of the special sights along the way. Half day or all day trips can be arranged.

Please contact us for more information.”

“If you watch TV late at night, you can come up with a lot of ideas for your own home-based business. Exciting opportunities await you, now!”

“cowabunga”

“Heck ...you screw up would you know?”

“That is freaking awesome! How much is the pay? My son Chris says it would probably get monotonous after a while though.

Monotony kills! LOL!”

“LOL...Pammie YGM...nah I am thinking the feeling of the critters crawling on you while you are energized would keep you awake.”