An accurate representation of today.
Today I’ve bought my Laptop into work to sponge off the internet connection here – mine at home has began playing up and I can’t get a decent connection, instead all I get is pure rage and an urge to destroy something for no reason. I’m having one of those days were I don’t much feel like doing anything at all at the present time. For those of you that may not know for a living I’m a Chef (Sous Chef – I’m the second in command) and it’s quiet as a mouse with a gagged mouth where I work. Normally I’m be running about the place like a blue-arsed fly, but I’m sat on my arse having a bit of a ponder. I’m also helping myself to the many sumptuous treats that lie about the maze of store areas and enjoying a well-earned cup of Tea. That’s the perks of this job, my friends.
Once I finished eating into company profits and stuffing my face I got to wondering what those of you that pop by here do for a living? I assume you all have jobs and are not full-time bloggers – you’re lucky bastards if you are.
Feel free to share!
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November 9, 2009 at 4:40 pm
During the day, I design bits for trains, and then
arguenegotiate with the customers about how long it will take to make the bits, and what it will cost them.After a hard day’s doing that, I come home, spark up the laptop and then start doing it all again as a freelance designer of bits for things other than trains.
This chefing mallarkey sounds alright to me….
November 9, 2009 at 7:55 pm
You’ve shown us too many photos taken on your lunchtime stroll down to the pub for us to fall for that ‘After a hard day’s doing that’ baloney
November 9, 2009 at 6:08 pm
For 21 more days I am the Director of a sexual assault crisis center. working from home and 1/2 time for the rest of this ’sentence’ .. After that? A writer- until I get totally on welfare and then I go find another job.. or until Oprah calls?
November 9, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Interesting.
DF, have you had anything published before – assuming that is when you say ‘writer’ it is something you do for more than just the fun?
November 9, 2009 at 11:48 pm
No not yet. I’m hopeful, and have quit my job to write a book.. memoirs of dating on-line and life as a 50-something! So “Writer” is positive thinking!
November 9, 2009 at 8:12 pm
I work as Production Planner for a large Engineering Co.
Modern technology – mobile, fax, email, scanner, remote connection to company server – lets me work from home (much to the dogs’ delight – and mine)
Great thing about working from home is I no longer have to hide my screen from folk in the office when I’m doing a bit of surreptitious blogging.
Downside is I have to work odd hours of the day and night to do the work things I should have done during the day instead of blogging
November 9, 2009 at 11:48 pm
I’ve wondered about you, you seem extremely prolific, as a blogger, for someone who’s not retired!
November 9, 2009 at 8:23 pm
You jammy fucker.
Although having said that, I doubt I’d get any work done at all – regardless of profession – if I worked from home so it’s probably a safer bet I actually have somewhere to go.
I should divulge a bit more about my job:
I’m a Sous Chef working at a large country house in south-west England that specialises in fucntions, corperate events and weddings, as well as training courses in the regular monday-friday.
We do functions for upwards of 150 people and run on a pretty shoe-string staff roster of 3 people in the kitchen which makes things tricky from time to time. All in all it’s a nice happy medium in the catering trade – the nights aren’t too late and the pressure isn’t too unbearable.
November 9, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Well because my blog is basically about what I do for a living I don’t have too much more to say about it. I started off working for my company as a graphic designer. During that time I had to work closely with the publication department (they make worthless technical manuals. You know, the types that don’t really help you do anything). That’s where all my old frustrations came from, people requesting things they don’t know how to articulate.
Recently though, I’ve been given a pseudo promotion. Mind you, I don’t make any more money, & the only time anyone addresses me by the new title that I may or may not officially have is when something is wrong & they need to point fingers. They call me a Project Lead. Our boss is gone for three months & I’m the unlucky bastard who’s competent enough to chosen to take over her roles. So, I still draw pictures, but I also decide who works on what & when it needs to be done. I can’t discipline anyone who doesn’t follow my direction, & I can’t report them to their manager (who isn’t even around).
I have to deal with people who run around drooling with their flies open while yelling “DiF told me to do it!” They’re more likely to get frustrated & hit their face against their keyboards than send off an e-mail they spell-check. *Sigh* I fucking hate my job.
November 10, 2009 at 2:41 am
Civil servant. Spent most of my time working in communications for assorted politicians and became quite good at saying nothing in 250 words or less.
November 10, 2009 at 4:30 am
I have my own media/internet company with two other freaks of nature. One a well known cinematographer, the other a former founder of Cisco Systems Australia. Originally we set up the company to delivery digital content over the net in preparedness for Interactive TV (which never really happened). We have a massive stills and digital film library. We then side stepped and began building websites using our content and research (prior to that friggin Wiki ). Then we began helping businesses develop web strategies. Currently we advise big corporates on their marketing strategies for the net. We also deal with some of the world’s top golf coaches developing not only their websites but training videos etc.
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I have over 50 friggin websites and countless blogs I write on. Very few people know I am the Friggin Loon
November 10, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Thanks for the input, guys and girls. We’re a mixed bunch aren’t we? But a good bunch at that.
November 13, 2009 at 8:39 pm
I’m fully retired from 30 years of medicine of which 90% was in psychiatry, 20 as a consultant.
I started fiction writing to cope with the collapse of my own mental health under the strain of work and a shitty first marriage. Discovered blogging as a way to publish my stuff, which almost nobody reads but I enjoy doing it so there!
I stumbled into this informal network of bloggers about 4 months ago after major crap at a couple of other formal forums. The contributors are all unique but make my day in so many ways. Thanks folks!