I hate my friggin job!

[mattian]

I've been working as a kitchenhand in the same job for more than 5 years. I am so over working in a kitchen. I'm miserable and its time for a change!!!!!!!!! :yes:

I want to ride my bike!!!!. Its the only thing that makes me happy!!! I want to ride my bike for a job. I realise that courier rider jobs are few and far between these days, and becoming less and less of an option, as mail becomes electronic and many more parcels can be delivered by cars and vans.

there must be SOMETHING!! that I can do for a job that allows me to ride my bike all day.

Come on folks!! I want to pick your brains !! got any ideas? please share them and lets put our heads together. Perhaps you are in the same situation as me, maybe we can get together and make this happen.

[schrodingers cat]

Making your hobby your job isn't always all its cracked up to be.

It's like eating lollies - one or two are great. A whole packet makes you sick

I think first get out of that kitchen. Gain some perspective and once life has taken on a rosier hue consider your options.

[mattian]

fair call, however, I respectfully disagree.

[gammaguy]

i used to run a motorcycle courier firm.

after a few years,all of us bike "enthusiasts"hated bikes,hated cold mornings,hated traffic cops,hated woman drivers,etc.

Yup,there was a lot to hate.

Its the same as being married...........,dont ruin the thing you love by working with it.

[Maha]

Deliver Pizzas.
For those places where the little scooters cant reach.

[Mully]

Deliver Pizzas.
For those places where the little scooters cant reach.

LOL - way back when, when I delivered pizzas, we had a guy apply to do it on a motorbike.

On his FIRST delivery, he binned it and was off on ACC. Never came back cos he'd munted his bike too.

[Maha]

LOL - way back when, when I delivered pizzas, we had a guy apply to do it on a motorbike.

On his FIRST delivery, he binned it and was off on ACC. Never came back cos he'd munted his bike too.

But did the pizza get through? or did they have to scrape that off the road too?

[Maha]

I had a thought once (crazy I know) but......
Motorcycle Tours.

[jack_hamma]

Become a postie!

get to ride bikes :)

[mattian]

Become a postie!

get to ride bikes :)

Yes, been applying.

[neels]

Get out of the kitchen. Being a kitchen hand sucks, I've been there.

So does delivering pizzas, I've been there too. The novelty of hooning around town in a GT Cortina wears off after a while.

But the main thing is that the reason you love riding your bike is because that's what you do when you're not at work. If you ride a bike at work, what will you be looking forward to doing on your time off?

[blackdog]

:rofl:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD5GtohtRYU

[mattian]

why has this been moved to rant or rave? the topic is bike related.

[Genie]

I hear that you hate your job...but ...be grateful you have one..be grateful you have an income that provides you with the thrill of riding your bike. be grateful you're able to get out of bed in the morning and go to work at all.....being grateful makes life bareable!

[Gubb]

Writer/Columnist/Journalist?

[mattian]

I hear that you hate your job...but ...be grateful you have one..be grateful you have an income that provides you with the thrill of riding your bike. be grateful you're able to get out of bed in the morning and go to work at all.....being grateful makes life bareable!

I absolutely agree with that thankyou. I suppose I could do with a good dose of perspective.

[Maha]

why has this been moved to rant or rave? the topic is bike related.

Not really, its about your job, even the thread title says that.
The only bit that is remotely bike related is, you want to ride your bike all day.

[neels]

you want to ride your bike all day.
Don't we all.....

[Maha]

Don't we all.....

Not me, being on the bike is ok but all day?....neeeeeeeee.

[mattian]

Don't we all.....

well you can't..... go ride your own bike

[rustyrobot]

Just fake the bits you don't know....

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[Toaster]

Join the police, specialise in road policing, specialise further into the bike squad and ride a bike all day AND GO FAST.

Easy.

[neels]

well you can't..... go ride your own bike
But your's is nicer than mine

[Maha]

Bike Cop!!!!

[Genie]

Not really, its about your job, even the thread title says that.
The only bit that is remotely bike related is, you want to ride your bike all day.

I used to ride my bike pretty much all day (school hours) but then I got a job! Works sucks. It so gets in the way of life....but there's hope for us all.....the weekend.

[Maha]

I used to ride my bike pretty much all day (school hours) but then I got a job! Works sucks. It so gets in the way of life....but there's hope for us all.....the weekend.

Now theres a bike related thread title right there!

[Usarka]

Mobile gigolo :wari:

[Maha]

Mobile gigolo :wari:

Not that rewarding to be honest.

[rapid van cleef]

like someone else said...........keep you job and your hobby seperate. unless you get luck enough to get to the top of your game, where you have people doing all the shitey stuff for you, it will become a chore.

[Genie]

Mobile gigolo :wari:

like this???

[Oakie]

Live further away from work and place some nice long bits of road betweeen you and work. It works for me.

Nothing wrong with being a dish-pig although I guess 5 years is stretching it a bit. I guess my nephew would swap with you though. He just lost his job today when his place of work went belly up.

[rustyrobot]

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[Bren]

Get an OSH approved forklift cert and become a redneck like me....love it!

[mashman]

go to university, plenty of riding days. Study business, some how corporate related. Make your plan. Get shitloads of KBers together, get them to mortgage themselves til they bleed, and in returne they take ownership (shares) in a state of the art Grand Prix Venue/Training Centre... and if it all goes tits up, just leave the country, at least you tried, it's the rest of our faults :)

[mattian]

go to university, plenty of riding days. Study business, some how corporate related. Make your plan. Get shitloads of KBers together, get them to mortgage themselves til they bleed, and in returne they take ownership (shares) in a state of the art Grand Prix Venue/Training Centre... and if it all goes tits up, just leave the country, at least you tried, it's the rest of our faults :)

hahahaha... I like it! sounds like you've thought it through

[BoristheBiter]

I've been working as a kitchenhand in the same job for more than 5 years. I am so over working in a kitchen. I'm miserable and its time for a change!!!!!!!!! :yes:

I want to ride my bike!!!!. Its the only thing that makes me happy!!! I want to ride my bike for a job. I realise that courier rider jobs are few and far between these days, and becoming less and less of an option, as mail becomes electronic and many more parcels can be delivered by cars and vans.

there must be SOMETHING!! that I can do for a job that allows me to ride my bike all day.

Come on folks!! I want to pick your brains !! got any ideas? please share them and lets put our heads together. Perhaps you are in the same situation as me, maybe we can get together and make this happen.

Give Yamaha a call, i hear they are looking for a new rider.

[Berries]

Forget the bike for now. If you get your job sorted you’ll be able to ride whatever you want whenever you want. I did three years as a KP after leaving school, travelled the world washing pots and it was great fun. But look a few years ahead. Best to make a choice now, either get a qualification, and be poor for a few years, or get a trade. When I look back I am glad I spent all that time in kitchens, but if I hadn’t made the big decision I would probably be in a dead end job somewhere and not be able to swap bikes every 12 months and have overseas holidays every year etc etc.

I never thought I would get accepted by the Poly when I applied, I only did it to shut my old man up, but in the end I got in, passed, did some shit jobs for a few years and then everything turned for the better.

Unless you want to be a chef I ‘d say get out of the kitchen. And as everyone else said, if you ride for a living you’ll get sick of it very quickly.

[DMNTD]

like someone else said...........keep you job and your hobby seperate. unless you get luck enough to get to the top of your game, where you have people doing all the shitey stuff for you, it will become a chore.

Sad but true damn it!
God forbid you ever get to the stage that I'm at where riding a RSV4 Factory is just another ride :mellow:

[mattian]

I have a Bachelor of art and design from AUT. it isnt worth the paper its written on.

[Grubber]

Not me, being on the bike is ok but all day?....neeeeeeeee.

Oh now come on! I rode every day for 400k's a day for about 3 and half weeks non stop and if it wasn't for work i woulda kept goin too. Don't tell me ya wouldn't want to do that?

[Berries]

I have a Bachelor of art and design from AUT. it isnt worth the paper its written on.
You should have come to Auntie KB for advice when you chose the course, you would have been told that straight away.

Seriously though, no matter what people say there are a shed load of jobs out there to help you get out of the kitchen if you really want to. They may not seem like they have prospects, but I'd imagine they have more possibilities than your current job.

[Genie]

and didn't you have so much fun. The new roads, the sights, the people, absolutely, awesomelly wonderful. !

But alas, bikes. and us, don't run on fresh air. And really without the drugdery of daily life riding the bike would not give us the thrill is does.

It's the anticipation, the planning, the gazing at wonder at one's bike. The thrill of having a spare hour and being able to throw your leg over and just go. Those spontanious moments when you just bolt out the door and do it.

For those that commute every day to and from work, that in itself would be monotonous after sometime and that would be when they belt it out on weekend blat. Those mad moments of pure pleasure.

I miss riding.

[Grubber]

and didn't you have so much fun. The new roads, the sights, the people, absolutely, awesomelly wonderful. !

But alas, bikes. and us, don't run on fresh air. And really without the drugdery of daily life riding the bike would not give us the thrill is does.

It's the anticipation, the planning, the gazing at wonder at one's bike. The thrill of having a spare hour and being able to throw your leg over and just go. Those spontanious moments when you just bolt out the door and do it.

For those that commute every day to and from work, that in itself would be monotonous after sometime and that would be when they belt it out on weekend blat. Those mad moments of pure pleasure.

I miss riding.

Never a truer word has been spoken and you put it so nicely. I haven't been out for a few weeks now with work interfering at every corner.
I will go this weekend for sure. It destroys ones soul when you can't get out to ride. I hate having it stuck in the shed.

[Jantar]

I would take issue with that statement. A Bachelor of art and design from AUT is worth exactly the paper its written on. :shutup:

[mashman]

hahahaha... I like it! sounds like you've thought it through

thought is all it ever has been or ever will be unfortunately... but I reckon it's a goer for NZ should you be able to land any/all of the GP's on a yearly basis, tis just a trip across the pond (that Art and Design degree might come in handy :))... Instead of corporate boxes and corporate hospitality (waste of space), build offices into the perimeter for renting and constant drip feed of cash (businesses can charge for their premises to be used for coporate reasons if they like)... motorsport bar, drift track, skid pan, superbike school, trackdays, state of the art training facilities, monorail to the nearest city (Wellington obviously lol)... the list is endless... ahhhhh to dream... andyone have $100 mill hangin around I could borrow :shifty:

Good luck mattian... done the "dish" thing myself, fun for a while... the world is your oyster lol

[Love my Bonnie]

I love my job!!!
The sun is shining & I am on school holidays YAY!!!!!
I'm off riding again.

CU

[Love my Bonnie]

I have a Bachelor of art and design from AUT. it isnt worth the paper its written on.

I got a Bachelor of Education from Auckland Uni
My piece of paper cost $16000 + 3 years lost income

[vifferman]

I hate my friggin job too! The salary is OK (but less than I could be being paid for the same job elsewhere). The worse thing about it is that while I've been on sick leave / annual leave to have and recover from open-heart surgery, I've received one (1!) phone call from someone at work, and that was my boss, yesterday, basically asking if I was coming back next week. This is from a company that I've worked at for over four years, that prides itself on its social conscience, assistance programmes, wonderful company culture, blah blah blah. And the HR manager knew I was going into hospital and didn't even offer lip service to ask if there was something she could do to help.

[Bald Eagle]

They definitely be off your Xmas card list then

[Grubber]

Get an OSH approved forklift cert and become a redneck like me....love it!

They screaming for good hoist drivers all over the place.
Work outside in the open spaces. Nothin wrong with that for a job.
Takes a bit of skill to master it to any degree too.

[Grubber]

I love my job!!!
The sun is shining & I am on school holidays YAY!!!!!
I'm off riding again.

CU

Ok i think we've heard enough from you for today1

[dogsnbikes]

I've been working as a kitchenhand in the same job for more than 5 years. I am so over working in a kitchen. I'm miserable and its time for a change!!!!!!!!! :yes:

Thats your problem 5 years plus as a kitchen hand.......in the whole time I have been in the industry I have never known anyone to make a kitchenhand position a career:shit:

Have you never had the option of up skilling??or has upskilling never interested you??

I could say I hate my job and I am sure alot of people on here could too,

I dont mix work and hobbies but I look at how the benefits of my job can maximise the interest in my hobbies and I think I have it pretty sorted now and have been in the same job for the last 9 years...yes there are pro's and con's just like any job

The only bad thing I can say about my job is that I am required too work away from home for two weeks at a time.....

But the great things are

I work less than 6 mths a year,
I get paid all year round,
I meet great people,
I work with great people,
I get 4 weeks annual leave,
I get free travel outside public holidays,
The scenery is always diferent,

And when I am at home..I can have as much time with my bikes as I wish and I get quality time with the missus:yes:

[Max Preload]

But did the pizza get through? or did they have to scrape that of the road too?Both.


I have a Bachelor of art and design from AUT. it isnt worth the paper its written on.So you should already know that combining a hobby and job doesn't work.

[avgas]

sell drugs.
works for the gangs.

[Taz]

I don't hate my job nor do I love it. It's just what I do so I can afford to do what I want.

[Mom]

I'm unemployed.

[george formby]

I was a chef for nearly 30 years, decades of getting my head kicked in. Now I'm self employed, I work six days a week at my business & my spare time is filled trying to make money for food etc. The business barely covers the bills at this time of year & certainly doe's not pay me. I get out on the bike for an hour or two now & again, it feels bloody fantastic, the best form of escapism their is for me.
I did a stint as a courier in the UK & trust me, you will find a new hobby very quickly. the bike will just be a means to an end.
You obviously have stamina, being an underwater ceramics technician for 5 years takes a certain amount of fortitude, apply that to a career which is going to give you a realistic life balance & a bit of fulfillment. Think about what your good at, not what you love.
I must admit I do have a hankering to be a first response medic. That must be an interesting job...

[Bald Eagle]

Become a member of parliament, should hours long perks and no annoying conscience to get in the way.

[george formby]

Become a member of parliament, should hours long perks and no annoying conscience to get in the way.

Yeah, but you would be limited to a Rocket III or Harley

[avgas]

Yeah, but you would be limited to a Rocket III or Harley
Not true - aren't we doing trade talks with China and Korea right now

[Taz]

Yes. We're going to waste $14million + on Panda's for John Key. FFS!!

[george formby]

Not true - aren't we doing trade talks with China and Korea right now

Not Phil Goff & Hone Harawira. Hone might be trying to get a Voxan though

[mashman]

Not true - aren't we doing trade talks with China and Korea right now

$10 billion in trade with China, we import $6 billion... are we such a profitable country that we can afford to take a $4 BILLION hit, just lose $4,000,000,000 and not notice it anywhere in the economy? cutting services, upping GST, oh yeah we get a rebate in the form of an income tax cut... but it's ok, we'll earn that back in tax credits that WE pay for WTF! I don't care if we get cheap stuff, that always comes at a price, i'd rather the people were getting their health covered thank you very much.

Sorry for the rant

$4 bill is a lot to pay for it though. you'd need a few new taxes to cover the shortfall... and they want to double it (and potentially offset it somehow, ets? that's one polluted country they've got there...)

but yay on the Pandas and Bikes

[avgas]

Import more hot chinese girls

[mashman]

Can't you just order them over the internet anyway... or so i've seen in the movies.

[vifferman]

$10 billion in trade with China, we import $6 billion... are we such a profitable country that we can afford to take a $4 BILLION hit, just lose $4,000,000,000 and not notice it anywhere in the economy?
It was the same when Labour was in gubmint - Helen Clark crowed about increased trade with China. I couldn't see how them increasing by a small amount the stuff they bought from us, while increasing by a LARGE amount how much they shipped here was a Good Thing. The nett result is an even larger imbalance between money going out /coming in, so we're even WORSE off. Sounds like our politicians have problems with basic maths....

[mashman]

It was the same when Labour was in gubmint - Helen Clark crowed about increased trade with China. I couldn't see how them increasing by a small amount the stuff they bought from us, while increasing by a LARGE amount how much they shipped here was a Good Thing. The nett result is an even larger imbalance between money going out /coming in, so we're even WORSE off. Sounds like our politicians have problems with basic maths....

probably started accumulating debt about the same time that politics became an idol contest... same shit, different voice.

[Genie]

I hate my friggin job too! The salary is OK (but less than I could be being paid for the same job elsewhere). The worse thing about it is that while I've been on sick leave / annual leave to have and recover from open-heart surgery, I've received one (1!) phone call from someone at work, and that was my boss, yesterday, basically asking if I was coming back next week. This is from a company that I've worked at for over four years, that prides itself on its social conscience, assistance programmes, wonderful company culture, blah blah blah. And the HR manager knew I was going into hospital and didn't even offer lip service to ask if there was something she could do to help.

That is f'n disgusting. Like you work with these people every day and they just dont' give a flying fuk. In the old days when I worked full-time (pre-children) if any one was ever off sick I (most times) would ring and ask if they needed milk. bread etc and if they were away longer than a week i'd take over a cooked meal of something like that to help out. Why are people so god damn inconsiderate and rude???? Society just stopped caring...got too big for itself!

Hope you are healing well, going into hospital is not fun and haivng surgery of any kind is right damn scarey. Glad you've pulled through.

[mattian]

Ok so I have been applying for pizza delivery jobs through Pizza hutt and their policy is that they don't let their people deliver on motorcycles because of safety reasons. Apparently, by loading pizza's onto the back of the bike it could cause you to loose balance and fall off. Never mind that I can easily take a pillion passnger with no trouble at all, weighing probably more than a hundred times the weight of 10 pizzas.

oh well, thats their policy.

[scumdog]

I've been working as a kitchenhand in the same job for more than 5 years. I am so over working in a kitchen. I'm miserable and its time for a change!!!!!!!!! :yes:




I've been working as a cop, in the same cop-shop for more than 5 years. I am so over working as a cop. I'm miserable and its time for a change!!!!!!!!! :yes:

See, it works with ANY job!

[Headbanger]

All I've got is this rejection letter from an interview a couple weeks back.

Still, Its a damn fine rejection letter, In fact, Its the best rejection letter ever.

[crystalball]

I have just had two weeks off has been real nice. Now omfg back to work monday, but oh well gota earn the money. i want a hero hd cam.

[Coldrider]

We're hard out at work and lovin' it !!!

[neels]

I've been working as a cop, in the same cop-shop for more than 5 years.
I've been working for the same company, on the same equipment for the last 8 years.

Actually, amend that slightly, we've replaced most of our equipment since I've been working there. So not much time to get bored.