The work sucked - but I was working for myself. They say you'll never work harder than you will when you work for yourself. I found that to be true in many ways.
At the same time, I had done really, really difficult physical labor and considered that worse. I'd rather spend 80 hours working at a computer, driving to a site, or doing field work, than I'd rather spend 60 hours working as a laborer for a concrete company.
Shit, I'd rather do 80 hours of that work than do 40 hours working for a concrete company.
I wasn't making the concrete, I was the fucker in the hole lugging heavy fucking forms all over the place - and then lifting the fuckers back out of the hole when you're done! Then, I carried 'em to a truck that was stacked 12' high. I had to carry the fucking things on my shoulder. I still have scar tissue on that shoulder and I haven't done that work since like 1987.
It did pay pretty well to work concrete. So, that helped.
I've never done concrete work. I did roofing for a while carrying bundles of shingles up to the roof, that sucked enough
LOL Yup. I've done that. Fuckers wanted me to bring two bundles up every time I climbed the ladder. I did not do so. Fuck 'em. I was not a roofer for long. It paid really poorly, compared to other labor jobs.
Wanna see some real science?
I said fuck that too, and only brought one bundle up the ladder at a time, I did not enjoy that part of the job.
They are crashing a dart into something?
(post is archived)