my boss brought a case of beer to work

[ElFenix]

sure, i don't get paid all that well for what i do, but i can take lunch when i want, roll in at 10 am, and i can wear jeans and polo shirts pretty much every day.

 

[amish]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
sure, i don't get paid all that well for what i do, but i can take lunch when i want, roll in at 10 am, and i can wear jeans and polo shirts pretty much every day.

so what does this have to do with your boss bringing in a case of beer? did he share some with you? get you drunk and take advantage of you? say if you didn't do certain "favors" for him your review wouldn't be good?

 

[nakedfrog]

Happiness > Money

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Happiness > Money

yup, until you realize more money can also increase your happiness. Right now it's ho-hum...

 

[alimoalem]

i'm guessing you can post on AT as well? (looking at your post count/average post count)

 

[Nocturnal]

Indeed happiness > $. I learned this a while ago.

 

[Old Hippie]

What Kind?

 

[destrekor]

what is it you do?

 

[BoomerD]

My first job as an Operating Engineer apprentice was working on a portable rock-crushing plant.
When we finished a contract, the boss brought several cases of beer, and a few jugs of hard liquor to work, and we celebrated finishing...of course, then, we had to drive home...sometimes 80-100 miles...sh!t-faced...I never cared for that part of the job, and requested (and got) a transfer to a different job where alcohol wasn't part of the culture. IMO, it was a miracle none of us ever got killed, killed someone else, or even got busted for DUI.
I haven't driven drunk since those days.

 

[Atheus]

We used to get beer and chips on fridays after lunch when I worked at Vodafone a few years ago. They sent them round the office on trolleys to every department.

 

[TXHokie]

Ah yes, I remember those dot com days quarterly meeting keg parties...oh yeah, they went out of business. Good times.

 

[Modular]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Happiness > Money

I don't believe you. Isn't it more like happiness sure as hell is alot easier to come by when you have $$?

:laugh:

 

[ElFenix]

yes, we all may partake

 

[Eeezee]

Jet ski = happiness
Jet ski = money
happiness = money

Or how about

Expensive clean prostitute = happiness
Expensive clean prostitute = money
happiness = money

Here's a great one

Good health = happiness
Good health = money
happiness = money (ie health insurance)

 

[Atheus]

Originally posted by: Eeezee
Jet ski = happiness

If you have low expectations of happiness.

Expensive clean prostitute = happiness

You do not need to pay for that...

Good health = money

In America, sure, but America has a fscked up heath system.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
My first job as an Operating Engineer apprentice was working on a portable rock-crushing plant.
When we finished a contract, the boss brought several cases of beer, and a few jugs of hard liquor to work, and we celebrated finishing...of course, then, we had to drive home...sometimes 80-100 miles...sh!t-faced...I never cared for that part of the job, and requested (and got) a transfer to a different job where alcohol wasn't part of the culture. IMO, it was a miracle none of us ever got killed, killed someone else, or even got busted for DUI.
I haven't driven drunk since those days.

Was there extreme pressure to drink?

 

[ColdFusion718]

Originally posted by: Atheus
We used to get beer and chips on fridays after lunch when I worked at Vodafone a few years ago. They sent them round the office on trolleys to every department.

Chips as in "French Fries" or are you talking about potato chips? If you were referring to potato chips, you should have said potato crisps.

You are from the UK, so we expect that kind of vernacular.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Eeezee
Jet ski = happiness
Jet ski = money
happiness = money

How about:
Jet ski noise while I'm trying to relax at the lake = unhappiness
Mob hitmen with a rifle = no more noise
Mob hitment = money
happiness = money

 

[CarlKillerMiller]

More Money=Better Than

 

[us3rnotfound]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
My first job as an Operating Engineer apprentice was working on a portable rock-crushing plant.
When we finished a contract, the boss brought several cases of beer, and a few jugs of hard liquor to work, and we celebrated finishing...of course, then, we had to drive home...sometimes 80-100 miles...sh!t-faced...I never cared for that part of the job, and requested (and got) a transfer to a different job where alcohol wasn't part of the culture. IMO, it was a miracle none of us ever got killed, killed someone else, or even got busted for DUI.
I haven't driven drunk since those days.

Nice, thanks for sharing :thumbsup:

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: Howard
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: BoomerD
My first job as an Operating Engineer apprentice was working on a portable rock-crushing plant.
When we finished a contract, the boss brought several cases of beer, and a few jugs of hard liquor to work, and we celebrated finishing...of course, then, we had to drive home...sometimes 80-100 miles...sh!t-faced...I never cared for that part of the job, and requested (and got) a transfer to a different job where alcohol wasn't part of the culture. IMO, it was a miracle none of us ever got killed, killed someone else, or even got busted for DUI.
I haven't driven drunk since those days.</end quote></div>
Was there extreme pressure to drink?

Yeah...if you wanted to be "one of the crew", you stayed and drank...I can admit to succumbing to the peer pressure a couple of times, then realized it just wasn't worth the risk...I left.

Over the years, I've worked with a lot of morons who measure their commute not by how many minutes/hours it takes to drive, but by how many beers is takes...(Oh I live about 4 beers away)

 

[illusion88]

Working at a job you love is a hell of a lot better than working at a job you hate. If you don't consider what you do "work", you are just getting paid to have fun!

 

[miniMUNCH]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Indeed happiness > $. I learned this a while ago.

Yep... I was 27, already pulling 85k+ (plus some huge stock options that were worth something) and owned a house in L.A. My wife and I were not happy. We decided to drop it all and that I should go to grad school.

Now, we're in the final year of my grad school program with a little 23k stipend... best 4 years of our life together. We are poor but we have each other, a wonderful 2 year old son, and no stress... life is sweet.

I'm glad that my wife and I figured this out so young. The only wealth on this planet worth having is family and friends that you love, that's it.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Eeezee
Jet boat buzzing DrPizza on the beach = happiness
Jet boat = money
happiness = money

Or how about

Expensive clean prostitute = happiness
Expensive clean prostitute = money
happiness = money

Here's a great one

Good health = happiness
Good health = money
happiness = money (ie health insurance)

Fixed

 

[Greenman]

Originally posted by: miniMUNCH
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Indeed happiness > $. I learned this a while ago.</end quote></div>

Yep... I was 27, already pulling 85k+ (plus some huge stock options that were worth something) and owned a house in L.A. My wife and I were not happy. We decided to drop it all and that I should go to grad school.

Now, we're in the final year of my grad school program with a little 23k stipend... best 4 years of our life together. We are poor but we have each other, a wonderful 2 year old son, and no stress... life is sweet.

I'm glad that my wife and I figured this out so young. The only wealth on this planet worth having is family and friends that you love, that's it.

It's amazing how easy life is when you step out of the rat race.