What is the easiest permanent job?
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adam85 said:
Chilli said:
Scott330ci said:
Mine
Surf PH all day - answer the phone once or twice
Bored s
tless
Ditto. I left one job as it was like that...Now I have another, exactly the same. Think it might be me.Surf PH all day - answer the phone once or twice
Bored s
tlessIf I was only paid for the actual work I'm doing I think my company would be paying me somewhere in the region of £120 per hour. Rest of the time I'm here or reading the news.
All the funds go on saving for the redundancy coming up though!
Every cloud has a silver lining and all that.
BoRED S2upid said:
Village Bobby.
You drive through some of these villages and wonder what sort of crime is going on in that village.
Is there such a thing any more?You drive through some of these villages and wonder what sort of crime is going on in that village.
We have a couple of Bobbies walk through our village once a year. That's it. Although it must be one of the safest postcodes in Britain. Our last crime was a non-local druggy stole some pills from the vets.
V8S said:
BoRED S2upid said:
Village Bobby.
You drive through some of these villages and wonder what sort of crime is going on in that village.
Is there such a thing any more?You drive through some of these villages and wonder what sort of crime is going on in that village.
We have a couple of Bobbies walk through our village once a year. That's it. Although it must be one of the safest postcodes in Britain. Our last crime was a non-local druggy stole some pills from the vets.
G_T said:
V8S said:
BoRED S2upid said:
Village Bobby.
You drive through some of these villages and wonder what sort of crime is going on in that village.
Is there such a thing any more?You drive through some of these villages and wonder what sort of crime is going on in that village.
We have a couple of Bobbies walk through our village once a year. That's it. Although it must be one of the safest postcodes in Britain. Our last crime was a non-local druggy stole some pills from the vets.
V8S said:
G_T said:
V8S said:
BoRED S2upid said:
Village Bobby.
You drive through some of these villages and wonder what sort of crime is going on in that village.
Is there such a thing any more?You drive through some of these villages and wonder what sort of crime is going on in that village.
We have a couple of Bobbies walk through our village once a year. That's it. Although it must be one of the safest postcodes in Britain. Our last crime was a non-local druggy stole some pills from the vets.
V8S said:
From the outside it looks like she's just having a great time and getting paid handsomely for it.
It is much harder than it appears. Even in e.g. finance you can lose the company several million, say "Oops!", and keep your job (don't make a habit of it, mind). With kiddies, "Oops!" is not an acceptable outcome.I'd nominate any of the bureaucratic, pencil pushing, non-jobs that our public sector excels in creating. And little ambition or pride.
Edit- spelunking. My apologies, all.
Edited by grumbledoak on Friday 4th September 16:39
Define "easy"!
Sitting in a toll booth wouldn't be remotely easy in my mind. The work would be exceptionally unchallenging, but I don't think I could stomach more than a couple of days of it before it drove me insane with boredom.
For me, the easiest job would be the one I'd most enjoy. One where I'd be looking forward to work by Sunday evening. I reckon if I won the lottery or something, I'd retrain as a forestry warden or something like that. Outdoors in all weathers with plenty of serious physical labour, but on the other hand, outdoors in all weather with lots of serious countryside.
Sitting in a toll booth wouldn't be remotely easy in my mind. The work would be exceptionally unchallenging, but I don't think I could stomach more than a couple of days of it before it drove me insane with boredom.
For me, the easiest job would be the one I'd most enjoy. One where I'd be looking forward to work by Sunday evening. I reckon if I won the lottery or something, I'd retrain as a forestry warden or something like that. Outdoors in all weathers with plenty of serious physical labour, but on the other hand, outdoors in all weather with lots of serious countryside.
okgo said:
the copper that gets richmond park as his beat. Git.
I see that copper every morning on the way into work trying to catch speeders! Looks quite comfy in his land cruiser sipping his MCd's coffee-good life!I was a night porter at a hotel once. Got to work when everyone left and was left to my own devices: A hotel kitchen with every type of nosh I could want, Hotel Bar for the odd tipple and all the sky TV and internet I wanted. Occasionally there'd be a sozzled guest walking around aimlessly that I had to show back to their room, by far the easiest job I've ever done!
Jimbeam said:
I was a night porter at a hotel once. Got to work when everyone left and was left to my own devices: A hotel kitchen with every type of nosh I could want, Hotel Bar for the odd tipple and all the sky TV and internet I wanted. Occasionally there'd be a sozzled guest walking around aimlessly that I had to show back to their room, by far the easiest job I've ever done!
Now that could get my vote - it certainly beats sitting in a toll booth! 
I doubt it would pay my mortgage though. 
Four Cofffee said:
The police who guard nuclear power stations: 99% boredom 1% terror.
Is that 1% terror when they realise they're out of doughnuts?Not many terrorists for them to deal with, just enviro-hippies - and you're not even allowed to shoot them these days. Pah.
Easiest job - delivery driver? Sure, you may get hassle from customers, but the actual job itself is something that most of us do daily, and they have GPS (or shout 'oi mate! Do you know where Lavender Drive is? at passers by) so they don't actually need s
t hot navigation skills. I imagine being a small van delivery driver in the Highlands must be quite satisfying - hoon and work combined (even if it is in a diesel Astravan). haworthlloyd1 said:
watersports man on a beach in some nice hot country
or pool bar man in a nice hot country in a place that doesn't serve food and is quite quiet. Just sit down all day and get up and serve a beer when some young girl comes along.
Done the windsurfing instructor job, and its fun, but not always easy. I had the crappy job of clearing seaweed from the beach every morning 0700-0800, then carting out loads of bloody heavy stuff(this was over 29 years ago), on the water till 1700, clear everything away until 1800. Then expected to 'entertain' the clients again from 1930-0400. The party of ladies who came to celebrate one of their divorces was a really tough, yet educational, week.or pool bar man in a nice hot country in a place that doesn't serve food and is quite quiet. Just sit down all day and get up and serve a beer when some young girl comes along.
For youngsters nowadays - eeh, they don't know they're born etc, etc. Light equipment, days off, etc etc.
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