10 reasons 2 b a spark, havalaff on me

[bobby101]

10 reasons to become an electrician
1. Job satisfaction....
(hope to crap it don’t blow up)
2. Lots of available work
( in Afghanistan)
3. Stress free environment
(yeah crawling under floors facing rats ...spot on)
4. Meet new friendly people
(people always love a spark especially once you’ve just done 3, 2meter raggles on their newly finished walls plus they love to pay you for it)
5. Learn new skills
(errr.... red to blue- black to brown is that right errr)
6. Sociable hours
(all hours except 9-5 but if you have a crappy boss he will expect you to work that too)
7. Cost effective learning
(C&G course are so cheap it just UNBELIVEABLE)
8. Great social life
(Finishing work at 3am and phoning ur m8 to meet for a drink at 5am no probs at all)
9. Follow an easy to read regulation book
( HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!)
10. Great rates of pay
(actually..... naw sod it suks)
There you have it 10 great reasons for you wanna be sparks it’s a great job honest ..... gonna try my hand at being a gigolo...... what do you mean I will starve....

 

[Robinson]

Wow, sounds horrible ! sorry to hear that you had to go through that. does this mean you are "out the game" or just earning on the re-wire side of the game. ? I guess as much as we go through college and aspire to get right into and earn in the feild we want unfortunatly it always comes down to food on table mouths to feed..money...
We try to get out the rat race yet it pulls us back in some way....

All best though...You obvioulsy care deeply about your family and supporting them and thats commendable.!

 

[sparks72]

20 years ...! wow why is your soul destroyed to such a degree? I mean the 80's/90's recession was it worse?.......Or is it just time to retire...worked too hard too long

Its pretty awful out there but without hope were hopeless

My hearing has gradually deteriorated, I have tendonitis in both shoulders, my hands lock up
when turning a screwdriver & my knees are bordering on killing me.
I remember the last recession all to well & vowed to leave the industry if it happened again.
It's the best reason anyone could have for not wanting to carry on.

 

[sparks72]

well as for sould destroying, when i put myself through college i was taxy`ing to try and earn a keep till i got taken on in the industry. i earnt a grand total of NOTHING for 10 hours work. i managed to make my car rent and get the diesel back for what i had put in. now going home after ten hours graft to the wife and kids with a big zilch is soul destroying. and nothing you did or didn`t do could change the work you got. thankfully i got a chance to run a few re-wires for a guy i started to work for. so i got myself some qualified guys and tagged along for the experience and a better wage. how glad was i to get out of that game.

I met an Electrician who was the doing the Knowledge back in the 90's to escape the Electrical industry,
he had obviously had enough at the age of 38!

 

[Phil]

Wow, sounds horrible ! sorry to hear that you had to go through that. does this mean you are "out the game" or just earning on the re-wire side of the game. ? I guess as much as we go through college and aspire to get right into and earn in the feild we want unfortunatly it always comes down to food on table mouths to feed..money...
We try to get out the rat race yet it pulls us back in some way....

All best though...You obvioulsy care deeply about your family and supporting them and thats commendable.!

no mate i was grumbling about driving a taxi m8 when i first started t college just saying that soul destroying was driving a taxi earning naff all. the sparky side of work has been good to me. at the mo i am starting uni full time and i am glad to have the quals under my belt whilst i put myself through the expense of the degree.

 

[sparks72]

no mate i was grumbling about driving a taxi m8 when i first started t college just saying that soul destroying was driving a taxi earning naff all. the sparky side of work has been good to me. at the mo i am starting uni full time and i am glad to have the quals under my belt whilst i put myself through the expense of the degree.

Good for you Phil & good luck for the future.

 

[Robinson]

I met an Electrician who was the doing the Knowledge back in the 90's to escape the Electrical industry,
he had obviously had enough at the age of 38!

Funny you say that, now i think back to early nighties there was a good few of the blokes i knew on our firm doing the knowledge......

 

[Robinson]

no mate i was grumbling about driving a taxi m8 when i first started t college just saying that soul destroying was driving a taxi earning naff all. the sparky side of work has been good to me. at the mo i am starting uni full time and i am glad to have the quals under my belt whilst i put myself through the expense of the degree.

OHHHH hh heheheheh i get ya !