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View cryrst's Profile cryrst Flag The garden of England 28 Jun 19 5.19pm Send a Private Message to cryrst Add cryrst as a friend

I should but I cant be bothered.
I used to work 12 hours a day 7 days a week on site.
My God I was knackered and still skint.
I did depend on it tbh but now without it I'm just above the water line.
You only get
So many steps
So many breaths
So many heart beats.
Poor NDP on here.
I hope hes ok but sadly the dice rolled wrong for him.
Brutal but true.
I'm not wasting it working.

 

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View matthau's Profile matthau Flag South Croydon 28 Jun 19 5.27pm Send a Private Message to matthau Add matthau as a friend

I was working 30-80 hours on top of my full time hours each month to cover mrs visa issues and bad investment decisions

Only now starting to slow down after 7 years of hardly any life. Haven’t even afforded more than two palace matches on that time

Sometimes overtime’s essential. But your right

Life’s too short

There’s a guy in work who even puts me to shame and works all God’s hours. But he’s the type that if he didn’t work....would prob keel over and die because he needs to stay busy and he’s late 70s and I’m 42

Whatever floats ya boat eh

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View Badger11's Profile Badger11 Flag Beckenham 28 Jun 19 5.28pm Send a Private Message to Badger11 Add Badger11 as a friend

Originally posted by cryrst

I should but I cant be bothered.
I used to work 12 hours a day 7 days a week on site.
My God I was knackered and still skint.
I did depend on it tbh but now without it I'm just above the water line.
You only get
So many steps
So many breaths
So many heart beats.
Poor NDP on here.
I hope hes ok but sadly the dice rolled wrong for him.
Brutal but true.
I'm not wasting it working.

You have a point I discovered my mistake too late.

I spent 20 years as a career guy putting in face time in the office, I was paid well and got promoted.

A colleague joined around the same time as me but we didn't work in the same department until the end of our careers. He told me he always refused to work overtime as he felt his family was more important (I think he was just lazy).

Anyway who was the mug? (Yup it was me). We were both made redundant at the same time on the same salary and grade so where did all that overtime get me. Oh I forgot to mention OT was unpaid in our line of work.

 


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View cryrst's Profile cryrst Flag The garden of England 28 Jun 19 5.33pm Send a Private Message to cryrst Add cryrst as a friend

Originally posted by Badger11

You have a point I discovered my mistake too late.

I spent 20 years as a career guy putting in face time in the office, I was paid well and got promoted.

A colleague joined around the same time as me but we didn't work in the same department until the end of our careers. He told me he always refused to work overtime as he felt his family was more important (I think he was just lazy).

Anyway who was the mug? (Yup it was me). We were both made redundant at the same time on the same salary and grade so where did all that overtime get me. Oh I forgot to mention OT was unpaid in our line of work.

Ow gawd sorry about that.
It is something that some people need to survive.
I'm not buying the we should be paid more line though.
Life is really the luck of the draw.
That's a bit religious but true and you choose your path.
Left or right has a different outcome.
Every decision is left or right.
Remember the only person you can really trust is you because ultimately it is your choice.
I get babies.
Choose wisely with luck a lot of the time and you will get there.
Choose badly and oh s***.

 

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View Badger11's Profile Badger11 Flag Beckenham 28 Jun 19 5.43pm Send a Private Message to Badger11 Add Badger11 as a friend

Originally posted by cryrst

Ow gawd sorry about that.
It is something that some people need to survive.
I'm not buying the we should be paid more line though.
Life is really the luck of the draw.
That's a bit religious but true and you choose your path.
Left or right has a different outcome.
Every decision is left or right.
Remember the only person you can really trust is you because ultimately it is your choice.
I get babies.
Choose wisely with luck a lot of the time and you will get there.
Choose badly and oh s***.

Don't be sorry and I am not angry I was a goal driven person so even if I had known I probably would have made the same decisions in life. It was just ironic that my colleague made the better lifestyle choices and still got the rewards.

Many of my friends work in the building trade they put in the hours because they need the money, I did have the choice unlike them.

 


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ChrisGC Flag Wantage 28 Jun 19 5.51pm

I wouldn't work for nothing. All this face time and networking trying to get up the greasy pole must pay dividends as plenty do it.

Personally, I value money above everything else so I wouldn't work a single minute unless I was being paid for it.

When I was employed I worked all the overtime I could get, then recession hit and there were pay cuts, redundancies and all of a sudden people were willing to do the overtime unpaid to gain favour. Scabs.

I set up my own business and work more hours than ever, but I make sure I earn out of it. Best thing I ever did.

 

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View matthau's Profile matthau Flag South Croydon 28 Jun 19 6.03pm Send a Private Message to matthau Add matthau as a friend

Oh I get paid for my ot

Fk doing it for getting in peoples good books

Never!

 

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View cryrst's Profile cryrst Flag The garden of England 28 Jun 19 6.55pm Send a Private Message to cryrst Add cryrst as a friend

Originally posted by matthau

Oh I get paid for my ot

Fk doing it for getting in peoples good books

Never!

Hey you must get paid for watching football.
Your knowledge on players is second to none

 

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View Midlands Eagle's Profile Midlands Eagle Flag 28 Jun 19 7.54pm Send a Private Message to Midlands Eagle Add Midlands Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by cryrst


Hey you must get paid for watching football.
Your knowledge on players is second to none

Are you confusing him with mattteo?

 

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View matthau's Profile matthau Flag South Croydon 28 Jun 19 8.18pm Send a Private Message to matthau Add matthau as a friend

Think he is

Matteo is a Guy from trannysilvannia or somewhere

I’m from south Croydon

Matthau. As in the comic actor Walter Matthau

Oh it’s a Friday night


Who cares x

 

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View cryrst's Profile cryrst Flag The garden of England 28 Jun 19 8.30pm Send a Private Message to cryrst Add cryrst as a friend

Originally posted by Midlands Eagle

Are you confusing him with mattteo?

Doh
Too many white beers hicks

 

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View cryrst's Profile cryrst Flag The garden of England 28 Jun 19 8.31pm Send a Private Message to cryrst Add cryrst as a friend

Hic ffs
Even that looked pissed

 

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