I worked 40 to 45 hours in three days.....

acoustic guy

Tired is not even the right word to explain how I feel.
My brain is oatmeal right now.

But, my business almost doubled its sales compaired to last year so I am happy too!

the wolf

cool, congrats on the business hike!!

haffajappa

:eek: i know how you feel
but you probably make 825732940 times the money i do so i've got no profit to be happy about hahhaa

do you at least get some days off to relax and admire your hardwork?

celebration

I hate when working hard is related to your paycheck cause I choose to slack on purpose. I'm comfortable

I was never ever part of the over-achievers

40 hours in 3 days is not enough free time...hope your working for that big VAAACation I recommend PJ live! Ummmm mayber somewhere south!!

Allie

um, he has a family to support. That's why he's working so hard (I presume?!) Or maybe it's to pay for that hotel room in NYC for the June concerts?

I appreciate when people are not afraid of hard work. Good for you.

the wolf

Allie wrote:

um, he has a family to support. That's why he's working so hard (I presume?!) Or maybe it's to pay for that hotel room in NYC for the June concerts?

I appreciate when people are not afraid of hard work. Good for you.

that and he owns his own business, and its seasonal. gotta make that money while he can!!!!

AG, did you have the guy in the peanut suit out there? if not, WOW!!! you would have trippled last year's sales!!!! of course you would have spent how many hours chasing off the kids that knock him down?!?!? : )

RolandTD20Kdrummer

I worked 30 hours straight once. Was sent to the UK to unravel and commandeer a server room for an international entertainment biz.

The best part is I got it all done in one shot so I toured England for the rest of the
week.

Cheers to hard work for capable minds.

acoustic guy

the wolf wrote:

that and he owns his own business, and its seasonal. gotta make that money while he can!!!!

AG, did you have the guy in the peanut suit out there? if not, WOW!!! you would have trippled last year's sales!!!! of course you would have spent how many hours chasing off the kids that knock him down?!?!? : )

LOL yea he was out there. The guy I hired to do it did not show up (during a holiday weekend!) so my other employee was dumb enough to volunteer while thinking I would say no I said SURE! He gave me this look like "sssssssshit". he tried to say he was kidding but TO LATE!;)
He said he felt so goofy dressing up like that. He is a good kid.
Ita amazing how many people flock to take a picture with him.

Its also interesting that with the gas and food costs so high right now, people are still coming to the shore and spending money. I was kinda suprised. I was hoping that families would take short trips instead of long ones which they did so it worked out.
Most of the people who come here are form the tri-state area. And New York.

acoustic guy

RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:

I worked 30 hours straight once. Was sent to the UK to unravel and commandeer a server room for an international entertainment biz.

The best part is I got it all done in one shot so I toured England for the rest of the
week.

Cheers to hard work for capable minds.

30 hours??? Wow, that is freaking hard, the body can only take so much.

Collin

Go to sleep, you crazy fool!

decides2dream

celebration wrote:

I hate when working hard is related to your paycheck cause I choose to slack on purpose. I'm comfortable

I was never ever part of the over-achievers

40 hours in 3 days is not enough free time...hope your working for that big VAAACation I recommend PJ live! Ummmm mayber somewhere south!!

AGREED!


although certainly, when i work i work hard....but i am all for no more than 40 hour weeks. less would be even better. however, i thin i found myself a really good balance between hours worked, paycheck, vacation time and benefits...so i am content.


but i hear ya acoustic, as the saying goes....gotta make hay while the sun shines! most definitely how it goes with a seasonal business - good luck! obviously, you know it's worth it!

acoustic guy wrote:

Most of the people who come here are form the tri-state area. And New York.

um, isn't NY considered one of the 'tri-state area' states?
i always thought the 'tri-state area' was NY, NJ and CT.

acoustic guy

decides2dream wrote:

AGREED!


although certainly, when i work i work hard....but i am all for no more than 40 hour weeks. less would be even better. however, i thin i found myself a really good balance between hours worked, paycheck, vacation time and benefits...so i am content.


but i hear ya acoustic, as the saying goes....gotta make hay while the sun shines! most definitely how it goes with a seasonal business - good luck! obviously, you know it's worth it!

Its a hard lifestyle having to work every weekend. i have to work so fucking hard since I never finished college.
The way I see it, having a college degree helps you live a lifestyle that is more relaxed and allows you to have off weekends while working only 40 hours for them most part. Unless your a Doctor. And of course that is not the only benefit of having a degree LOL.
I wish I had a job where I had off Sat and Sun. Before I opened my business I was th Director of Food and Beverage at a Golf Club. Working in the hospitality industry, you work all holidays and weekends. Sucks.
I see my family in the winter a lot but April through October not so much.

decides2dream

acoustic guy wrote:

Its a hard lifestyle having to work every weekend. i have to work so fucking hard since I never finished college.
The way I see it, having a college degree helps you live a lifestyle that is more relaxed and allows you to have off weekends while working only 40 hours for them most part. Unless your a Doctor. And of course that is not the only benefit of having a degree LOL.
I wish I had a job where I had off Sat and Sun. Before I opened my business I was th Director of Food and Beverage at a Golf Club. Working in the hospitality industry, you work all holidays and weekends. Sucks.
I see my family in the winter a lot but April through October not so much.

i hear ya, but you do realize that a college degree alone is not a guarantee of anything, including having the weekends off. and believe me, the people in my office put in some CRAZY-sick hours and work very, very hard. also, i have no idea your situation, but particularly as a self-employed individual, you may well make as much or even more than the average college grad.

that said, i have a master's degree and only as of last year did i stop working weekends. i always worked a retail gig to supplement my teaching income. now that i left education, i finally have weekends off. my husband, no college degree but very good job....he too, finally, has both weekend days off. took us a long time to get here tho. that said, we'll never be *rish* either.....but comfortable works well for us.


it's all balance eh?

Allie

acoustic guy wrote:

Its a hard lifestyle having to work every weekend. i have to work so hard since I never finished college.
The way I see it, having a college degree helps you live a lifestyle that is more relaxed and allows you to have off weekends while working only 40 hours for them most part. Unless your a Doctor. And of course that is not the only benefit of having a degree LOL.
I wish I had a job where I had off Sat and Sun. Before I opened my business I was th Director of Food and Beverage at a Golf Club. Working in the hospitality industry, you work all holidays and weekends. Sucks.
I see my family in the winter a lot but April through October not so much.

I have 2 degrees and I work on Saturdays Ya gotta make that money anyway you can. I bet you do make more money than some folks w/o a degree, plus you don't have to answer to anybody else. That's kind of neat.
I see where it has its drawbacks though, esp. not as much time w/your family.

the wolf

acoustic guy wrote:

LOL yea he was out there. The guy I hired to do it did not show up (during a holiday weekend!) so my other employee was dumb enough to volunteer while thinking I would say no I said SURE! He gave me this look like "sssssssshit". he tried to say he was kidding but TO LATE!;)
He said he felt so goofy dressing up like that. He is a good kid.
Ita amazing how many people flock to take a picture with him.

Its also interesting that with the gas and food costs so high right now, people are still coming to the shore and spending money. I was kinda suprised. I was hoping that families would take short trips instead of long ones which they did so it worked out.
Most of the people who come here are form the tri-state area. And New York.

Dude it was funny. here i am in cincinnati, and our local news was doing a story on gas prices and people traveling for the weekend.
they did a quick thing on cedar point, the NJ shore and board walk and i yelled to my gf " LOOK, WATCH OUT FOR A GUY DRESSED AS A PEANUT" !!!!

she thought i was crazy. lol.

acoustic guy

the wolf wrote:

Dude it was funny. here i am in cincinnati, and our local news was doing a story on gas prices and people traveling for the weekend.
they did a quick thing on cedar point, the NJ shore and board walk and i yelled to my gf " LOOK, WATCH OUT FOR A GUY DRESSED AS A PEANUT" !!!!

she thought i was crazy. lol.

hahahahahahahaha
Funny as hell