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Would you prefer not having to work?

rvprvp Posts: 779
edited January 2013 in All Encompassing Trip
I have noticed that many of you have jobs, and that many of you come to the Pit while at work (me too by the way!), so I was wondering: do you like your job? Or you would prefer not having to work?

I would rather not work if I had money, instead I would like to do something else not related with any kind of work activity, surely travel around, see PJ and that sort of thing, maybe more volunteer activities, some personal projects if I had some spare money to invest in crazy ideas, like bringing PJ back to South America!! No work for me though, and I would definitely not work with a boss never again!!

But, what about you? Please, feel free to elaborate.
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,240
    I don't want to work.
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  • GraySaturdayGraySaturday Posts: 2,878
    I do work, as a nanny and I love my job. However if I had unlimited money and work was no option, I'd spend my time at an animal shelter trying to adopt out animals. I absolutely adore animals and it breaks my heart how many are stuck in shelters and put down.

    I asked Santa for a kitten from a shelter for Xmas this year.. But Santa us skeptical. I already have 3 rescuded kitties!
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    i would love not to work...or at least not have to worry about money.....:)
  • GreenTeaDiseaseGreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    I would want to work but I would want to *exactly* what I want to do, and I would probably work for myself.
  • rival.rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    if i was loaded and in a position to not have to work ever again, i would probably get a part time job... just to meet new people.
  • SpunkieSpunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 6,814
    I would like not to work. I don't think it's good to drive everyday for an hour to get to my desk. I would like to be a stay at home Mom.
  • rvprvp Posts: 779
    intodeep wrote:
    I don't want to work.
    me neither!!! :(
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  • LizardLizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    intodeep wrote:
    I don't want to work.

    me too.
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    I worked for 18 years and now I don't work.

    Perhaps if I was a millionairess it wouldn't be so boring but I gotta say not working can be mind numingly boring.

    Having said that, work, if you're not doing what you love, can shit you to tears.

    I think as soon as I can manage it I'll be looking for SOMETHING to occupy my days or at least part of them. I really don't know how others can stand it, even with more money, it would still be boring I reckon. Bear in mind that just because you're not working, everyone else still is. So unless you are rich enough to buy yourself some company or you drag your arse off to endless short courses most of the people, your peers, they're at work.
    NOPE!!!

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  • rvprvp Posts: 779
    GraySaturday wrote:
    I do work, as a nanny and I love my job. However if I had unlimited money and work was no option, I'd spend my time at an animal shelter trying to adopt out animals. I absolutely adore animals and it breaks my heart how many are stuck in shelters and put down.

    I asked Santa for a kitten from a shelter for Xmas this year.. But Santa us skeptical. I already have 3 rescuded kitties!

    that is great, I don't consider that working but doing something that you love right? like doing a personal project or something, yes?
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  • nothingman44nothingman44 Posts: 1,495
    more pay, less work...
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    rvp wrote:
    so I was wondering: do you like your job? Or you would prefer not having to work?


    this is the most pointless thread since PJfan01 started a thread called "who here is a PJ fan"

    everyone is gonna say they would prefer NOT to work.. if they say otherwise they are a liar... or a pornstar.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    Jeanie wrote:
    I really don't know how others can stand it, even with more money, it would still be boring I reckon. Bear in mind that just because you're not working, everyone else still is. So unless you are rich enough to buy yourself some company or you drag your arse off to endless short courses most of the people, your peers, they're at work.

    I agree.

    Only problem is, my partner works week days, so that means I will have to work all weekend, which will suck.

    Non stop work.

    It would be nice if you could pick and choose when you work.
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    dunkman wrote:
    this is the most pointless thread since PJfan01 started a thread called "who here is a PJ fan"

    everyone is gonna say they would prefer NOT to work.. if they say otherwise they are a liar... or a pornstar.

    If I was wealthy there is no way in hell I would wake up every morning just to go to work. I would travel and concentrate on my art.
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  • rvprvp Posts: 779
    dunkman wrote:
    this is the most pointless thread since PJfan01 started a thread called "who here is a PJ fan"

    everyone is gonna say they would prefer NOT to work.. if they say otherwise they are a liar... or a pornstar.

    I agree!! :D
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  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,498
    i hate working
    means to an end and not much more

    so I would absolutely retire and travel the world-first class of course
  • LindaLinda Posts: 1,656
    cutback wrote:
    i would love not to work...or at least not have to worry about money.....:)

    exactly.
    i'm not happy yet.....
  • rvprvp Posts: 779
    dunkman wrote:
    this is the most pointless thread since PJfan01 started a thread called "who here is a PJ fan"

    everyone is gonna say they would prefer NOT to work.. if they say otherwise they are a liar... or a pornstar.

    Maybe is just and excuse to do a little collective catharsis and get yet another chance to say: I HATE TO WORK!!! Not my work but the concept of working itself!!


    Ah!! I allready feel better! ;)
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    Jeanie wrote:
    I think as soon as I can manage it I'll be looking for SOMETHING to occupy my days or at least part of them. I really don't know how others can stand it, even with more money, it would still be boring I reckon. Bear in mind that just because you're not working, everyone else still is. So unless you are rich enough to buy yourself some company or you drag your arse off to endless short courses most of the people, your peers, they're at work.


    i work with a guy who said if he won the Lottery he'd still come to work for the company... :confused:

    I actually suggested he should get a hobby and he took umbrage to that?!?!? :D

    people who get bored have no hobbies.. its on http://www.dunkfacts.com

    if i was in a position not to work... i'd spend more fucking time watching my kids grow up for one thing.. 2ndly i'd spend a shitload more time playing guitar, watching football, travelling, mountain biking, walking in the mountains... fuck sake.. i'd have so little time to spare that i wouldnt want to spend it talking to some dullard about the chinese booming economy or the weather... i dont give a fuck about those subjects... i wanna talk about music and Rome.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    i love my job, and feel grateful i do. but yeah it'd be nice not to have to worry about money. i wouldn't be bored if i didn't have to work, that's for sure. if money wasn't an issue i'd love to travel, create art, take classes, do volunteer work. anything i do in my offtime, but just do it all the time really!
  • TravelarTravelar Kalamazoo, USA Posts: 3,413
    I love working.... If I were rich tho, I would rather do something I enjoy, instaed of working where the money is.
  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    I definitely need to work, but maybe 5 or 6 hours a day would be better. Maybe more if its something I really love to do.
  • Nothingman54Nothingman54 Posts: 2,251
    I am a stay at home dad. My wife works. Its great. I wouldnt mind working but she makes alot more money than I would having a job.
    I'll be back
  • rvprvp Posts: 779
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    i love my job
    I envy you!! I just like my job and that is only on good days...
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    i wouldn't be bored if i didn't have to work, that's for sure. if money wasn't an issue i'd love to travel, create art, take classes, do volunteer work. anything i do in my offtime, but just do it all the time really!
    exactly! except maybe I would take one year at least to do nothing, just to scratch my belly and contemplate future possibilities!! :D
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  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    I loved my last job! I was really sad when I had to give it up. I was learning all the time and I got to stay up all night! (CARER). ;)
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    dunkman wrote:
    i work with a guy who said if he won the Lottery he'd still come to work for the company... : confused:

    I actually suggested he should get a hobby and he took umbrage to that?!?!? : D

    people who get bored have no hobbies.. its on http://www.dunkfacts.com

    if i was in a position not to work... i'd spend more fucking time watching my kids grow up for one thing.. 2ndly i'd spend a shitload more time playing guitar, watching football, travelling, mountain biking, walking in the mountains... fuck sake.. i'd have so little time to spare that i wouldnt want to spend it talking to some dullard about the chinese booming economy or the weather... i dont give a fuck about those subjects... i wanna talk about music and Rome.

    Yeah there's no way I'd still come to work if I won Tattslotto! :D
    Well not unless it was my dream job. :) In which case I'd be doing it for the love of it anyway. Which I do now when I can for no bloody money at all! :D

    I can't open the link dunk so can't see all the wordly wisdom! ;)

    But yeah, I probably need to find more things to do, probably not all that stuff you'd do, but more stuff.

    I'm just saying that I had all those plans and ideas about what I would do if I didn't have to work or I wasn't working and it doesn't really pan out the way you think it would. Case in point retirees! :D
    NOPE!!!

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    The currents will shift
  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    dunkman wrote:
    this is the most pointless thread since PJfan01 started a thread called "who here is a PJ fan"

    everyone is gonna say they would prefer NOT to work.. if they say otherwise they are a liar... or a pornstar.

    Not so. I know people that are loaded (many millions) but still make it in to the office pretty much every day to conduct business and stay active. For some their jobs are their life, it's just who they are.
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
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  • rvprvp Posts: 779
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    Not so. I know people that are loaded (many millions) but still make it in to the office pretty much every day to conduct business and stay active. For some their jobs are their life, it's just who they are.
    aha! Bill Gates works right? :D
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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    rvp wrote:
    aha! Bill Gates works right? :D

    Just a couple I do some work for. For example the guy donated 13 million of his art collection one year to a local museum. I'm guessing they have hundreds of millions but are not billionaires.
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

    (\__/)
    ( o.O)
    (")_(")
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    For some their jobs are their life, it's just who they are.

    i loathe those people... you'd think it was cool jobs like film director and stuff.. but the guy i used to work with owns his own printing company and he said if he won $10million he'd invest it in the company.. when he asked what i'd do i replied "get the fuck out of here"... thankfully he laughed :o

    and its mostly guys like that... accountants, estate agents, paper clip salesmen... they would all still work :confused: fucking weirdos


    i've always gone by the edict of work to live... not the other way round.. i just can't comprehend it
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
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