How much do you love/hate your current job?

tempo_n_groove said:

static111 said:

I got a new job a few months ago as an industrial boiler inspector, Power Plants, Paper Mills, etc.  I'm loving it.  3 months on 3 months off and making much more money than I was at 40 hrs a week 52 weeks a year. Plus I have a great boss, get to travel all over the world and sometimes work with cool people.

If you asked me 7 months ago I would have answered 1 hating life

Traveling on and off was always fun until it was all travel and no off, lol.  Getting paid to see the world is why I did it for so long.

The great part is that inspections only happen for the most part in fall or spring so that nobody has to be inside of a giant metal box during the extreme temps of summer and winter months, so there is a built in end to the travel season.  And the work is required by insurance companies and codes to keep the facilities running so it will be there until we move away from using industrial boilers.

I would say I’m satisfied with my job given the amount of work I do. It’s just that it’s extremely boring and annoying work and there’s not much motivation in getting it done. 

Bentleyspop said:

Retired from my "adult" career which I grew to hate, almost 20 years ago
Now I'm the beer manager at Omaha's largest and best craft beer, wine, and specialty spirits store.
Yes I get to drink a lot of cool stuff for free.
No I can't get you any Blanton's.

LOL @ the Blanton's comment. I briefly worked at a huge liquor store here in KC and that's all everyone asked about. 

@ about a one right now. Got to do some re-work this morning. How the fu@k are we supposed to know there’s a left hand side when all you gave us is one print and said nothing about a lh/rh.

😬

Bentleyspop said:

Gern Blansten said:

Bentleyspop said:

Retired from my "adult" career which I grew to hate, almost 20 years ago
Now I'm the beer manager at Omaha's largest and best craft beer, wine, and specialty spirits store.
Yes I get to drink a lot of cool stuff for free.
No I can't get you any Blanton's.

But what do you think of Blanton's?

I think it's great when you can find it for MSRP. I've only been able to purchase it at the Buffalo Trace distillery....never seen it on a shelf

Just picked up a whole bunch of allocated BTD products this morning. Including 7 bottles of Blanton.
I'm not much of a bourbon drinker. I like it but I also know that as a single barrel it varies from batch to batch.
Most bottles purchased by the "bourbon bros" are sitting on shelves collecting dust and never opened.

Do you know when it's coming? Or does it just show up?

Also....how does your store handle making it available to customers? Do you hold it back for special customers or does it all just go on the shelf?

Bentleyspop said:

Gern Blansten said:

Bentleyspop said:

Retired from my "adult" career which I grew to hate, almost 20 years ago
Now I'm the beer manager at Omaha's largest and best craft beer, wine, and specialty spirits store.
Yes I get to drink a lot of cool stuff for free.
No I can't get you any Blanton's.

But what do you think of Blanton's?

I think it's great when you can find it for MSRP. I've only been able to purchase it at the Buffalo Trace distillery....never seen it on a shelf

Just picked up a whole bunch of allocated BTD products this morning. Including 7 bottles of Blanton.
I'm not much of a bourbon drinker. I like it but I also know that as a single barrel it varies from batch to batch.
Most bottles purchased by the "bourbon bros" are sitting on shelves collecting dust and never opened.

Soooo....you COULD get us Blanton's but opt to not do so. 

Year 23 as a High School teacher and coach

I LOVE my job; I work for a nonprofit organization so I will never be rich.  I am very passionate about my work and the mission.  I get frustrated daily like anyone else in the workplace.  However, at the end of the day, I help people.  Every single day, my work helps people and is extremely gratifying.

darwinstheory said:

Gern Blansten said:

There is a big liquor group in my area that tends to make a lot of the allocated bottles available via raffle. It's kind of a cool thing but also kind of a pain in the ass to have to do it this way. It must work for them though.

I assume they still have a few special customers that they set some bottles aside for but I could be wrong.

We have a place near me that does the same. I've never participated though. I just go get what they have when I need to get more. Lol

This same group always does a Whiskeyfest that is fun to go to. It's like $50 for a ticket and you get a raffle ticket and they have samples that you can drink and a little appetizer type buffet. I go with my wife and last year she got a bottle of Stagg, Jr and I got a Weller Antique.

Year before that she snagged a Col Taylor and I got some not so rare bottle because I was really at the back of the raffle draw.

You have to purchase the bottle at retail when it's your turn to pick....kind of a cool way to do things. You might score big and might end up with something not too hard to get but it's fun.