> > Is anyone else a "Maytag Repairman?" My job can be SOOOO boring at times! I'm a PC Hardware Tech for a company in Tulsa, OK (Corporate
> > Information Technologies.) We have a maintenance contract with Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, where I live. All I am supposed to be doing
> > is hardware related calls. I can't so much as load TR drivers for the TokenRing network the Univ has. 'Bout all I can do is sit and wait for something to
> > break. My boss drove down from Tulsa one day un-anounced. I was sitting at my monitor on the internet staring at 4 pictures of Garfield trying to find the
> > twins. My boss just laughed, pointed at his choices and said "I think it's these two." He told me not to worry. That's what they want me to do. If I'm doing
> > that stuff I'm not ordering replacement parts. Since it's a maintenance contract, NSU pays CIT a yearly "fee" and CIT uses that to buy the parts I need.
> > Whatever is left at the end of the fiscal is CIT's profit on that contract for the year. The less I order, the more CIT makes. I get *so* bored sometimes.
> > Anyone else like that? Or am I the only "lucky" one here?
> >
> > Drac "I just wanna be like all the other kids" imas
>
> After re-reading the above I thought I might need to clarify a bit. I *can* load the drivers, and do other software related installs/configs I just am not allowed according to the terms of the contract. I don't mind people thinking I'm an idiot, as long as they think it for the right reasons. :o)

no, No, NO!
Don't spend your life in a boring job? You could become a pirate, photographer, fireman, life guard
or even a real Maytag repairman. That wouldn't be boring. You could fix my 1932 Maytag gasoline engine. Darn thing won't run and the hamper is overflowing. Or you could become a charter boat captain, a pilot, a swimming pool maint. person, a NY cab driver, an intercity teacher. Why not? Teaching is NEVER boring. Dangerous, maybe, but not boring. Or you could be an animal trainer working with dolphins, a tour guide, a designer of __________ (fill in the blank), or a salesman who sells bulletproof vests to postal workers, a dog catcher, a driver ed instructor, a super market checker, a hamburger flipper, a tree trimmer, a railroad engineer, a forest ranger, a human cannon ball, a plumber, a banker, a pizza delivery person, a newspaper reporter. I tried that one once. Low pay, but not boring. How about a used car salesman? a used yacht salesman, a fish farmer, a truck driver, an IRS agent, a soldier, a sailor, a candlestick maker. Or maybe you could get an exciting job in the computer industry, like maybe the boss. If you don't love your job, it's not worth spending your live in it. Become an actor.
Howard
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