Burned the fuck out!

[Popeye Saavedra]

I haven't even tasered anyone in years! We were also told no car chases no matter what. WTF?!?! I would have gotten a real job had I known they were going to take all of the fun stuff out of this one! I can't believe I'm the old guy reminiscing of how fun things used to be. FUCK!

WTF is this no car chases bullshit? So, just let the criminals get away? Have you at least gotten to beat someone's ass down?

[Lemmy]

Problem is, all the extra work puts money in yer pocket.....but you have no time to enjoy it

Then the OT dries up and you have a lot of time but less money to spend enjoying that time

I think I've explained it before but unless you are "of rank" or in a sham unit there really isn't OT on a regular basis. My side gigs are paid by the individual entities at rates not what you are used to hearing (substantially less).

I work quite a bit on the side but ALWAYS make sure there is time to get important stuff done and hang with the wife. Money isn't everything. Picking up the extra work pays for my need for fast/fun cars, hillbilly trucks, tractors, guitars, tools (I "need" a 4 post lift) and the constant house/farm/barn/pasture repairs/upgrades. It's all a balancing act.

[bobtraw]

Problem is, all the extra work puts money in yer pocket.....but you have no time to enjoy it

Then the OT dries up and you have a lot of time but less money to spend enjoying that time

My great grandpa said, "Life is backwards."

[JumboWop]

My great grandpa said, "Life is backwards."

He was right.

[Skyway]

I enjoy my job most of the time. If I didn't go to work I wouldn't know what to do with myself. On my days off I just sit in my Archie Bunker chair and eat junk food.

[gwartney]

I really enjoy my work. In fact, I work 7 days a week and lots of times in the evening. I don't think I've taken a day off this year yet.



But it pays crap so far.

[sfgirl]

I still have a good work ethic and take my job and duties quite seriously. I come across like I care and am truly concerned (I am often complemented on how professional, personable and compassionate I am). Yet I think it may not be possible for me to care any less than I do today, until tomorrow when I somehow find a new level of disinterest. Ugh. I love the rare instances when something happens that makes all of the nonsense seem worthwhile but most of the time I just do it for the paycheck. Whaaaaaa!

Who here loves to go to work?

You're no different than most of us.

[Lemmy]

WTF is this no car chases bullshit? So, just let the criminals get away? Have you at least gotten to beat someone's ass down?

I have to be careful what I say because of a new policy about "diminishing the esteem of the department on social media" but I have never actually said specifically where I work and my position is "alleged" anyway. That being said my opinions are my own and I represent only my alleged self.

A local police department is in the middle of a "mess" due to a long police chase and shootout. From what I hear supervisors in that department are getting lots of grief because of it and everyone is throwing everyone else under the nearest bus to save their own ass. So, of course, I/we were told (allegedly) where I (allegedly) work by the highest ranking supervisor "you are not to chase anyone for anything I don't care what it is for" (allegedly). Now, if I was actually a member of that department how much support do you think I'd feel like I had to be a proactive effective worker? How aggressive in my duties should I be (allegedly)? If I were a member of that department I would still absolutely do whatever I felt was the right thing, being mindful of risk to the public of course, knowing that sometimes people need to be caught/handled but I'd (allegedly) know that I'd likely get a good fucking for it (allegedly). There's also a bunch of other crap going on where folks are getting pretty severe punishments for some petty shit.....seems almost like a retaliation against the worker bees by the higher ups since those in command are, for once, being taken to task for their failure in leadership (so I hear, allegedly).

I sure am glad I'm not in that position where I have to worry about such things.

[Lemmy]

You're no different than most of us.

That's what I figured......I just have a case of the "woe is me(s)".

[stripes]

I enjoy my job most of the time. If I didn't go to work I wouldn't know what to do with myself. On my days off I just sit in my Archie Bunker chair and eat junk food.

go fishing. its fun.

[RH Goatcabin]

I still have a good work ethic and take my job and duties quite seriously. I come across like I care and am truly concerned (I am often complemented on how professional, personable and compassionate I am). Yet I think it may not be possible for me to care any less than I do today, until tomorrow when I somehow find a new level of disinterest. Ugh. I love the rare instances when something happens that makes all of the nonsense seem worthwhile but most of the time I just do it for the paycheck. Whaaaaaa!

Who here loves to go to work?

^ This

[dinkus mayhem]

I still have a good work ethic and take my job and duties quite seriously. I come across like I care and am truly concerned (I am often complemented on how professional, personable and compassionate I am). Yet I think it may not be possible for me to care any less than I do today, until tomorrow when I somehow find a new level of disinterest. Ugh. I love the rare instances when something happens that makes all of the nonsense seem worthwhile but most of the time I just do it for the paycheck. Whaaaaaa!

Who here loves to go to work?

i love my job and i really love going to work. my office is so sweet that i love just hanging out in it sometimes.

[Tigger Please]

I try to be detached as possible in my work. I saw it as a job dealing with people who were nameless and faceless to me at first. In any given day I meet people who are losing their houses and/or cars, or have already lost these things, are struggling with homelessness, drug and alcohol abuse, and mental illnesses. In addition to the financial compensation, I have received handwritten thank-you notes, hand drawn pictures, hand knit hats, hugs, and prayers, among other things. I admit that I once feared many of them. The same ones that I once feared now make sure I am protected in some of the sketchier areas, walking as a group with me to make sure I get to my car safely. When I work amongst them at soup kitchens, they worry that I may have missed lunch or dinner due to work and offer to share their own meal with me. So on one hand I am good at what I do; on the other hand it can be draining and heartbreaking.

[dinkus mayhem]

My great grandpa said, "Life is backwards."

i believe perry farell and porno for pyros expressed this same sentiment in "cursed male":

[HeinousMark]

I been rode hard and put away wet. I used to have this cornball rube attitude that if I really went the extra mile and outperformed my peers, I'd be rewarded and be on my way up. What it avtually got me was more work, no more money perks or seniority, and earned the resentment of my associates for making them look bad.....so fuck it...

[Lemmy]

I been rode hard and put away wet. I used to have this cornball rube attitude that if I really went the extra mile and outperformed my peers, I'd be rewarded and be on my way up. What it avtually got me was more work, no more money perks or seniority, and earned the resentment of my associates for making them look bad.....so fuck it...

Oh that being recognized and rewarded for good work thing is certainly a myth where I work as well.

[RH Goatcabin]

My great grandpa said, "Life is backwards."

Robert of Trawr!

[HeinousMark]

Oh that being recognized and rewarded for good work thing is certainly a myth where I work as well.

It's kinda fucked up, but this all crystallized for me when King Of The Hill had the episode where Bobby was "The Go-To Guy"... It was an epiphany