Mine was "between jobs".
I've never been out of work, but I have been "between jobs".
Once, when I was young, I got a job at a Farm Implement company putting together big combines and harvesters and farm equipment.
My first day on the job, I showed up on time, and the boss told me he had to make a delivery, and I should just "hang out" til he got back.
He told me to sweep the floor and straighten up, and when he got back, I'd be helping him unload a combine off a truck, and we'd put it together.
I figured I'd get a head start, so I noticed an overhead crane that would reach the 40' trailer. I got it unstrapped, all the pieces laid out on the shop floor, and started assembling them. It was fun - BIG heavy steel pieces, gigantic nuts and bolts, hydraulic cylinders, using that big overhead crane to move things around....
When he came back, I had the thing half assembled, and he was quite amazed. Only one hydraulic piston was installed backward, but he had me building farm equipment for 2 weeks. Unfortunately, he only paid $5.50 an hour (back in the late 70's), but boosted me immediately to $7/hr.
It was REALLY fun, but I couldn't afford to work there any more.
I've never been out of work, but I have been "between jobs".
Once, when I was young, I got a job at a Farm Implement company putting together big combines and harvesters and farm equipment.
My first day on the job, I showed up on time, and the boss told me he had to make a delivery, and I should just "hang out" til he got back.
He told me to sweep the floor and straighten up, and when he got back, I'd be helping him unload a combine off a truck, and we'd put it together.
I figured I'd get a head start, so I noticed an overhead crane that would reach the 40' trailer. I got it unstrapped, all the pieces laid out on the shop floor, and started assembling them. It was fun - BIG heavy steel pieces, gigantic nuts and bolts, hydraulic cylinders, using that big overhead crane to move things around....
When he came back, I had the thing half assembled, and he was quite amazed. Only one hydraulic piston was installed backward, but he had me building farm equipment for 2 weeks. Unfortunately, he only paid $5.50 an hour (back in the late 70's), but boosted me immediately to $7/hr.
It was REALLY fun, but I couldn't afford to work there any more.
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