Sunday, February 10, 2008

been a while

Since i actually wrote anything on here, i guess since i last wrote nothings changed for me. Work work work its the story of my life. I recently had my number at work entered into the one hour hall of fame, i guess this means they respect all the hard work i put into the company and all of the sleeping in ive sacrificed for almost a year straight now. Its wearing on me though, im not as quick as i used to feel and i sure dont feel like the job is getting any better. Hell im sitting back and watching as the industry im a part of dies. Its actually not much of a slow death either. Over the past year this career has drastically changed for the worst, where there used to be plenty of work, theres now small handfulls of what used to be. Last winter it used to be worth it for the common messenger to be out in the cold windy weather everyday because he knew at the end of the week his sacrifices would be rewarded in that nice fat paycheck. But like i said, things have changed. Now everyone sits around all day freezing to death fighting over jobs that there used to be plenty of even just last year and theres nothing we can do but sit back and watch. A few of the smarter couriers have taken note of this and are looking elsewhere for new work. You just cant earn a living anymore in this industry, i guess im one of the few who has it good for the time being. I get by week to week relying on all the city hall work i do and dispatching before i hit the streets but soon enough thatll change too. City hall will soon be paperless which means no one will be needed to take things from here to there anymore, messengers will be rendered totally useless for what makes up for about 50-60% of the work that is called into the companies on a regular basis and what makes up a big chunk of their paycheck too. But hey the times are changing, these changes will make someone elses life a little easier, theres always gott be some sort of give and take somewhere and the take part is coming from us. I love my job but i dont see it lasting for me much farther than another year or so unfortunately even though i love it here. Maybe its time for a change in myself, i feel it coming but im not sure how im going to act upon it, hopefully itll be for the better.

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