DandNHill

Piff Poff

4 of us worked like absolute stink today, the owner came to do deliveries, left late, did them in the wrong order, 3x unhappy customers, we got the blame. Owner didn't like it when I said days like today are nothing unusual and welcome to my world. Oh I do love working for red neck morons.

dave_j

This site is becoming too slow to be enjoyable now.
The number of adsites that it addresses and transfers information to is evidence that the site administrators have sold their souls.
Not a great deal else to say really, even more widely used news sites are less contaminated with adware.
Sad really but there it is.

Shard

I completely agree. I hardly bother opening it as I don't want the hassle of ads all over the place when I get to the site and when I try to read/respond. And as many seem to have a similar experience, there's not much in the way of new threads or posts anyway.

plasticcanuck

scrubbedexpat091

Use an ad blocker? Currently as I type this ad blocker is blocking 15 items, sometimes its as high as 20 and that does seem like too many. A couple of banner ads is one thing, but man to have that many ads being blocked on just one page...But seems to be the norm these days, some websites have 30 sometimes being blocked.

caretaker

I get 7 blocked right away for going to The Maple Leaf and opening 1 thread. Russia Today throws up 5 for the same operation.

scrubbedexpat091

Schools make it really difficult to go back as an adult, I was never a B student, no way I can get a B in all the subjects most of the programs I look into require, especially math, at best maybe a C.

At this point I don't even know what kind of training would lead to a better paying job or what I am even capable of doing at this age. I am back at work, but no way I can do this job for more then a couple more years, my knee and back are to the point, I have to take Advil and tylenol to get through the day. By the time I get home, I am limping my knee hurts do bad.

Siouxie

Concentrate of the things you CAN do well, that's the trick

You are articulate, computer literate, kind, helpful, thoughtful, interact and engage well with all nationalities, know how to research, can write and spell with competenence, are good with animals (and fish), are interested in a multitude of subjects and can converse on them, you understand complex documentation to do with airlines, have experience and understanding of hotel software and guest experience matters.... you are level headed and able to circumvent difficulties.

In other words - you are a great all-rounder! So.. rather than think "Oh I'm crap at Math" think "I may be crap at Math but I am AWESOME at so much more!!!"

Think about what you enjoy - what you like -- whether it's walking, seeing places, trains, being with animals, being out in the wilds, being able to help people who need guidance, writing.. have a think ..what do you LIKE ... then find things related to what you like and see if there are job opportunities in any way.

Look into jobs that recognise the qualities you HAVE already..

I know you probably think I am just spouting nonsense and perhaps don't understand.. but I do, maybe not in the expected way.. but when I moved to Canada I couldn't get a job for years.. I went from being an office manager in the UK to being unemployed, for years. When I finally got one, I was laid off after 3 months... and applied for literally hundreds of jobs over the next 2 years or more and couldn't even get an interview. I started my own company but it was a total failure, I had 2 clients in 5 years.. and I despaired of ever finding another job, let alone finding a job that paid my bills. I spent a lot of time online, a lot of time on BE - and loved it - and wanted to help people if I could.. and wished I could find a job that paid me to do something I enjoyed like this. and that I wasn't too bad at! Then I found out there was.. and 5 years on, I'm still working at it, as a Social Media Specialist and Moderator... and I love my job. Ok, I might not earn the big bucks, but it pays my bills and if I was younger (umm like your age, lol) then I could advance and get a better paid position - but at my age (I'm old...) it's not going to happen - so I stick with what I do best, what I enjoy.. and thank my lucky stars.

Wishing you all the best of luck x

scrubbedexpat091

Nah you never spout non-sense. Your posts are always informative....

While I did well with the paperwork aspect of hotels and minor auditing, I didn't do well with the people portion. I lack interpersonal skills and social skills needed to really do well in customer service, that is why I only did night audit overnight, limited the amount of contact I had with guests and limited phone calls, as I don't multi-task well and become very stressed when I have a guest in front of me, the phone ringing and juggling it all efficiently...lol

Same reason I didn't do well in airline customer service, when someone is angry I become defensive and can't seem to separate the they are not mad at me but the company aspect.

I think the one reason I do well on the ramp, is simply because there is no customer contact and if a flight is delayed or cancelled, I don't have to deal with the passengers, a cancelled flight for the ramp is an extra break, for upstairs folks its a lot of extra work and stress.

I do well in my current job and like it and would have no problem doing it long term, however my body say's it's not going to be possible. Eventually I'll have to find something less physical so need to start looking more long term. I suppose physical labor wears out the body earlier in life vs less physical work. I was told about 7 years ago, I would likely need a knee replacement by 50, and I am thinking that doctor was correct based on the increasing pain and problems it's giving me. I am sure the knee problems all stem from working on the ramp and so much time being spent on knees when loading planes, not much room in the belly of narrow body aircraft, some are maybe 4 feet from floor to ceiling.

I do at times apply for more semi-skilled jobs that I could do and have the skills to do, the companies seem to have a strong preference for people with college diplomas/degrees/specific training instead, I find even at almost 40, its becoming hard to compete with the 20 somethings, which I suppose is nothing new, I would imagine 20 years ago an almost 40 year old had the same problem, employers tend to prefer the young over the older.

If I had mechanical aptitude I would consider aircraft maintenance, pays better, still physical in nature, but less so compared to the ramp, and a lot more older maintenance folks then ramp folks. I just don't have the aptitude, I can barely fix things around the house....lol....

About a year and a half ago before I got my current job, I was going to a work BC office, and they had me take an aptitude test as apparently these tests are supposed to help guide you, they always make things more confusing for me...lol

Apparently I am best suited for jobs like Actuary, Astronomer, Healthcare Administrator or Manager, Corporate lawyer, geneticist, hospital administrator or Manager, Quality assurance manager, systems administrator, venture capitalist, nurse, psychiatrist, university professor, pilot, Veterinarian and movie usher.

I have no idea how these tests come up with the results they do, but pretty sure almost all require a fair amount of training or education...lol...

I am not sure why movie usher always comes up, when I took an aptitude test in high school courtesy of the US military, it was on there too...ha ha

I would stay in the airline world, if I could find a way to make a living income which is mostly management, maintenance and pilots these days all of which require more education then I have, airport authorities tend to pay okay as well, I do look at the job offerings YVR has posted.

BristolUK

I found myself getting very angry at some comments on BE so decided to step away for a few days. I checked back in a couple of times without signing back in so as to avoid temptation and it was nice to see some reason from Oakvillian backed up by Siouxie. Faith restored...a bit...

scrubbedexpat091

I was wondering where you went.

Partially discharged

I'm sure the World Cup on TV kept him occupied

BristolUK

Only partially.

BuckinghamshireBoy

Good to see you back posting.

Is the 'partially' comment to do with Japan? I'm watching them...