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Scotland said:
You should get a license and become a bus driver.

I get the feeling a lot of them have had at least one career before bus driving. The miserable ones devoid of any personality probably are career bus drivers used to dealing with miserable, unappreciative commuters every day but the ones who are chilled out and have something to say give me a vibe that they've done other stuff in life and are happy with the routine of sitting in a chair driving the same route each day. Probably not the worst job in the world plus you get a sign on the back of your bus that legitimises pulling out into traffic whenever you want without looking.
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I often wonder what the people who drive the bus that goes to the long term car parks at the airport thinks. Literally drive the same couple of kilometre route for 8 hours. "Stop G", "arriving at Terminal 4", I would just zone out and end up steering it onto the runway.
 
Some people revel in mundane jobs. I worked a few hours on supermarket tills when it was busy and they did done of those 'all available staff to the service area' radio call things and wanted to neck myself. 'Hi, how are you?' *beep* *beep* *beep* 'That will be $46.75. Paying by card? Great. Have a nice day' x 100. Fuuuuck that. But stacking shelves I didn't mind at all. Something oddly satisfying about there being room on the shelf for 100 bottles of milk, and 4 crates x 9 bottles per crate filling the exact number of 36 empty spaces at that time... plus you don't need to talk to anyone unless the shop is open and a customer asks you a question and you aren't stuck in the one spot all day.

There's something to be said for a low stress work life. Generally the more simple the job the less lucrative it is but if money/career aspirations aren't your driver why run yourself into the ground? I remember seeing shitty supermarket middle managers making less than accounting graduates stress themselves out and thinking they need to step back and look at themselves from afar. You are ordering groceries from a warehouse and organising rosters for teenagers to come in and do tasks. It's not rocket science and it isn't changing the world. Get a handle on things and go home to see your kids.

But yeah being the guy driving that shitty bus that goes from Sydney airport to another part of Sydney airport would stink.
 

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Years ago occasionally when we were in need of some gear that wasn't at the wholesaler yet and we weren't far away I'd just get sent to the Clipsal warehouse in Malaga to pick it up. Used to often take something ridiculous like 10 minutes for the bloke probably mid 20s there to collect a conduit bending spring or something. Could never work it out until one day I sort of walked around the side of the desk and looked into the warehouse to see what the hell he was he was doing. He was just leaning against the wall having a chat to someone else working there. Then he noticed I was watching him he sort of jumps and shuffles off to get it.

Whilst it was a bit irritating at the time when you have work to do it was also kind of amusing just how little of a f*** this guy gave about his crappy job.
 
I reckon bus, tram drivers (the ones you can interact with) have the biggest delineation between complete campaigner and hugely endearing.

There was an old guy – never used his line – who was a tram driver in the rich suburbs of southern Melbs who'd drive through Richmond and say things like 'and to your left, is the home of the mighty Tigers... if you support the Demons, keep your head down or to the right.' Just bantery stuff. Would make a gag out of every stop and was famous for doing it for 25-odd years.

Other times I've seen a bloke turd on a tram seat, had meth heads run up and down threatening people, and the tram driver doesn't give a shit. Yeah, I get protecting yourself, and he knows it isn't worth a plate in his head or 44 stitches. But I've heard tourists ask 'does this go to Saaaayynt Kildaaaahh' and they go 'nup.' 'What one does?' 'Not this one.'

Then I've had a few champions say things like 'don't touch on today guys – been told the inspectors are laying low today.'

The good, the bad, or the dead.

Melburnians won't get it but this is exacerbated on CAT buses. Sometimes you walk on and they say a big hello to you first. Sometimes you walk off and say 'thank you mate' and get nothing back. Tonight some bloke was saying 'good afternoon, have a good evening' to everyone. Poor bloke'll be ground down by the mentally ill of Fremental in no time but there ya go.
 
Cuzz09 said:
HAHAHA those drivers just dont give a shit

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Slamming on the breaks in a tram makes a huge drama on the carriage, especially because it's usually full of old Macedonian and Muslim women with no brains left and drug ****ed morons with no brains left... if someone breaks their necks it'll be a law suit so I'm sure PTV tell them to keep on no matter what.
 
I know someone who was a Transperth train driver and the close calls (whether they be suicide attempts or people accidently being on the tracks) happen a lot more often than people would think. He had to retire from the job after he hit someone and they didn't survive even though it wasn't his fault he just couldn't get back in that seat after that.
 

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Scotland said:
Imagine being the dude that drives the red double decker bus tour around Perth. I've seen it go past on wet, wintry days and beautiful Spring days and there's never more than a handful of people on it.
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Or the stinking hot summer days when the plastic seats on the top deck are melting
 
I've had some really existential thoughts the last few nights and came to some pretty similar conclusions to OP.

I'm stuck in a system I wasn't born in a position to win. I have a job, so I needed to go into debt to get a car to drive to work. I pay a landlord to live in the house I don't own. I can't get a better job until I go to uni and I can't go to uni while I work. I can't cut back my hours to go to uni because I have to pay for my car and my rent and then my uni fees.

I'm a habitually lazy person that is wholly independent with no parental or spousal support. I skip so many tasks I need to do; cleaning, cooking, appointments. I eat poorly and have put on a lot of weight. I have had virtually no dating life in over a year now, and a shitty medical condition lasting well over a year as well. All of these problems are my own, due to my own habits and I fear that I will always be like this.

I can't see myself ever getting where I want to. I can't see myself, if I keep things up, having a long term relationship. I'm one crisis away from being homeless, or jobless (therefore both), thousands of kilometres from family. I have no savings to my name.

I would probably kill myself if the great unknown of death didn't terrify me so much. I don't really value 'life' anymore.
 
Cadaver said:
I've had some really existential thoughts the last few nights and came to some pretty similar conclusions to OP.

I'm stuck in a system I wasn't born in a position to win. I have a job, so I needed to go into debt to get a car to drive to work. I pay a landlord to live in the house I don't own. I can't get a better job until I go to uni and I can't go to uni while I work. I can't cut back my hours to go to uni because I have to pay for my car and my rent and then my uni fees.

I'm a habitually lazy person that is wholly independent with no parental or spousal support. I skip so many tasks I need to do; cleaning, cooking, appointments. I eat poorly and have put on a lot of weight. I have had virtually no dating life in over a year now, and a shitty medical condition lasting well over a year as well. All of these problems are my own, due to my own habits and I fear that I will always be like this.

I can't see myself ever getting where I want to. I can't see myself, if I keep things up, having a long term relationship. I'm one crisis away from being homeless, or jobless (therefore both), thousands of kilometres from family. I have no savings to my name.

I would probably kill myself if the great unknown of death didn't terrify me so much. I don't really value 'life' anymore.
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Please take care of yourself and if you need to talk, there are plenty here with a willing ear, myself included.
 

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Cadaver said:
I've had some really existential thoughts the last few nights and came to some pretty similar conclusions to OP.

I'm stuck in a system I wasn't born in a position to win. I have a job, so I needed to go into debt to get a car to drive to work. I pay a landlord to live in the house I don't own. I can't get a better job until I go to uni and I can't go to uni while I work. I can't cut back my hours to go to uni because I have to pay for my car and my rent and then my uni fees.

I'm a habitually lazy person that is wholly independent with no parental or spousal support. I skip so many tasks I need to do; cleaning, cooking, appointments. I eat poorly and have put on a lot of weight. I have had virtually no dating life in over a year now, and a shitty medical condition lasting well over a year as well. All of these problems are my own, due to my own habits and I fear that I will always be like this.

I can't see myself ever getting where I want to. I can't see myself, if I keep things up, having a long term relationship. I'm one crisis away from being homeless, or jobless (therefore both), thousands of kilometres from family. I have no savings to my name.

I would probably kill myself if the great unknown of death didn't terrify me so much. I don't really value 'life' anymore.
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The problem is you’re focusing on all the negative shit you have going on.

You could spin it just as easily to say;
I am not crippled by an unplayable mortgage or uni fees.

You’ve recognised you have poor diet and exercise routines, well guess what? Identifying the problem is the first step.. take action, join a gym, eat a salad one meal a week.. then in a few weeks make it 3 times a week and so on.

You said These problems are all on you, well guess what? The solutions are too

If your previous goal is now out of reach then Reevaluate. Set yourself a shorter goal that you can achieve in a couple of weeks

The endorphins and elation you get from reaching a goal you set out are one of the best things in life.

You’re in control of everything. The best advice I ever got was, never aim to be better than anyone else,
Just aim to be better than you were yesterday.
 
james Dean said:
The problem is you’re focusing on all the negative **** you have going on.

You could spin it just as easily to say;
I am not crippled by an unplayable mortgage or uni fees.

You’ve recognised you have poor diet and exercise routines, well guess what? Identifying the problem is the first step.. take action, join a gym, eat a salad one meal a week.. then in a few weeks make it 3 times a week and so on.

You said These problems are all on you, well guess what? The solutions are too

If your previous goal is now out of reach then Reevaluate. Set yourself a shorter goal that you can achieve in a couple of weeks

The endorphins and elation you get from reaching a goal you set out are one of the best things in life.

You’re in control of everything. The best advice I ever got was, never aim to be better than anyone else,
Just aim to be better than you were yesterday.
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That's pretty close to the mentality I'm taking. I'm either going to fix the problems or I'd rather die.
 
Cadaver said:
I've had some really existential thoughts the last few nights and came to some pretty similar conclusions to OP.

I'm stuck in a system I wasn't born in a position to win. I have a job, so I needed to go into debt to get a car to drive to work. I pay a landlord to live in the house I don't own. I can't get a better job until I go to uni and I can't go to uni while I work. I can't cut back my hours to go to uni because I have to pay for my car and my rent and then my uni fees.

I'm a habitually lazy person that is wholly independent with no parental or spousal support. I skip so many tasks I need to do; cleaning, cooking, appointments. I eat poorly and have put on a lot of weight. I have had virtually no dating life in over a year now, and a shitty medical condition lasting well over a year as well. All of these problems are my own, due to my own habits and I fear that I will always be like this.

I can't see myself ever getting where I want to. I can't see myself, if I keep things up, having a long term relationship. I'm one crisis away from being homeless, or jobless (therefore both), thousands of kilometres from family. I have no savings to my name.

I would probably kill myself if the great unknown of death didn't terrify me so much. I don't really value 'life' anymore.
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Oh mate.... I can't even imagine what you're going through at your age. As james Dean as put, the first step is recognising what it is you need to change/improve on. Just one step at a time, don't let it overwhelm you.
I'm shocking with chores at home as well. I've been trying to employ the 10/20/30 minute technique. In a nutshell you list a few tasks that you need to complete. Next to each one you put 10, 20, 30. You start a timer for 10 minutes and start on Task 1. After ten minutes is gone, you start the timer for ten mins again, but start Task 2! And so on.... After you've done the 10 minutes round, you then go for 20 minutes, and then 30... you'll find that you get things done, might even want to keep going with certain tasks, feel more motivated as you finish each one. It might help you!
Thinking of you Davs, I know I'm really only a stranger on the internet but I'm happy to chat if you need.
 

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