Working in an office

[Bjornebye 23,911]

6 minutes ago, Redder Lurtz said:

Since I jacked the pub in I had a couple of offers to go back to an office environment. I'm supposed to be launching an online real ale business but it's been getting on top of me a bit. The minefield of licensing, premises, cost reduction. I've fucked it all off til next year, decided well against an office return and I'm currently on my way to Birmingham to collect my van. Start delivering for Amazon tomorrow. Self employed, pick and choose my hours and the money is decent. Fuck da office. 

Good luck mate. If you get that right you'll make an absolute fortune. 

[Redder Lurtz 2,716]

1 minute ago, Bjornebye said:

Good luck mate. If you get that right you'll make an absolute fortune. 

Yeah it's my goal but after the lockdown, leaving the pub and having a massive forced change to my life I need some structure and a bit less stress. Amazon will keep me earning decent money til I'm in the right frame of mind to pick up the real ale business sometime next year. 

[Bjornebye 23,911]

4 minutes ago, Redder Lurtz said:

Yeah it's my goal but after the lockdown, leaving the pub and having a massive forced change to my life I need some structure and a bit less stress. Amazon will keep me earning decent money til I'm in the right frame of mind to pick up the real ale business sometime next year. 

For sure mate. Seems like you got out of the pub at the right time. My dad ran pubs all his career pretty much and it was a horrible, stressful existence. Long hours, having to deal with dickhead pissed up arseholes and not exactly the most lucrative rewards.

 

He fancied himself as a bit of a Brian Flanagan as a youngster then a Doug Coughlan as he got older. 

[the chimp 1,463]

Best of luck with things Mike. Hope - and am sure - you'll be sound mate.

 

It was a bank holiday here yesterday and I needed to finish off some work so I decided for the first time in months to head into the office.  No one the train and Sydney CBD empty. That was about 7 am. I came out at 3.30pm and it looked like normal. I enjoyed being back at my desk and the lack of distractions to be honest. It's only a twenty minute journey as well. Still happy at home but I did a lot of work with the extra computer screens and set up in the office.

[johnsusername 1,839]

17 hours ago, the chimp said:

Best of luck with things Mike. Hope - and am sure - you'll be sound mate.

 

It was a bank holiday here yesterday and I needed to finish off some work so I decided for the first time in months to head into the office.  No one the train and Sydney CBD empty. That was about 7 am. I came out at 3.30pm and it looked like normal. I enjoyed being back at my desk and the lack of distractions to be honest. It's only a twenty minute journey as well. Still happy at home but I did a lot of work with the extra computer screens and set up in the office.

Same here really - I've quite liked being back in the office when I've had to go in, with no distractions and a big screen. However that isn't normal - I'm usually getting loads of distractions and the computers are always playing up in "normal times".

 

We're taking a service we deliver online and over the phone solely online. This will mean less people needed on the phone and in the office. It's fine for me because I've written the plan and I look after the website. However for those who man the phones the worry about my job would be at the back of my mind. 

[ZonkoVille77 5,302]

I've been working from home since March, parked in the young lads bedroom on a small desk. It was wrecking my head so I decided to build an outdoor office space right beside the house in the only free space left in the garden. Just a small 8x6 room. I looked up getting one made and the prices were mental and some that were reasonable had waiting times of up to 3 months. 

 

I initially thought I'd bitten off more than I could chew but it's turning out quite well and I'm proud that I've actually done it myself. I've even decided I'm going to put a TV in there and watch the unmentionable in peace without the little ones wrecking my head.

[Bjornebye 23,911]

1 minute ago, ZonkoVille77 said:

I've been working from home since March, parked in the young lads bedroom on a small desk. It was wrecking my head so I decided to build an outdoor office space right beside the house in the only free space left in the garden. Just a small 8x6 room. I looked up getting one made and the prices were mental and some that were reasonable had waiting times of up to 3 months. 

 

I initially thought I'd bitten off more than I could chew but it's turning out quite well and I'm proud that I've actually done it myself. I've even decided I'm going to put a TV in there and watch the unmentionable in peace without the little ones wrecking my head.

Thats ace mate. Pics or its fair we assume you're just crammed in one of these because you didn't do the dishes in April

 

 

 

[ZonkoVille77 5,302]

4 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Thats ace mate. Pics or its fair we assume you're just crammed in one of these because you didn't do the dishes in April

 

 

 

 

This is where I'm at. Still loads to do but I'm getting there. Coat of grey paint on it now but need to add fascia board and guttering before focusing on the inside. 

[Bjornebye 23,911]

Superb that mate. One for the "hear me roar" thread. 

[the chimp 1,463]

[Aw Geez 4,909]

14 hours ago, ZonkoVille77 said:

 

This is where I'm at. Still loads to do but I'm getting there. Coat of grey paint on it now but need to add fascia board and guttering before focusing on the inside. 

 

 

Top quality wanking shed, good work

[Rico1304 6,318]

I’m in the office today. Only me on a floor that should seat 40.  Better remember to get dressed again when I go out for dinner. 

[Jose Jones 2,580]

16 hours ago, ZonkoVille77 said:

 

This is where I'm at. Still loads to do but I'm getting there. Coat of grey paint on it now but need to add fascia board and guttering before focusing on the inside. 

Great work that zonko.

Although once you’ve got the snooker table in there I’m not sure there’s going to be much room for a desk.

[ZonkoVille77 5,302]

23 minutes ago, Jose Jones said:

Great work that zonko.

Although once you’ve got the snooker table in there I’m not sure there’s going to be much room for a desk.

 

[Redder Lurtz 2,716]

On 05/10/2020 at 15:22, Redder Lurtz said:

Since I jacked the pub in I had a couple of offers to go back to an office environment. I'm supposed to be launching an online real ale business but it's been getting on top of me a bit. The minefield of licensing, premises, cost reduction. I've fucked it all off til next year, decided well against an office return and I'm currently on my way to Birmingham to collect my van. Start delivering for Amazon tomorrow. Self employed, pick and choose my hours and the money is decent. Fuck da office. 

Proper enjoying the new job. Tiring but I'll soon get used to it. Loving the milfy housewives around Skipton. 

[Strontium Dog™ 8,250]

In their infinite wisdom, our workplace is getting rid of all the phones and making us use Skype for Business. So if I want to make or receive a call I need to fire up the laptop first and wear a headset like some call centre monkey.