NightWoundsTime
A nice hunk of young man
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Well I've had a lot of changes in my life recently. I've been working for a family business doing asphalt paving since January 2004. I started doing that after spinning my wheels in school for a long time and trying to make a future out of menial office jobs. Paving has been amazing in that it got me outside and working, and much healthier than I used to be. After my grandfather died last March we knew pretty quickly that the property we operate off of (and I live on) would have to be sold. He and my uncle came to Florida in the early 70's and bought property way out in the country for very little money. 30 years later it isn't the country anymore and it sold for 1.9 million. Sadly though my uncle isn't getting a decent share of that and decided to take the business to Georgia where he could find more affordable land. The business was basically his part of the inheritance, because the will was drawn up many years ago when the land and business were equally worthless.
So, not wanting to move to backwoods south Georgia and be three hours from anything I'd consider civilization, I went on a job search. Started last week at what looks like a very promising job. Premier Beverage is the company, and lucky me I'm delivering wine and liquor all around central Florida! It's been really good so far driving a truck around to grocery stores, restaraunts, liquor stores, and the occasional, err "Gentleman's Club"
. I'm really happy for the time I've spent with the family business and several options were open as far as finding a new job, but I think I've chosen wisely. As I was told when I was hired, the job security is unbeatable. When the economy is up, people go out and drink. When the economy is down, people stay home and drink. Either way it comes from my truck.
I'm working very long days, 10-14 hours, but only 4 days a week. Overtime helps the check out and amazingly I get Saturday, Sunday, AND Monday off. Can't ask for anything better in the blue collar world. Pay is good and will be better when I'm hired by the company instead of getting my pay from a staffing service (who gets paid probably double what they end up filtering down to me). Long term though this thing gets very comfortable. It's hard work but what isn't? The days have been flying by and I can't see a time when they wouldn't. Once I"m hired by the company I get paid for the route not by the hour, so I can blow through at my own pace. The whole thing kind of feels like a Grand Theft Auto mission.
So, not wanting to move to backwoods south Georgia and be three hours from anything I'd consider civilization, I went on a job search. Started last week at what looks like a very promising job. Premier Beverage is the company, and lucky me I'm delivering wine and liquor all around central Florida! It's been really good so far driving a truck around to grocery stores, restaraunts, liquor stores, and the occasional, err "Gentleman's Club"
I'm working very long days, 10-14 hours, but only 4 days a week. Overtime helps the check out and amazingly I get Saturday, Sunday, AND Monday off. Can't ask for anything better in the blue collar world. Pay is good and will be better when I'm hired by the company instead of getting my pay from a staffing service (who gets paid probably double what they end up filtering down to me). Long term though this thing gets very comfortable. It's hard work but what isn't? The days have been flying by and I can't see a time when they wouldn't. Once I"m hired by the company I get paid for the route not by the hour, so I can blow through at my own pace. The whole thing kind of feels like a Grand Theft Auto mission.
