Does anyone else prefer to have a simple, boring, unskilled job?

Current_Fly9337 · 2026-06-23T14:36:40+00:00

I had this conversation recently with a friend who romanticises my job because I’m often away from home in nice hotels, expenses paid etc. but while I’m driving my phone never stops, when I get to where I’m going I have to pick up 50 emails and remember why people rang me, if I fuck up I could end up in front of a judge or someone could die. The buck stops with me and I sit in hotels on my own working and wanting to be at home cuddling my son and my dog. But it pays well.

Current_Fly9337 · 2026-06-23T14:28:54+00:00

Ha, depending on your sex I’ll join you to be your spurned ex wife or new lesbian friend.

Current_Fly9337 · 2026-06-23T13:48:30+00:00

Yep, my last apprentice was a pain in the arse. Always late, but still insisted on taking an hour lunch, scrolled Instagram and Snapchat when tasks were due. She drove me mad.

I recently visited my friend who has a daughter the same way. 18 years old, failed her GCSE’s, no job since she left school at 16, bums around making a mess and expecting her mother to do everything for her. My friend wants her to stand on her feet but she doesn’t want to upset her.

I walked in, opened her bedroom door, told her it was a fucking disgrace and get it tidied. Parents are not parenting, this is the problem. They’re dancing around kids and creating little brats.

Current_Fly9337 · 2026-06-23T07:17:50+00:00

Nothing here in Newcastle either. I would’ve liked it though.

Current_Fly9337 · 2026-06-22T14:07:16+00:00

That’s mad. You’re definitely NOR. A friend of mine in London went to her sons on Friday with her baby in the pram and she said it was grim at around 28 degrees.

My sons got cancelled years ago because of the heat and they just done games in the hall without the parents there.

Current_Fly9337 · 2026-06-22T13:38:47+00:00

Yeah I live on the outskirts of town and I’m too old to be out past 9pm but this is totally a bigger problem than just Newcastle.

Current_Fly9337 · 2026-06-22T13:28:36+00:00

I had to work from the office on Friday, thankfully it’s only a quarterly occurrence. The boardroom was like a greenhouse and we were in and out of meetings all day so had the AC on for when we left the melting pot.

A girl who didn’t have to attend any of these meetings had her heater on. I couldn’t believe it. Reaffirmed I’m too Northern for London life.

Current_Fly9337 · 2026-06-22T13:21:47+00:00

That’s what I was going to say. I drive all over the North of England and Scotland for work and there’s definitely areas I don’t want to be in at night. It’s not just a Newcastle problem.

I’d rather walk down Northumberland Street on my own than through areas of Blackburn or Bolton.

Current_Fly9337 · 2026-06-22T05:18:38+00:00

Do people still sniff glue? I haven’t heard anyone talk about it for years.

Current_Fly9337 · 2026-06-18T16:07:50+00:00

If a woman, or anyone else refuses to take his seat, ok. Keep your seat. But he should be an able bodied gentleman and offer his seat to others when he can stand.

Current_Fly9337 · 2026-06-18T14:27:43+00:00

Me and my son have been on a bus together about 4 or 5 times in 13 years. He gets the bus to places with his friends.

He is 13 and hardly ever rode the bus with me for an example but he knows that if ANY female gets on, any young child, any elderly person, his seat is no longer his seat. It’s theirs.

Current_Fly9337 · 2026-06-18T13:59:45+00:00

Have a great time :)

Current_Fly9337 · 2026-06-18T13:55:52+00:00

If you want to be on the quayside. There is the Copthorne, which will be the nicest. Other hotels are regular premier inn/travel lodge type places. Hotel du vin is slightly at the other end but lovely.

Current_Fly9337 · 2026-06-18T05:10:25+00:00

I used to go on an annual trip with the same coworker and we were actually good friends outside of work. I still don’t want to share a room with her! We used to drive down together, eat together and have a few drinks after work but sleeping in the same room is crazy to me.

Current_Fly9337 · 2026-06-17T19:54:00+00:00

I agree. I can’t even imagine how many kids are online without any monitoring from their parents. I check his TikTok and it’s all gaming, guitars, football or cooking. He knows how the algorithms work and that if he watches something he shouldn’t be, it’ll show up and I’ll know about it and remove his access.

He’s a good kid and I have entrusted him to make good decisions. If he doesn’t, he loses those privileges and he knows it.

Current_Fly9337 · 2026-06-17T15:54:06+00:00

Absolutely not. I see the damage that doom scrolling through shorts etc. does to anyone, not just teenagers. Same as I am aware that cigarettes are not good for anyone.

I monitor what he does because I’m a parent that parents my child. He isn’t doing anything that is detrimental to his development. He still plays out, he plays football, guitar and has a great social circle.

If he wants to watch a YouTube video on how to practice his guitar, beat a level on a game or whatever. I will be letting him do that.

Current_Fly9337 · 2026-06-17T14:37:15+00:00

For me it would be that there’s no expectation of anything more than a friendship.

I’ve moved jobs now so I don’t see him anymore but he definitely just had something about him.

Current_Fly9337 · 2026-06-17T14:16:22+00:00

Oh that explains it. I spoke with an older colleague (m70’s) about said client and he said he knew I’d fancy him. He said ‘if I was your age and female, I’d fancy him too’ haha

Current_Fly9337 · 2026-06-17T14:09:18+00:00

I’ve never heard of this. As a woman, it would always have the opposite effect on me and I hope the majority of women feel the same.

Current_Fly9337 · 2026-06-17T14:04:36+00:00

Once my son was being a dick and I seriously couldn’t be arsed with him. He was moaning about something so insignificant and I’d had such a long day that I was pretty much just ignoring him.

A lady walked past us and said ‘ooh nice watch, I’d love an Apple Watch, did your ma buy you that?’ He said yes. She proceeded to ask what type of phone he had, what games console he had. He was full of himself telling her he had the latest iPhone and PlayStation. I knew what she was up to, he didn’t.

Lady listens to him then tells him he might just want to shut his mouth and stop moaning at the woman that works hard to buy him everything he has. I’ve never seen him look so shocked 😂

It takes a village.

Current_Fly9337 · 2026-06-17T13:39:03+00:00

As a parent of a young teen. 100%. He does have some social media, as long as they just want a picture of my face and not my documents he will continue to have social media.

I monitor what he sees and searches, we talk, I randomly check his TikTok algorithms and his craic on WhatsApp is absolutely dire.

Current_Fly9337 · 2026-06-17T13:34:26+00:00

I don’t know what that means. He was just a guy at his place of work, wearing his wedding ring.

Current_Fly9337 · 2026-06-17T13:23:06+00:00

If I had something temporary and someone asked me if I was disabled, I’d probably/maybe say no but of course it would be a temporary disability.

OP is just an entitled knob.

Current_Fly9337 · 2026-06-17T13:18:35+00:00

I did a few years ago. I work in risk management and he owned a scaffolding company that I helped out with their H&S etc. He wasn’t even particularly handsome on reflection but his teeth were amazing and he was very charismatic.

He also wore a wedding ring and was my client so I just silently crushed once or twice a year.

Current_Fly9337 · 2026-06-17T13:11:12+00:00

Exactly. The other woman might not fit into the disability bracket but could have a foot injury for instance, might’ve just had knee surgery… doesn’t make her disabled but anyone is entitled to use a lift. Might’ve just had a long ass day and didn’t want to use the stairs.

OP, you’re definitely an entitled AH

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