Started a sort of apprenticeship/job at a shop in California.
It's me, an older guy almost 70 who looks like he's a second from retiring or quitting and a 30-50 yo man who's teaching me.
He taught me once, then kind of just put me to work. First time setup and grind(ed?grinded?ground?) Some huge rods, then some smaller ones and now some other kinda big bars... Thing is Im not really being taught anything I have no idea what I'm doing other than how to use a very old falling apart centerless grinder.
$7.5 an hour in a wealthy California town ( not LA but close) I feel like I'm being severely underpaid and since I'm young and kind of desperate for money I accepted, but I don't know if I should ask why I'm getting paid this amount or just leave. They seem like nice people but the boss (another guy seperate from the 2 previously mentioned) probably wouldn't think twice about scamming me out of wages. The average minimum wage for a "student/apprenticeship" in my area is $14.5 and I'm making 7.5 I'm very unhappy but I don't want to quit because I need money.
But I'm doing most of the work and looking at around 260-280 after taxes (for a whole 5 day 45 hr week) and I just don't think it's worth it. After reading some threads in here, it sounds like a dying industry where the knowledgeable people don't want to share their knowledge because of some weird fear of getting fired and replaced by a younger smarter worker. At least that what it reads like in my eyes.
I do have an interest in this job but it's the only one for miles and I kind of feel bad to just quit they seem desperate for help.
What would y'all do? Should I ask for more money or just quit.
Do your worst!
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
Pilot on me!!
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
You take away their little brooms
There hasn't been a post all year!
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
It’s pronounced “Noel.”
After all his first name is No-vac
What, then, is Chinese rap?
Edit:
Notable mentions from the comments:
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Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits
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French/Finnish art
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Country/Canadian rap
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Chinese/Country/Canadian rock
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Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap
There hasn't been a single post this year!
(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)
Bob
So that I could frequently say, "I am going to walk 5 miles now."
Edit: My most popular post on Reddit! 😀 Thank you for the awards.
Just to clarify, 12345678
Me grabbing a soda from my (what I thought was) half full 12pk...
Notices there's only 2;
Me: "Awe man... This is a damn bird box!" Her: "What the hell does that mean?!" Me: (Pulls both cans out & shows them to her) "It's only got Toucans."
I'm not ashamed to admit the look on her face was glorious.
I was just sitting there doing nothing.
“BOOM”?!
"That's what they're fighting about."
Because his Visa didn’t work.
A happy Uncle.....
"Beauty, because beauty is in the eye of the bee-holder!"
I’d never seen him be 4.
Ice-olation.
She's only eleven and says she came up with that by herself. I'm so proud 😭😭😭
"No, it doesn't."
We couldn't afford a dog...
Actually different
You know. Roll reversal.
