Slow day at work. What do [i]YOU[/i] do?

[cleatus12r]

Well.....................

Here is another outstanding Tuesday that brings a whole lot of nothing through the door. For those who don't know, I'm a Chevrolet dealer technician. I've been doing this for a decade now and this is definitely a time where I constantly think about finding another line of work. Therein lies a problem; most other lines of work aren't hiring.

I have tried (albeit not too wholeheartedly ) to find other avenues of employment. From construction to postal work (Yeah, I've got guns!). I recently took my written tests for my commercial drivers' license because I was indirectly offered a potential job with the County road and bridge department. However, their offices and the County commissioners put a freeze on wages and new hires........argh. So here I sit with a learner's CDL with 3 endorsements and no truck to drive.

I have grown accustomed to my pay here. It's pretty good considering that I am probably the highest-paid oil change monkey in the state. Technical (and more importantly electrical) work has declined to the point where the most electronic/wiring repairs I make are the installation of brake controllers and trailer plugs. I can't even find a 4L60-E to work on; those used to be my bread and butter.....and I got really fat on them.

So I do this. I sit and wait for something to come through the door. The bad part of that is the resulting boredom and lack of desire to do anything once I get "lazy" for the day. I am seriously considering the purchase of another laptop so my wife can do her computer stuff at home and I can bring mine to work and practice my newfound passion.....powerstroke tuning. I sit here and think of operational parameters and what changes to what would net the desired results. By the time I get home, I forgot what I was thinking about earlier......and I don't want to sit in front of the computer because my wife has been busy all day and I haven't seen her for 10 hours since I'm stuck here at work.

Had to vent. This is getting really old.