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#1 Capsicum Annuum

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Posted 23 January 2017 - 05:11 PM

What type of job do you have?

#2 SpleenBeGone

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Posted 23 January 2017 - 06:12 PM

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#3 Sethre

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Posted 24 January 2017 - 03:54 PM

I'm a manager of a restaurant. (kill me)


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Posted 24 January 2017 - 04:58 PM

Electro-mechanical technician.

 

It's usually easy money, but the people I work with always look like they want me to quit my job and/or want me to be dead.



#5 Affray

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Posted 24 January 2017 - 05:34 PM

I run my own embroidery/vinyl business, an online shop where I sell patches, and me & my dad do flooring jobs from time to time when the opportunity arises.

 

 

I'm a manager of a restaurant. (kill me)

What sort of restaurant was it again?


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#6 Photography Raptor

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Posted 24 January 2017 - 10:59 PM

I'm a master of the tanning arts.

I play with dead animal flesh all night. So it can become your next pair of boots. Or wallet. But most of the leather we do is in fact, for work boots.

We mostly do steer hides. I have worked with elk, deer and pig before but that's rare. Due to our process those hides are so small and thin they tend to get annihilated almost to no good use.

My job specifically is coloring. The chemicals I use (besides dye) are put in for a number of reasons:

Pre-wash - knock loose all the frills and dust from the shavers and we'll clean the hides up.
Neutralization - I'll let Google explain that one.
Re-tanning - basically it's a number of things, including dye. Powders fill in cracks, plump up the hide. Coats to help seal in.
Fat-liquor - also fills in and smooths out any cracks. Google explains better.
Fixation - adjusts the ph, stops existing processes. Basically stops and sets them in.
Final wash

Every order is very different. There are always various washes between stages as well as fixations. Depending what chemicals are used and what purpose the leather serves. Some orders will require a lot of dye and acid whereas some will require ammonia to raise ph levels.
Google explains pH better than I do.

Anyways that's my job.

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Posted 25 January 2017 - 03:35 AM

I'm a QS for a construction company. Shit's dull fam.


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#8 Affray

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Posted 25 January 2017 - 09:03 AM

I'm a master of the tanning arts.

I play with dead animal flesh all night. So it can become your next pair of boots. Or wallet. But most of the leather we do is in fact, for work boots.

We mostly do steer hides. I have worked with elk, deer and pig before but that's rare. Due to our process those hides are so small and thin they tend to get annihilated almost to no good use.

My job specifically is coloring. The chemicals I use (besides dye) are put in for a number of reasons:

Pre-wash - knock loose all the frills and dust from the shavers and we'll clean the hides up.
Neutralization - I'll let Google explain that one.
Re-tanning - basically it's a number of things, including dye. Powders fill in cracks, plump up the hide. Coats to help seal in.
Fat-liquor - also fills in and smooths out any cracks. Google explains better.
Fixation - adjusts the ph, stops existing processes. Basically stops and sets them in.
Final wash

Every order is very different. There are always various washes between stages as well as fixations. Depending what chemicals are used and what purpose the leather serves. Some orders will require a lot of dye and acid whereas some will require ammonia to raise ph levels.
Google explains pH better than I do.

Anyways that's my job.

Neat as fuck.

 

 

I'm a QS for a construction company. Shit's dull fam.

Isn't that basically just paperwork and whatnot?

If so, Jesus Christ that would be dull.


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#9 Mister Sympa

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Posted 25 January 2017 - 11:23 AM

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#10 Sethre

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Posted 26 January 2017 - 12:35 AM

What sort of restaurant was it again?

It's called Culver's. It's kind of a mix between a fast food restaurant and like a 'sit down' restaurant. Overall not a glamorous job at all, but it works for now.


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Posted 26 January 2017 - 03:15 AM

Neat as fuck.

 

 

Isn't that basically just paperwork and whatnot?

If so, Jesus Christ that would be dull.

 

It can be, it's about 65% spreadsheets, 20% bollocking foreigners and 15% dossing off.


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#12 Affray

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Posted 26 January 2017 - 12:13 PM

It's called Culver's. It's kind of a mix between a fast food restaurant and like a 'sit down' restaurant. Overall not a glamorous job at all, but it works for now.

A job is a job.

I've never heard of Culver's (probably because of the Canadian thing), but it looks like okay enough food.

I will however say that the graphic designer who set up their main website needs to hone their skills a bit.

My stupid wife always bitching about shitty design/font/layout stuff has seeped in to my brain.

 

 

It can be, it's about 65% spreadsheets, 20% bollocking foreigners and 15% dossing off.

That honestly sounds like a cherry gig.


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Posted 26 January 2017 - 08:13 PM

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#14 Sethre

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Posted 26 January 2017 - 10:42 PM

A job is a job.

I've never heard of Culver's (probably because of the Canadian thing), but it looks like okay enough food.

I will however say that the graphic designer who set up their main website needs to hone their skills a bit.

My stupid wife always bitching about shitty design/font/layout stuff has seeped in to my brain.

It's honestly not bad food. It's all fresh food, non of the meat is ever frozen.


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#15 Photography Raptor

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Posted 26 January 2017 - 10:57 PM

It's honestly not bad food. It's all fresh food, non of the meat is ever frozen.


I like Culver's I've been to several Minnesota locations. Here where I live we have a local joint called Randy's which is the exact same style but better. So I normally go there.

Dem butter burgers tho.

#16 Capsicum Annuum

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Posted 28 January 2017 - 12:09 AM

I have also never heard of Culver's. I guess it's just a Midwest thing.