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Took a job on a river barge over a rig in the Gulf last spring
The Gulf job paid $50 more a day, but the river gig was only a 2 hour drive from home. I picked the river and ended up spending three weeks in zero-visibility mud, fixing a broken intake line by feel. Ever regret passing up the bigger paycheck for a shorter commute?
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nancybennett12d ago
Man, that sounds like a special kind of misery. Sometimes the easy choice comes with a hidden cost.
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Remember my cousin taking a job at the local plant instead of traveling for work. He bragged about the extra hour of sleep every morning. Then his car blew a tire in the plant parking lot, and he spent his first "easy" paycheck on a tow and two new ones. The universe just has a way of balancing those scales, you know? Makes you wonder if the extra fifty bucks was hazard pay for your sanity.
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