It really does...
With almost zero balances in the account, rents to pay, bills to pay, food to buy, etc. etc, it is pretty hard to sustain a 'student lifestyle' that I have had for the past few years... I started a job at BMW doing temp work and it is certainly the worst job I have had. The pay is good though... Rising at 5am (not since rowing days have I risen so early), clock in by 6am and work through till 5pm! Even Aristotle would be proud of that... The people are incredibly different to any other 'profile' of people that I have met whilst being in the UK. Your typical working class... They all read the tabloids such as the sun (ironic as it's a conservative paper), covered top down in tatoos, chat about the footy, buy BMW's on 'company schemes', or rather rent them out from the company, and 'init, init, init'... But, they are a cheerful bunch nonetheless... I just cannot see how they live like that for years on end. Rise, go to work, put a light or something on 400 cars per day, go home, sleep. And watch the footy on the weekend with the lads, and also, drive to the footy, in the new, roofless BMW... I think the worst thing about it is one, the lost freedom, where one has to be constantly working-there is no time to read an interesting article, or a book or something, or even to go outside and soak in some sun... Also, the environment I find prison like, with the unforgiving sirens that start and stop work, dead on time, and some of the managers prowing around looking for any mishaps going on... It must be better than Foxconn though...
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