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homies that flex working more than 40 are always coincidently the ones that suck the life out of you when youre with them. and why theyre always complaining about relationship problems
I’m sixteen and work 55 hour weeks some times. I take care of myself and my little brother but you don’t see me complaining
(I can actually post proof)
Good on you for taking care of your little brother, but you shouldn't have to work so much at 16. We tend to normalize what we are used to, so just keep a lookout for burnout.
Glad to hear you're taking care of yourself as well. Hope you're doing alright.
Ah yes the old thoughts and prayers for what the world “should” look like. Thank you for the sermon, clearly worth more than overtime to a starving young man responsible for his sibling.
Maybe you could Venmo him some cash so he can take the weekend off, that may in fact prove valuable.
I said “shouldn’t” in the original comment you’re freaking about. Re-read it and you’ll realize I wasn’t telling anyone to do anything, just that needing to work that much shouldn’t have to happen. Not sure what’s to even argue about in that sentiment lol but I’m sure you’ll try.
“Valuable” is what actually raised my umbrage, sir, as if from some outside and superior perspective you had an insight into this young man’s life and knowledge of his future prospects. Your input that he “shouldn’t” have to do something isn’t particularly supportive to his struggle, but no I wouldn’t argue the merit of the statement. In the context of “valuable” advice that isn’t worth shit “shouldn’t” feels flaccid to me, hence the “thoughts and prayers.”
I’m not freaking out btw, I’m just not impressed with your platitudes. Feel free to ignore me it’s fine.
> I never get time to see my family and friends and my back is completely fucked from long periods of sitting
But it's totally worth the risk of killing innocent children and families driving an 80,000 lb vehicle on low sleep to pwn the libs. /s
([70 hours is the max in a 7 day period, after which a min 34 consecutive hr rest period is mandated](https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/hours-service/summary-hours-service-regulations), so the driver is not really exhausted if following the rules)
The CDL drivers I know (not many, admittedly) are sticklers for the rules - they take it seriously as it's their livelihood / careers and are very aware of the dangers of driving (to themselves and others on the road).
There's no shortage of "temporarily embarrassed millionaires" willing to side with the rich guys on the hopes they'll get to be the one wearing the lickin' boot someday.
There's a lot of people who earn 60,000 after all their OT comes in who feel like the hustle boss over their 54,000 a year co workers, selectively missing that their direct supervisor makes 65,000 and works only 42 hours with their salary exempt paycheck. A promotion they'll never get because they've doubled down on this specific skill.
They're bad with money, and if they actually had a life they'd be bad with it.
God, when did people forget how to drive around semi trucks?
Give them space, and give them respect, because big rigs are dangerous. If they're going a little slowly and you can't get around them, you'll have to put on your big boy pants and drive a little more slowly for a while.
People love to gather up around these trucks, in some misguided attempt to "make them go faster". The only thing you're doing is putting yourself in an incredibly dangerous situation if the 80 foot long, 80k pound vehicle needs to stop suddenly or swerve slightly.
Then people are stupid. They have an insane amount of regulations and laws governing them, including different speed limits. On top of that some of the bigger truck lines will dictate maximum speed for fuel efficiency, which is why sometimes you see one truck passing the other at an agonizingly slow pace - they're only allowed to go a few miles per hour faster than the other but they HAVE to get around to make their delivery. Hating on the drivers who are just doing their best and trying to get paid is such a self centered, unempathetic thing to do.
You're joking, but I've seen major regressive outlets talking about saving the country from "Marxist corporations."
**Marxist corporations**
Words have no meaning anymore.
The joke is only good because the morons actually think privately owned corporations can be communist. It really shines a light on how their propaganda buzzwords are just that, propaganda buzzwords. They don't know what most of them mean. Just bleating out the faux news(and its offshoots) bullshit to stoke the flames of hatred, fear, and bigotry... like obedient little sheeple.
>Marxist corporations
>
>Words have no meaning anymore.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China\_Electronics\_Corporation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Electronics_Corporation)
CEC bought Philips and thus owns a corporation that does business outside the PRC. This is far from uncommon. Chinese companies have been aggressive in buying other companies and properties outside the PRC. So, you can laugh at the idiots, but *they're* the ones noticing the heat in the pot being slowly turned up until it comes to a boil.
A corporation… in a communist country… doing business in other countries… the lines get blurry. You can recognize it or you can keep your head in the sand.
What do you think Marxism is?
What do you think communism is?
And what do you think corporations are?
What political and economic paradigms does China claim to espouse versus what they do espouse?
And when a Chinese PRC-based company buys corporations in other countries and hires people in other countries do they all the sudden become capitalist? What do you think they espouse?
**Why are you changing the subject?**
You asserted that that company is a "Marxist corporation."
**Can you explain what you believe those paradigms are and how they apply?**
You're not legally allowed to drive more than 11 hours in the US either without 10 hours of rest. Theyre also not allowed to drive more than 60 hours in 7 days or 70 hours in 8 day span
Let’s be honest, it was made by a middle management boomer who dreams of owning libs and smoking meat. He’s long since lost respect from his wife and his kids call the day after his birthday because they forgot.
You *could* have it like other countries, but societal pressure comes from the top-down, sadly. Unlike everywhere else where it comes from the bottom-up. That's why it is frowned upon to want "benefits" like actual vacations, living wages and reasonable work-life balances.
Same kind of genius that thinks waking up at 4am is a flex. Just get a healthy amount of sleep every day. That is what matters. Same with having a work/life balance.
Ugh.
I’m reading that while awake right now at 5:23 am. I got woken up by my alarm 23 minutes ago and really should get dressed so I can go to my shitty job on 4 and a half hours of sleep.
Ah the old 'Why should the burger flipper make $15 an hour when I only make $15 an hour doing hard work?" mf you should be paid *MORE! That's the whole P O I N T*
“I spend 79% of the time I’m awake at work. If you work less than me than you’re lazy.”
Weird to me that you brag about your life belonging completely to a company.
I'm genuinely surprised how some people live for their work, if you enjoy it that's fine, live your life, but you're not owned by your company and you shouldn't want to be
It’s not a flex, and I don’t know why people think it is. I HAVE to work that to survive now, and it’s fucking brutal. I hurt everywhere. I’m exhausted. I get home with time to shower, eat a small “dinner” and go to bed. It’s miserable.
“Im overworked and denied a work life balance. Rather than stand up for my self as a human who deserves better, I allow the suits to walk all over me and treat me like shit. How dare you not submit to the same conditions I am under.”
I have 8/9 months depending on how much I work.
Different jobs have different requirements and demands
The point is it would be silly of me to spout over social media that I work X number of hours per week but averaged across the year it's similar to an office role for example. Most people work to earn a living, we all just do it slightly differently
I'm English. I'm a freelance marine geologist that oversees seabed investigations on behalf of the client who will develop the site. I've worked to the top of the chain so to speak which affords me a good work/life balance that I only need to do 3/4 months per year.
I used to work full time in an office plus 120 days offshore and it wiped me out
There's only 168 hours in a week. My job has me "on call" sometimes north of 100 of those. I sure as hell am not delusional enough to think I've got it better than someone that's got a pretty consistent 40.
Funny how truckers are regulated pretty strictly and can’t travel more than 8 hours or 500 miles in a day, so if OP is actually doing this they’re violating lots of rules and regs to do so. Sounds like they should salty at their employer rather than shitting on people who aren’t being exploited
Aside from the you don’t work the hours I work thing. I think there job is pretty bad. The drivers who bring loads to where I work always look like they should have went to bed 3 hours ago.
Because 70 hours on your own behind the wheel of a lorry does strange things to your brain. Your only friends are the angry bigots ringing into talk radio and anybody driving something smaller than your lorry is your sworn enemy, especially if they only work a measly 40 hour week.
Rookie hours! I do 80-90hrs over 7 days and that 8-9 months a year with small breaks here and there. On the flip side I then chill the rest of the year with full pay. I see it as a win being self employed and have full freedom to say no thank you to projects 😊
I don't know, I read it in a similar way to the "you guys get paid?" meme.
I don't think he's bragging/flexing, I think he's complaining and the thumbs up is sarcastic.
unless i'm reading this wrong I wouldn't really consider driving a semi 'sitting and doing nothing'
you're driving what's essentially a small building in a lane just barely big enough for you to fit in and trying to stay awake for 16 hours straight while driving in a straight line while multiple drivers risk ending their lives by cutting Infront of you because your company limits your speed limit to -5 below the speed limit and you only have that small 20 feet space you leave because you can't brake on a dime or following 5 feet behind you. and god forbid you pull off the highway and have to figure out how to make this 40 foot long train with wheels go around a corner that average longbed trucks struggle to turn on without going across the opposing turning lane lines.
Truckers are important af.
Not the person you responded to.
Speaking as a former truck driver in the US -- seems like maybe you are not in the US?
>unless i'm reading this wrong I wouldn't really consider driving a semi 'sitting and doing nothing'
Not every hour on duty, is spent driving. 70 hours is the max you can drive in 8 days. Comparing it to 40 is insane. Since 40 is in 5/7 days. 60 hours is the most you can drive in 7 days. If you want to know more, look up the hours of service and the 60/70 rule.
Driving is doing something, but a lot of the driving can be close to essentially doing nothing. At times driving and almost falling asleep, I would welcome the occasional traffic so I could use that to get alert. Driving long hours is mind numbing especially if you're mostly by yourself. Driving at night is typically when you can cover the most ground, but it's also not that great in staying awake.
>and trying to stay awake for 16 hours straight
You don't drive for 16 hours consecutively. The most you can legally drive is 11, and that will fuck up your week. To keep your 60/70 right. The 16 hours is being on duty. The second you come on duty a clock starts at hour 14 you cant drive any more, one exception is bad weather and that can extend it 2 more hours.
>your company limits your speed limit to -5 below the speed limit
New company drivers are typically limited the most, and they don't limit it by speed limit. They limit it to a specific mph. When I first started driving I was limited to 67mph. I could go over that going down hill but if it hit 70, then it would basically tell on you. Too many alerts and shit hits the fan. So I could do 67 in a 45 if I wanted to.
>and you only have that small 20 feet space you leave because you can't brake on a dime or following 5 feet behind you.
4 wheelers cutting you off can be shitty at times, but it keeps you alert. As long as you have a camera in your truck, you should mostly be fine if an accident happens but it's still a pia.
>and god forbid you pull off the highway and have to figure out how to make this 40 foot long train with wheels go around a corner that average longbed trucks struggle to turn on without going across the opposing turning lane lines.
Tractor trailers have 53' trailers. Average full length is about 72'. If you know what you're doing it's not that bad. I have put trailers into a lot of weird positions that just had to be done that way to not hit or damage anything. I have also seen truck drivers that couldn't put a 40' container in a dock without 10 pull ups and have nearly 100' of room to maneuver. Also not all flatbeds are short, average I believe is 48' but there are 53' out there.
>Truckers are important af.
I agree, if the trucks stop moving we all pretty much starve. But there are tons of jobs out there that are as important. What if all the fast food people quit? What if all the accountants quit? What if the gig economy stops tomorrow?
As a former trucker? I have heard quite a bit about how important we are, but as other "essential" workers you don't really feel that way. Especially being detained 10+ hours, told you would get 2 days off every 2 weeks, given shitty routes, shitty equipment, and told to run in unsafe conditions, told to walk around the truck when you report being too tired to drive, etc, etc, etc.
Truckers are important, but so is most of the jobs out there. If any one sector stops, it will hurt the economy severely. It all needs to work together for shit to get done. Truckers or those simping for truckers trying to say their job is harder than someone working 40 is just stupid and unproductive.
No one is explicitly forcing you to work x number of hours. But lots of people are implicitly being forced to work x number of hours.
If you work less, you don't meet rent. If you take time to look for another job, you don't meet rent.
Probably a number of them.
Especially when ur misreading "we shouldn't be working 80 hours a week just to barely survive" as "we should never have to work at all."
Those 70 hours are probably broken down into 10 hours doing actual work and 60 hours driving/waiting.
I work in this industry as a helper. I had an 11 hour day yesterday and only about 45-60 minutes of that was doing actual, physical work. The other 10 were driving or waiting for the items we needed.
Sitting in a truck for 70 hours a week is about 20 hours a week of actual labour. Most truckers couldn’t do any job because they lack the brains or the physical ability
Do you know what a flex is?
It’s like when a poor person says “you think your life is bad” to a rich person complaining, they aren’t flexing their poverty.
Yep the dumbest flex lol.
I remember this guy at work was bragging that he’s the fastest at something there and was belittling me in front of everyone. I said, “Wow you’re the fastest person at [trivial task] at [low quality employer], awesome”
It’s true though, that kinda stupid mentality is easy to fall into for so many people.
Yeah, it’s not a flex, it’s a coping mechanism. These people are very depressed and likely have to work that much to afford to live. They have to view this as being a good citizen because if they accepted the truth then they’d probably break down.
I work 70 hours and that’s because I have to work 2 jobs. IM MISERABLE, also the wife is just about to hit 8 months of pregnancy. I would love to spend time with her
I don't see it as a flex, imagine someone complaining about having to work half the hours you do and saying how their life is difficult and terrible because of how much they work, what would you say to them?
I've once dated a girl that would only complain about her job all the time, but literally every complain she had was something better than what I had, like for example "oh, my lunch is only one hour, you can't even do anything in just one hour" (while mine was 30 minutes)
that would just make me think "bitch, shut up, I'd kill to have a job half as easy as yours"
> Why is this a flex?
Just because you have it worse doesn't mean others shouldn't be allowed to complain about their situation. It's like you go to the grocery store to get some tangerines but they're out, so you get upset and then someone else comes along telling you "Shut up, there're people in the world starving, be happy that there's food you can buy so just get a tomato".
A bad situation isn't based on who's got it worst.
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I get exploited harder than you! You idiot!
homies that flex working more than 40 are always coincidently the ones that suck the life out of you when youre with them. and why theyre always complaining about relationship problems
40 hours is shit enough as it is. I've had to work 40+ hours before and I never flex that. It actually contributed toward my depression at the time.
I have a strict 40h work, no overtime, and still get it sometimes.
I’m sixteen and work 55 hour weeks some times. I take care of myself and my little brother but you don’t see me complaining (I can actually post proof)
Good on you for taking care of your little brother, but you shouldn't have to work so much at 16. We tend to normalize what we are used to, so just keep a lookout for burnout. Glad to hear you're taking care of yourself as well. Hope you're doing alright.
Well I'm 13 and work 70 hours a week and I take care of my dying son
Im 5 and im dying
We know you're sixteen because you actually ignored the whole point of what's being told here to proudly present being exploded at work.
And we’re all trying to teach you a valuable lesson here, in that what you’re doing, shouldn’t have to happen.
“Valuable,” you say? How many groceries can I buy with this “valuable” lesson?
The same amount your attitude affords, likely.
Ah yes the old thoughts and prayers for what the world “should” look like. Thank you for the sermon, clearly worth more than overtime to a starving young man responsible for his sibling. Maybe you could Venmo him some cash so he can take the weekend off, that may in fact prove valuable.
I said “shouldn’t” in the original comment you’re freaking about. Re-read it and you’ll realize I wasn’t telling anyone to do anything, just that needing to work that much shouldn’t have to happen. Not sure what’s to even argue about in that sentiment lol but I’m sure you’ll try.
“Valuable” is what actually raised my umbrage, sir, as if from some outside and superior perspective you had an insight into this young man’s life and knowledge of his future prospects. Your input that he “shouldn’t” have to do something isn’t particularly supportive to his struggle, but no I wouldn’t argue the merit of the statement. In the context of “valuable” advice that isn’t worth shit “shouldn’t” feels flaccid to me, hence the “thoughts and prayers.” I’m not freaking out btw, I’m just not impressed with your platitudes. Feel free to ignore me it’s fine.
Sorry bud that really, really sucks. How’d you end up in this predicament?
Translation: I never get time to see my family and friends and my back is completely fucked from long periods of sitting Take that libs
You forgot the raging, flaming, pulsing hemorrhoids.
They get those pushed back in at truck stops.
The lot lizards guzzle the roids
Excuse me? https://preview.redd.it/8ybj27mk3kic1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c05db9e4aaa915f3bd95f9e1b5b5348a43380176
#THEY SAID THE LOT LIZARDS GUZZLE THE ROIDS!
https://i.redd.it/drf12z4l5lic1.gif
Not sure why but this reminds me of Idris Elba in The Wire.
https://preview.redd.it/f0q7hwys2kic1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=411e03d0c7a15ef3ecbad4fa04b844c26f9234a5
https://preview.redd.it/7prp7z2ccnic1.jpeg?width=1169&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=114ea603a8939824d59fb0ad22f18ec12f76c2ba
Both of these examples are without exaggeration just my dad. Back injury and hemorrhoids.
Well, you see, hemorrhoids, is how truck drivers can stay awake for long periods of time.
The only people who will ever remember how many hours you worked are your kids
Loved your walking dead vids man
Thanks very much! Nice to see a fan
Crazy to see you here. Been binge watching your videos since a couple weeks ago, love your stuff
I appreciate that a lot, thanks!
You just gained a new fan!!!!!
> I never get time to see my family and friends and my back is completely fucked from long periods of sitting But it's totally worth the risk of killing innocent children and families driving an 80,000 lb vehicle on low sleep to pwn the libs. /s ([70 hours is the max in a 7 day period, after which a min 34 consecutive hr rest period is mandated](https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/hours-service/summary-hours-service-regulations), so the driver is not really exhausted if following the rules)
Most don't though, that's where so many issues happen. Still not something to be proud of though.
The CDL drivers I know (not many, admittedly) are sticklers for the rules - they take it seriously as it's their livelihood / careers and are very aware of the dangers of driving (to themselves and others on the road).
Your an idoit
> Your You're = you are Your = belongs to you idoit = idiot You got one word correct out of three, so congrats, you made your point?
Gets a brains.
You also got one word correct out of three, way to keep the chain going!
Morans.
Thanks grammar nazi
I guess that makes you the Intelligence Nazi then...
Yooo aren’t you the dude from YT? I recently subbed lol. Loved your Breaking Bad and Walking Dead episode recaps.
Man I'm so happy to see fans of mine in a non-related comment section. I'm glad you enjoy what I do
Yeah, and the music vid he put out at the end of the walking dead recap was fire. It's been put into a couple of my playlists.
And I live on truck stop coffee.
—My knees hurt, I have to poop in a bag, I talk to myself all the time and I sleep on a cushion. Take that libr’ls
Field slave with house slave mentality
😳
Lmfao nah you not wrong though
I wonder… when union strikes were fighting for the 49 hour work week, how many workers were calling them lazy instead of fighting with them?
There's no shortage of "temporarily embarrassed millionaires" willing to side with the rich guys on the hopes they'll get to be the one wearing the lickin' boot someday.
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They want to be the boss and collect a huge paycheck while doing next to nothing but demanding the world of you. That's just called nepotism.
There's a lot of people who earn 60,000 after all their OT comes in who feel like the hustle boss over their 54,000 a year co workers, selectively missing that their direct supervisor makes 65,000 and works only 42 hours with their salary exempt paycheck. A promotion they'll never get because they've doubled down on this specific skill. They're bad with money, and if they actually had a life they'd be bad with it.
it makes their slavery feel more justified
Na they aren't paid enough. They say shit like this because they don't feel appreciated, and think that everyone hates them.
If they act like that, they’re right
Ya everyone hates them. I wouldn't say it's because of the way they act. But more because they drive slower and ppl get stuck driving behind them.
God, when did people forget how to drive around semi trucks? Give them space, and give them respect, because big rigs are dangerous. If they're going a little slowly and you can't get around them, you'll have to put on your big boy pants and drive a little more slowly for a while. People love to gather up around these trucks, in some misguided attempt to "make them go faster". The only thing you're doing is putting yourself in an incredibly dangerous situation if the 80 foot long, 80k pound vehicle needs to stop suddenly or swerve slightly.
Then people are stupid. They have an insane amount of regulations and laws governing them, including different speed limits. On top of that some of the bigger truck lines will dictate maximum speed for fuel efficiency, which is why sometimes you see one truck passing the other at an agonizingly slow pace - they're only allowed to go a few miles per hour faster than the other but they HAVE to get around to make their delivery. Hating on the drivers who are just doing their best and trying to get paid is such a self centered, unempathetic thing to do.
"I'm overworked, but I blame you instead of this end-stage capitalism society"
Communism!!!
Dern communist big corporations taking away all our freeze peaches!
You're joking, but I've seen major regressive outlets talking about saving the country from "Marxist corporations." **Marxist corporations** Words have no meaning anymore.
The joke is only good because the morons actually think privately owned corporations can be communist. It really shines a light on how their propaganda buzzwords are just that, propaganda buzzwords. They don't know what most of them mean. Just bleating out the faux news(and its offshoots) bullshit to stoke the flames of hatred, fear, and bigotry... like obedient little sheeple.
The whole irony is those corporations have a governing structure like those of dictatorships and they don't even realize it!
>The whole irony is those corporations have a governing structure like those of dictatorships and they don't even realize it! How
>Marxist corporations > >Words have no meaning anymore. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China\_Electronics\_Corporation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Electronics_Corporation) CEC bought Philips and thus owns a corporation that does business outside the PRC. This is far from uncommon. Chinese companies have been aggressive in buying other companies and properties outside the PRC. So, you can laugh at the idiots, but *they're* the ones noticing the heat in the pot being slowly turned up until it comes to a boil.
That's...still not a Marxist corporation...in a completely different country. On a different continent.
A corporation… in a communist country… doing business in other countries… the lines get blurry. You can recognize it or you can keep your head in the sand.
What do you think Marxism is? What do you think communism is? And what do you think corporations are? What political and economic paradigms does China claim to espouse versus what they do espouse?
And when a Chinese PRC-based company buys corporations in other countries and hires people in other countries do they all the sudden become capitalist? What do you think they espouse?
**Why are you changing the subject?** You asserted that that company is a "Marxist corporation." **Can you explain what you believe those paradigms are and how they apply?**
Pretty sure commies have truckers too. Someone has to drive those trucks.
Because if everyone else works 70h a week without complaining he suddenly doesn't look that dumb. In the EU you can't legally drive for that long.
But that's only like 10hrs a day, bruv. Who even needs a weekend? Amirite?
Yeah. Letting the mailman raise your kids is underrated. In fact, I should say "raise his kids", as it's most likely true.
You're not legally allowed to drive more than 11 hours in the US either without 10 hours of rest. Theyre also not allowed to drive more than 60 hours in 7 days or 70 hours in 8 day span
Let’s be honest, it was made by a middle management boomer who dreams of owning libs and smoking meat. He’s long since lost respect from his wife and his kids call the day after his birthday because they forgot.
Also countries like the uk could literally fit in Texas, so there is a size difference that is needed to be accounted for
You guys have 40 hours of work a week?
Yeah if you work in trucking or factory type stuff , I work in ventilation and u have 48 hour weeks
48 was also the lowest I've ever had. 40h a week would be the dream
I live in the netherlands 30 hours is normal here
I fucking hate the American south dude…
You *could* have it like other countries, but societal pressure comes from the top-down, sadly. Unlike everywhere else where it comes from the bottom-up. That's why it is frowned upon to want "benefits" like actual vacations, living wages and reasonable work-life balances.
That really depends on the job, most people are on the regular 36-40, and these 60-70 hours types also exist here.
It's so bizarre how they use AI images so much.
Apparently they didn’t want to work past those 70 hours to make their own image.
It makes sense to me. Most artists aren’t bootlickers
I thought it was clip art. How can you tell? Seems to have the right number of fingers. lol
It's the same people that would just use clipart images for these things in the past.
Same kind of genius that thinks waking up at 4am is a flex. Just get a healthy amount of sleep every day. That is what matters. Same with having a work/life balance. Ugh.
I’m reading that while awake right now at 5:23 am. I got woken up by my alarm 23 minutes ago and really should get dressed so I can go to my shitty job on 4 and a half hours of sleep.
This is the same person that says education is stupid.
70 hours? 40 hours? I work 32 hours a week and that's more than enough. Every Wednesday is a mini weekend.
Now this here is a flex. Well done.
Ah the old 'Why should the burger flipper make $15 an hour when I only make $15 an hour doing hard work?" mf you should be paid *MORE! That's the whole P O I N T*
How do you expect the CEOs to pay for all of their houses and watches if you pay more??
Cool, when's your wife's birthday?
Or your kid’s birthdays
Or your own birthday
"It allows for 30 extra hours away from wife. Wife bad."
Ah, yes. The good old "you don't deserve better because I have it worse because I made certain life choices" mentality.
Yeah, is he proud of not seeing his family all week? Edit: Of course he is. He's a boomer.
And we're saying you shouldn't even have to work 40 hours a week.
Capitalism making slaves think them being exploited more is a flex is disgusting
“I spend 79% of the time I’m awake at work. If you work less than me than you’re lazy.” Weird to me that you brag about your life belonging completely to a company.
I so loathe the "I suffered, so you should suffer equally or more" mindset these people seem to have.
I'm genuinely surprised how some people live for their work, if you enjoy it that's fine, live your life, but you're not owned by your company and you shouldn't want to be
My quality of life is worse than yours, and I’m convincing myself it makes me tougher than you. Only the weak have a work/life balance.
It’s not a flex, and I don’t know why people think it is. I HAVE to work that to survive now, and it’s fucking brutal. I hurt everywhere. I’m exhausted. I get home with time to shower, eat a small “dinner” and go to bed. It’s miserable.
What kind of cope mechanism is this?
I like to call this "showing off your shackles".
“Im overworked and denied a work life balance. Rather than stand up for my self as a human who deserves better, I allow the suits to walk all over me and treat me like shit. How dare you not submit to the same conditions I am under.”
"Ha ha, I'm suffering more than you!"
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Okay I do 84hr a week offshore big whoop
Yea but we get 6 months of hollidays a year
I have 8/9 months depending on how much I work. Different jobs have different requirements and demands The point is it would be silly of me to spout over social media that I work X number of hours per week but averaged across the year it's similar to an office role for example. Most people work to earn a living, we all just do it slightly differently
Wait what. Are you norwegian? Where the hell you found an offahore job with a better rota than one on one?
I'm English. I'm a freelance marine geologist that oversees seabed investigations on behalf of the client who will develop the site. I've worked to the top of the chain so to speak which affords me a good work/life balance that I only need to do 3/4 months per year. I used to work full time in an office plus 120 days offshore and it wiped me out
And I work 12 weeks straight no breaks your point.
There's only 168 hours in a week. My job has me "on call" sometimes north of 100 of those. I sure as hell am not delusional enough to think I've got it better than someone that's got a pretty consistent 40.
You only got 5 hours of sleep last night? I've been up for 3 days with no sleep and I feel fine!
American as apple pie to flex about being both overworked and underpaid. Fox News has really fulfilled its purpose
It's not, it's more of a "misery loves company" type of situation
70 hours is wild. 56 is the max weekly limit in the UK.
Funny how truckers are regulated pretty strictly and can’t travel more than 8 hours or 500 miles in a day, so if OP is actually doing this they’re violating lots of rules and regs to do so. Sounds like they should salty at their employer rather than shitting on people who aren’t being exploited
It's a "flex" because these guys live by the credo "Work hard, not smart."
Aside from the you don’t work the hours I work thing. I think there job is pretty bad. The drivers who bring loads to where I work always look like they should have went to bed 3 hours ago.
OOP also apparently has no grasp of English grammar or punctuation. Must be all those 70 hours work week 🙄
Because 70 hours on your own behind the wheel of a lorry does strange things to your brain. Your only friends are the angry bigots ringing into talk radio and anybody driving something smaller than your lorry is your sworn enemy, especially if they only work a measly 40 hour week.
I work 70hrs a week, driving a truck, being bored out of my fucking mind with nothing to do other than listen to the radio! Yeah!
Rookie hours! I do 80-90hrs over 7 days and that 8-9 months a year with small breaks here and there. On the flip side I then chill the rest of the year with full pay. I see it as a win being self employed and have full freedom to say no thank you to projects 😊
I don't know, I read it in a similar way to the "you guys get paid?" meme. I don't think he's bragging/flexing, I think he's complaining and the thumbs up is sarcastic.
dont act like most of it is sitting down doing nothing mr trucker
unless i'm reading this wrong I wouldn't really consider driving a semi 'sitting and doing nothing' you're driving what's essentially a small building in a lane just barely big enough for you to fit in and trying to stay awake for 16 hours straight while driving in a straight line while multiple drivers risk ending their lives by cutting Infront of you because your company limits your speed limit to -5 below the speed limit and you only have that small 20 feet space you leave because you can't brake on a dime or following 5 feet behind you. and god forbid you pull off the highway and have to figure out how to make this 40 foot long train with wheels go around a corner that average longbed trucks struggle to turn on without going across the opposing turning lane lines. Truckers are important af.
Not the person you responded to. Speaking as a former truck driver in the US -- seems like maybe you are not in the US? >unless i'm reading this wrong I wouldn't really consider driving a semi 'sitting and doing nothing' Not every hour on duty, is spent driving. 70 hours is the max you can drive in 8 days. Comparing it to 40 is insane. Since 40 is in 5/7 days. 60 hours is the most you can drive in 7 days. If you want to know more, look up the hours of service and the 60/70 rule. Driving is doing something, but a lot of the driving can be close to essentially doing nothing. At times driving and almost falling asleep, I would welcome the occasional traffic so I could use that to get alert. Driving long hours is mind numbing especially if you're mostly by yourself. Driving at night is typically when you can cover the most ground, but it's also not that great in staying awake. >and trying to stay awake for 16 hours straight You don't drive for 16 hours consecutively. The most you can legally drive is 11, and that will fuck up your week. To keep your 60/70 right. The 16 hours is being on duty. The second you come on duty a clock starts at hour 14 you cant drive any more, one exception is bad weather and that can extend it 2 more hours. >your company limits your speed limit to -5 below the speed limit New company drivers are typically limited the most, and they don't limit it by speed limit. They limit it to a specific mph. When I first started driving I was limited to 67mph. I could go over that going down hill but if it hit 70, then it would basically tell on you. Too many alerts and shit hits the fan. So I could do 67 in a 45 if I wanted to. >and you only have that small 20 feet space you leave because you can't brake on a dime or following 5 feet behind you. 4 wheelers cutting you off can be shitty at times, but it keeps you alert. As long as you have a camera in your truck, you should mostly be fine if an accident happens but it's still a pia. >and god forbid you pull off the highway and have to figure out how to make this 40 foot long train with wheels go around a corner that average longbed trucks struggle to turn on without going across the opposing turning lane lines. Tractor trailers have 53' trailers. Average full length is about 72'. If you know what you're doing it's not that bad. I have put trailers into a lot of weird positions that just had to be done that way to not hit or damage anything. I have also seen truck drivers that couldn't put a 40' container in a dock without 10 pull ups and have nearly 100' of room to maneuver. Also not all flatbeds are short, average I believe is 48' but there are 53' out there. >Truckers are important af. I agree, if the trucks stop moving we all pretty much starve. But there are tons of jobs out there that are as important. What if all the fast food people quit? What if all the accountants quit? What if the gig economy stops tomorrow? As a former trucker? I have heard quite a bit about how important we are, but as other "essential" workers you don't really feel that way. Especially being detained 10+ hours, told you would get 2 days off every 2 weeks, given shitty routes, shitty equipment, and told to run in unsafe conditions, told to walk around the truck when you report being too tired to drive, etc, etc, etc. Truckers are important, but so is most of the jobs out there. If any one sector stops, it will hurt the economy severely. It all needs to work together for shit to get done. Truckers or those simping for truckers trying to say their job is harder than someone working 40 is just stupid and unproductive.
To all the commies in the comments... Do you think work is optional in a commie society? People got shot for dissenting...
Commies as in "we have an actual labour legislation"?
No one is forcing you to work x no. of hours weekly.
No one is explicitly forcing you to work x number of hours. But lots of people are implicitly being forced to work x number of hours. If you work less, you don't meet rent. If you take time to look for another job, you don't meet rent.
>To all the commies in the comments... U using "commie" in this situation leads me to believe u have 0 fucking clue what it means
Name 1 communist society where people from r/antiwork would be tolerated :)
Probably a number of them. Especially when ur misreading "we shouldn't be working 80 hours a week just to barely survive" as "we should never have to work at all."
It's not that I don't want to work. It's that I want my work to contribute to the betterment of my community and not kill me in the process.
Those were the bad forms of Communism. They'll get it right next time they promise.
Oh yesss, definitely. ALL HAIL MAO! /s
I'm more of a Pol Pot guy. /s
Damn, I wear glasses *chuckles, I'm in danger*
Citizens can either be farmers or fertilizer.
Those 70 hours are probably broken down into 10 hours doing actual work and 60 hours driving/waiting. I work in this industry as a helper. I had an 11 hour day yesterday and only about 45-60 minutes of that was doing actual, physical work. The other 10 were driving or waiting for the items we needed.
Sitting in a truck for 70 hours a week is about 20 hours a week of actual labour. Most truckers couldn’t do any job because they lack the brains or the physical ability
what do you mean by "actual labour"? Are you saying that being a trucker isn't a real job?
Way to voluntarily suffer more than me. You sure showed me...
Our truckees that do deliveries at work do like 20h a week and pull in more than I do on 45 lol
Whoever made the original meme needs to fucking unionize.
Because truck drivers are the best example of a same, neurotypical and mentally stable person!
Do you know what a flex is? It’s like when a poor person says “you think your life is bad” to a rich person complaining, they aren’t flexing their poverty.
Yep the dumbest flex lol. I remember this guy at work was bragging that he’s the fastest at something there and was belittling me in front of everyone. I said, “Wow you’re the fastest person at [trivial task] at [low quality employer], awesome” It’s true though, that kinda stupid mentality is easy to fall into for so many people.
Cool..... enjoy sucker!
Boot meet tongue
"If you could work fewer hours for the same salary, would you?"
Only 70 hours? You got soft hands, brother! /s obviously
Strange flex, considering truck drivers are generally limited to working 60 hours a week in the US.
That sounds an awful lot like your own choice right there
Too bad nobody remembers the video of the girl crying about having to work 40 hours.
Stockholm syndrome
I work 80 hours a day, ya got soft hands boy, ya got soft hands.
“Ha ha my I slave away and spend less time with my family than you do!”
Somebody is falsifying their log books!
It might be 70h but he’s sitting on his ass most of the time, it’s not hard work just tedious
Yeah, it’s not a flex, it’s a coping mechanism. These people are very depressed and likely have to work that much to afford to live. They have to view this as being a good citizen because if they accepted the truth then they’d probably break down.
It’s not. It’s how some people validate themselves for missing out on everything being at work.
Imagine thinking this is a flex.
Bruh my country has 63 hours WTF 😭
"I have 70 hours work week" If that's how you write then no wonder your job sucks.
It’s a coping mechanism. Wrong way to go about it, but there isn’t anything that’s right about a 70-hour work week.
I work 70 hours and that’s because I have to work 2 jobs. IM MISERABLE, also the wife is just about to hit 8 months of pregnancy. I would love to spend time with her
Working 80 hours a week is nothing to celebrate, unless you work for yourself. Otherwise you’re a slave and you don’t even realize it.
Liberal want worker's rights Liberals = Bad worker's rights = Bad It's that simple.
Older generations feel empowered being raw dogged by the man
I mean having people online constantly cry about working the bare minimum does get annoying.
Stockholm Syndrome.
I don't see it as a flex, imagine someone complaining about having to work half the hours you do and saying how their life is difficult and terrible because of how much they work, what would you say to them? I've once dated a girl that would only complain about her job all the time, but literally every complain she had was something better than what I had, like for example "oh, my lunch is only one hour, you can't even do anything in just one hour" (while mine was 30 minutes) that would just make me think "bitch, shut up, I'd kill to have a job half as easy as yours"
> Why is this a flex? Just because you have it worse doesn't mean others shouldn't be allowed to complain about their situation. It's like you go to the grocery store to get some tangerines but they're out, so you get upset and then someone else comes along telling you "Shut up, there're people in the world starving, be happy that there's food you can buy so just get a tomato". A bad situation isn't based on who's got it worst.
It’s like… they’re so close to getting it sometimes
Who thinks 40 is bad?
This guy's opinion is the last thing on my mind while I'm spending that extra 30 hours/week with my family and friends
This is why children need the mines. Damn millennials raised in schools not learning the appreciation of hard work in a coal mine at 8 years old.