Exactly. I’m not going to break my back months out of the year working for less than minimum wage. I worked in construction for years, I don’t mind doing manual labor even in the summer heat (And let me tell you it gets fucking hot where I live). I stopped doing it because the pay no longer justified the demands on my body and better opportunities came about. But honestly? Most days were pretty decent. Yeah I was pretty damn tired at the end of the day 4 out of 5 days a week, but i got to work outside doing activities that kept me fit, work ended at 5, and while I worked I listened to the radio with folks who were more than colleagues even if they weren’t my “friends.” Not a bad gig in my late teen years/early 20’s. If it wasn’t quite as physically demanding and had more reasonable compensation I could easily have seen myself doing it into my late 20s at least.
Exactly. I’m not going to break my back months out of the year working for less than minimum wage. I worked in construction for years, I don’t mind doing manual labor even in the summer heat (And let me tell you it gets fucking hot where I live). I stopped doing it because the pay no longer justified the demands on my body and better opportunities came about. But honestly? Most days were pretty decent. Yeah I was pretty damn tired at the end of the day 4 out of 5 days a week, but i got to work outside doing activities that kept me fit, work ended at 5, and while I worked I listened to the radio with folks who were more than colleagues even if they weren’t my “friends.” Not a bad gig in my late teen years/early 20’s. If it wasn’t quite as physically demanding and had more reasonable compensation I could easily have seen myself doing it into my late 20s at least.