> On 21 Sep 98, Kevin L Seaman wrote:
>
> >
> > Recently, as I was sitting in the barber chair, I asked the
> > young lady who was cutting my hair "Why did you decide to be a
> > hair stylist?"
> >
> > Her answer was something like this:
> >
> > Well, twelve years ago I had this boring dead end job. I was
> > writing weird words in little boxes on something called a
> > "Schematic". To this day, I still don't know what a "Schematic"
> > is. All I know is that every day I kept saying to myself...
> > "I gotta get out of here and get a REAL job!"
>
> OH NO!!!  YOU DON'T MEAN THIS ISN'T A REAL JOB???
>
> Now my Monday is ruined!  I spent all morning over in receiving testing 400
> "things".  I had to stick one end of this thing in a little slide on a tester, slide it
> across and make sure the little light went from red to green.  Then I had to take
> the bare wire on the other end and put one of the coated wires on one screw
> terminal and the other coated wire on the other screw terminal and make sure
> another light turned green.  All morning I kept thinking - THIS IS
> SOOOOOOOOO BORING!!!  I wanted to get back to *my* chair, in *my* dark
> cubbyhole and work on *real* work.  Now I learn it's not a real job.
>
> I wonder if my parents would mind supporting me again..........  Mommy?
>
> Have a delightful Monday all  :-)
>
> JoAnn L. Amerson
> Design Librarian
> Red Lion Controls, Inc.
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
> Voice: (717) 767-6961 ext 6308
>
>

I think schematics and especially circuit board layout is a real job!
Who would dare not think they have a real job, especially on this
forum. The repititious assembling of the same parts, over and over
again, now thats a DEAD END job.

Have a cool (rainy) Day, Yall

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