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I think my job may be on the line….
My 15yo son was getting under my feet last week, bored with nothing to do.
I told him to make himself useful and sign the old ute. He disappeared and I was busy so didn’t think anymore about it.
Unknown to me, he went off and re digitized my logo, cut it in 3M material, pre masked it himself, and signed the vehicle dry, and without bubbles.
I was pretty impressed. He’s seen me do it for so long now, he didn’t even consider doing it wet…. recons wet is too hard anyway….
Its his first job without any supervision. Now he wants to talk about wages!!
I better watch my back I recon….
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keep him at it mate, if he doesn’t get bored and improves each time, pay the lad what he wants! remember, he’ll maybe the one paying your pension when he takes over. :lol1: 😉
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Not wrong Rob. I recon if I pay him and then charge him for what it costs to feed him everyday, He’ll not be paid enough money until he is in his 30’s :lol1:
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well done to your son shane, and as rob says keep him at it , he might get the bug 😀
nik
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Nice one Shane,
Post a piccie if you have timePeter
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Really nice to hear that, Shane.
I’ve never been able to get any of my kids interested in my job.
They probably have seen what a pain it can be and therefore want no parts of it.
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Don’t skimp on your sons wages Drew. A wise old man once told me "Be nice to your kids – cos one day they’ll get to choose your nursing home" 😕
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Good on him Shane, great that he is showing initiative,
hope he enjoys making signage for a long timePeter
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quote Robert Lambie:keep him at it mate, if he doesn’t get bored and improves each time, pay the lad what he wants! remember, he’ll maybe the one paying your pension when he takes over. :lol1: 😉I wouldn’t worry so much about him paying your pension, but remember he may choose your nursing home when you start dribbling :lol1:
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Congratulations goes to you Shane, you have obviously done a grand job bringing him up to want to work, to want to impress and do it willingly and without supervision, he obviously has great respect for you!
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Nice one Shane.
My wife explicitly forbids the mention of the words Sign-maker…Paint….Vinyl in front of the children! 😮 😀 -
Thanks friends, I appreciate your comments,
He’s a great kid, and we have a lot of fun working together. He is at a cross road at the moment. He’d like to work with me, but he’d also like to be a diesel mechanic, having come top of his class in mechanics at school.
The careers adviser at his school is pushing the mechanics route ‘as he can work with his dad anytime’. They have arranged for him to do work experience at a mechanics workshop with the view to him becoming an apprentice, even though I’ve officially asked if he can work with me as a school based apprentice instead.
My wife likes the idea of him working for someone else too, but having worked with my father for 35 years, I’d like to work with my son.
This is the first time he has actually taken on a job without my prompting, and the feeling of satisfaction he got made him feel like he accomplished something good.
It is his decision, but I am hoping he gives it more thought anyway. I’ve asked him to design a digital print for the tray of the ute, which he is looking forward too.
The best thing about what we do is the instant gratification once a job is finished and done well. I think he is beginning to work out that being a mechanic will not have the same benefits in that regard.
Time will tell I guess.
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quote Shane Drew:He’d like to work with me, but he’d also like to be a diesel mechanic, having come top of his class in mechanics at school.He’d like to be a diesel mechanic and he came top of his class in mechanics
Think you might have to let him go Shane as much as it kills ya!
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That’s bloody brilliant mate. Congrats to you both.
On a similar vein, I took my son out on a job a couple of weeks ago ‘cos my offsider was on holidays. My lad worked better, more enthusiastically and had a better finish than any one else I’ve worked with. Not bad for twelve.
Pay the lad buddy and let him go work for someone else for a bit. The money in Mining is too ridiculous to mention for diesel Mechanics 😉
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I wish my daughter would be interested more than doing some weeding for a few quid….she is only 15 tho…there is plenty of mind changing going on!!
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Great to hear Shane,
he is obviously a lad who will take pride in his work whatever he does, and so will go far.. Working for someone else might not last long, but from my view over here, a second sought after trade under your belt is no bad thing.. Handy being able to fix your own diesel as well 😎
It must make you feel proud, as he’s standing there at the xroad of two good options, you can’t say that about many kids nowadays it seems :drink4:
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Thanks friends, its all food for thought.
I don’t have a problem if he wants to do mechanics, as long as it is what ‘he’ wants to do.
Personally, I’m not sure that he understands how hard it is when you are an apprentice for 4 years on low pay, but I’ll always be there if it doesn’t work out I guess.
He’s a pretty sensitive kid, and mechanics aren’t known for that here :). I guess I want the best for him, but as all my vehicles are diesels too, it would be nice to have a mechanic in the family 🙂
Lee, he’s claustrophobic, so unless it is ‘open cut’ the mines aren’t on his agenda :lol1:
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