Working in Margret

Working
Well you heard about how we obtained our first job picking grapes, but what you probably don't know is that because of that first day we scored anouther 8 days of work. Well here is how. We spent some time down south of Margret river near Pemberten as we had 4 days until our next pick. That is when we got the call offering this new job to us. Paid hourly and 40 hours a week, offered to me and Chris and we need to give a ride to Kia, Lena and Ella (Lena and Ella were swaped off for Katrina and this weird French girl). All which was great for me as we get to start work at 7:30 instead of the stupid 5:45. Anyway I have spent the last week cutting all the dissesed grapes from the vines. You walk opposite someone and simply cut off all the grapes contaminated with bugs or disseas. The best part I find is that you can have a conversation with the person you are working with, which is by far the best thing about the job (correction it is the only good thing about the job because it is incredibly boring otherwise). I have talked to so many different people and learned so much lately. Chris burrys himself in his IPod the whole time, which I think is a waste of a good conversation. I have talked to Indians, Germans, French and Italians. Strangly the only person I really haven't talked to a lot is the Brit Ella, Ironic I know as I give her a ride to work every morning. The person who I find the most interesting so far is Lena, we have had several conversations so far and I find myself more and more intrigued. I don't think it is a coincidence that the person I find most interesting is training to become a Pycologist. This job would be incredibly boring if not for the fact that I have learned so much about all these really cool peopler to help pass the time. For that fact alone I love this job, I think we scored the ultimite job in Margret. Solid hours, good company, good conversation, and a good boss. But alas all good things come to an end and so did that job. The day after we finished that job, and after killing that day watching the Canada Russia quarter final game (You have no idea how weird it is to watch a hockey game in 42 above on Australian TV in the company of 2 Germans and 6 French chearing as loud as you can even though you know they already won. Go Canada) we found a posting for some grape picking work needed for the next morning, which we had to get up very early for. The job wasn't nearly as enjoyable as the old one, or as good of money, in fact it was a flat out rip off. The thing I hate about grape picking is that everyone is in such a hurry (as you are being paid by the bucket) that knowone is really interested in talking, which makes the job horrifically boring. Also, if you hit one poor section of grapes, you don't really make any money. For example one day we didn't even make minimum wage for the 5 hours we worked, and I woke up at 5 in the morning for it. But our last day of work we were being paid by the hour, and it was kind of nice as it was mostly just a "Make work day", as we just walked around and chatted for most of the day. Easy way to make some cash, and nice since it was our last day of work before leaving in 2 days.