Oh my god! I don't like Strawberry

我已經在strawberry farm packing了五天,兩個呆瓜每天開三十幾公里去上班,

跟一群泡菜妹一起面對strawberry罰站,低頭思.........,

一開始覺得真是一分輕鬆又簡單的工作,Strawberry比Tomato輕多了,

而且又是呆在Packing shed,連汗都沒有留下一滴,

但是到了今天才發覺脖子可真是酸阿,每天低頭一直packing,

現在的草莓又小又醜,真的是很難包,"產季還沒有開始,要到七月才會比較好"

再加上這間農場的規定一堆,光包法就有七八種,一顆也不能錯(奇怪!她怎麼不規定草莓都得照規定長),

還有一個天殺的規則,

Strawberry不能擠壓到,但是排到盒子裡面也不能太鬆,

Supervisor會一盒一盒的檢查重量外,更會拿起來搖一搖,盒子倒過來抖一抖,

只要有一顆晃動或者擠壓到,退件!退件!退件!

都是受過教育的文明人,好好的把它當藝術品在處理,結果馬上就又被嫌棄了,

Supervisor溫柔低說,收成不好的時候是by hour,但是要是進入產季就是by punnet喔,一盒18cent,

媽呀!一小時要包一百盒才有到最低工資耶,您老子第一天一小時包不到"五盒,"到現在也才免強到"十盒",

這中間的落差,是經驗還是能力的問題阿,挖哩一小時賺個1.8大洋,

真是每天兩個人拼命的把油錢賺回來,嘿...嘿...,

為了設定停損點,問清楚到底什麼時候是by hour or by punnet,

雖然看似一家子人的主管與員工,答案真是眾說紛云阿,最後都會推給那個快閃族老闆,

真的很會閃,我才見過她三面,連一聲Hello都來不及說,

我看真的只有等薪資下來才知道了吧!

心情低落到只好邊包邊嗑草莓,下班把不能包的草莓帶回家讓心底實在點,

不能用的草莓是包出去的三分之一,要是汽車吃草莓就能跑最好了!

 

每當我罰站低頭思自己是手腳笨還是太蠢時,農場的電話響個不停,

一堆人打來問缺不缺工人,一堆背包客在等工作,還有印度阿三直接開車殺來問,

是應該慶信自己有工作才對吧...是吧?...是嗎!

Anyway就當給自己練練特技吧!還是得趕快找個大公司比較有保障些!

 

澳客們!別只顧著打電話到草莓農場問工作,這真的是一份很有挑戰的工作喔.

Bull shit

想起前天去車廠維修遇到的那個婦人,一手推車嬰兒車和滿臉笑臉的跟銷售員撂狠話,

" What can you do for me? "

劈頭的第一句話,如果不回頭的話還以為是在吵架,聲音宏亮言辭犀利,卻面帶笑容且態度清鬆自在,

從對話中大概可以了解是銷售員的"Bull shit"與事後的service的不同吧,

相較之下,我們就像兩塊沾板上的肉一樣,一句"我們無法處理"就打發了,

相較之前銷售員說的,

"100 points services" , " We'll fix every thing to run safely on the road " and " Don't worry if there are any problem, we will service."

還以為自己要到了三個月的warranty就保險了,真是..."Bull shit"

就像Dina講的,把價格砍下來才是真的.

雖然沒有留下來看到他們最後的結果,不過光看年輕的sale person語不成句,連資深銷售員都上場救援緩頰,

轉移話題稱讚小孩可愛,想用溫情攻勢軟化對手,最後也得敗陣下場,

最後換小boss上場應戰,可惜這時被銷售員岔開現場去維修部門,不然我可真想看看她到底是怎麼應對的,

讓那小boss滿臉通紅一副快要哭出來的表情躲回辦公室,

到底結果如何我不清楚,因為我們離開的時候她還獨自坐在那�,等待著更高等級的對手,

這讓我想到在台灣的一些傳統定律,真是錢付了之後就只能求神保佑了,

不然就得像那個婦人一樣,自己為自己而奮戰到底!

 

宿命阿

這一定是家族宿命

,今天要去Dougy家給他們欣賞一下我的RAV4可得先好好清洗一番才行,在農場工作把車給弄得髒西西的,哪知一洗完車就...下雨了,買車當天也是,車場剛把車洗乾淨交給我們,回程的途中也開始下雨,就連在台灣的時候,第一台福特的小綠跟第二台歐寶的小白一樣的命運都是如此.這是老天在給我暗示,他有再給我加持是不是阿!

農場工作也要做作業耶

明天就要交作業了,真是火燒屁股了才有動力要做,Dougy我的主管希望我幫農場寫一小短篇文章,
分享一下自己的心情,提供給農場製作刊物之用,真是徹頭徹尾的給他融入其中了.

如果說要寫給台灣的看的話,那我糾察隊的性格就會出現了,一堆小毛頭不懂事對人沒禮貌,做事情隨隨便便又愛計較,
真的是很難溝通,只比澳門來的不學無術的傢伙好一點,這讓我想到在Sarna家遇到的台灣老婆婆,剛好她來賣掉Melbourne的房子,
當Sarna跟他說我都會幫忙作家事的時候,她一點都不相信我是台灣來的,這讓我十分好奇我的學生到底最後會變成什麼樣?
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Flavorite Farm

You maybe think that I'm sick, because I like to wash the floor. The first day I brushed the gutter and just knew Gerry and Brian. It was very hot working in shed 17. The second day I painted in same place, and then I washed the floor whole the week. I don't remember how was my feeling when I did, but I remember how pain it is. After working day I just went to bed early, or I couldn't survive tomorrow. That week I ate a lot,but still lost a lot of weight . Another thing I remember that I knew Dougy, Tom, John, Tim, stan, ... and many friendly coworkers. The second week there were only one thing on my mind, and also It lets me feel very embarrassed. Many workers they are older than me, but they singing and smiling at working time. This job just likes a piece of cake for them. I am very happy to work with them although most of time I couldn't understood what were they talking about . When I felt there was no energy to do more, there are some voice will be coming into my ears that are " Break time " or " Lunch time ". I could go back to Brew room, and there are cafe, tea and fruit waiting for me. It let me feel I was cared. We have BBQ monthly and my first time was Dougys' Kitchen. It's a very humanly company. I am very happy that I got my salary this week for last week. Working hardly is worthy now. " Bobbin man" is my second nickname. It's a good job easy and regular. However I had to work alone, I started to miss working with other guys. The only guy I could talk was Kim. The other thing I worried was I didn't want to get weight back after I lost 11kg successfully. It didn't make me problem, because my boss gave me part-time exercise doing leaves, picking leaves, packing out leaves and etc. Merv likes leaf machine, because we always only hear his picking leaf sound pass us quickly. He become our target and we didn't want to be slower than him. My Taiwanese friends and I really enjoy these games. I never did picking or packing, and I could not tell you how much my friends enjoy in their bonus. Sometime I am very surprised that Taiwanese really like earning money even over time. I used to ride bicycle to farm. It is always the most difficult part when I was working here. I hate Sutton road and many hills, but I like the sites of warragul because there are many hills. Matt is the first man ride bicycle pass me when I was riding up the hill on Sutton road. There are few minutes and then I couldn't see his rear light. It let me get a reason to keep riding. I don't like see anyone's rear light. After I finished the bobbins I often worked in seedling and Matt was my another new boss. Grafting is really interesting and it's the first time I get bonus. Oh ya! However I felt I have to go back to language school to improve my English. I have to keep learn every day. I am from Taiwan that is a small island. Jack Chen or Bruce Lee are the same race as me. I enjoy my work and life. I am happy working here and I get more healthy and money. The most important thing I got is I have many friends from different countries now. All our Taiwanese countrymen who have worked at Flavorite have really enjoyed their experience while here.

Flavorite快報

親愛的同志們,

經過這週大家的努力,從下週開始picking和packing就沒頭路了,只剩下crop worker還有些許工作,

大部分都是在清棚了,從五月開始到現在,也已經清了6,2,3,7,1,15和14棚,planting也大致都完成了,

剩下10,8,9,11,12,13,16和17棚這幾棚還沒清,但是也已經讓番茄樹斷水斷電了,只等這些功臣們死透些好下葬,

如果分散慢慢地做的話,大該還會有三到四週的工作量(每週大概三十小時),

八九月的農場可真的會向空城了吧,也有一些人已經開始放大假了喔!

 

新棚確定九月底會完工,目前預估十月後會比較忙碌(Normal workers),

我們這些Causal worker大概等10或11月在過來比較適合,如果還想在來的話!

目前農場將會引進更多的烏克蘭,歐洲等地的學生,上個月也找了中國的agent,

或許是我們這些認勞認怨的台灣人給了他們一個好印象吧,哀.......

 

我七月四日美國獨立紀念日離職,原則上我大算回來繼續做,再參加一次今年的Flavorite's christmas party,

吼,真的是好吃吃到飽耶.

My Toyota RAV4

看了半年了,終於找到一台符合自己目標的車,澳洲的二手車市場可真熱,

價格可不便宜呢!

澳洲生活論壇成立

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