Here is one about the fella who you want to work with because of his carefree attitude but don't want working for you due to his "Ain't my problem." awnser to everything. The Jumper is the guy on the crew with no real connection to much. Confused about his political standpoint, no real opinion on hard social issues and a general aloof air about him. He might not have a family and any real kind of real social obligation to much. Some are young and some are old that really does not seem to be a contributing factor. He comes into a work site on a truly temporary basis with a don't really care attitude and a bag small enough to hitch a ride with.
The Jumper goes from job to job taking the cash money gigs and lets you know he is leaving tomorrow everyday that you work with him. Forever stories of where the "Big Money" jobs are and how he knows all the foremen and supers that want him to come work for them. Stories of what has been done and where they have been fill the air when they speak. Seeming to be great tellers of stories it is easy to get caught up in the romance of the lifestyle. Like a mid evil sword for hire telling stories of all their great conquests, fair (sometimes not so fair) maidens and dragons they have slayed without ever speaking of the emptyness that exists without routine and home. They Jumper will sometimes sway a Newbie to come on the next gig with them with the promises of wealth and prosperity. Unknowingly a Newbie here and there starts on the path of the Jumper giving up stability for the unknown adventure that waits behind every new gate pass.
The Jumper is usually a hard worker thou there are the Slackers amongst them as well. They will tend to do a specific task very well and are not shy to tell you when they are out of their comfort zone with the work they are doing. This is usually the time when the Jump happens. The Jumper does not have to put up with any of the stresses of regular 9-5. If the pressure builds it seems to be the recoil activator for the Jumper and off they go again. Ain't my problem anymore I am off to the next one without a hesitation or a look back about them. Landing again in a new place free of all the restraints from the last place where they saw the lashes of restriction beginning to be thrown up upon them. Seeing the routine of many people as a type of being tied down like Guliver in his travels.
Well this is the easiest of all to place in the animal kingdom. I did think of the Kangaroo for a second or two but the Frog just seems like a much better casting partner for The Jumper. Any small twitch or movement that would make the Frog uncomfortable and off they go bounding through the air in search of a new lilly pad where meby the flies are more plentiful and the water a little warmer. Sometimes landing in prosperity and sometimes landing in the latter. Its a 50/50 chance for the one who leaps first and looks second.
The Jumper goes from job to job taking the cash money gigs and lets you know he is leaving tomorrow everyday that you work with him. Forever stories of where the "Big Money" jobs are and how he knows all the foremen and supers that want him to come work for them. Stories of what has been done and where they have been fill the air when they speak. Seeming to be great tellers of stories it is easy to get caught up in the romance of the lifestyle. Like a mid evil sword for hire telling stories of all their great conquests, fair (sometimes not so fair) maidens and dragons they have slayed without ever speaking of the emptyness that exists without routine and home. They Jumper will sometimes sway a Newbie to come on the next gig with them with the promises of wealth and prosperity. Unknowingly a Newbie here and there starts on the path of the Jumper giving up stability for the unknown adventure that waits behind every new gate pass.
The Jumper is usually a hard worker thou there are the Slackers amongst them as well. They will tend to do a specific task very well and are not shy to tell you when they are out of their comfort zone with the work they are doing. This is usually the time when the Jump happens. The Jumper does not have to put up with any of the stresses of regular 9-5. If the pressure builds it seems to be the recoil activator for the Jumper and off they go again. Ain't my problem anymore I am off to the next one without a hesitation or a look back about them. Landing again in a new place free of all the restraints from the last place where they saw the lashes of restriction beginning to be thrown up upon them. Seeing the routine of many people as a type of being tied down like Guliver in his travels.
Well this is the easiest of all to place in the animal kingdom. I did think of the Kangaroo for a second or two but the Frog just seems like a much better casting partner for The Jumper. Any small twitch or movement that would make the Frog uncomfortable and off they go bounding through the air in search of a new lilly pad where meby the flies are more plentiful and the water a little warmer. Sometimes landing in prosperity and sometimes landing in the latter. Its a 50/50 chance for the one who leaps first and looks second.
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