How any times have you been married

[Morlock49]

I have been a tech for almost 30 years, and the one thing that I have noticed is that We cannot stay in a stable relationship. Is there something about Copier Techs that is not normal from the rest of the crowd. ( Please don't answer that rhetorical question, as we can't be normal, cos we are copier techs). So far all the companies I have worked for almost 90% of the techs have been divorced at some time.

So the question is "How many times have you been married?"

Me.... on my second

[ZOOTECH]

Just once for 37 years now; mostly happy years.

[serviceman]

Once, for 7 years and still kickin'!

[mrwho]

My first marriage. Only four years and a half, though (yep, still counting the "halves" ), but I expect it to last many many more - it's expensive to get married, and much more expensive to get divorced, at least for men!

But I'm not worried - after all, I didn't marry a copier operator for nothing!

[blackcat4866]

Once only. Nineteen years and going strong, yesterday. =^..^=

[Shadow1]

Once. 11 years and counting.

Almost got divorced, had a daughter instead.

[makaule]

I'm 28 and haven't been married yet. At the moment even don't have a girlfriend. i think the reson is becouse i'm a copier tech

[countrytech]

that rhetorical question, as we can't be normal, cos we are copier techs). So far all the companies I have worked for almost 90% of the techs have been divorced at some time.

I tend to agree with what you are saying, as I have noticed the same thing.
As for me I am in my third marriage, as I finally married the girl I was engaged to some 40 years ago. We met on a matchmaking site, and now have a great life. Been in the game for 40+ years.

[JustManuals]

50% of the people in the US are divorced. I was married for 17 horrible months back in '74. I am currently living with my wife / girlfriend whom I met 13 years ago online. I was a plumber then. We've had our ups and downs currently we're in a downward spiral. We just moved to Vegas and I don't like it at all. We have to stay here though due to the fact that the wife bought all these houses here and we can't rent this house for what we need to cover the mortgage. So we're living in it. The only good thing is that we didn't sell our house in NY. We have it rented at a profit even. I wouldn't move back to NY though. I'm originally from Philly, moved to NY to be with the wife. She is a Unix programmer and she has to go back to the NY area every 6-8 weeks to visit her clients. The rest of the time she can do her work here and send it online but when she goes onsite she makes a ton of bucks. I guess I have to give it some time here. We've been here for about 7 weeks and I haven't even unpacked yet. We just bought a new bedroom set and new Tempurpedic king size mattresses for another $2500, the money keeps rolling out........
We moved here to save money........

[mrwho]

I'm 28 and haven't been married yet. At the moment even don't have a girlfriend. i think the reson is becouse i'm a copier tech

Been there, done that... That was five years and a half ago (read my previous post)...

[Brave Hart]

Who Knows

Taking a shot at a 3rd attempt on the 14th of November, maybe this time it will be a success.

Two things that a copier tech is good at is drinking and meeting woman, so I guess we are doomed to the normal world.

[mrwho]

I never was really good at any of those things, maybe that's why I'm not a stellar copier tech...

[Brave Hart]

I think the biggest problem with us tech's is that we have to fix so many probelms in the day, made by sales man , we tend to forget to fix the problems we have at home.
I for one just go out for one beer after work and then land up getting home in the early hours of the morning. plus what do you get when you mix alchol and a tech is James Dean or something in that line.

[fixthecopier]

I was married for 13 years to a unit that suffered a serious defect that could not be repaired. She started dating one of her co workers. So I wrote her up as "not worth repair" and let her go. The new model I have now makes a lot of noise, but works much, much better. I was working in a steel forge plant and doing refrigeration work for restaurants when the first one got bored and needed something to do so she got a boyfriend. I think being a tech has helped keep this house happy. This one will go the distance. She already told me she can track me down if I make a run for it.

[kyoceradude]

Only once. Dated for 5 1/2 years b4 getting married, and we just celebrated our 20th a few months back. It takes work, and a Great Tech will take the time to read the manual and ask the operator what the problem is. Same is true for marriage. Communication is the key and going to marriage seminars together helps you figure out the rest. (highly recommend "Family Life Weekend to Remember".)

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