I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Packages for Amazon.

[Doc Holliday]

This was a good read, especially for me, who felt, at the time, like my change of jobs was similarly drastic, in a way that, at the time, both I and others might have seen as, well, not good.

Murphy sounds and writes as if he's realizing something that I did after a while: With a change that drastic, there really can be no comparing. So, your perspective changes, and you start to see it as just different -- not better or worse than what you used to do.

I have to say that the subhead is a little deceiving. Although it is good for telling the angle, and why the article is really being written, the story itself is about the real and especially, the perceived, drop in the status level of Murphy's professions -- not what it's like to work for Amazon, Jeff Bezos, or the current "winning team" in any really direct way.

Indeed, it reads as more about working for the vehicle/delivery company than for Amazon.

And honestly, if where the drivers are going to go to relieve themselves is the biggest problem they face, I'd say that's a positive in terms of the lack of stress and real issues in a job. This is one of the real trade-offs for the lower pay and lower prestige, etc. There can be real value in that. It's all about perspective.

You never cease to amaze me with your intellect and perspective. I bet you were one heck of a writer.

 

[WriteThinking]

You never cease to amaze me with your intellect and perspective. I bet you were one heck of a writer.

Thanks, Doc. I appreciate the good words. I actually was probably a better reporter than writer, though I'd like to think the intellect/perspective worked for that, too.

 

[CD Boogie]

https://pagesix.com/2019/01/03/ex-a...252.966974095.1546437700-464953749.1533912278

I used to co-host American Idol, but now I drive for Uber.

Ryan Seacrest went this way with his opp, and this guy went that way.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

 

[CD Boogie]

Thanks for reminding me that quitting Twitter has allowed me to avoid all mentions and references to the insufferable deck Deitsch. He's like the funeral director of sports media; he'll always have a job bc some sports personality is dying professionally. Like, say, Murphy.

 

[Alma]

Thanks for reminding me that quitting Twitter has allowed me to avoid all mentions and references to the insufferable deck Deitsch. He's like the funeral director of sports media; he'll always have a job bc some sports personality is dying professionally. Like, say, Murphy.

Not a fan - at all - of Deitsch.

 

[inthesuburbs]

Murphy and his wife, who came off in the book quite poorly, ended up divorced. His little girl, well, you can check out the thread on the other site if you want to find out what happened to her. Her story also seems to play a role in this.

What is this about? Murphy's daughter? What other site?

 

[DanOregon]

I kinda like what Jimmy Traina is doing.

Joe Buck wants everyone to know he loves 'Saved by the Bell'

 

[CD Boogie]

I kinda like what Jimmy Traina is doing.

Joe Buck wants everyone to know he loves 'Saved by the Bell'

With what exactly?

 

[DanOregon]

He's one of the few SI 2.0 folks I regularly read.

 

[CD Boogie]

He's one of the few SI 2.0 folks I regularly read.

I didn't get beyond the intro. I watched Saved by the Bell religiously and I could give two damns how Zack Morris's real name is pronounced. Especially 20 years after the fact. Traina is fine. He's always been...fine. He's always struck me as kind of lukewarm. I know he made a nice niche for himself with Extra Mustard, but he seems like he's basically been repeating himself for more than a decade.

 

[playthrough]

I didn't get beyond the intro. I watched Saved by the Bell religiously and I could give two damns how Zack Morris's real name is pronounced. Especially 20 years after the fact. Traina is fine. He's always been...fine. He's always struck me as kind of lukewarm. I know he made a nice niche for himself with Extra Mustard, but he seems like he's basically been repeating himself for more than a decade.

That was a disappointing podcast. The Gosselaar (sp?) stuff was a 30-second yuk that went on far too long, followed by extended discussion about Twitter being a cesspool for broadcaster criticism. Wow, you don't say. Why do so many podcasts and sports talk shows insist on feeding me Twitter discussion? If I want Twitter I'll go to effing Twitter.