Tom Pemberton on You Tube

[Bruce Almighty]

I watch it regularly and think it’s great, but I thought he was being a bit soft saying he’s having a day off tomorrow.

We all have days that are “steadier” now & again.

But a day off ?
Am I being harsh ?

Perhaps it’s tiring knowing you have to perform in front of a camera regularly ?

Or maybe he’s too honest, perhaps plenty of us would’ve had the day off & just not mentioned it ?

 

[thorpe]

I watch it regularly and think it’s great, but I thought he was being a bit soft saying he’s having a day off tomorrow.

We all have days that are “steadier” now & again.

But a day off ?
Am I being harsh ?

Perhaps it’s tiring knowing you have to perform in front of a camera regularly ?

Or maybe he’s too honest, perhaps plenty of us would’ve had the day off & just not mentioned it ?

ffs sake he wanted it so he has to take it, i watch him but would never subscribe, good luck to him but without you tube he would never have achivied a fraction of what he has, his dad never did but he is the ginger warrior

 

[M-J-G]

I watch it regularly and think it’s great, but I thought he was being a bit soft saying he’s having a day off tomorrow.

We all have days that are “steadier” now & again.

But a day off ?
Am I being harsh ?

Perhaps it’s tiring knowing you have to perform in front of a camera regularly ?

Or maybe he’s too honest, perhaps plenty of us would’ve had the day off & just not mentioned it ?

It depends on how well you are running your business, if you aren't in a position to take a day off when you want one I'd say that there is a problem.

 

[Bruce Almighty]

I’m not criticising him (because I think he’s great for farming PR)
more highlighting the fact that some farmers are almost embarrassed about having a day off !

 

[thorpe]

i think i'm one of those farmer's

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Never heard of him until now, his latest video has over 100k views?! Wow.

 

[thorpe]

Never heard of him until now, his latest video has over 100k views?! Wow.

only 100k WOW!

 

[Andy Nash]

ffs sake he wanted it so he has to take it, i watch him but would never subscribe, good luck to him but without you tube he would never have achivied a fraction of what he has, his dad never did but he is the ginger warrior

YouTube is a very successful diversification for him, and I guess it was father Andrew that developed the milk retailing and farm shop enterprise, which was money much better spent than on fancy farm buildings.

 

[HatsOff]

He's got a young baby so not surprised he needs a few days off.

 

[kiwi pom]

I’d say he’s a fair workload, not watched for ages but he used to be up at 3 editing videos before going to milk. Bad job (and quite unorganised) if you can’t have a day off.
Depends what you class as work too I suppose.

 

[mac102004]

isn't there already a thread here for roasting youtubers? lol

Seems like a fair size operation with several employees to take up the slack. Nothing wrong with a day off, I think a lot of us probably take less of them than we should.

 

[J 1177]

I watch it regularly and think it’s great, but I thought he was being a bit soft saying he’s having a day off tomorrow.

We all have days that are “steadier” now & again.

But a day off ?
Am I being harsh ?

Perhaps it’s tiring knowing you have to perform in front of a camera regularly ?

Or maybe he’s too honest, perhaps plenty of us would’ve had the day off & just not mentioned it ?

Im having the day off, infact the weekend, going to dublin with the boys. So what, i work hard enough, lifes for living, theres plenty heros in the graveyard.

 

[O'Reilly]

His wife has been ill after the baby was born, he'll need a day off once in a while, I can find a few criticisms for him, but that isn't one of them.

 

[M-J-G]

I’m not criticising him (because I think he’s great for farming PR)
more highlighting the fact that some farmers are almost embarrassed about having a day off !

It seems to be a hero thing.

A bit like Maggie Thatcher used to talk about surviving on next to no sleep as though it was a sign of power and strength, even though a lack of sleep is connected with various cancers, altzheimers and more accidents than alcohol.

Tom has a wife and a newborn in the house, maybe he likes spending time with them, or maybe he has to be home for some reason that he isn't prepared to declare to the world.

 

[DaveGrohl]

I watch it regularly and think it’s great, but I thought he was being a bit soft saying he’s having a day off tomorrow.

We all have days that are “steadier” now & again.

But a day off ?
Am I being harsh ?

Perhaps it’s tiring knowing you have to perform in front of a camera regularly ?

Or maybe he’s too honest, perhaps plenty of us would’ve had the day off & just not mentioned it ?

He’s having a day off?

The absolute bstard.

 

[shearerlad]

Why in Ag do we celebrate working ourselves to the bone?
it’s not good for our health, it does nothing to encourage people to join the farming community and is downright selfish towards families and loved ones around us.

I’ve just had my 1st week off farm for 5 years, and it has been forced due to illness, physical and mental exhaustion. I definitely won’t be leaving it for another 5 years before I take a week off.

 

[Hilly]

We pride ourselves in working very hard for very little , i sometimes think we have it the wrong way around .

 

[Still Farming]

Only stick watching it in small doses.

 

[Hilly]

I over dosed on pembo , i only watch odd bits now , kind of got a little bit bored of the drainage issues although i do appreciate its a major issue for them , must be awful .

 

[M-J-G]

We pride ourselves in working very hard for very little , i sometimes think we have it the wrong way around .

It definitely is the wrong way around, one of my neighbours was talking about his cousin who brags that he works a minimum of 12 hours a day pretty much 7 days a week.
I asked my neighbour why someone would brag about how long it takes to achieve a living.

I know a guy who comes out at half 7, works all day, has his tea at 7pm and then goes to start feeding and bedding about 500 cattle after that, gets in at 11pm, wife and kids are in bed and that's him until 7:30 am when it starts all over again.
He's just a slave and he's no better off than an African who walks 5 miles a day to get water from a well.