Packing a malfunction !!!

[sneaky 0]

I had a lineover mal packed this year by a dropzone packer at Lillo. But considering the odds and my friendship with the dude, i just palmed it off, I wasn't going to make a big issue of it, he bought me a beer.

I think my action depends on the reaction of the packer after the chop. I have in the past, been pretty pissed with a few packers and made them pay the repack. If the canopy was damaged, I would probaly demand payment.

Packers are generally overworked and underpaid, they have a hard job, and pack all day to make decent cash. I respect them and for me they are the most important workers on the DZ. So anyone out there who cannot pack for their lives, dont give them a hard time !!

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Back breaking job to be sure.

If you work as a packer for a living, it's pretty tough I'd imagine.

Doing it to supplement your other income is a wee bit different. I earned a good deal more per hour packing than I do in my current line of work.

Of course, I have ridiculously long days and lots of 'em, so that kinda makes the comparison weird.

Dunno if they are the most important workers at a DZ: We have virtually no professional packers here and it's rather unusual to pay for a pack job (unless it's at the countrys only commercial DZ) and our DZs run pretty smoothly.

Which has the added benefit that bitching about a packjob will only make yourself look bad

[LilZilla 2]

Before I turned 18, I used to pack at the DZ all the time. At the end of the day, you can deffinately feel it but you still walk off with some pretty diecent cash assuming you packed all day. It wasn't too bad because your still hangin with the jumpers at the DZ and having a good time afterwards. Now I mostly jump, but I still find some time pack and make some cash. Helps for when your short on money but have that "I gotta jump" syndrome like I have.