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[The King of Carrot Flowers]

What do people on the 'Box do for jobs? Good and bad things to say are all welcome.

As for me, I'm still searching. Unemployment sucks.

[Haushinka]

I'm a sous chef in a restaurant that only employs really, REALLY hot men. Totally love it .The kitchen is a chefs wet dream.

[shellibean]

I work at GameStop. It's awesome.

[tw2113]

Security Officer but looking to possibly change, hopefully for the better, or at least a 2nd part time job to finally build up some savings.

[SeeAnne]

I'm a sous chef in a restaurant that only employs really, REALLY hot men. Totally love it .The kitchen is a chefs wet dream.

YOU ARE!? Wow. What's your forte? Can you make pasta from scratch?



I am currently jobless because the City of Toronto fucked me over and about a couple thousand of other students across the GTA. If the strike did not exist, or ended a few weeks ago, I would be a rides attendant at a children's amusement park called Centreville. It's on an island that's a 30-minute ferry ride from the harbor. But at least I get free entrance into all museums and the CN Tower, right? Sooner or later the need for money will begin to consume me and I'll cave in and start working, again, at a call centre (the people that harass you to do interviews).

[Ms]

Currently I am unemployed but I'm looking into volunteering at the hospital and I might get a job in a fish and chip shop depending on whether I give a damn and I'm about to start selling paintings. Oh, I am student? Sometimes that feels like a job.

[JohnnyDBBUK]

IT guy at an arts college/now part of a bigger Uni. (mostly Mac Based)
It used to be awesome but its slowly degrading with the new crowds takeover...
however I get access to amazing recording equipment, AV equipment, photography studios etc
I can just about do anything creative I want to for free.
and the Library is awesome

[MeAndMyCharms]

I work in an office for a finance company, and today, my foot stool broke. So now I'm all lost and distressed at work because I don't know what to do with my feet!
So today I hate my job

[Captain Oblivious]

I was unemployed until last Friday haha. I started a job behind the bar at an Asian restaurant. They have such nice food, I am the only non-Asian working there, but they're all really lovely. The good pay makes up for the lack of hours. The work is generally easy enough, drinks and desserts. Did I mention I get free food every night I work there? Possibly the best thing about working there.

[stallionbreaker]

I work in an office for a finance company, and today, my foot stool broke. So now I'm all lost and distressed at work because I don't know what to do with my feet!
So today I hate my job

Similarly, I work in an office for commercial lending people. I don't like it, but not because my footstool broke. They didn't even give us footstools!

[music box]

i'm still on the air force base. i don't like it but i don't have much choice now. nowhere else is hiring. i'm starting to get my hours cut back and our sales are way down.

who knows what's happening with that company. they're lame.

[Haushinka]

I'm a sous chef in a restaurant that only employs really, REALLY hot men. Totally love it .The kitchen is a chefs wet dream.

YOU ARE!? Wow. What's your forte? Can you make pasta from scratch?

I can do everything except penne. Penne is kinda hard to do fresh. TBH though, the only ones I actually make fresh are ravioli and tagliatelle.

[RockEmSockEm]

I would really like to have a paid full-time job. I'm working on it...

[The King of Carrot Flowers]

Tomorrow or Thursday afternoon, I'm going into town to apply at a couple places:

1: The local bagel shop, which is a less-than-five-minute walk from my house.
2: Lou's, a lovely little restaurant in the nearby college town.
3: The Dirt Cowboy, a small café in the same town.
4: The Dartmouth Bookstore - self-explanatory.
5: The Gap, which is close by, plus I'd be getting paid to act like a stereotypical homo and tell people how to dress. Easy money. PLUS Ben works there! YAY!
6: Lui Lui, a nearby Italian restaurant.
7: Three Tomatoes, an even closer Italian restaurant.
8: Salt Hill, a nearby pub.
9: The Nugget, a movie theatre in the nearby college town.

[Johnny]

sonic failed the health inspection.
10 days to fix all the critical violations or it's going to be shut down and all the employees fired.


this is like...some kind of overwhelming victory for me.
i love it.

[The King of Carrot Flowers]

sonic failed the health inspection.
10 days to fix all the critical violations or it's going to be shut down and all the employees fired.


this is like...some kind of overwhelming victory for me.
i love it.

I fuckin' love Sonic. I know it's probably just as terrible as all fast food, but I love it still.

Especially since I only get it when I go down South, which I haven't done in YEARS.

[Johnny]

sonic failed the health inspection.
10 days to fix all the critical violations or it's going to be shut down and all the employees fired.


this is like...some kind of overwhelming victory for me.
i love it.

I fuckin' love Sonic. I know it's probably just as terrible as all fast food, but I love it still.

Especially since I only get it when I go down South, which I haven't done in YEARS.

well maybe you should go down south again.

pah!
see what i did there?

double entendre FTW

[SeeAnne]

Tomorrow or Thursday afternoon, I'm going into town to apply at a couple places:

1: The local bagel shop, which is a less-than-five-minute walk from my house.
2: Lou's, a lovely little restaurant in the nearby college town.
3: The Dirt Cowboy, a small café in the same town.
4: The Dartmouth Bookstore - self-explanatory.
5: The Gap, which is close by, plus I'd be getting paid to act like a stereotypical homo and tell people how to dress. Easy money. PLUS Ben works there! YAY!
6: Lui Lui, a nearby Italian restaurant.
7: Three Tomatoes, an even closer Italian restaurant.
8: Salt Hill, a nearby pub.
9: The Nugget, a movie theatre in the nearby college town.

My cousin used to work there, she loved it. And according to her, once they know you're a homo you're automatically hired.



Places I want to work:

The Library
A book store
Lush
Urban Outfitters (so that I can be a role model and tell everyone, 'You don't have to be anorexic to wear these clothes', and I'll help people with any questions they have, and be the friendliest stranger there....because I'm not evil but I know how to sell).

[The King of Carrot Flowers]

5: The Gap, which is close by, plus I'd be getting paid to act like a stereotypical homo and tell people how to dress. Easy money. PLUS Ben works there! YAY!

My cousin used to work there, she loved it. And according to her, once they know you're a homo you're automatically hired.

Your cousin's gay too?

Anyway, apparently if you work there you get everything sold there and at Banana Republic half-off. While most of it I wouldn't be caught dead wearing, there is probably some stuff I'd find quite dapper. And at half price. Awesome.

[SeeAnne]

No man, she's straight.

[Mark!]

un-employed

[slyvia k]

my only job was a mother tongue french teacher at highschool, for like, 3 months.
i had students from 13 to 19 (and i'm 20). it was pretty fun. i made them do all sort of creative stuff, games, writing stories and poetries, listening to music. strangely enough they liked me i thought it'd be awkward as hell and they would all make fun of me, but no!
so , it was cool.

[Indja]

I have the best job ever xD

I work as relief staff at the library for £6.30 an hour, and rarely have to do more than serve people on the counter and put books back on the shelves. Everyone I work with is delightful, and all the people who come in are lovely or at least amusing.

I've also started working at the local visitor's centre - it was my first day today, but it was RAD.

[The King of Carrot Flowers]

Applied today at the Dirt Cowboy, Lou's, the Dartmouth Bookstore, the bagel shop and the health food store. Fingers crossed.

[yosmark]

Applied today at the Dirt Cowboy, Lou's, the Dartmouth Bookstore, the bagel shop and the health food store. Fingers crossed.

Good luck.

I work... as ehm ... you know doing stuff in the Computer.

[The King of Carrot Flowers]

Finished the Gap application.

Whoa. What the hell happened to pencil and paper?

[Schplynthia]

No job.  Kickass unpaid internship with a theater group called Cabaret Vagabond here in Chicago...totally punk cabaret.  I'm helping them with their residency at the University of Chicago, choosing furniture for the set and planning for future work.  Basically, a dream come true.  Now, if only I were getting paid.

[MeAndMyCharms]

I work in an office for a finance company, and today, my foot stool broke. So now I'm all lost and distressed at work because I don't know what to do with my feet!
So today I hate my job

They didn't even give us footstools!

Arrggh! Sue the bastards!

[Captain Oblivious]

I am still in love with my job. It's still so new that I love being able to say "I have to go to work now!" but, even the thoughts of going in aren't like UGGGGH I DON'T WANT TO, cos I really like it. I am gushing

[CeeGBee]

I am still in love with my job. It's still so new that I love being able to say "I have to go to work now!" but, even the thoughts of going in aren't like UGGGGH I DON'T WANT TO, cos I really like it. I am gushing

Funny thing...  There's no law that says your job has to suck, or that you have to hate it.

I have a friend who drove a garbage truck for years...  didn't have a terribly high opinion of
most of his co-workers, but he loved the job.

[Captain Oblivious]

i've hated all of my other jobs, and considering i've only been working for 5 years, there's a lot. but i am aware that it's possible to actually like a job.

[murmur]

I got an old job back. making shit money working shit hours and doing jack shit at work.

but getting paid to stare at the wall i guess is better than nothing

[Grim Tuesday]

I love my job as a teacher.
I still hope to trade it in for a writing novels.

[tw2113]

I got an old job back. making shit money working shit hours and doing jack shit at work.

but getting paid to stare at the wall i guess is better than nothing

oh no it's not, i'd rather have something to do.

[Johnny]

they failed another health inspection.

two within 1o days.


the health inspector's supervisor's are supposed to be coming and checking out the joint, if they miss even one violation (i heard) everyone is getting fired and the place shut down.


I can't wait.
haha.

[Annebelle.]

i occasionally sell ice cream for my dad.. when i need money or he needs someone to stand in the ice cream car..
the hours are good (5 hours/day, 1 pm to 6pm), the pay is fairly okay, but it is hard work and customers are a bitch, really doesn't anyone know how to place orders?
also, standing up for 5 hours in a 40x50 cm space is hell, really not easy on your back.
and at the end of a summer day you usually go home with blisters on your hand. no fun.
i usually spend rest of the day lying on the couch or my bed when i get back, because my back is killing me by then..

i have to work tomorrow and the day after, whoopti, not really looking forward to it.

i also babysit, babysitting is nice. okay: pay is very sucky, but at least you don't really have to do anything. and i babysit for rich people, so around festive holidays like christmas or just when they are in a good mood, they pay more. they also pay more when they make me come in in the morning or when they feel bad for making me come for just 1 and a half hour. they once paid me 20 euro for 1 and a half hour.

[murmur]

I got an old job back. making shit money working shit hours and doing jack shit at work.

but getting paid to stare at the wall i guess is better than nothing

oh no it's not, i'd rather have something to do.

Ohhh no this is my other job at supercuts. I was swinging three jobs at once I guess I needed to clarify.

[Existential]

i have no job

does that count as a complaint? :L

[stallionbreaker]

i have no job

does that count as a complaint? :L

Only if you wish you had one

[Existential]

Lol yeah i wish i had one xD

[LibertyOfProperty]

Just got my first job @ college. Academic Computing.

Basically helping faculty upload stuff to a website (lol)

So I'm excited at actually getting paid.

[bec]

I work in a small grocery-type store that only sells frozen food, in bulk. The pay is good - $16.58/hour - but it sucks that I work by myself for the vast majority of the time... it gets lonely.

Right now it's pissing me off though, because for the past 3 years I've worked there while also going to uni, I've worked every saturday by myself except for maybe 3 or 4 when I've gone on holiday. Saturdays suck... we have so many customers and I'm run off my feet. Last month I told my boss I wanted to work tuesdays instead of saturdays because my uni timetable would fit around it, so he said he'd hire someone to work saturdays. Now I'm stuck working tuesdays AND saturdays because he's so damn picky that he hasn't found a "suitable" person to hire yet. Argh.

[Orlagh]

Bouncers at the club that I work are really nice. We have good banter and things and like to get stoned together.
Today, during my shift, they put some form of legal high into my coffee. I got half way through it before they let on.
I am still buzzing. Don't really even know what it was.
Can't tell if I'm pissed off or amused...

They made up for it by giving me cake.
Now I've been up for 20 hours and can't sleep. Hmm.

We just had a small hourish long lock-in with beer and weed and things. It ended up in conversations about fisting and 3 of us, as a team, getting to level 100 on this iphone game where you move wooden blocks. Was pretty good.

[Hayley Fiasco!]

I would like a job that pays me. In the meantime, I'm broke, but very happy. So in the end I still win, right?

[Existential]

im currently on work experience in a primary school (:
and i really like it

[LibertyOfProperty]

I'm learning html and CSS in my job. Woo!

[Indja]

Maaaaaah! I am EXHAUSTED and I'm working all day Saturday *and* Sunday Srsly, how badly can they need a visitor centre in October??

[Captain Oblivious]

i have a job interview for tomorrow! yayayay!

[Indja]

i have a job interview for tomorrow! yayayay!

Oooh, what job are you going for? Is it working in the library? IS IT?

[Existential]

my work experience is done =[
and i gots no moneys
coz it was for the experience ¬.¬
i needa get a real job..
anyone have any ideas for a 15 yr old to get a job?
dare say Paper Round and ill hit you...

[stallionbreaker]

Where I grew up all the youngin's worked at food places. Mine was a pizza shop. I dunno about in Scotland, though.

[Captain Oblivious]

i have a job interview for tomorrow! yayayay!

Oooh, what job are you going for? Is it working in the library? IS IT?

I WISH!
i didn't get it anyway

[Indja]

i have a job interview for tomorrow! yayayay!

Oooh, what job are you going for? Is it working in the library? IS IT?

I WISH!
i didn't get it anyway

D'aww, poppet Ah, well, it's their loss. You can come work for me if you like.

[Captain Oblivious]

i have a job interview for tomorrow! yayayay!

Oooh, what job are you going for? Is it working in the library? IS IT?

I WISH!
i didn't get it anyway

D'aww, poppet Ah, well, it's their loss. You can come work for me if you like.

oh please can i!
well it was my fault, really, they were looking for somone fulltime.

i need a job so bad

[Indja]

i have a job interview for tomorrow! yayayay!

Oooh, what job are you going for? Is it working in the library? IS IT?

I WISH!
i didn't get it anyway

D'aww, poppet Ah, well, it's their loss. You can come work for me if you like.

oh please can i!
well it was my fault, really, they were looking for somone fulltime.

i need a job so bad

Srsly, come work for me!! I'll give you room and board and sexytymez in return for you walking the dogs when I should and going to the shop for Twixes and cans of Pepsi Raw. Ooh, you can change the DVDs when I'm in bed as well. And I'll give you some spending money, of course. You'll be like a kept woman.

[Captain Oblivious]

i have a job interview for tomorrow! yayayay!

Oooh, what job are you going for? Is it working in the library? IS IT?

I WISH!
i didn't get it anyway

D'aww, poppet Ah, well, it's their loss. You can come work for me if you like.

oh please can i!
well it was my fault, really, they were looking for somone fulltime.

i need a job so bad

Srsly, come work for me!! I'll give you room and board and sexytymez in return for you walking the dogs when I should and going to the shop for Twixes and cans of Pepsi Raw. Ooh, you can change the DVDs when I'm in bed as well. And I'll give you some spending money, of course. You'll be like a kept woman.

ahhh best job ever srsly. but do you want to come here, cos i has uni? we can share my room!

[Indja]

i have a job interview for tomorrow! yayayay!

Oooh, what job are you going for? Is it working in the library? IS IT?

I WISH!
i didn't get it anyway

D'aww, poppet Ah, well, it's their loss. You can come work for me if you like.

oh please can i!
well it was my fault, really, they were looking for somone fulltime.

i need a job so bad

Srsly, come work for me!! I'll give you room and board and sexytymez in return for you walking the dogs when I should and going to the shop for Twixes and cans of Pepsi Raw. Ooh, you can change the DVDs when I'm in bed as well. And I'll give you some spending money, of course. You'll be like a kept woman.

ahhh best job ever srsly. but do you want to come here, cos i has uni? we can share my room!

You live in Ireland, do you not? Cos I might be going uni in Belfast anyway. It's the only one I'm applying to with an offer lower than AAB, so if I screw up in my A Levels I might be seeing a whole lot more of you xD

[Captain Oblivious]

i have a job interview for tomorrow! yayayay!

Oooh, what job are you going for? Is it working in the library? IS IT?

I WISH!
i didn't get it anyway

D'aww, poppet Ah, well, it's their loss. You can come work for me if you like.

oh please can i!
well it was my fault, really, they were looking for somone fulltime.

i need a job so bad

Srsly, come work for me!! I'll give you room and board and sexytymez in return for you walking the dogs when I should and going to the shop for Twixes and cans of Pepsi Raw. Ooh, you can change the DVDs when I'm in bed as well. And I'll give you some spending money, of course. You'll be like a kept woman.

ahhh best job ever srsly. but do you want to come here, cos i has uni? we can share my room!

You live in Ireland, do you not? Cos I might be going uni in Belfast anyway. It's the only one I'm applying to with an offer lower than AAB, so if I screw up in my A Levels I might be seeing a whole lot more of you xD

i live in Scotland now!! And, Belfast is really close to my home town omg waaaah

[Indja]

i have a job interview for tomorrow! yayayay!

Oooh, what job are you going for? Is it working in the library? IS IT?

I WISH!
i didn't get it anyway

D'aww, poppet Ah, well, it's their loss. You can come work for me if you like.

oh please can i!
well it was my fault, really, they were looking for somone fulltime.

i need a job so bad

Srsly, come work for me!! I'll give you room and board and sexytymez in return for you walking the dogs when I should and going to the shop for Twixes and cans of Pepsi Raw. Ooh, you can change the DVDs when I'm in bed as well. And I'll give you some spending money, of course. You'll be like a kept woman.

ahhh best job ever srsly. but do you want to come here, cos i has uni? we can share my room!

You live in Ireland, do you not? Cos I might be going uni in Belfast anyway. It's the only one I'm applying to with an offer lower than AAB, so if I screw up in my A Levels I might be seeing a whole lot more of you xD

i live in Scotland now!! And, Belfast is really close to my home town omg waaaah

No way! One of my other choices is Edinburgh, so I can STILL come see you xD

[Captain Oblivious]

i have a job interview for tomorrow! yayayay!

Oooh, what job are you going for? Is it working in the library? IS IT?

I WISH!
i didn't get it anyway

D'aww, poppet Ah, well, it's their loss. You can come work for me if you like.

oh please can i!
well it was my fault, really, they were looking for somone fulltime.

i need a job so bad

Srsly, come work for me!! I'll give you room and board and sexytymez in return for you walking the dogs when I should and going to the shop for Twixes and cans of Pepsi Raw. Ooh, you can change the DVDs when I'm in bed as well. And I'll give you some spending money, of course. You'll be like a kept woman.

ahhh best job ever srsly. but do you want to come here, cos i has uni? we can share my room!

You live in Ireland, do you not? Cos I might be going uni in Belfast anyway. It's the only one I'm applying to with an offer lower than AAB, so if I screw up in my A Levels I might be seeing a whole lot more of you xD

i live in Scotland now!! And, Belfast is really close to my home town omg waaaah

No way! One of my other choices is Edinburgh, so I can STILL come see you xD

YAY!

[Indja]

i have a job interview for tomorrow! yayayay!

Oooh, what job are you going for? Is it working in the library? IS IT?

I WISH!
i didn't get it anyway

D'aww, poppet Ah, well, it's their loss. You can come work for me if you like.

oh please can i!
well it was my fault, really, they were looking for somone fulltime.

i need a job so bad

Srsly, come work for me!! I'll give you room and board and sexytymez in return for you walking the dogs when I should and going to the shop for Twixes and cans of Pepsi Raw. Ooh, you can change the DVDs when I'm in bed as well. And I'll give you some spending money, of course. You'll be like a kept woman.

ahhh best job ever srsly. but do you want to come here, cos i has uni? we can share my room!

You live in Ireland, do you not? Cos I might be going uni in Belfast anyway. It's the only one I'm applying to with an offer lower than AAB, so if I screw up in my A Levels I might be seeing a whole lot more of you xD

i live in Scotland now!! And, Belfast is really close to my home town omg waaaah

No way! One of my other choices is Edinburgh, so I can STILL come see you xD

YAY!

But only if I don't get into Oxford, obv. I keep not realising just how much I want to go and then re-realising, and then getting all down about how unlikely it is

[Captain Oblivious]

You can do it!!

[Indja]

Sweetie.

I'm Northern, a girl, poor, I'm not nearly as clever as I like to think I am and there is a distinct possibility that I'll come right out of uni and right into a cardboard box under a railway bridge. Not great Oxbridge material, tbh.

[Captain Oblivious]

it's all about self belief. and on the bright side, even if you didn't get into oxford, you'd get into edinburgh and then we'd be awesome! haha

[CeeGBee]

Sweetie.

I'm Northern, a girl, poor, and I'm so bloody much more clever than the people who run Ox/Cam, and they're intimidated by all that, so there is a distinct possibility that I'll come right out of uni and right into a cardboard box under a railway bridge. Too great to be Oxbridge material, tbh.

Good luck nevertheless...

[Jo Just Go Nameless]

Where is your hometown Roisin? (pure noseyness as I too hail from very near Belfast)

[Captain Oblivious]

Where is your hometown Roisin? (pure noseyness as I too hail from very near Belfast)

it's in Co. Louth, just south of the border

[Indja]

Sweetie.

I'm Northern, a girl, poor, and I'm so bloody much more clever than the people who run Ox/Cam, and they're intimidated by all that, so there is a distinct possibility that I'll come right out of uni and right into a cardboard box under a railway bridge. Too great to be Oxbridge material, tbh.

Good luck nevertheless...

Thank you. But I'm not that bright. And although it'd be nice if Sheeny was right and it WAS all about self-belief and whatever, there's still an unfathomable amount of prejudice within the system, whether it's conscious or not. Also, these private school kids get fucking COACHED through the admissions process, they've been practising interviews and whatever for years and the teachers have the time (not to mention the lovely foldable motivation) to make sure they do all the like reading around the subject and know more than just the course requirements. My teachers don't even have enough time to give us the full 5 hrs a week we're meant to. Fucking hate private education, it's not fucking fair.

Also, your swearing in English is not so good - a native would prefer "I'm so much more bloody clever" to "I'm so bloody much more clever ".

[The Angel Raliel]

Work in a toy shop in North London.....pretty fun really

[CeeGBee]

Sweetie.

I'm Northern, a girl, poor, and I'm so bloody much more clever than the people who run Ox/Cam, and they're intimidated by all that, so there is a distinct possibility that I'll come right out of uni and right into a cardboard box under a railway bridge. Too great to be Oxbridge material, tbh.

Good luck nevertheless...

Thank you. But I'm not that bright. And although it'd be nice if Sheeny was right and it WAS all about self-belief and whatever, there's still an unfathomable amount of prejudice within the system, whether it's conscious or not. Also, these private school kids get fucking COACHED through the admissions process, they've been practising interviews and whatever for years and the teachers have the time (not to mention the lovely foldable motivation) to make sure they do all the like reading around the subject and know more than just the course requirements. My teachers don't even have enough time to give us the full 5 hrs a week we're meant to. Fucking hate private education, it's not fucking fair.

Also, your swearing in English is not so good - a native would prefer "I'm so much more bloody clever" to "I'm so bloody much more clever ".

Ah, so...  I was attempting to modify "so much" rather than "clever", hence my inappropriate placement of the intensifier.
I don't swear much in American either, so I guess I just need more damn practice practise.


Anyway, I suspect that you are that smart, but Miss Sheen is right at least to the extent that presentation is often at
least as important as actual ability...

[Captain Oblivious]

Anyway, I suspect that you are that smart, but Miss Sheen is right at least to the extent that presentation is often at
least as important as actual ability...

In time, you will learn that I am always right.

[Indja]

But Sheeny... if you're always right... and I'm always right... what if we disagree?? And I ain't calling you Miss Sheen, nuh-uh no way.

As for you, Mr Bizzell, I don't think "bloody" can be applied like that. I'm trying to think. The phrasing would have to be totally different for it to emphasise how much cleverer than them you were - it'd be more "I'm much bloody cleverer than them".

[slyvia k]

i got my ''mother tongue teacher at high school'' job back for this year too! YAY money. ouchie,preparing lessons for 5 different classes.
but still, mainly yay. my students love me

[Shanneeen]

can i complain about my lack of a job?? there isn't any around here on campus and it would be nice to have one..

[CeeGBee]

But Sheeny... if you're always right... and I'm always right... what if we disagree?? And I ain't calling you Miss Sheen, nuh-uh no way.

As for you, Mr Bizzell, I don't think "bloody" can be applied like that. I'm trying to think. The phrasing would have to be totally different for it to emphasise how much cleverer than them you were - it'd be more "I'm much bloody cleverer than them".

As you wish...

I suspect you are far bloody cleverer than those tweed-clad clods.

[Captain Oblivious]

But Sheeny... if you're always right... and I'm always right... what if we disagree?? And I ain't calling you Miss Sheen, nuh-uh no way.

it's simple. we won't ever disagree cos we're both right

[Indja]

But Sheeny... if you're always right... and I'm always right... what if we disagree?? And I ain't calling you Miss Sheen, nuh-uh no way.

it's simple. we won't ever disagree cos we're both right

Sheeny, you's a genius.

Cee, thank you, and bravo. We'll make an Englishman of you yet.

[murmur]

UHM I am going to be the best hair stylist in NC for realz.

I love my job and my clients and I am learning so much I fucking love love love love love loveeeeee my job!

[imaginary friend]

glad to hear it. you sounded pretty down last I heard; it's good to see things have turned around for you. 

#@!

[murmur]

glad to hear it. you sounded pretty down last I heard; it's good to see things have turned around for you. 

#@!

I am still broke and im not living out of my car at the moment so life is good. I was homeless and sick with H1N1 while that happened so having a place to live is amazing. Work keeps me going

[The King of Carrot Flowers]

I HAVE A JOB INTERVIEW! HURRAH! PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYMENT! MANIFEST DESTINY!

[murmur]

I HAVE A JOB INTERVIEW! HURRAH! PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYMENT! MANIFEST DESTINY!

GOOD LUCK ! ! !! !

[Wednesday Friday]

I don't have a job anymoreeeeeee . I really need to find another one soon otherwise all the fun plans I had for summer are not gonna happen.

[caddy]

Office Depot as the Design and Print girl.  $7.25, with all the copies I want to make myself.

Booyah!




Ho hum.  Thanks AA degree.  You really gave me a step up in the world.

[CeeGBee]

Office Depot as the Design and Print girl.  $7.25, with all the copies I want to make myself.

Booyah!




Ho hum.  Thanks AA degree.  You really gave me a step up in the world.

You realize this makes you the go-to girl whenever [whatever band] plays anywhere near you
and wants someone to do flyers...

Of course, if you're still in the same part of GA, that may not be so often....

[caddy]

Office Depot as the Design and Print girl.  $7.25, with all the copies I want to make myself.

Booyah!




Ho hum.  Thanks AA degree.  You really gave me a step up in the world.

You realize this makes you the go-to girl whenever [whatever band] plays anywhere near you
and wants someone to do flyers...

Of course, if you're still in the same part of GA, that may not be so often....

Trust me...it may not be so often.  *laughs*  But when I move, I'll probably still be workin' it at the big O-Dizzle, so if I'm in Atlanta and somebody is playing...yeah.  Then again, I won't probably move to Atlanta for...a while.  Poopiecakes.

And if I do, whoever loves me gets posters half off.  Cause I'm fly like that.

[Indja]

I'm at my job right now. Dunno if it's a good thing or a shit thing that I've got 8 hours sitting in a shed on my own with only a few articles from theological journals and a limitless stack of tea-bags to keep me company.



Who am I shitting, of COURSE it's a good thing xD

[The King of Carrot Flowers]

I got hired!

Now I have a drug test... SHIT!

[Indja]

DO I LOOK LIKE A FUCKING CYCLIST TO YOU??

Why would I know what the best cycle paths are in Hayfield?? Just because I work here doesn't mean I care.

[CeeGBee]

DO I LOOK LIKE A FUCKING CYCLIST TO YOU??

Why would I know what the best cycle paths are in Hayfield?? Just because I work here doesn't mean I care.

Ummm...  Cuz you work at the Visitor Centre?

[Indja]

DO I LOOK LIKE A FUCKING CYCLIST TO YOU??

Why would I know what the best cycle paths are in Hayfield?? Just because I work here doesn't mean I care.

Ummm...  Cuz you work at the Visitor Centre?

I refer to back to my final point:

JUST BECAUSE I WORK THERE, DOESN'T MEAN I CARE!!

I'd have to care enough about cycle paths to read a leaflet about it, and I'm hardly gonna do THAT when I have important reading to do! Admittedly, reading of Doctor Who books.... but still! IMPORTANT!

[my beautiful idiot]

The past couple of days I've gotten to leave early (as the season is dying down so they don't need as many people in the kitchen). But I'm getting a raise, apparently, because i've taken more responsibilities on (such as making waffles, working the grill, making toast and doing prep work).

If only I didn't keep knicking myself with the knife when I'm trying to cut up oranges and kiwis, then it'd be pretty much perfect.

[$ethie]

Earler today I had to explain to an elderly lady (who was very hard of hearing) the difference between docusate and loperamide, and why the product she wanted was docusate. It didn't help that some kid I had problems with in high school was two places behind her in line snickering at my predicament.

He got his. He had a prescription for valtrex. Ahh, the justice of working in a pharmacy.

[marci]

My job is awesome/difficult/exhausting/rewarding! I work in an animal clinic and while I tend to alternate between loving my co-workers and hating them, the vets I work with inspire me daily. And the animals!! I may be really terrible at human relationships but i will love your animals with my whole heart!

Yes, it's shitty to have to euthanize and animal, but it's 99% related to health issues. The hardest part is wanting to help an animal in a way that the clients can't afford or don't want to do. It's extremely difficult to euthanize an 11 month old puppy because he comes from backyard breeders and has elbow/shoulder/hip/knee dysplasia all at once and is in alot of pain. It's even harder to see the owner not learn their lesson from it.

But it's so fucking awesome when you have an animal that is so fucking sick and you work your ass off to treat them and suddenly you see them fighting and see them turn around and see them go home.

It's an amazing feeling to hold a dog who is having difficulty waking up and warming up post surgery in your lap and comfort them and love them and warm 'em up.

It's been cool to rescue kittens and see them being born and growing up and you feel proud of the momma for being a great mother and proud of the kittens for being annoying little shits that kittens are so awesome at being.

I get amazed at seeing their little bodies fight and how loving cat/dogs are even when they feel like utter shit and are terrified but somehow know we're trying to help.

So yeah, I love my fucking job.

[Hayley Fiasco!]

He got his. He had a prescription for valtrex. Ahh, the justice of working in a pharmacy.

Karma!

[The Angel Raliel]

Just been promoted (kind of) as the manager of the East Dulwich strore quit... I am now the manager of East Dulwich until
at least february.... my pay has vastly improved but I have to travel 1.5-2hours every morning and evening....plus not everyone is happy about my sudden rise to power

[CeeGBee]

Just been promoted (kind of) as the manager of the East Dulwich strore quit... I am now the manager of East Dulwich until
at least february.... my pay has vastly improved but I have to travel 1.5-2hours every morning and evening....plus not everyone is happy about my sudden rise to power

Crush your opposition!  Rule with an iron fist! 

Today East Dulwich, tomorrow all of Southwark!  (or at least all the toy stores....)

[Haushinka]

cooking with clarissa dickson wright next week. God I hate her.

My boss' new book if plagiarised from recipes I brought into her kitchen. And she can't even cook.

Interview with the mighty MARTIN FUCKING WISHART next week. YESSSS!

[CeeGBee]

cooking with clarissa dickson wright next week. God I hate her.

My boss' new book if plagiarised from recipes I brought into her kitchen. And she can't even cook.

Interview with the mighty MARTIN FUCKING WISHART next week. YESSSS!

You could tell him you know someone who lives on Wishart Road.... 




What, you don't think he'd be impressed?  Oh well, I'm sure your cooking will impress.  Good luck!

[singularapathy]

I'm a high school English/Debate/Speech/Theatre teacher.

I Love it and wouldn't change it for a hot second; I used to work for a Fortune 10 company but joined TFA (Teach For America) to help underprivileged kids obtain an education.  Here's hoping to close that gap...

[The King of Carrot Flowers]

I make $9 USD/hr by selling people portable crap they don't need. Yay capitalism!

[peppamintdynamo]

Program Director at keene state college radio on a stipend... wooot! They pay me next to nothing.

[CeeGBee]

...college radio... wooot! They pay me...

the rest is details...

[peppamintdynamo]

...college radio... wooot! They pay me...

the rest is details...

  so true

[themaberfa]

I work Drive-Thru at Bojangles. Some of them may be the stupidest customers ever. But they are the only reason I keep getting paid -sigh-

I can't wait to graduate college and get a better job lol

[FrailAndBedazzled]

I work for my school.  I will soon have to leave my school as they do not pay me enough to keep up my tuition bills.  Whoops.

[slyvia k]

I could never be a teacher.
I am a part time French teacher (since I'm french mother tongue) at highschool... Some of my students are cool and nice and all, but most of them are just so uninterested, it's crazy.
I try and pick topics that can interest them, like social themes, politics, yet the just stare at me blankly instead of debating.
Today I had picked two texts (one pro and one con) about the role and influence of the Catholic Church in Italy. Nobody seemed to give a shit. I mean, in Italy the influence of the Church is huuuuuuge. Yet nobody saw it as a problem. BAAH I give up.

[Indja]

I could never be a teacher.
I am a part time French teacher (since I'm french mother tongue) at highschool... Some of my students are cool and nice and all, but most of them are just so uninterested, it's crazy.
I try and pick topics that can interest them, like social themes, politics, yet the just stare at me blankly instead of debating.
Today I had picked two texts (one pro and one con) about the role and influence of the Catholic Church in Italy. Nobody seemed to give a shit. I mean, in Italy the influence of the Church is huuuuuuge. Yet nobody saw it as a problem. BAAH I give up.

...you can teach me xD

[Captain Oblivious]

i got a job in a clothes shop recently. it's fairly decent, mostly i get paid for just standing around and asking "do you need help with anything?"

[The King of Carrot Flowers]

I
HATE
BEST
BUY

[Captain Oblivious]

i basically get paid for doing nothing. i was working yesterday and spent most of it at the door. which basically means wear a walkie talkie and stop people if the alarm goes off. it went off twice.
when i'm on girls, i like to be on the fitting rooms, which is basically just monitoring people coming in and out of them.

[CeeGBee]

i basically get paid for doing nothing. i was working yesterday and spent most of it at the door. which basically means wear a walkie talkie and stop people if the alarm goes off. it went off twice.
when i'm on girls, i like to be on the fitting rooms, which is basically just monitoring people coming in and out of them.

You're also the first person people see coming in the door. 
  =good

  =not good

Very important, much underappreciated responsibility.

[Captain Oblivious]

i basically get paid for doing nothing. i was working yesterday and spent most of it at the door. which basically means wear a walkie talkie and stop people if the alarm goes off. it went off twice.
when i'm on girls, i like to be on the fitting rooms, which is basically just monitoring people coming in and out of them.

You're also the first person people see coming in the door. 
  =good

  =not good

Very important, much underappreciated responsibility.

well i generally have a smile on my face. once, i was working at the door and greeting people, and i was thinking that sometimes mine is the only smile a person will see in a day. so i made sure it was a good one. also, i hoped that i could make one person smile, but i don't know if i did.

[CeeGBee]

i basically get paid for doing nothing. i was working yesterday and spent most of it at the door. which basically means wear a walkie talkie and stop people if the alarm goes off. it went off twice.
when i'm on girls, i like to be on the fitting rooms, which is basically just monitoring people coming in and out of them.

You're also the first person people see coming in the door. 
  =good

  =not good

Very important, much underappreciated responsibility.

well i generally have a smile on my face. once, i was working at the door and greeting people, and i was thinking that sometimes mine is the only smile a person will see in a day. so i made sure it was a good one. also, i hoped that i could make one person smile, but i don't know if i did.

If it interests you in the slightest, a number of studies have been done that pretty consistently
show that people spend a lot more money in stores where they feel "welcomed"...

[Captain Oblivious]

i basically get paid for doing nothing. i was working yesterday and spent most of it at the door. which basically means wear a walkie talkie and stop people if the alarm goes off. it went off twice.
when i'm on girls, i like to be on the fitting rooms, which is basically just monitoring people coming in and out of them.

You're also the first person people see coming in the door. 
  =good

  =not good

Very important, much underappreciated responsibility.

well i generally have a smile on my face. once, i was working at the door and greeting people, and i was thinking that sometimes mine is the only smile a person will see in a day. so i made sure it was a good one. also, i hoped that i could make one person smile, but i don't know if i did.

If it interests you in the slightest, a number of studies have been done that pretty consistently
show that people spend a lot more money in stores where they feel "welcomed"...

oh yeah i'd totally believe that.

[stallionbreaker]

once, i was working at the door and greeting people, and i was thinking that sometimes mine is the only smile a person will see in a day. so i made sure it was a good one.

I like this a lot. Thank you for smiling at people It can really change someone's day.

[spider jerusalem]

Captain Obvious, you have a gorgeous smile. Im quite sure you make some people feel better when they see you smiling. 


And I was hired on march this year to replace a guy here, who has already left the company. I was supposed to be a programmer. But on the last few months most of my work has been connected to infrastructure: email server, web server, etc etc. When they were telling me what I they expected me to do here they did mention this part, however, they told there would be a person who was going to help me with these tasks.

By the end of October this person came here to instruct me with some aspects of the networks and servers. When he was about to update the server I told him not to do so, cause it could affect some parts of the system. He took the risk and blew the application server. I fixed after a week. With  NO SUPPORT FROM HIM OR THE OTHER GUY.

Now, Im trying to fix the e-mail server - which was what that guy tried to fix at first.  And Im not an employee, Im an intern (in fact, it is a little different, but there is no word for that in english). And not doing what I wanted and what I thought I was going to do here demotivate [?] me a lot.

[overratedtoejam]

i love my job. its only one day a week, and there's perks. my mom is my boss, i get really cool clothes/accesories for wholesale prices, and its in the best part of town.

[Hayley Fiasco!]

Somebody pinch me. I can't believe I'm doing what I'm doing, working with who I'm working with and accomplishing goals and going places I could have never imagined I'd get to go.

And I seem to be really good at my job and that makes me feel really good on both a personal and professional level.

It's like a snug puzzle piece that fits just right.

[slyvia k]

Somebody pinch me. I can't believe I'm doing what I'm doing, working with who I'm working with and accomplishing goals and going places I could have never imagined I'd get to go.

And I seem to be really good at my job and that makes me feel really good on both a personal and professional level.

It's like a snug puzzle piece that fits just right.

you workaholic, check your email

[Hayley Fiasco!]

Somebody pinch me. I can't believe I'm doing what I'm doing, working with who I'm working with and accomplishing goals and going places I could have never imagined I'd get to go.

And I seem to be really good at my job and that makes me feel really good on both a personal and professional level.

It's like a snug puzzle piece that fits just right.

you workaholic, check your email

ha. I don't use my hotmail address all that much anymore - which is why I replied from gmail :-D

[slyvia k]

Somebody pinch me. I can't believe I'm doing what I'm doing, working with who I'm working with and accomplishing goals and going places I could have never imagined I'd get to go.

And I seem to be really good at my job and that makes me feel really good on both a personal and professional level.

It's like a snug puzzle piece that fits just right.

you workaholic, check your email

ha. I don't use my hotmail address all that much anymore - which is why I replied from gmail :-D

yepp I noticed (how exciting, another @amandapalmer  )

[FrailAndBedazzled]

My job has reverted to basically what it was this summer.  Same deal, sitting the desk, answering the phone, signing people in...but no one is here.  It's so much like working here in summer that it kind of wigs me out.

[Psychomeltdown]

I'll admit, my job is fairly easy, but the bitchy thing about it is that I get home exhausted as all hell.

Which makes my attempts at writing and drawing all that much harder.

thank god for Caffeine and alcohol!

[Captain Oblivious]

i quite like my job, actually. it's pretty easy and because there aren't so many people in now, there is more work to do so i'm not bored. and they gave me thursday off! (means i can go home )

[$ethie]

I just got off night shift at the hospital. It was my first day on the job there. It's pretty cool, better than the small retail pharmacy I was working for. There was one problem today, though. I misread a script, and compounded an etanercept injection wrong. Not only could I have injured someone, I cost the pharmacy somewhere around $750, because the medication had to be disposed of, and re-compounded.

I don't think I'm meant to be a RPh. I should just stick to being a technician.

[Captain Oblivious]

today, i realised that i'll probably not be able to get my 21st off...sick day?

[CeeGBee]

I just got off night shift at the hospital. It was my first day on the job there. It's pretty cool, better than the small retail pharmacy I was working for. There was one problem today, though. I misread a script, and compounded an etanercept injection wrong. Not only could I have injured someone, I cost the pharmacy somewhere around $750, because the medication had to be disposed of, and re-compounded.

I don't think I'm meant to be a RPh. I should just stick to being a technician.

You didn't kill anyone (or even get anyone sued from what I can tell)...

Give it a while.  (And explain to me why there isn't a law that says prescriptions must
be either computer-printed/typed, or at least written in neat block-print...)

[The King of Carrot Flowers]

INTERVIEW AT THE HOSPITAL TOMORROW!
Hope they give me time before I have to take a drug test... It's only been a week. :\

Still, I can escape corporate hell, a. k. a. Best Buy!

[Captain Oblivious]

yesterday was the slowest day i've ever had. it was really quiet for a saturday and as a result there was hardly anything for anyone to do, so we were all just standing around getting yelled at by the boss for not doing anything. when there was nothing to do.

today however, the "cool" manager was working. it was pretty cool, the music that was on came straight from his ipod so it was pretty good and he basically let us do nothing. i was even sitting down for a little while haha.

[FrailAndBedazzled]

SO EXCITED.
I work in the show store for New York Comic Con and Anime Fest.  I am one of the people that Reed Exhibitions (who run the show) have decided to fly out to Chicago in April to work on the inaugural Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2). 
THEY BOUGHT THE PLANE TICKETS.  AND I THINK THEY BOOKED THE HOTEL ROOMS.  AFJA;FAHJAFLJALDF.

I'm ridiculously off-the-walls excited for this!

[Captain Oblivious]

i have to take next saturday off for my party. what is a good excuse for when i call in sick??

[FrailAndBedazzled]

"I'm having my cervix rotated."

[Pope Totalfrog]

i have to take next saturday off for my party. what is a good excuse for when i call in sick??

Tell them you have a strange but contagious looking rash. Or Leprosy.

[CeeGBee]

i have to take next saturday off for my party. what is a good excuse for when i call in sick??

I can't make a positive diagnosis over the internet, but
I think you might be coming down with the gay....

[Captain Oblivious]

i have to take next saturday off for my party. what is a good excuse for when i call in sick??

I can't make a positive diagnosis over the internet, but
I think you might be coming down with the gay....

oh man, how awesome would it be if that worked! i doubt it would, even if my boss wasn't a lesbian...lol

[Indja]

Just don't go - tap into your natural innocent charm when they ask where you were and be all like, "Oh my God! I'm so sorry - I thought I wasn't working this weekend!" Go into over-drive with the apologising, look all flustered and completely horrified that you left them in the lurch. Make your eyes all big and, if you can, Get Posh - do all your shalls and you-and-I's properly and change your accent to a southern English one. Works for me xD

[FrailAndBedazzled]

Cervix.  Rotated.  WHY IS THERE STILL A QUESTION.
(i really need some fuckin SLEEP)

[Agonistes]

i have to take next saturday off for my party. what is a good excuse for when i call in sick??

I can't make a positive diagnosis over the internet, but
I think you might be coming down with the gay....

oh man, how awesome would it be if that worked! i doubt it would, even if my boss wasn't a lesbian...lol

do you work for me?

[Captain Oblivious]

i have to take next saturday off for my party. what is a good excuse for when i call in sick??

I can't make a positive diagnosis over the internet, but
I think you might be coming down with the gay....

oh man, how awesome would it be if that worked! i doubt it would, even if my boss wasn't a lesbian...lol

do you work for me?

no, i don't, but i bet that would be a far more awesome job than the one I'm doing

Indie: That wouldn't work either, cos my only rostered hours are Thursday evenings and weekends. lol.

[Indja]

Oh, grim It works lovely for me - for some reason, being posh seems to really clinch the deal xD

[stallionbreaker]

I would just call day of and try to sound hoarse. Give them an "I'm really not feeling well. I don't think I can come to work." It's what I do. They don't need details about your sickness.

[Indja]

Or - FAMILY CRISIS!! They NEVER ask for details on a family crisis. Just mumble it when you phone the next day saying you're sorry. Try and sound traumatised. (This is a method I usually reserve for people who know me too well to be taken in by my previous tack xD)

[Captain Oblivious]

Or - FAMILY CRISIS!! They NEVER ask for details on a family crisis. Just mumble it when you phone the next day saying you're sorry. Try and sound traumatised. (This is a method I usually reserve for people who know me too well to be taken in by my previous tack xD)

i can't really do family crisis thing cos my family is in ireland, so it'd just be too awkward lol.
also, Anna, they're really strict about taking sick days, I'll need to fill in a form
Anyway, I think it's going to have to be vomiting. Cos, it's icky, they don't want me to vomit all over the clothes and then I can be fine the next day, just look a little tired (which isn't going to be hard). AND if they see me in town, I can tell them I was feeling a little better so I went into town to get food/medicine. lollll

[stallionbreaker]

Or - FAMILY CRISIS!! They NEVER ask for details on a family crisis. Just mumble it when you phone the next day saying you're sorry. Try and sound traumatised. (This is a method I usually reserve for people who know me too well to be taken in by my previous tack xD)

i can't really do family crisis thing cos my family is in ireland, so it'd just be too awkward lol.
also, Anna, they're really strict about taking sick days, I'll need to fill in a form
Anyway, I think it's going to have to be vomiting. Cos, it's icky, they don't want me to vomit all over the clothes and then I can be fine the next day, just look a little tired (which isn't going to be hard). AND if they see me in town, I can tell them I was feeling a little better so I went into town to get food/medicine. lollll

Ew, a form? Your plan sounds good. Vomiting to the rescue

[CeeGBee]

Here's a radical idea...

Is there someone you could trade shifts with?

[Indja]

Here's a radical idea...

Is there someone you could trade shifts with?

STFU, VOICE O' REASON!! This is no place for you!

[Captain Oblivious]

Here's a radical idea...

Is there someone you could trade shifts with?

STFU, VOICE O' REASON!! This is no place for you!

Dear Cee,
Well, there's weekend staff and then staff that work the rest of the time. So, not really.
Also, what Indie said.
Love,
Roisin

[CeeGBee]

you two are so MEAN....

I'm gonna go sulk in a corner.

[Indja]

D'aaw, poppet! We didn't mean it. Promise. We love you really!!

[Captain Oblivious]

I think I'm going to have to get another job. Apparently McDonalds is hiring...

[CeeGBee]

I think I'm going to have to get another job. Apparently McDonalds is hiring...

I thought you liked minding the door at the clothiers...  No?

[Captain Oblivious]

I think I'm going to have to get another job. Apparently McDonalds is hiring...

I thought you liked minding the door at the clothiers...  No?

I do, I mean on top of the one I have.

[CeeGBee]

I think I'm going to have to get another job. Apparently McDonalds is hiring...

I thought you liked minding the door at the clothiers...  No?

I do, I mean on top of the one I have.

Ah!  Gotcha.  Good luck, and don't stretch yourself too thin.

[Indja]

I think I'm going to have to get another job. Apparently McDonalds is hiring...

I thought you liked minding the door at the clothiers...  No?

I do, I mean on top of the one I have.

Ah!  Gotcha.  Good luck, and don't stretch yourself too thin.

And don't work at McDonalds, it's horrible. I mean, McDonalds *might* be better, but I have a friend who works at KFC and honestly would rather die than go into work.

[Captain Oblivious]

I think I'm going to have to get another job. Apparently McDonalds is hiring...

I thought you liked minding the door at the clothiers...  No?

I do, I mean on top of the one I have.

Ah!  Gotcha.  Good luck, and don't stretch yourself too thin.

And don't work at McDonalds, it's horrible. I mean, McDonalds *might* be better, but I have a friend who works at KFC and honestly would rather die than go into work.

Yeah, I've worked in fast food before, and hated it. But a job is a job and I really need the money if I'm going to keep up with rent.

[Indja]

I think I'm going to have to get another job. Apparently McDonalds is hiring...

I thought you liked minding the door at the clothiers...  No?

I do, I mean on top of the one I have.

Ah!  Gotcha.  Good luck, and don't stretch yourself too thin.

And don't work at McDonalds, it's horrible. I mean, McDonalds *might* be better, but I have a friend who works at KFC and honestly would rather die than go into work.

Yeah, I've worked in fast food before, and hated it. But a job is a job and I really need the money if I'm going to keep up with rent.

D'oo, poppet Sucks.

In other news, I got some work! Whoo! I'll be in the library on Wednesday night xD

[FrailAndBedazzled]

Just posted this in shit that made my day: work hours increased from six a week to nineteen.  Sooo broke.  Neeed cash.  must pay tuition with this money so i can waste the money i make singing around NYC on cigarettes and beer.

[CeeGBee]

Just posted this in shit that made my day: work hours increased from six a week to nineteen.  Sooo broke.  Neeed cash.  must pay tuition with this money so i can waste the money i make singing around NYC on cigarettes and beer.

Cut out the smokes => save a pile of green...

[FrailAndBedazzled]

Mleh.  I realize this is the case, and that my long term health would be much improved if I did, but they're one of my few luxuries.  Anything I own that cost more than $25 has been either a gift, haggled down to a price of $25 or below, or (if it is from Wal Mart) stolen.  So I spend the highly limited amounts of money tossed into the coffee can at my feet when doing a capella versions of blues and rock songs on Things That Are Not Good For Me.  The normal job money goes to tuition and groceries.

[Indja]

^ Also, smoking looks cool. Yes it does yes it does yes it does.

[FrailAndBedazzled]

THE PLUS SIDES KEEP ON PILING UP.
Am at work now.  Am bored.

[CeeGBee]

^ Also, being hooked up to a respirator looks cool. Yes it does yes it does yes it does.

Srsly   

[stallionbreaker]

Lost my job today. I have joined the ranks of the Army of Unemployed!


*sigh*


It'll be fine. I'm alive. I have some savings. I got some severance pay. I don't have to worry too much about paying for food. My job was really boring and not in any field of my interests, or even one of the fields next to my fields. It was across the countryside, not even visible.

I hear jobs are hard to come by these days.

[CeeGBee]

Lost my job today. I have joined the ranks of the Army of Unemployed!


*sigh*


It'll be fine. I'm alive. I have some savings. I got some severance pay. I don't have to worry too much about paying for food. My job was really boring and not in any field of my interests, or even one of the fields next to my fields. It was across the countryside, not even visible.

I hear jobs are hard to come by these days.

I can confirm that last point, but if volume of actual help-wanted ads (as opposed to scammers
just trying to collect people's private info) is any indication, the situation is slowly improving.

[Indja]

^ Also, being hooked up to a respirator looks cool. Yes it does yes it does yes it does.

Srsly   

Dude. Do you know ANYTHING about looking cool?? If you're willing to smoke because it's cool, you're more than happy to die at 27 for the same reason. You won't be alive long enough to end up on a respirator xD

Froggy, sucks that you lost your job, I'm sorry Get a job in your library. It's ace. Or sell a baby and use the money to go backpacking round Europe until the economy is a happy little bunny again.

[stallionbreaker]

Cee, That's slightly promising.

Things I'm considering:
- filing a claim for unemployment once I'm officially unemployed (I'm still on payroll until 2/17)
- asking if I can help out at one of the farmer's market stalls. I'm okay with them paying me in food, though my landlord won't let me pay the rent that way.
- going back to the headhunter that got me the job I just lost and asking them if they know of anything

Thanks, Indja. My library is having trouble keeping its doors open as is, but I could check there. I've considered selling a baby (surrogacy or egg donation), but it doesn't so much pay that well, and they have silly requirements about being married and having kids of your own as of the last time I checked. Something about you being less likely to renege on your agreement that this is not your child.

[Indja]

Mmm, if I were you - and bare in mind that I approach all such hypothetical situations with a child-like joy and innocence that factors in only the lovely sides of life that I've seen on TV and none of the actual realistic horribleness - I would take this as an opportunity to go do something you always wanted to like.... well, I'd build a self-sustaining eco-hut in the country and live there with a crowd of red-headed, long-legged women and ginger-beardy ginger-beery men. But please feel free to insert your own version of bliss into that slot.

[CeeGBee]

Cee, That's slightly promising.

Things I'm considering:
- filing a claim for unemployment once I'm officially unemployed (I'm still on payroll until 2/17)
- asking if I can help out at one of the farmer's market stalls. I'm okay with them paying me in food, though my landlord won't let me pay the rent that way.
- going back to the headhunter that got me the job I just lost and asking them if they know of anything

Thanks, Indja. My library is having trouble keeping its doors open as is, but I could check there. I've considered selling a baby (surrogacy or egg donation), but it doesn't so much pay that well, and they have silly requirements about being married and having kids of your own as of the last time I checked. Something about you being less likely to renege on your agreement that this is not your child.

Headhunters are most definitely your friends, especially if they already know you.

Farmer's market is also good, 'cuz 1) boredom is a bite and 2) it shows "work ethic"
(I don't know if you're likely to make any "useful" contacts in the farmer's market, but ya might...

Unemployment benefits are there for a reason.  I assume you have bills and such; don't wait
'til they're overdue.


Indja, can you find me one of those long-legged ginger-haired girls?

[Indja]

No they're mine.

Actually, you can have Florence Welch when I'm finished with her because apparently she's a bitch. I'm sure she'd be nice to you though.

[CeeGBee]

No they're mine.

Actually, you can have Florence Welch when I'm finished with her because apparently she's a bitch. I'm sure she'd be nice to you though.

Hmmm.... She seems not at all unattractive (I had no idea there was actually a "Florence"
in Florence & The Machine...  There's no real Elizabeth in Elizabeth & the Catapult, is there?)

Does she already have the eco-hut?

[Indja]

I don't think she's the eco-hut type, tbh. One of the other reasons she's only a temporary part of my plan.

[heartstringz]

Had my shifts cut back from five to two a week.  Great.  Just when I'm moving out and have to start paying rent!  I'm going to have to get a second job, but there's not much around at the moment.

Oh yeh, and even though all us casuals at work are hardly getting any shifts, the owners went and employed someone else.  She is their friend and they are doing her a favour, apparantly.  Still, it sucks for us because we certainly don't need any more staff and we will probably all get even less shifts now.  She has four shifts next week and all the other casual girls have two.    They said it's cause she's new and needs the practice, but I bet it will keep happening cause she is friends with the owner.

[stallionbreaker]

Mmm, if I were you - and bare in mind that I approach all such hypothetical situations with a child-like joy and innocence that factors in only the lovely sides of life that I've seen on TV and none of the actual realistic horribleness - I would take this as an opportunity to go do something you always wanted to like.... well, I'd build a self-sustaining eco-hut in the country and live there with a crowd of red-headed, long-legged women and ginger-beardy ginger-beery men. But please feel free to insert your own version of bliss into that slot.

I am taking it as that kind of opportunity, but it's poor timing for me moving to the old eco hut. I just started a class that's fifteen weeks long, and I've already paid for my vegetables through November this year, so I think I'm sticking it out in NYC for a bit. I'm trying to figure out what my bliss would be while I'm here. Considering yoga-teacher-training...

[Captain Oblivious]

So, I need to get off work tomorrow and I need a good excuse. I was thinking burst pipe and I need to wait for a plumber and we all know what plumbers are like on weekends etc...
Good idea/bad idea??

[FrailAndBedazzled]

It's either that or tell them you're getting your cervix rotated.
Because god DAMN it I am going to have someone use that excuse before I die.

[Indja]

It's either that or tell them you're getting your cervix rotated.
Because god DAMN it I am going to have someone use that excuse before I die.

You could use it - it'd freak them out too much to ask questions xD

[Mr. Leave Me Alone]

I really fucking want a job. I am going to bitch about my lack of one. I don't have a national insurance number (yet, it's being sorted) and I have no experience aside from 3 weeks working in a library and being Amanda Palmer's merch girl that one time (and performance/artsy things that won't exactly get me a job that...you know...makes money).
I need a job because:
I am always broke from not having one.
I am basically eating other peoples' money.
I really need something to do during the day.

Plus...I know I'll probably just hate it in the end...but I really like the idea of having a job. I would like to go out and work.

[Breschau]

Although my job is kinda the suck and involves working alongside lots of stupid people that mostly get paid more than me despite being barely able to tie their own shoelaces, I'm not going to complain about it just now.  Instead I shall marvel/gush at the fact that, due to the modern miracle of flexi-time, I have two days off this week over and above my annual leave allowance

[Niels]

I would really love it here if they would just STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT EVERYTHING.

[buttercup.]

Okay guys, I finally get to post here. YAyy.


I know it's only my first day, BUT IT WAS SO AWESOME. And I love my boss. I don't lovelove him, because he has a pretty wifey who is also my boss. And their daughter is soo frikken adorable.

I ENJOY bussing tables. I ENJOY smiling at people and having them not think I'm creepy cause it's my job to smile. My boss's dad kept commenting that I smile too much. YOU BET I DO.
I HAVE A JOB.

My tips were 20 bucks and I get paid next week. *dances*



and you know, the mullet guy whos 20 years older than me hitting on me wasn't TOO bad. I mean, I said we could be friends. :-D I'm a nice waitress lady.

family owned businesses rock.

[Indja]

^ You sound like a spectacular waitress xD In my new world order, you can take people's orders. And rule Japan, if you like. I smile at people a lot in my job - I'm glad I have a smiley job too xD

[The King of Carrot Flowers]

I need a job. Rull bad. 'Cos I want me a cello.

[Indja]

MY JOB IS FUCKING AWESOME! I love it I love it I love it. I was in there for two hours this afternoon, and there were charming old men and adorable babies and my colleagues are SO nice and we had midget gems and I LOVE IT.

[buttercup.]

Wow.
So we made bucks, and I can totally feel it. In my feet.
I almost cried ONCE and luckily my bosses are awesome and noticed when I was overwhelmed.
I learned on the spot SO frikken much.
I'm SO proud of myself.

I did a table of eight. By myself.

The band that played was good.

And though I'm really glad it's over and that I'm sitting, it was a good night.

My girl-boss hugged me. And told me she was so glad I was there. And that made me feel super super good.

[CeeGBee]

Wow.
So we made bucks, and I can totally feel it. In my feet.
I almost cried ONCE and luckily my bosses are awesome and noticed when I was overwhelmed.
I learned on the spot SO frikken much.
I'm SO proud of myself.

I did a table of eight. By myself.

The band that played was good.

And though I'm really glad it's over and that I'm sitting, it was a good night.

My girl-boss hugged me. And told me she was so glad I was there. And that made me feel super super good.

Oh yeah, Mali, before I forget:

If you're gonna be a waitress, you need to get yourself some mega-comfortable
shoes, cuz you're gonna spend long stretches on your feet.   

[buttercup.]

Wow.
So we made bucks, and I can totally feel it. In my feet.
I almost cried ONCE and luckily my bosses are awesome and noticed when I was overwhelmed.
I learned on the spot SO frikken much.
I'm SO proud of myself.

I did a table of eight. By myself.

The band that played was good.

And though I'm really glad it's over and that I'm sitting, it was a good night.

My girl-boss hugged me. And told me she was so glad I was there. And that made me feel super super good.

Oh yeah, Mali, before I forget:

If you're gonna be a waitress, you need to get yourself some mega-comfortable
shoes, cuz you're gonna spend long stretches on your feet.   

Oh I got mega comfy shoes, from Nativearth. They're awesome.
But my legs&feet hurt nonetheless because hey, they're feet.

My first day I got thirteen blisters because I didn't have proper foot wear and I was on my feet for 7 hours.

[CottonCandy]

I work in a department store. It's ok. For the time being.

I'm in a prickly situation now-slightly. After moaning all last autumn about not getting more responsibility/challenging duties, they put me to run the Christmas shop. I did well. They liked me doing it. So now they want me to go for supervisor position. I got a (small) raise, which no one really gets at the moment as it's "recession". My manager has "plans" for me.

What they don't know is that I'm going to university next autumn and obviously, will at least switch into part-time. I feel a bit mean. But I can't really live for them.

[Indja]

^ Aaah, that sucks The council are happy to keep me on their books as a relief staff member until I tell them I'm not any more, which means I can tootle off to university and then come back in the summer and tell them to give me work xD

[CottonCandy]

They will probably still keep me. I'm just a bit nervous of the discussion where I reveal this...

Also, I feel a little bit satisfied of the situation, as the manager who wants me to be a supervisor didn't like me that much before. I think it's mainly because now he's seen I'm useful, and if he developes my skills it will look good for him... So it's all strange office politics :LOL:

[tanqgirl]

currently i work at a healthy dog place in west hollywood. it's really cool and i love the people but i get SO BORED because i work in doggy daycare which is very fun (usually) and spend all of my 8 hour shift mainly with just dogs, which i dont mind but when they're all really well behaved and sleepy it gets boring cause there's no one to play with or anything, so i usually listen to music, draw, or play out of my logic book...my biggest issue is that i dont get payed nearly enough for all the extra shit i do and it pisses me off, hopefully at the least i'll be getting more hours next month so i can actually pay rent AND bills because right now it's not cutting it (but i actually blame that on my hubby's dumb ass bass player for that one)

i also just had a job interview at the denny's down the street, i should be hearing back this week if i get to do a tryout or not and i really hope i do because i REALLY need the money...if i do get it i'll be working the late night shifts which i'd like actually, but then i'll do that and go directly to my other job and then back to denny's again with only a couple hours in between to sleep, but not enough since i'd have to wake up early to catch the damn bus...

[CeeGBee]

They will probably still keep me. I'm just a bit nervous of the discussion where I reveal this...

Also, I feel a little bit satisfied of the situation, as the manager who wants me to be a supervisor didn't like me that much before. I think it's mainly because now he's seen I'm useful, and if he developes my skills it will look good for him... So it's all strange office politics :LOL:

When you tell them, start with "I've been thinking about this for a while..." and not "I decided a year ago..."

If they think you've known for a long time, but didn't bother to tell them, it's worse than if you were waiting
until you'd made a final decision about school. 

For that matter....  do British companies do employee tuition assistance?  Maybe they'll help you pay for school....

[CottonCandy]

They will probably still keep me. I'm just a bit nervous of the discussion where I reveal this...

Also, I feel a little bit satisfied of the situation, as the manager who wants me to be a supervisor didn't like me that much before. I think it's mainly because now he's seen I'm useful, and if he developes my skills it will look good for him... So it's all strange office politics :LOL:

When you tell them, start with "I've been thinking about this for a while..." and not "I decided a year ago..."

If they think you've known for a long time, but didn't bother to tell them, it's worse than if you were waiting
until you'd made a final decision about school. 

For that matter....  do British companies do employee tuition assistance?  Maybe they'll help you pay for school....

They wouldn't, no. Some might do, if it's related to the area directly and it would be an employee who is appreciated and been there for ages etc etc.

But I'm in retail, which is a bit crap, and this is why I want to study, and I'm going to study psychology, which is not really directly related. But I don't think they'll be very upset really.

[heartstringz]

The store manager at my job has always treated the guys really badly - tons of them are leaving/have left because of him.  He used to treat the girls a little better.  Not anymore.  One of the girls must have done something to piss him off and now he treats all of us like shit as well.  So yeh, I hate my job.

I'm trying to decide what to retrain in so that I don't spend my life stuck working casually in retail, but it's not easy.  I want to make sure whatever I study this time around actually has some employment prospects so I don't wind up in the same situation again. 

[The King of Carrot Flowers]

Picked up applications for the local co-op food store and Barnes & Noble.

[Cadosynn]

I hate when the hotel has events that go until 12. Then all the stupid financial paperwork stuff takes me until six to finish because the computer is super slow, and by the time I have it ready to take to the accountant it's already seven, and then I don't clock out until eight. I like having everything ready by five so that I can get it the accountant's office by seven so I can leave on time.
Gah. I love my job.

[MelKilledAFP]

I love my  work but I hate the organization I work for. there a government organization providing advocacy for people with disabilities and I feel I am very limited in my ability to help people.  it is an extremely beauracratic and frustrating place to work.   I didn't go to uni for four years to become a  beauracrat, I studied social work. That said I am going to be starting a research project soon which should be very exciting

[Breschau]

I'm starting to get really really tired of spending most of my time at work fixing all the fuckups made by other people, most of whom are paid more than me.

[Captain Oblivious]

Looks like I've got more hours for next week. Fuck yes.
I'm so glad the assistant manager does the rota and not the store manager, because she hates me for reasons unknown.

[heartstringz]

I love my  work but I hate the organization I work for. there a government organization providing advocacy for people with disabilities and I feel I am very limited in my ability to help people.  it is an extremely beauracratic and frustrating place to work.   I didn't go to uni for four years to become a  beauracrat, I studied social work. That said I am going to be starting a research project soon which should be very exciting

I know the feeling.  I also studied social work and on one of my university work placements I worked in a mental health ward that was so beaurecratic that I could hardly do anything without stepping on the toes of the psychs etc.

What country are you in?  I'm in Australia.  When did you graduate?  I graduated in Dec 2008 and have been looking for a social work job ever since.  I have basically given up on ever getting into the industry and I am currently deciding what to retrain in - hopefully something that actually has entry-level jobs.

Good luck with your research project!

[MelKilledAFP]

oh heartstringz I am a massive dork, I just PM'd you and I could have replied to all of this.. ANYHOW


I am from Adelaide, I graduated with a Bachelor of Social Work/Social Planning from Flinders University in 2006  and have been working at Disability SA since 2007.  My research is going to be fantastic I am looking at the relationships between creativity and mental health working with youth.   I wish you luck in your endeavours whatever they are.

[buttercup.]

So I work tonight and it's probably going to be busyashell.
I'm a little nervous.
I shouldn't be, because I survived busyashell a couple weeks ago & got tipped hella good.

[The King of Carrot Flowers]

Co-Op didn't hire me.

BUT I did see a bunch of potential workplaces in the paper, and it's been suggested I apply where Logan works.

[CaffeinatedCassadie]

I think I'll get a job this summer, or try to get one in mid May after all my orchestra stuff is done for the year. I think i'm going to drop all of my AP classes next year so I can work during the school year and not have to study for shit, and still have time to practice like there is a gun to my head. Just an idea, haha.
^I guess this is me bitching about my unemployment..

But, my mom does merchandising, basically she sets up displays of things (socks, underwear, cd's) depending on the company, and she's done a few Keurig coffee demos. With those, we get a TON of free coffee, and the machine and keep whatever is left over. Luckily, she hates doing those, so m sister and I alternate doing it, and get paid just to show people how it works and blab about it and give them free coffee. Fun. I think we're doing more in May, which is good because I need money.

[stallionbreaker]

A pair of my friends bought a farm upstate in January, and they want to run a 10 person csa and perhaps also do farmers markets with their veggie crops. They want a farmer to live up there full time as they're still going back and forth and keeping their jobs in the city. I'm totally interested in this. I went up there yesterday to get the grand tour and talk about what they're looking for. I'm going to think on it and talk it over with my people (because maybe there's something there that I'm not seeing). The answer feels like yes. It's quite the opportunity. The pay is tiny, but also included are an apartment and vegetables, and living space and food are my two top expenses as is.

The only thing is that getting out of the city is messy logistics. I'll need to find a subletter for my half of this apartment, and then there's the actual moving part...

[Captain Oblivious]

Today, I went up to the till to write something out and while I was there, I served a customer. When I got back on the floor, the boss and the girl I asked to cover the door for me were standing at the door, having a pretty intense conversation with the guy I'd just served. He left, and the manager shouted stuff after him and then reported him to the shopping centre's security. So they found him and brought him back to the shop, where he refused to be searched (he'd set the alarm off, hence the intense conversation). There were loads of security guards there, and then an off-duty policeman got involved. There was quite a lot of shouting and then the police were called and he still wouldn't co-operate. So the police searched the rucksack he had with him and found nothing. It was quite the event.

[FrailAndBedazzled]

I have to be awake at 5:45 tomorrow so I can be showered, dressed, be-muffined and out the door by 6:30 so I can get to the Con by 7:00. 
I am SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS.

[absynth aura]

I have work in less than an hour and I still need to shower....I hate my job.

Although the one thing I do like is that occasionally we get to see overweight old security guards trying to catch young fast thieves. It is often amusing.

[CeeGBee]

Today, I went up to the till to write something out and while I was there, I served a customer. When I got back on the floor, the boss and the girl I asked to cover the door for me were standing at the door, having a pretty intense conversation with the guy I'd just served. He left, and the manager shouted stuff after him and then reported him to the shopping centre's security. So they found him and brought him back to the shop, where he refused to be searched (he'd set the alarm off, hence the intense conversation). There were loads of security guards there, and then an off-duty policeman got involved. There was quite a lot of shouting and then the police were called and he still wouldn't co-operate. So the police searched the rucksack he had with him and found nothing. It was quite the event.

ummm.....

Someone didn't forget to remove the inventory-control
tags on his stuff she rang up, did she?

[Captain Oblivious]

Today, I went up to the till to write something out and while I was there, I served a customer. When I got back on the floor, the boss and the girl I asked to cover the door for me were standing at the door, having a pretty intense conversation with the guy I'd just served. He left, and the manager shouted stuff after him and then reported him to the shopping centre's security. So they found him and brought him back to the shop, where he refused to be searched (he'd set the alarm off, hence the intense conversation). There were loads of security guards there, and then an off-duty policeman got involved. There was quite a lot of shouting and then the police were called and he still wouldn't co-operate. So the police searched the rucksack he had with him and found nothing. It was quite the event.

ummm.....

Someone didn't forget to remove the inventory-control
tags on his stuff she rang up, did she?

I didn't even, they checked his bag and there were no tags on anything haha. Totally wasn't my fault this time!

[CeeGBee]

Today, I went up to the till to write something out and while I was there, I served a customer. When I got back on the floor, the boss and the girl I asked to cover the door for me were standing at the door, having a pretty intense conversation with the guy I'd just served. He left, and the manager shouted stuff after him and then reported him to the shopping centre's security. So they found him and brought him back to the shop, where he refused to be searched (he'd set the alarm off, hence the intense conversation). There were loads of security guards there, and then an off-duty policeman got involved. There was quite a lot of shouting and then the police were called and he still wouldn't co-operate. So the police searched the rucksack he had with him and found nothing. It was quite the event.

ummm.....

Someone didn't forget to remove the inventory-control
tags on his stuff she rang up, did she?

I didn't even, they checked his bag and there were no tags on anything haha. Totally wasn't my fault this time!

Hmph.....

Cellphones sometimes set the things off, especially if you receive a call just
as you're walking past the sensors.

[Pope Totalfrog]

Today, I went up to the till to write something out and while I was there, I served a customer. When I got back on the floor, the boss and the girl I asked to cover the door for me were standing at the door, having a pretty intense conversation with the guy I'd just served. He left, and the manager shouted stuff after him and then reported him to the shopping centre's security. So they found him and brought him back to the shop, where he refused to be searched (he'd set the alarm off, hence the intense conversation). There were loads of security guards there, and then an off-duty policeman got involved. There was quite a lot of shouting and then the police were called and he still wouldn't co-operate. So the police searched the rucksack he had with him and found nothing. It was quite the event.

ummm.....

Someone didn't forget to remove the inventory-control
tags on his stuff she rang up, did she?

I didn't even, they checked his bag and there were no tags on anything haha. Totally wasn't my fault this time!

Hmph.....

Cellphones sometimes set the things off, especially if you receive a call just
as you're walking past the sensors.

Putting one of the sensors in your sister's handbag sets them off too. Not that I would ever do such a thing.....

[CeeGBee]

Today, I went up to the till to write something out and while I was there, I served a customer. When I got back on the floor, the boss and the girl I asked to cover the door for me were standing at the door, having a pretty intense conversation with the guy I'd just served. He left, and the manager shouted stuff after him and then reported him to the shopping centre's security. So they found him and brought him back to the shop, where he refused to be searched (he'd set the alarm off, hence the intense conversation). There were loads of security guards there, and then an off-duty policeman got involved. There was quite a lot of shouting and then the police were called and he still wouldn't co-operate. So the police searched the rucksack he had with him and found nothing. It was quite the event.

ummm.....

Someone didn't forget to remove the inventory-control
tags on his stuff she rang up, did she?

I didn't even, they checked his bag and there were no tags on anything haha. Totally wasn't my fault this time!

Hmph.....

Cellphones sometimes set the things off, especially if you receive a call just
as you're walking past the sensors.

Putting one of the sensors in your sister's handbag sets them off too. Not that I would ever do such a thing.....

So I went to our new baseball team's home-opener last night, and they had fireworks, and the parking lot
was littered with the paper casings of the shells that had burst overhead....  You know, the casings totally
saturated with black-powder residue....

...and my sister was flying out this evening from the airport...  You know, the one with the explosive-sniffing
sensors at every gate....

I didn't, but I really thought about it.... 

[Cadosynn]

I decided not to go back to work at the hotel, and instead I get paid $150 a day to babysit two kids for five hours. I get more in a month than I got from the hotel, and it's a lot more fun. Yay!

[skald]

I recently lost The Coolest Job ever (caps totally necessary) and I'm basically back at square one. I actually hate being employed and that was the only job I've ever liked. I don't know if I can go back to working at pizza places! Someday I'd love to find a way to make a living without being EMPLOYED exactly. Or I could become a librarian.

[Captain Oblivious]

What was the job? sorry you lost it though

My boss keeps asking me if I want to book holidays and I keep having to give her ambiguous answers like "I haven't booked any yet" which is true, but I am planning on being in France for the entire summer. I think the assistant manager has an idea, but I don't think she'll say anything to the boss boss.

[skald]

i worked in a combination head shop/clothes store and part time as a counter girl at the connected tattoo/piercing shop.
it was amazing. i got to have green hair, free piercing, i could listen to whatever music i wanted and i acutally KNEW things about the products. most other jobs i've had, i felt a bit like it was halloween all the time, because i had to completely adjust my appearance and personality. alas, awesome jobs cannot last forever!

[CeeGBee]

i worked in a combination head shop/clothes store and part time as a counter girl at the connected tattoo/piercing shop.
it was amazing. i got to have green hair, free piercing, i could listen to whatever music i wanted and i acutally KNEW things about the products. most other jobs i've had, i felt a bit like it was halloween all the time, because i had to completely adjust my appearance and personality. alas, awesome jobs cannot last forever!

Maybe you could find a Jedi Master tattooist willing to take on a padawan inker?

[tanqgirl]

i enjoy the job i have right now, it's not my dream job but i can definitely see me staying here until i do get my dream job/s

my hubby is now planning on possibly going to art school so he can become a tattooist which is totally exciting

i have to admit i would love to be a tattooist too and i used to be really good at art back in the day but then i had an evil teacher who told me everything i did was shit just because she didnt agree with how i did stuff so i stopped doing it cause she pissed me off and now i'm pretty good still but not as good as i would have been if i had kept going which makes me sad so unless i can get myself back into it when he becomes a tattooist i'm gonna be his piercer cause i'm good with that

[buttercup.]

Michael Moore is on speakerphone tonight. 
I love my job.

[mixddzook]

my work experience is done =[
and i gots no moneys
coz it was for the experience ¬.¬
i needa get a real job..
anyone have any ideas for a 15 yr old to get a job?
dare say Paper Round and ill hit you...

[Savannah]

Oh why haven't i explored this thread before!

I'm so tired of the all the crap about my work. My phone never stops, and i'm always getting emails.

I haven't taken my annual leave for the last 2 years. So this year, i decided to take 20 days off, i'll turn off my phone and read lots of books.

[slyvia k]

Oh why haven't i explored this thread before!

I'm so tired of the all the crap about my work. My phone never stops, and i'm always getting emails.

I haven't taken my annual leave for the last 2 years. So this year, i decided to take 20 days off, i'll turn off my phone and read lots of books.

yay good for you darling! 

[bambiraptor]

i'm a waiter/kp/cover chef/general dogsbody at a café in a posh department store in my town.
i've been there for about a year and a half and i'd never had a job before this. it's pretty rad.
i also occasionally get sent to another café to manage it when the person who normally runs it is on holiday, which is annoying because it's in edinburgh but it'll look pretty rad on my cv i guess.
i've done a few nvqs whatever they are, i'm currently doing one that's actually a hnc and it's all free and done through work and based on observations so i'm basically getting qualifications for being fucking awesome at my job.

howevs, the pay is crap and i regularly struggle to eat for large portions of the month.
also, there used to be this really tight-knit, close bond between all of us who work there but that's been disappearing recently because people are moving on and we're expanding so we're hiring new people and idk i'm thinking it might be time to look towards jumping ship.

[Captain Oblivious]

I work in a club and I like it for the most part, but I had a lot of back trouble a few weeks ago so I asked if I could be put on something that didn't require heavy lifting. They said no

[spider jerusalem]

I work in a club and I like it for the most part, but I had a lot of back trouble a few weeks ago so I asked if I could be put on something that didn't require heavy lifting. They said no

 

[Savannah]

I work in a club and I like it for the most part, but I had a lot of back trouble a few weeks ago so I asked if I could be put on something that didn't require heavy lifting. They said no

 

  Sometimes i think anyone who becomes a boss or general manager no longer can emphatize with the people.

[The Angel Raliel]

what is wrong with modern youth? the Library has been FULL of teenagers STUDYING over the Easter break.....

[Captain Oblivious]

I went into work today cos the rota that was posted online clearly stated that I was to work tonight, tomorrow night and Saturday night. On going into work, I discover that on the rota posted in the staff room, I am only down for Saturday night. Which is such utter bullshit. I spoke to my boss and he was all "You read it wrong". I'm not a fucking idiot, but I thought maybe he's right so I went and checked again and no. I was right.

So anyway, this week I have one shift which is definitely not enough to pay rent and bills and other such expenses. I am good at my job, I have no idea why they're giving me one fucking shift a week. Not long ago, they said they were cutting back on hours but they are STILL hiring, which makes no fucking sense whatsoever. I am angry, this is such complete bullshit.

[buttercup.]

I just started back up at the shop, and while I'm sure proud of a couple I roped in and also my typing skillz- I am also super brain dead from racist & homophobic comments from my co-worker. I just smile and nod...only to shudder once I arrive home.

The money isn't very good- but I'm mostly doing this for a woman who I think is pretty rad. She gives me money for making her happy and life easier for her, or at least somewhat, so whatevs.

[Astica]

I am also super brain dead from racist & homophobic comments from my co-worker. I just smile and nod...only to shudder once I arrive home.

Have you tried telling the co-worker not to do it, or do they do it anyway? Either way, I recommend glaring at them when they say bad stuff, just remember to turn your glare face off when addressing the customers

[bambiraptor]

i went in earlier to get my asthma pump out of the locker room and my boss cornered me and asked me to work the following shifts this week instead of what i was on the rota for originally

tomorrow: 8-5:30
wednesday: 8-5:30
thursday: 8:30-7:30
friday: off
saturday: 9-5:30

normally i wouldn't mind but a) fuck off with that eleven hour shift and b) I AM A FUCKING WHEEZING, SPLUTTERING, PHLEGMY MESS OF DEATH AND I AM VERY LIKELY TO DIE AT WORK BECAUSE I CAN'T FUCKING BREATHE

i have no energy and i just want to not go in

[absynth aura]

So they finally hired a manager for my store which means
a) I can finally leave that hold of a "town"
b) Well, a is all that matters.
But they hired externally, and the 5 day course was obviously not enough, so I'm having to train her up even more.
I don't get paid enough for this shit.

[Astica]

the 5 day course was obviously not enough

Why not?

[absynth aura]

the 5 day course was obviously not enough

Why not?

Because she still doesn't know how to do half of the things they teach on the course.
It's not just her fault, she was telling me they only skimmed parts of the course because there was 8 in their group.
But it's still ridiculous that with 2 trainers in the city, countless stores, 8 people, and 5 days, they didn't think to split the group to make it more practical.

[buttercup.]

I am also super brain dead from racist & homophobic comments from my co-worker. I just smile and nod...only to shudder once I arrive home.

Have you tried telling the co-worker not to do it, or do they do it anyway? Either way, I recommend glaring at them when they say bad stuff, just remember to turn your glare face off when addressing the customers

I wish I could, but this is a small town and a job that's hard to navigate politically anyway because everyone is interconnected.

It also turns out he works in the court system, so I'll be seeing him again in my volunteer duties, and I want him to at least not hate me.

Suck up time! Woo!

[Captain Oblivious]

I'm bumping another thread.

It appears that people at work have singled me out for ridicule or something. They make fun of my name in a way that seems like they're just having a bit of a laugh. I don't know if I'm just being paranoid but they're really going out of their way to do it. Today, one of them posted a picture on my wall of one of the words they usually call me. Just to piss me off. They do it constantly and I try not to care but it's really grating. Perhaps I'm being petty but it's really just the lack of respect that annoys me. Also, I'm not sure but not long ago they invited me out and got really weird when I said yes. They told me they'd meet me at a club, so I got all dressed up and that, and then they were still weird about it. I was almost certain they weren't going to show up and just laugh at the fact that I was waiting for them on my own. Part of this might be paranoia from past events, but it just stinks of high school.

EDIT: I kind of want to report the girl who posted the picture cos she is quite clearly the instigator but the problem is, she's a supervisor. So if she were to find out, it would be quite easy for her to make my life hell.

[CeeGBee]

cocktail pick + eyeball = problem fixed

[Captain Oblivious]

cocktail pick + eyeball = problem fixed

"...oops"

[Indja]

I say report her, Sheeny. If you make it clear to the people above her that you're worried about her taking it out on you and that you need support, they should be able to make it clear to her that this behaviour is unacceptable. Also, I'm a fan of the cocktail stick/eyeball combo

[Captain Oblivious]

I say report her, Sheeny. If you make it clear to the people above her that you're worried about her taking it out on you and that you need support, they should be able to make it clear to her that this behaviour is unacceptable. Also, I'm a fan of the cocktail stick/eyeball combo

I don't know if I can prove it though, cos it is mostly just sneaky stuff and they're "having a laugh"

[Reptile]

The worst bit of my work/course is the 'personal development' crap. We have to do an outreach thing so ran a stall at Cheltenham Science Festival which was super fun but now I have to write wishy washy reports on what I learned from the experience. I hate writing things that include words like communication skills and teamwork. I get that the outreach itself is important, but writing about it seems like jumping through needless hoops. A few months ago I had a 3 hour session on 'creative thinking'

[Miranda.]

reconciling is the crappiest crap ever. ok, reconciling is nice as long as the #s line up. being .31 off is the crappiest crap ever! smash it with a hammer!

[slyvia k]

let's just say people who work at m t v (especially the english and american ones) are total disrespectful, ignorant and pompous pricks.
grrrr really glad my job is only until december. it's impossible to work like this!

[sangrebloom]

I need more work...or more money, a better job or I dunno..I'm feeling gutted about what to do next.

[Miranda.]

I will be spending the better part of the next 2 days printing and assembling blue prints. It is probably the single most task that I am required to perform at work.

[Reptile]

Surprise meeting with my industrial sponsors in 2 days! I have to finish a bunch of work and prepare a presentation. Stressing out right now.

[Captain Oblivious]

Surprise meeting with my industrial sponsors in 2 days! I have to finish a bunch of work and prepare a presentation. Stressing out right now.

It's not much of a surprise if you get 2 days notice...
I'm sure you'll get everything done in time and everything will be wonderful. They'll commend you for your work and recommend you for something awesome.

[SeeAnne]

My boss is pretty homophobic towards me. He's made some comments that made me twinge, and when I replied to him he told me to shut up and then went on to say that the other gay co-worker never complains when they make gay jokes around them.

Yesterday, a co-worker and I were discussing the quirks of ASL and how the sign for 'funny' is similar to the sign for the n-word. My boss thought it was interesting. When a Black family left I said good-bye to them like I do to all the customers, and my manager used the sign for the n-word towards them. Not cool.

He hasn't said anything like, 'that's so gay', around me. If he does, I'll probably blow up in his face.

He's not even the greatest manager in the world. What manager sleeps on the job? Spends their time checking Facebook, eBay, Google Maps, and playing video games on their phones, while working? That's what mine does. Fuck, it's so annoying. And he gets bitchy when I'm 5 minutes late.

[Indja]

^That guy is a cunt. Is there anyone above him you can report him to?

[Blue Canary]

^That guy is a cunt. Is there anyone above him you can report him to?

WOW I hope there is.

[Reptile]

Surprise meeting with my industrial sponsors in 2 days! I have to finish a bunch of work and prepare a presentation. Stressing out right now.

It's not much of a surprise if you get 2 days notice...
I'm sure you'll get everything done in time and everything will be wonderful. They'll commend you for your work and recommend you for something awesome.

Thanks for the support It's a surprise given the amount of work I have to do for it, I was expecting it to be another 2 weeks away at least. These meetings always stress me out because I'm just a PhD student and I'm not entirely used to things like dressing smartly and giving presentations to people. I also get a bit scared because my industrial supervisors are an engineering company full of manly men and I'm a somewhat nervous physicist trying to be an engineer. I'd quite like them to offer me a job when I graduate. 

[Captain Oblivious]

Surprise meeting with my industrial sponsors in 2 days! I have to finish a bunch of work and prepare a presentation. Stressing out right now.

It's not much of a surprise if you get 2 days notice...
I'm sure you'll get everything done in time and everything will be wonderful. They'll commend you for your work and recommend you for something awesome.

Thanks for the support It's a surprise given the amount of work I have to do for it, I was expecting it to be another 2 weeks away at least. These meetings always stress me out because I'm just a PhD student and I'm not entirely used to things like dressing smartly and giving presentations to people. I also get a bit scared because my industrial supervisors are an engineering company full of manly men and I'm a somewhat nervous physicist trying to be an engineer. I'd quite like them to offer me a job when I graduate. 

Well getting them to sponsor a PhD is pretty impressive! I don't imagine they'd like to see that money "wasted" on another company.

[SeeAnne]

^That guy is a cunt. Is there anyone above him you can report him to?

WOW I hope there is.

Yes! What's even more awesome is one of the head people is gay!

Side note: I met one of the head people from my store's head office and he was this super sexy bear and super flirty with me. He gave me his business card and then squeezed my arm but not before he said, "We'll keep in touch." *wink*. I should totally report my manager to him!

[Indja]

^That guy is a cunt. Is there anyone above him you can report him to?

WOW I hope there is.

Yes! What's even more awesome is one of the head people is gay!

Side note: I met one of the head people from my store's head office and he was this super sexy bear and super flirty with me. He gave me his business card and then squeezed my arm but not before he said, "We'll keep in touch." *wink*. I should totally report my manager to him!

Sally forth, report the fucker, and then have celebratory bear sex! If I was a gay man, I would fuck bears.

[CeeGBee]

Today at the stuffy-ish history museum, visitors from.....
Virginia (duh)
North AND South Carolina, Georgia (southern USA, not southern Europe), Florida, Maryland,
Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Texas, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Utah, Wyoming (no, really, there ARE people in Wyoming), Washington (state), California,
British Columbia (that's Canada if ya don't know), the Czech Republic, England, Australia,
and France... (That's the ones that I remember seeing.)

Also, two fairly large men in drag (not super-dressy, just casual clothes.. and VERY red nails.)

[SeeAnne]

^That guy is a cunt. Is there anyone above him you can report him to?

WOW I hope there is.

Yes! What's even more awesome is one of the head people is gay!

Side note: I met one of the head people from my store's head office and he was this super sexy bear and super flirty with me. He gave me his business card and then squeezed my arm but not before he said, "We'll keep in touch." *wink*. I should totally report my manager to him!

Sally forth, report the fucker, and then have celebratory bear sex! If I was a gay man, I would fuck bears.

Me too!

[Miranda.]

Also, two fairly large men in drag (not super-dressy, just casual clothes.. and VERY red nails.)

At the diner I worked at in hs we had a guy who came in either in fatigues or in drag. Every now and then he would be in fatigues but his nails would still be bright red. He always seemed like the most interesting person.

[SeeAnne]

^That guy is a cunt. Is there anyone above him you can report him to?

WOW I hope there is.

Yes! What's even more awesome is one of the head people is gay!

Side note: I met one of the head people from my store's head office and he was this super sexy bear and super flirty with me. He gave me his business card and then squeezed my arm but not before he said, "We'll keep in touch." *wink*. I should totally report my manager to him!

Sally forth, report the fucker, and then have celebratory bear sex! If I was a gay man, I would fuck bears.

Me too!

Okay, update!

I haven't reported and now I kinda feel bad for the guy. It goes like this. We have competition and our competition is making 2 grand more than us a night despite that their service is way shittier than ours, and have less products, and we have better ice cream flavours, etc.. AND THEY HAVE A YELLOW CARD on their food and safety pass, which is basically a conditional pass which means they meet the requirements but they're not above and beyond and there's always a small chance of food and utensils being contaminated. But people still eat there because celebrity's eat there.

Anyway, I digress. My manager that I'm complaining about is only 2 or 3 years older than me. So he's fairly young. It was his idea to open the store in the location we're in right now*, even though his parents told him not to, and they fought a lot over it. And because we're making way less money than our competition we're losing more money than we're making and therefore people are slowly getting their hours cut off and my other manager told me to start looking for another job because the future of our store doesn't look too bright. So if I complained about my manager (the one that opened the store) he'd get in shit, AND on top of our store losing so much money it would just be a big fuck-you to everyone else if my complaint affect everyone else's job. Does this make any kind of sense?

But with that all in mind it still makes me wonder why he does fuck all if he knows the store is losing so much money.

*The store is located in a really comfortable neighbourhood. Rich people come into my store wearing Rolex watches, parking their BMWs and Mercedes Benz outside, with their kids who all have $900 iPhones and BlackBerry's, and all have really fake tans and platinum blonde hair. And 88% they're really snobby, too.


PS. Does this thread appear to the general public who aren't signed in? I mean you can Google The Box but only if you use correct keywords. Just really curious. I don't want him ever to read this, if he ever does. I know I've complained in the past and I've never been reprimanded for them, but just in case. Thanks!

[Miranda.]

Hullo! I know there are 2 weeks until Christmas & really only 8 work days until Christmas buuuuttt I really want this sheetrock patched and these walls painted before then. We are having guests and want the house to like nice so we started this home improvement project 3 weeks before they arrive. I'm sure you don't have anything else going on right? Also, can you do that for next to nothing? 'Tis the season and all that.





HOLY SHIT YOU GUYS ONLY * MORE DAYS OF WORK TIL CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Captain Oblivious]

My boss gave me only one shift this week cos I was unable to work one day this week. We're open three days a week and I could work two and everyone knows I'm one of the best employees but apparently they didn't think it was ok for me to regard education above working in a failing club.

[Savannah]

Currently translating a 8 pages agreement. It's sooo boring 
I'm not surprised people tend to sign such agreements without even reading them.

I hate taking work home but lately i have to do it almost everyday.

[SeeAnne]

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