The office: Chatter about your job

Three little words that can be used to get a complaining customer off your back "orders from corporate".

Fight smart, not fair.

I applied for a job at a local editing firm today. It went up on my school's job board on Thursday, so I hope they're still taking applicants. I sat on it for a few days because I was nervous and lazy.

I've decided that unless I get a career opportunity, I want to stay at this store until October and then look for a better unskilled position, like at Barnes and Noble. I chose October so I can say I've stayed somewhere for a full year.

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If your going form one unskilled position to another, Para, don't quit your job until you've got the other.

Doodles

I said I was going to start looking, not quit. I know I shouldn't leave until I've got somewhere to go.

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I resigned my job today. Well, technically I'm resigning it after I take like a month's leave. It's no good working in a location you hate. Even if your job is pretty good.

Oh well, I'm off to do more study while I'm not too old for it. I'm actually really looking forward to it.

Sounds like a plan... Hey... wait a sec: you're never too old to study! What gives?

Oh yeah, that's the kind of thing I really shouldn't be saying in this forum. Hope I didn't offend anyone.

You are never too old to study, true.

But doesn't the stuff surrounding study get harder? Like, part time jobs don't want someone they have to pay the adult rate, you get sick of being a poor student easier, it's harder to rely on your parents etc.

Well, mostly it just seems like an opportune time to me. I probably should have saved more money though.

edited 15th Jun '12 3:16:20 PM by UltimatelySubjective

Tomorrow begins in earnest my quest to have a bitchin' cubicle. On friday I took measurements of each panel, Saturday I went to Joann's and Hobby Lobby to pick out fabric, and today I finished hemming my cube's new fabric wallpaper. I've got a teal and brown paisley brocade for the two inner panels and a brown with small-ish teal pokadots for the outer panels.

Also, because my cube plant Clemence is in a matte red flower pot I bought some matte red spray paint and tomorrow I'll bring home some of my office stuff (like the metal mesh phone stand) and go to town.

All the office ladies gonna be jelly.

i. hear. a. sound.

So many fat people needing turning.

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Ah: the wonderful world of the care "industry"...

Well despite my bicthing I do greatly appreciate making a difference in peoples life.it's very rewarding on a personal level.

Still I wish that some could drop a few pounds, I going to pull my back out at this rate. >_>

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Work's leveled out and going well, now we're just trying to find a few more people to round out the crew. This has not been as easy as it should be.

We're going through a local temp agency; so far we've found one pretty good guy (who managed to hurt himself and is currently out with stitches) and a bunch of terrible ones. we've told four to hit the road due to them being constantly late, five more for just not...well, working, and one guy had to go because he showed up doped on sleeping pills.

Jeez, people; this kind of shit's for when the economy's good and there's jobs around every corner. When a job which pays a living wage opens up, you bring your A-game.

If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~

Apparently, that's too much like common sense, Drunkie Boy. Well, it could be worse. At least the guy wasn't on speed.

edited 19th Jun '12 5:34:16 PM by Euodiachloris

Trying to look for a full-time outside-the-house job, hampered by writing cover letters and sending resumes requiring more energy than I feel like devoting to interacting with humans I don't live with.

On the other hand, not hanging around here all day is really helping me stay ahead of myself on my blogging gig; I've finished this week already.

edited 19th Jun '12 7:48:33 PM by HersheleOstropoler

The child is father to the man —Oedipus

Got some drama brewing at work.

We have a recent hire on registers and carts who apparently got the job entirely to spite an ex who works here, because when she broke up with him she cited that he had no idea what it was like to work for a living. What sucks right now but will be hilarious later is that he's totally incompetent and will likely be fired soon.

Meanwhile, there's another guy working here who used to date a different girl that works here, who is really creepily stalking her. We don't have much evidence that he does any work, just comes in and hangs around while she's here. He recently had a phone conversation with her where he accused her of lying about going to school because "every time I drive by your house your car is there" and he doesn't know she has another car for school.

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Sounds like quite the charmer... That needs nipping, somehow, before it gets worse, though. If he keeps getting away with it without being challenged from outside (her opinion won't count — nor her family's), he'll escalate. I'm not sure how it can be nipped, though, as I don't know the personalities or circumstances involved. Sacking would only give him more time to fixate, but he needs a different focus away from her, regardless. And, somebody who he looks up to telling him he's not acting right... with commonsensical reasons that appeal to his ego-centrist viewpoint (at first) would be an idea. Um: that's the best I've got. Sorry.

Ah: and, it shouldn't ever come across like any action is actually being taken on her behalf. If he's fixated enough, he'll interpret that as "the bitch set them on me" and give extra fuel to his fire. He does need the help, though.

edited 24th Jun '12 1:09:50 AM by Euodiachloris

First draft of letter of application completed and third draft of resume/CV done. Thing is, I WANT this job. I have been working part time in the advising center for three years and I'm good at it. The problem is that I have to get past the initial screening in order for the people who work with me to see my app. The people that work with me are helping me, but I've been in this position before and things don't always work out.

Inadvertently applied to a job based in DC (not that one). I'm in New York.

I suppose if they want me enough to let me telecommute, that will happen, and if not, I'm no worse off than now. I can go to Washington once or twice a month if need be.

edited 7th Jul '12 11:01:35 AM by HersheleOstropoler

The child is father to the man —Oedipus

I had a parent today who said the following to his son: "College is different from high school, they aren't going to be taking attendance or calling home or anything like that. It is all up to you and you have to take responsibility."

And then to me he said: "He'll take the Tuesday and Thursday Math, the Friday Computer class and the Monday Wednesday English."

I'm thinking the kid is going to get out from daddy's thumb the sooner the better. What an ass.

<headdesk>

...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.

Isn't the response to that "when did your son exercise his responsibility in telling you this?"

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The police are coming in today to interview me and another guy who was on for the Tornado crash. Fatal Accident Inquiry and all that. Fun.

'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'

yeesh. Sounds "fun".

Anyhow, got to watch my boss do something stupid today...he spent half the morning laying out a bunch of rafters for a really difficult gang-cutting operation. The rafters were made of top-grade red cedar, very expensive. So, he cut the bird's mouth *

and was halfway through drilling the bolt holes when he realized he'd set the whole thing up backwards and all those rafters were now completely ruined.

His comment? "What can I say...when I fuck up, I fuck up big."

If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. That sucks. But better the boss make that kind of mistake than one of the underlings. Bosses are reluctant to fire themselves, I've noticed.

...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.

Better that the boss admits that mistake rather than blaming one of the underlings, too.

As mentioned elsewhere, tomorrow's my last day at my current job (desk job in the military - mandatory conscription), and I'm heading back to the wards next week. I am incredibly rusty after one and a half years of downtime, and study can only help so much without the chance for practical application. Hope nobody dies (so soon).

edited 18th Jul '12 10:12:34 PM by Pyrite

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