Planet-man
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Thank you for commenting.
That Thread About Work: "Custom kitchen deliveries...!"
ourchair
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I'd hate to have his job.
It sounds like a complete waste of time on a completely unfulfilling role.
Planet-man
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It is. It's pretty much the "basic office job" we always used to joke about.
BUT HE GETS TO SIT DOWN AND DO CROSSWORD PUZZLES WHEN THEY HAVE NOTHING FOR HIM TO DO.
When I have nothing to do I have to circle a 20-foot area again and again, sometimes for several hours, ceaselessly.
I'd rather sit in a chair and think all day, no question.
Zombipanda
My Boom-Boom's mostly gay
If by "lived with you" you mean "kept me addicted to heroin and made me work as a naked maid for horny men while you pocketed the money", then, yes.
But, yeah. I totally forgot that. Bad times. Baaaad tiiiiimes.
Friday
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Whats stopping you from thinking in your 20-foot area? I barely left a 5 foot space today at work and my mind didn't stop running. And it wasn't thinking about cigarettes on gas. Bring a memo pad and a pen, write down thoughts and ideas. Just because you job sucks doesn't mean you automatically do while there.
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Zombipanda
My Boom-Boom's mostly gay
That's what I liked about delivering pizzas. The whole job was basically driving around while listening to music, thinking, and smoking.
Ultimate Houde
UC's Resident Genetic Recombinator
Exactly.
I thought of Blairwood at my stupid job.
I do almost all of my writing at my current stupid job.
J. Agamemnon
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Yeah but it's not like the guy is in his 40's. He's what, at least, 20? Around that age? He's got some growing time and it's the perfect job for someone out of high school and doesn't really want to work too hard after school's over. I was the same way and now I'm working for the county watching criminals. some of you may think it's wierd but it sounds cool to me and it comes with great benefits.
Planet-man
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I have to pay attention constantly because if I don't make eye-contact and smile at every person who comes within a few yards of me, even if they're in deep conversation where it would clearly be annoying, I get spoken with. If the boss sees me not ask somebody if they need help, I get spoken with, even though the answer is usually "so-and-so JUST asked them". A memo pad is out of the question because I'm always under surveillence. I can still think, but it's impossible to get really into an idea or daydream, let alone develop and remember something, the way I could if sitting down and not being bothered.
J. Agamemnon
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Customer appreciation is a *****, especially with a boss whose a bastard about it. I worked at a sports & outdoor place and you described the same situation that went on there. There could literally be 5 employees around one "guest" (that's how we had to refer to the customers) and if we didn't all ask/harass the guest, we'd get a warning or written up if it was a recurring incident.
ourchair
Well-Known Member
Fair enough.
Though I think looking for a job that is fulfiling and has growth potential should start sooner than later. I'm not dissing, just saying he shouldn't get TOO resigned to those kinds of jobs as it is often all too easy to start off from there and continue to take other unrewarding albeit comfortable jobs to the point that it becomes damaging.
Joe Kalicki
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I enjoy my unrewarding albeit comfortable job.
J. Agamemnon
Well-Known Member
trust me, been there done that. My friends don't call me King of The Jobs for nothing.
Zombipanda
My Boom-Boom's mostly gay
Same here. I have a long reputation of getting comfortable jobs, getting bored, coming in drunk/not coming at all/getting in stupid fights with management, finding a new boring but comfortable job.
J. Agamemnon
Well-Known Member
yeah. oh yeah. I can relate to that.
Zombipanda
My Boom-Boom's mostly gay
J. Agamemnon
Well-Known Member
And once I got into a fist fight with a customer.
You win. what happened?
Zombipanda
My Boom-Boom's mostly gay
Doing delivery for a sandwich shop, and this one meathead was pissed off that it took 40 minutes to get his sandwich (FORTY ****ING MINUTES), so right out of the gates, he was yelling and trying to provoke me, and getting all in my face. I tried to keep my cool. "Get out of my face or you don't get your food". You know how it goes. And then he pushed me, so I cracked him in the face. And then I quickly backed out of Dodge. Because he was a big guy, and I'm scrappy but decidedly not so big.
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J. Agamemnon
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If I was you're boss, I would have told you to "cool down" in the crisper. But that sounds awesome.
Zombipanda
My Boom-Boom's mostly gay
I'd had problems with my managers in the past.
I drove around for a good half hour to cool the **** down, and meanwhile, my job was calling me non-stop trying to figure out where I was, because I was the only driver they had. When I got back, I was cool as a cucumber.
My argument was "He got his sandwich didn't he?".I got the mother****er mean, though, right in the nose. I mean, the fact that I managed to get back to my car and drive off accounts for something.
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