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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #1360 on: December 20, 2010, 07:59:58 PM »

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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #1361 on: December 21, 2010, 09:04:20 AM »

At this point it seems positions I apply for don't even bother responding now.  Running out of places to try locally.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #1362 on: December 21, 2010, 12:07:30 PM »

Can you cook? Do you look good in a skirt?
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #1363 on: December 21, 2010, 02:37:56 PM »

I can and I do  :gay4:
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #1364 on: December 21, 2010, 05:14:09 PM »

I was aiming for MadMax there, but if you want to move and cook/wait on tables...

Those are her rules for new hires. They either have to cook or look good in a skirt.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #1365 on: December 21, 2010, 07:27:43 PM »

How short are we talking here?

I'll give you two inches above the knee. Past that, it's gonna cost you.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #1366 on: December 21, 2010, 09:44:59 PM »

How m

I mean, ha!
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #1367 on: December 21, 2010, 10:25:10 PM »

Doesn't matter!
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #1368 on: December 23, 2010, 05:19:42 PM »

Nothing says classy like getting laid off three days before Christmas.

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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #1369 on: December 23, 2010, 05:53:55 PM »

Wow, that's just unbelievable. That is just. I don't even know what to say.

Jesus fucking christ, dude. Who the hell do you work for, Scrooge?
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #1370 on: December 23, 2010, 09:28:39 PM »

First Thad, now this. Jesus Goddamn. Yeah, what company do you work for - so I can avoid buying anything from them should the opportunity ever come up.

In other job-related news, I might luck into a decent new job (almost my old rate of pay) as a fraud investigator, really close to where I live. Just gotta play my cards right. The only downside is it'll be going back to the telecom sector, but that's not exactly the end of the world.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #1371 on: December 24, 2010, 06:23:21 AM »

I thought Spaco worked for the Census Bureau.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #1372 on: December 24, 2010, 07:11:29 AM »

Well, I did work for the Census earlier this year, but that of course was only a temporary job. Earlier in May or so I got a research assistantship position at a tiny think tank that does economic policy research and it was really cool. I was planning on staying there for at least two years, but oh well. I at least got some decent experience in nonprofit and got some co-authorship positions on a few published reports, so I now have something to start a CV with. I've got a ton of contacts here now, so I should be able to find something a lot easier than when I moved here and didn't know anyone. I still work part-time at a climbing gym, so I'll pick up some more hours there in the interim to pay rent and stuff.

I'm telling people the upside to the timing of the whole thing is that drinking a lot during the holidays is encouraged.  :attn:
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #1373 on: December 24, 2010, 12:34:53 PM »

It's the start of a new year; it's new budget time.  Big time for layoffs but also for hiring.

Doesn't make me any goddamn happier about it, of course.

Or my boss.  He called in sick the day after he told us.  I imagine that after having to tell two guys they were laid off right before Christmas, he went home and got wasted.

Sucks all around.  Condolences, Spaco.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #1374 on: December 27, 2010, 09:02:56 AM »

I worked for six hours and forty-four minutes this week.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #1375 on: December 27, 2010, 09:07:37 AM »

I had the bright idea of coming in early this morning to rack up an extra hour or so for my last paycheck.

Nobody else had the bright idea of coming in early, so I had to wait half an hour for anyone to show up and let me in.

It's all good, though; I went for a walk and read a Conan comic.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #1376 on: December 29, 2010, 10:14:33 AM »

I went to another interview with a low chance of success (contract proposal writer for some postal firm). The woman interviewing me struck me as an odd cross between a bundle of dried sticks that've been buried under the snow and a ghoul with impeccably coiffed hair (that hair will never move, I assure you that).

Anyway, during the interview, the usual meaningless question of "what would your ideal job be?" came up and I gabbled the usual nonsense of a man with no idea of he really would like to do. Only later, after leaving, for the third time in my life I actually realized what I'd really be genuinely good at.

The realization that he would probably make a very good priest only can only leave a totally non-religious man with a sense of profound depression and utter uselessness.

I guess it's not the first time that's happened though.

Twice before, the answer to the "What would you really like to do?" question has come to me, and each time it was a similar wash. When I was much younger, I thought I would have liked to become a cop. One of those cops posted to a small town way way way to the north, where there are only two or four (or even one) cops for the whole town or region. But the police service is no place for a short, nerdly fellow, who rarely commands respect on sight. The second time it happened, I realized skills and temperament were perfect for a an explorer's job. Sadly, while this was an important occupation for most of the last several thousand years, there haven't exactly been many openings since December 14th 1911.

Oh well, I'm not dead yet. There's still time for my brain to present me with a useful idea at some point instead of taunting me. In the meantime I will chase the bad office jobs that pay better than my other non-options and wallow in my continued stupidity.

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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #1377 on: December 29, 2010, 11:21:42 AM »

The realization that he would probably make a very good priest only can only leave a totally non-religious man with a sense of profound depression and utter uselessness.

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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #1378 on: December 29, 2010, 11:32:47 AM »

Not believing in god is no impediment to making money hand over fist in his name.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #1379 on: December 29, 2010, 11:46:51 AM »

I came to the realisation not long ago, that my ideal job right now... is a waiter. I get to work with people and food, and my charm (what passes as it) and my lame jokes means I get good tips. And don't get me started know the weird stories I get.
I just lucked out and got such a job. And am good enough at it I constantly get told I'm the perfect waiter. Unfortunately, I am under no illusion that I can do it for too much longer and will have to grow up sooner or later.


Any, mongrel, I know its not a  career really but I think you could sell some custom terrain for some supplemental income. I've seen quite a bit and the detail you get is fantastic. Might be able to auction off your talent.
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