Topic: Your Job: The Movie (Read 178236 times)

Brentai · « **Reply #1880 on:** November 09, 2011, 11:00:08 AM »

It's just occurred to me that I have never had to train/lead someone whose first language was English.

Büge · « **Reply #1881 on:** November 09, 2011, 01:30:00 PM »

I am really dreading my shift tonight. Now that the pre-Christmas season is here, the store has started piping in nonstop covers of holiday b-sides like "Last Christmas" and "Do They Know it's Christmas" and "Baby It's Cold Outside" even though I'm pretty sure that has nothing to do with Christmas.

TA · « **Reply #1882 on:** November 09, 2011, 03:13:27 PM »

Christmas rape is a tradition!

Thad · « **Reply #1883 on:** November 10, 2011, 02:04:44 PM »

Turns out the company where I work doesn't take Veterans' Day off. But the temp agency that signs my checks considers it a holiday.

So on the minus side, I don't get tomorrow off, but on the plus side, I get double time.

Guess I should ask about Black Friday, since this is technically the retail industry I guess, even though I'm as far removed from that business as possible.

Malikial · « **Reply #1884 on:** November 18, 2011, 03:00:31 AM »

Work a late show.
Get cussed out.
Try to solve a problem.
Get cussed out.
Remain polite.
Get cussed out
Tell a bitch to leave.
Get cussed out.
Don't give a bitch a refund.

Smiler · « **Reply #1885 on:** November 18, 2011, 06:47:23 AM »

The best part is that since they are there to see Twillight no one cares if you throw them out.

Lady Duke · « **Reply #1886 on:** November 21, 2011, 10:01:00 AM »

One of the least fun things I have to do at work is eBay, mostly because of all the shitty fucking whiners that buy on there. Example: We charge what items actually cost for us to ship, which causes people to complain that they have to pay a whole 3 dollars for their precious coin to be shipped in a mailer.

So today, this woman who bought 2 coins actually had the gall to say we have extremely high shipping charges. 3 dollars is a lot you know. So I wrote her back that next time, I'll send her her coins in an unpadded business envelope if she wants (I didn't write it rudely though because negative feedback will make my dad cry). Seriously though, that is fucking bullshit that she thinks that it's expensive, because it's actually less than it costs us to ship--my dad pays me a fucking salary to deal with eBay, so there's handling, a mailer costs 50 cents or more, delivery confirmation costs 70 cents, and I know from tons of experience that the regular shipping for a first class mailer is 2.55 unless its heavy. So that comes out over 4 dollars. And to top off that line of thinking, we got an email from eBay last week about ways to improve our sales--they called and told my dad we should offer free shipping. That is their solution. They said he'd be a top rated seller if he'd just take a huge loss on all the shipping for everything. He basically told them that made no sense in our business model, whereupon the person on the phone got quite rude and then hung up on him. Just to show how fucked up eBay really is, we got 12 ratings out 1000 that our shipping charges were less than 5 stars, so we can't be a top rated seller. QQQQQ lol no.

And that ends my rant about how much I want to punch eBay straight in the face.

Ziiro · « **Reply #1887 on:** November 21, 2011, 10:03:41 AM »

Boss: "Hey remember that project you worked on a few months ago, but we had you drop because the deadline was so far away and we had more pressing issues?"
Z:"You mean the one where it was extensive documentation and following up and pestering people that had no intention of getting me what I needed, ever?"
Boss: "Yes, that one. The deadline is in three weeks and you need to finish what you were doing and add everything that's happened in the last few months so it's current. Which means look it over, determine what's missing, make a list out of it, and gather what's missing."

Fun fact: Even if I were to work every waking hour in the next three weeks. I would not have enough hours to complete this project. This is true insanity.

Ziiro · « **Reply #1888 on:** November 21, 2011, 03:04:11 PM »

Quote from: Ziiro on November 21, 2011, 10:03:41 AM

Boss: "Hey remember that project you worked on a few months ago, but we had you drop because the deadline was so far away and we had more pressing issues?"
Z:"You mean the one where it was extensive documentation and following up and pestering people that had no intention of getting me what I needed, ever?"
Boss: "Yes, that one. The deadline is in three weeks and you need to finish what you were doing and add everything that's happened in the last few months so it's current. Which means look it over, determine what's missing, make a list out of it, and gather what's missing."

Fun fact: Even if I were to work every waking hour in the next three weeks. I would not have enough hours to complete this project. This is true insanity.

: "Okay, so I know you've already made incredible progress and wasted basically a whole day, but.. Nevermind, go back to what you were doing before we gave you this project."

: ...

: "Not that this situation is at all solved, and we'll have to rush to get it done in the remaining couple weeks, but don't worry, we'll stress you out then. Not now."

Norondor · « **Reply #1889 on:** November 21, 2011, 03:27:13 PM »

see the reason we should have businesses control everything is because they're a lot more efficient and clever than governments

R^2 · « **Reply #1890 on:** November 22, 2011, 08:40:21 AM »

I'm not going to argue that businesses should control everything but compared to my experience with government work as of late, yeah. With Ziiro's post in mind, they still are.

Mongrel · « **Reply #1891 on:** November 27, 2011, 09:32:21 PM »

A tale of work featuring my oppressive racial profiling in service of petty authority and The Man.

Had some magnificently hilarious fraud today.

This fellow, has a middle eastern name and has purchased Al Jazeera as one of his cable channels. Okay sure, but so does Cat Stevens (probably). No big deal so far.

The account was flagged due to the email address being used in previous fraud (pay attention kids, I'ma teach you how to defraud yer telecom company!), so I run the address. Of course the dumbass is using his real email address and has a public facebook profile (herpaderp!).

The face book profile is draped with religious islamic messages (not crazy or anything, just... hey this guy's devout), has a long friends list with many veiled ladies and (most importantly) has a totally different name, but one which is still middle eastern. The facebook page also clearly lists the fact that the guy was born in Cairo.

The funny part comes in when Mr. Fake tries to explain his shitty fake ID to the dealer. You see, the only ID the guy provided (and the only ID the guy claimed to have) was [spoiler]a Native Status card[/spoiler].

Mongrel · « **Reply #1892 on:** December 05, 2011, 05:02:41 PM »

Today I learned something interesting.

The cable TV part of our business is run through a graphical interface overlaid over an old AS400 system. That old AS400 system is in turn built over an underlying software system that dates back to the 70's. That underlying system is still in place and still manages accounts to this day.

But the software in the underlying system doesn't actually date back to the 70's. It's actually older. It's the commercial version of a peice of software that was originally designed to manage systems for the Apollo Moon Landing program.

That is simultaneously cool and horrifying.

Lottel · « **Reply #1893 on:** December 05, 2011, 08:21:45 PM »

That's out of this world, man.
Far out.

Niku · « **Reply #1894 on:** December 06, 2011, 09:58:49 PM »

have a weird, truncated schedule tonight that will leave my coworker closing by himself. I tell him last night that I'll stay until we're done so that he doesn't have to worry about that.

Get there tonight, he says "I'm sick so I'm going home", stays for another two hours appearing completely fine, then leaves me to spend two extra hours closing up by myself, during which I cut my finger open moderately badly while cleaning the knives.

Also when I pointed out some shit that has been seriously wrong lately to him, his response was "I was taught not to throw team members under the bus, so just do what you do and be happy".

maybe this should go in good timeeeees

François · « **Reply #1895 on:** December 06, 2011, 11:06:15 PM »

BEEP BEEP

Mothra · « **Reply #1896 on:** December 07, 2011, 11:37:29 PM »

Tell him to suck a fuck

Shinra · « **Reply #1897 on:** December 08, 2011, 06:39:40 AM »

Quote from: Niku on December 06, 2011, 09:58:49 PM

have a weird, truncated schedule tonight that will leave my coworker closing by himself. I tell him last night that I'll stay until we're done so that he doesn't have to worry about that.

Get there tonight, he says "I'm sick so I'm going home", stays for another two hours appearing completely fine, then leaves me to spend two extra hours closing up by myself, during which I cut my finger open moderately badly while cleaning the knives.

Also when I pointed out some shit that has been seriously wrong lately to him, his response was "I was taught not to throw team members under the bus, so just do what you do and be happy".

maybe this should go in good timeeeees

Quote from: François on December 06, 2011, 11:06:15 PM

BEEP BEEP

Yeah at this point I think you should pull the boss around front, set out the red carpet and guide him gently and lovingly under it. You did something nice for him, and he deliberately fucked you for it.

Classic · « **Reply #1898 on:** December 08, 2011, 08:51:44 AM »

Quote from: Niku on December 06, 2011, 09:58:49 PM

Also when I pointed out some shit that has been seriously wrong lately to him, his response was "I was taught not to throw team members under the bus, so just do what you do and be happy".

Is it possible he thought you might report him for drug use?

Niku · « **Reply #1899 on:** December 08, 2011, 08:53:17 AM »

Nah, this involved underweighing items and sanitation concerns.

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