Topic: Shit Days (Read 227624 times)

R^2 · « **Reply #2880 on:** July 16, 2012, 02:48:02 PM »

Cha cha cha

A² · « **Reply #2881 on:** July 16, 2012, 03:05:44 PM »

Quote from: thread title

Shit Days

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #2882 on:** July 16, 2012, 05:05:17 PM »

The irony was not lost on me.

My sphincter control, on the other hand, was.

James Edward Smith · « **Reply #2883 on:** July 16, 2012, 07:48:56 PM »

My day wasn't tip top today.

I feel victimized.

Bal · « **Reply #2884 on:** July 17, 2012, 03:27:58 AM »

Bal · « **Reply #2885 on:** July 17, 2012, 03:56:16 PM »

So yesterday my AC just turned the fuck off, which in Arizona in fucking July is a NON-TRIVIAL PROBLEM. So today, early as I can I call up the company that installed my heat pump, because I have a ten year full coverage warranty. Good news so far! So the heating guy comes out and tells me that there's no power to the roof, the breaker is dead, and there's probably a short somewhere. Cool, now I have to call someone I have to pay. So I do a little research and get an electrician in here. He's a nice guy, but I am 100% poor, especially since it's the latter half of the month, so I'm sweating bullets (which I would be doing anyway because it is 90 degrees inside my fucking house), because I have no idea how deep this rabbit hole is going to go. Turns out by breaker box is a million years old and no longer made, and the company doesn't exist, so you have to buy third party parts which, instead of like 20 dollars, cost 70-ish. So he goes, buys a new one, plugs it in, and it fries. So there's a short, and unfortunately that really is the only way to find out.

Now he goes up on the roof looking for the short, and boy does he find it because he tosses down a huge handful of scorched wire for me to examine. So now he has to buy another breaker, some other parts for the new connection to the heat pump, and add another hour of work to the bill.

Finally, it all gets done, and thanks to him actually being a really cool guy, I'm only cleaned out and not overrun on everything.

Easily the worst part of the day was the constant, sphincter tightening terror at how deep this fucking rabbit hole was going to go. Fortunately it stopped exactly where my funds did. Unfortunately I am wiped out until the first.

Beat Bandit · « **Reply #2886 on:** July 20, 2012, 11:59:01 AM »

Man I reached some kind of nirvana peak of shit-not-giving so many things went stupid today. Suffice to say had I not knowingly taken the whole day off shit would have been flipped. Long story short the last two weeks and few hundred bucks of medical treatment were for naught because I got handed the wrong container.

NexAdruin · « **Reply #2887 on:** July 26, 2012, 06:35:45 PM »

My dad, who owes me $700, just asked me to ask my mother and grandparents if any of them could loan him $1000 in exchange for $100/month for the next 12 months. There isn't really any guarantee that he would be able to get that.

Back when half of England was rioting I really didn't understand how poverty and oppression could cause general riots (that weren't directed at, say, banks or police stations). I think I get it now. I'm not saying I'm oppressed or that I'm going to go incite a riot. I'm just saying I understand.

Stush · « **Reply #2888 on:** July 29, 2012, 11:47:20 AM »

I know this isn't really a "Shit day" thing, but I feel like i've gotten into a real rut lately, I can't find a job, so pretty much all I do is hang out on my computer, checking websites and chatting to friends. When it's busy or there's lots of people to talk to, it's fine, but there's been a lot of times lately when i've literally sat there hitting refresh on a bunch of websites for hours on end.

The big problem is, there's not much else I can do. I get sick of games super easy lately, I can't draw, And I live in a tiny town with nothing in it, so I can't go out and hang with friends or go to shops or anything.

I feel like getting a job, or at least finding out what I want to do course-wise, would help a lot, I just feel unmotivated about everything. Most of the times i'm honestly fairly content with doing nothing, but sometimes it just really gets to me and I Hate feeling like i'm not going anywhere.

MarsDragon · « **Reply #2889 on:** July 29, 2012, 01:22:27 PM »

Yeah, I did that when I was unemployed. I think it's fairly common. You have nothing to do, nothing to work towards, so you just repeat the same things over and over again and get depressed.

...I don't really have any sort of magic solution, though. What snapped me out of it was finally finding a job. Maybe you could go volunteer somewhere? Library? Park? Something? Even in a small town there should be some volunteer organizations for local things.

Mongrel · « **Reply #2890 on:** July 29, 2012, 01:47:00 PM »

I sit around all day an hit refresh on websites with low traffic even though I am employed.

I wouldn't feel too bad about it, so long as you don't give up looking for work. That's a much bigger problem/warning sign. But it sounds like you're still looking, so just hang in there.

Also, yeah, volunteering when you've got no work is something both Starr and I have done. That's definitely a good suggestion.

A² · « **Reply #2891 on:** July 29, 2012, 01:53:37 PM »

I gave up looking for work a while ago when I applied to everything multiple times, was told "We'll contact you if something comes up" and the Now Hiring sign stayed up.

After repeatedly checking, double checking, triple checking, and going so far as to call in a favor from a friend of the family to give me a mock interview and tell me what I was doing wrong, and what to do better.

TA · « **Reply #2892 on:** July 29, 2012, 02:22:10 PM »

Ted Belmont · « **Reply #2893 on:** July 29, 2012, 02:39:44 PM »

Quote from: Mongrel on July 29, 2012, 01:47:00 PM

I sit around all day an hit refresh on websites with low traffic even though I am employed.

I wouldn't feel too bad about it, so long as you don't give up looking for work. That's a much bigger problem/warning sign. But it sounds like you're still looking, so just hang in there.

Also, yeah, volunteering when you've got no work is something both Starr and I have done. That's definitely a good suggestion.

It also looks better on a resume than a long stretch of unemployment.

Classic · « **Reply #2894 on:** July 29, 2012, 06:47:50 PM »

Quote from: Aoko Aozaki on July 29, 2012, 01:53:37 PM

I gave up looking for work

It used to be that going someplace in person could help your case. Not so sure anymore.

Quote from: Stush on July 29, 2012, 11:47:20 AM

i've literally sat there hitting refresh on a bunch of websites for hours on end

This happens to me occasionally, and it is a sign of bad, addiction and depression. If you find yourself doing it while the sun is out, walk for 20-40 minutes. Usually the sunshine and exercise can pull me out of the funk long enough that I can get back to being productive.

Stush · « **Reply #2895 on:** July 29, 2012, 09:35:04 PM »

I'll probably be at my old job again once it starts to warm up, so that's something to look forwards to at least. I sort of feel like lyrai does, though. I've been applying for jobs so long, I never seem to get jobs that I apply for, my first real job, I got through my job network people putting me in for an interview, because I had been unemployed so long, and my last job and my semi-current job, I got through my dad.

I've literally applied for thousands of jobs, I've probably gotten a few dozen interviews over the years, And of those, i've gotten one job, which was alright, but they fired all the workers on christmas to hire new ones.

It's just really easy to get burned out, But I'll give my boss a ring soon and see if he wants me again this summer, that'll make the future seem a bit brighter, at least.

Brentai · « **Reply #2896 on:** July 29, 2012, 10:23:37 PM »

I told you guys how I was hired for my current job, right? Got called at 9 sharp in the morning - at this point I'd been solo for a couple years and used to waking up around noon unless I had an interview, so I was more than a little out of it when I answered. Plus I had been getting steady rejection calls the whole time, so I was all ready for that. Recruiter gives me the usual spiel, you know -

"So I wanted to thank you for interviewing with us the other day."
"Mm-hm."
"Management was very impressed with your skills."
"Right."
"But there are a few areas where you need improvement."
"Yes, yes I know."
"So if you're willing to work on that, we'd like to make you an offer."
"Okay than... uh... errr... did you say an offer?"
"Yes."
"..."
"Hello?"
"Hello, yes. Can we... can we start this conversation over?"

I guess my point is that if you keep trying past the point of really caring there's still a chance that an opportunity might suddenly clonk you in the back of the head. I'm not Pollyanna enough to believe that sheer determination is going to solve everyone's problems but it's a better choice than just shutting down without another plan, so chin up, I guess.

Niku · « **Reply #2897 on:** July 30, 2012, 10:13:13 AM »

Check around for any new construction of big stores, too. If you don't mind just looking for retail work, they'll have cattle calls sometime prior to the grand opening where they're more desperate for competent pairs of hands than competent fully rounded employees. It worked for me last time, anyway.

Stush · « **Reply #2898 on:** July 30, 2012, 10:15:13 AM »

That's how I got my last regular job, new target store was opening up and my job network people put an application in for me.

Büge · « **Reply #2899 on:** July 30, 2012, 10:42:29 AM »

Target stores? In Australia?

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