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Mission WaMpossible: Get a (Job)
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just got too difficult when i moved downtown.
i found it really rewarding and i was always top-sales. good times.
caught a thief once, too!
Venting my argon tank works too. Scares the shit out of people.
It's much easier to hide from social situations in an office
this is exactly why i forced myself to try retail
didn't need the money, just wanted to try it
highly recommended
Hrm, interesting idea. Thankyou for opening my mind to this possibility, one of the things I definitely want to do in Vancouver is get out and interact with people more. I hadn't considered that particular avenue though!
There are like a million other things I want to do while I'm there though so working a low wage retail job might cut into my time too much
Absolutely. The reason I considered it though is that everything else I've already planned will probably just put me in contact with people I already know I'm going to get along with pretty well, so perhaps that wouldn't push my social skills far enough. Working a shitty job would mean I would have the challenge of dealing with all sorts of people.
The whole 'improve my social skills' isn't really my main goal though so it would probably be going a bit too far.
Edit: Also one of the main social problems I have is that I'm overly paranoid about offending people to the point where I just don't say anything, I figure a job in retail should burn that out of me pretty quickly
Where and what kind of work?
Good luck! And an okapi
or tanks of any kind, really. i hope i get to do something rad like that before I keel over dead.
I won't need to burn the building to the ground. at least not yet.
But man, it's a culture shock going into a traditional office and development environment. Gaming has warped not only how I interact with co-workers, but how I tackle challenges and assignments.
I'm accustomed to taking a job, getting it done as quickly as humanly possible, anticipating the next step, doing that, and including three examples of improvements. Evidently these people are not at all used to someone going full-bore all-day. As the particular task they gave me took me about 45 mins, the rest took me about 2 hours.
They budgeted two days.
Judging by the burn-down charts and utilization numbers.... yeah.... I may need to relax a bit. I'm scaring the locals.
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I don't know if it's because of higher bills than usual, or if I've been spending too much, or what, but it fucking sucks to come home from a sixth-day double to find that you have no fucking money.
So I either need to A) find a better-paying job, B) work my current job until I can't fucking stand upright, or C) figure out WTF I spent all my goddamn money on and stop it.
Or a combination of those.
I think the Etsy shop has got to go, though. It's only increasing the amount of stress I'm under right now, and it certainly isn't going to make any money without causing even more.
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I managed a few years of performing decently in office environments, but when I got laid off from the job I chased for years to get, it pretty much broke something in my mind. I'm in field duty mindset near about all of the time now.
I don't know how true that is, but it seems like a cool job (once I get through the painfully boring orientation classes), and it pays well, and my first three months there I'll have Friday - Sunday off, sooo it should be rad!
Also, a lot of French-Canadians there. Well, a lot of Canadians in general.
Aww, boo. Could I still paypal you money sometime in the near future to get one of those sweet hats?
Fuck yes, clearly I need $$$
I think part of my issue is that I've been spending money on yarn. So I've got all this goddamn yarn lying around and it's not making me any money.
So Mori, if you want a hat, know that you will be contributing to me not getting kicked out of my apartment <3
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I mean, it's definitely not my ideal, but more money = happy Sheri. Also maybe I can stay part time at Disney if I move to something like this.
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Always sucks to hear someone's having financial troubles. Good luck with that, Sheri.
(not gonna happen)
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I wish I did, but alas, right now, it's not meant to be.
They cast a shadow like a sundial in the morning light. It was half past 10.
To be fair, I wasn't having financial troubles until I decided to grow the fuck up, move out of Mom's, and get a car.
Soooo rent, car payments and car insurance are all new to me and oh god how do people live like this
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OK this is from forever ago but I just found this quote and wow
Ow.
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We bitch about it all the time
It's a natural progression, though. So you can't really be faulted for it.
ye gods
I'm starting to regret it
fuck it, I'll just walk my broken arms off
I'm pretty sure the last four times I've seen someone say, "Holy shit, get an editor" and drop a link, it's been one of this guy's essays on Kotaku.
im actually interested in this, i found it about a month ago and have been playing with the idea of using them to start a little bit of freelance writing on the side.
id be interested as well if anyone has any information on them.
I don't have any experience working with them myself, but from what I've read around the web (was considering writing there myself for a while), it's basically a rip off. Lots of people are saying the pay you get compared to amount of work you put in is very low, also most of the articles that get any real hits are crappy fashion/housewife advice and stuff like that, and the general idea I've got is basically you'd be better off making a focused blog or website of your own and pushing that instead.
Unless you're lucky enough to be interested on a topic THEY are interested in, and don't mind writing 'sellable' articles purely for the sake of it with whatever drops of cash that comes from it as an added bonus.
Mind, this is entirely based on opinions of people I do not know and there's also plenty of people who are happy enough writing for them (or just don't know any better, but hey), so take this with a grain of salt. If you end up writing for them yourself and it actually turns out good, do let me know
Word. Also, she should be happy about renting. Wait until mortgage, escrow, property tax, and if you don't put enough down payment on the home the wonderful world of PMI. I hate being grown up.
Yeah, so the job I spent $4000 moving to? Apparently not offered. When we did a phone interview over the phone and I asked specifically if I should fly down and do a live interview, I was told emphatically no... that they wanted me and to come in and see them when I get into town. Ok, cool. so I get in Sunday night and go see him Monday morning. I call first and he says "HEY! Come on in any time and we'll sit down and have a chat" which apparently is Texan for "Hello there, I am arranging a formal interview with you. Please come in at ______". I guess I didn't read between the lines enough. So I come in Monday, dressed in business casual and he brings a couple of other guys in to ask some questions. He says "Well, we just hired another full time and two part time. We'll find room on the schedule for you." which is okay because there were 5 full-time positions open. Here, fill out this background check form and I'll let you know by the end fo the week.
I call their HR guy because I realize they have my Alaska phone number and the guy says "Oh! I just sent you a letter, and it was not an offer letter." Huh.
Blah blah blah so long story shorter, I didn't get the job because I wasn't 'dressed professionally for an interview'. WTF?? I was not told I had to interview. As a matter of fact, I was told specifically they DIDN'T NEED to interview me because I have the job pending my Texas MICP license coming through. So yeah... now I have no job and my boyfriend and I are living in a hotel.
All is not lost, however. The original ambulance service I wanted to work for called me up while I was on the drive down here and said "Hey! We're having our testing process for new hires on the 22nd. Come on it!" This is the place I interned with in 2008. They wanted me before, I was just stupid and didn't take the offer. So anyway, I went in and was told I'm #1 on their list because my preceptor and their education director (2 different people) called, visited in person and e-mailed them saying if I applied again that I needed to be placed at the top of the list as I was high priority. I spoke with them again and they were like "Yeah, we've heard that a lot about that guy. Besides... we know you're supposed to be here. The stars are just telling you a little more forcefully now."
So I just now have to find some temp work. I have money saved, but not enough to last more than two months. Sooo... yeah. Good times in motherfuckin Texas.
Grr.
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Still gotta be on the lookout for better things though
See, I'm of the mind that you should be able to go into the first business and give them a piece of your mind. Or at least explain that you were not informed that it would be an interview, and that you were told you didn't need to be interviewed and also that they are all silly gooses (maybe not that last part).
Also uh I dunno what your definition of 'business casual' is, but that's usually what I wear to interviews (if I ever have them ;_; ).
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