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I have a horrible confession to make...

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  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    Edcrab wrote: »
    Liiya wrote: »
    Confession: I am really unhappy in my job. But not unhappy enough to quit and leave a gap in my CV where I'm on the dole. Today was horrible enough that at several times during the day I just quietly closed the door in the toilets and cried, and then carried on with my work. Pretty pathetic.

    I'm really, really sorry to hear that :(

    I don't think it's pathetic, for what it's worth. Even if you're sticking with a job for necessity's sake, you're still sticking with it, which some of us didn't manage when their jobs got stressful. That was venting, a sort of coping mechanism, and more professional than quitting in a huff or trying to hit a customer with a plantpot. I think everything you've done and put up with is anything but pathetic

    I am just so sick of being treated like a 3rd class citizen by my boss and her family.

    Really thank you, Ed, I need some to tell me to its okay.

  • BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    Liiya wrote: »
    Confession: I am really unhappy in my job. But not unhappy enough to quit and leave a gap in my CV where I'm on the dole. Today was horrible enough that at several times during the day I just quietly closed the door in the toilets and cried, and then carried on with my work. Pretty pathetic.

    This was me last week. It blows, but at least your not alone

  • ButtlordButtlord Fornicus Lord of Bondage and PainRegistered User regular
    Confession: I don't know what "on the dole" means

    it means you live in a place where being unemployed doesn't mean you're scum

  • KwoaruKwoaru Confident Smirk Flawless Golden PecsRegistered User regular
    Confession: I really really regret leaving my decently paying job to try and do another semester at community college in a program I really didn't care about, because not only can I not get that job back but I failed all of my classes and now I have no money to do anything but look for a new job

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  • mensch-o-maticmensch-o-matic Registered User regular
    you guys know that america also has an unemployment support system right

  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited April 2012
    EDIT: Um the forum ate Liiya's post? Or am I mad?

    Edcrab on
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  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    Thanks Bucketman, you're a lovely guy.

  • EndEnd Registered User regular
    Edcrab wrote: »
    EDIT: Um the forum ate Liiya's post? Or am I mad?

    probably both

    I wish that someway, somehow, that I could save every one of us
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  • ButtlordButtlord Fornicus Lord of Bondage and PainRegistered User regular
    you guys know that america also has an unemployment support system right

    america also likes to treat The Poor like they are retarded children

  • LarlarLarlar consecutive normal brunches Moderator, ClubPA mod
    Confession: I just learned that Bucketman really is a lovely guy.

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  • EndEnd Registered User regular
    Larlar wrote: »
    Confession: I just learned that Bucketman really is a lovely guy.

    how could anyone know, he wears a bucket on his head

    I wish that someway, somehow, that I could save every one of us
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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    Kwoaru wrote: »
    Confession: I really really regret leaving my decently paying job to try and do another semester at community college in a program I really didn't care about, because not only can I not get that job back but I failed all of my classes and now I have no money to do anything but look for a new job

    D:

    having been caught in the whole cycle of failing school / being useless in the past myself, repeatedly, i can totally sympathize

    once you find yourself a job, work hard for a year and feel productive again and then maybe take a class or two

    working and taking classes has helped me keep on my otherwise worthless, indolent toes

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Love my doggy so much.
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  • LarlarLarlar consecutive normal brunches Moderator, ClubPA mod
    End wrote: »
    Larlar wrote: »
    Confession: I just learned that Bucketman really is a lovely guy.

    how could anyone know, he wears a bucket on his head

    A lovely bucket.

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  • EndEnd Registered User regular
    Larlar wrote: »
    End wrote: »
    Larlar wrote: »
    Confession: I just learned that Bucketman really is a lovely guy.

    how could anyone know, he wears a bucket on his head

    A lovely bucket.

    hm
    that sounds about right

    I wish that someway, somehow, that I could save every one of us
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  • FAQFAQ Registered User regular
    sorry to hear that liiya,

    i aint got no advice

  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    you guys know that america also has an unemployment support system right

    And it pays WAAAAAAAAAAY more than the UK's

  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    Buckets are very useful things to have around!


    No worries FAQ, I'll live! Thank you, though, its nice of you to say. Also, your avatar still freaks me out.

  • BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    Larlar wrote: »
    Confession: I just learned that Bucketman really is a lovely guy.

    :oops:

  • MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    Janson wrote: »
    you guys know that america also has an unemployment support system right

    And it pays WAAAAAAAAAAY more than the UK's

    What is your impression of which one is harder to qualify for?

    Like, Liiya couldn't just quit and then go looking for unemployment insurance in America, can you really do that in the UK?

  • crwthcrwth THAT'S IT Registered User regular
    liiya just take disney back to england with you

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    Confession: of late the forum is being awful for time-travelling/vanishing posts and false unread post notifications and it pisses me off more than such a stupid thing should

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  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    Whenever I start thinking about how I dislike my job I remind myself why I got into this field: money.

    And then I wonder if it is still worth it.
    probably

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  • FishmanFishman Put your goddamned hand in the goddamned Box of Pain. Registered User regular
    edited April 2012
    Now that I've woken up a little more it occurs to me that I was just a tremendous ass in this thread and made light of someone's stresses and insecurities for a small joke that no-one would find funny a page or so back.

    I need a vacation. This workload is killing me. And there's no fucking end in sight.

    Fishman on
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  • ButtlordButtlord Fornicus Lord of Bondage and PainRegistered User regular
    Janson wrote: »
    you guys know that america also has an unemployment support system right

    And it pays WAAAAAAAAAAY more than the UK's

    y'all have better social safety nets overall though

    by "y'all" i mean the UK not you specifically i mean you know what i mean

  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    If I quit my job then I would qualify for Jobseeker's Allowance, yes.

    Crwth I might just stay in Disney. They'll need a florist Im sure.

  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    if my job still involves a cash register by the time i'm 30, i'll blow my brains out

    is how i feel about working in the service industry

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  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    MrMonroe wrote: »
    Janson wrote: »
    you guys know that america also has an unemployment support system right

    And it pays WAAAAAAAAAAY more than the UK's

    What is your impression of which one is harder to qualify for?

    Like, Liiya couldn't just quit and then go looking for unemployment insurance in America, can you really do that in the UK?

    No

    I've had personal experience with neither (thankfully), but as far as I'm aware you qualify for both under similar circumstances

  • dbrock270dbrock270 Registered User regular
    Confession: I can't play video games that much anymore, I get the games I'm really excited about, like Skyrim and Mass Effect, and then lose interest in them the more I play them. I hate to be losing interest in something I used to be so devoted to.

    It hurts.

  • FyndirFyndir Registered User regular
    Liiya wrote: »
    Confession: I am really unhappy in my job. But not unhappy enough to quit and leave a gap in my CV where I'm on the dole. Today was horrible enough that at several times during the day I just quietly closed the door in the toilets and cried, and then carried on with my work. Pretty pathetic.

    D:

    I wouldn't call it pathetic, I would offer you a hug though.

  • crwthcrwth THAT'S IT Registered User regular
    Liiya wrote: »

    Crwth I might just stay in Disney. They'll need a florist Im sure.

    you could shack up in the castle!

    fanciest house in orlando

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  • SheriSheri Resident Fluffer My Living RoomRegistered User regular
    Liiya wrote: »
    Confession: I am really unhappy in my job. But not unhappy enough to quit and leave a gap in my CV where I'm on the dole. Today was horrible enough that at several times during the day I just quietly closed the door in the toilets and cried, and then carried on with my work. Pretty pathetic.

    Hugs hugs hugs

  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    Janson wrote: »
    Buttlord wrote: »
    Janson wrote: »
    you guys know that america also has an unemployment support system right

    And it pays WAAAAAAAAAAY more than the UK's

    y'all have better social safety nets overall though

    by "y'all" i mean the UK not you specifically i mean you know what i mean

    Certainly we don't have to worry about health costs!

    Although, unemployment is, what, still 60 pounds a week? That's about $100 a week.

    It's been a while but I think that's about right, yeah

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  • Dead LegendDead Legend Registered User regular
    Buttlord wrote: »
    you guys know that america also has an unemployment support system right

    america also likes to treat The Poor like they are retarded children

    They aren't?

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  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    Buttlord wrote: »
    Janson wrote: »
    you guys know that america also has an unemployment support system right

    And it pays WAAAAAAAAAAY more than the UK's

    y'all have better social safety nets overall though

    by "y'all" i mean the UK not you specifically i mean you know what i mean

    Certainly we don't have to worry about health costs!

    Although, unemployment is, what, still 60 pounds a week? That's about $100 a week.

  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    Fyndir wrote: »

    D:

    I wouldn't call it pathetic, I would offer you a hug though.

    Thanks, BFG. :)

  • SheriSheri Resident Fluffer My Living RoomRegistered User regular
    Liiya wrote: »
    If I quit my job then I would qualify for Jobseeker's Allowance, yes.

    Crwth I might just stay in Disney. They'll need a florist Im sure.

    GIRL DO YOU EVEN KNOW

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  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    crwth wrote: »
    Liiya wrote: »

    Crwth I might just stay in Disney. They'll need a florist Im sure.

    you could shack up in the castle!

    fanciest house in orlando

    I like it! I need a fancy house.

    Aw, thanks Sheri. <3

  • FyndirFyndir Registered User regular
    Liiya wrote: »
    Fyndir wrote: »

    D:

    I wouldn't call it pathetic, I would offer you a hug though.

    Thanks, BFG. :)

    Alternate offer: A ride on my shoulders so you can see what the world looks like from waaaaaaaaaay up here. =P

  • SheriSheri Resident Fluffer My Living RoomRegistered User regular
    Those are just like packages

    They also do all the wedding floristry

    That shit is INSANE

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