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My Job {Still} Sucks Thread

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  • StaleStale Registered User regular
    Dan, ideally if I'm renting, keep it under 1500

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    Oh, well it looked like there were a few decent-looking spots

    1500 is enough for someplace pretty nice, I'd say.

  • ThreeCubedThreeCubed Grandma Winky's fat ankles Registered User regular
    This Business Requirements Document is getting hella fat. Im just going to print it at Kinko's Fedex Office instead of wasting our toner on a big job.

    This is an excellent opportunity to print the Cards Against Humanity PDF I've been sitting on!! Yay!

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  • lonelyahavalonelyahava Call me Ahava ~~She/Her~~ Move to New ZealandRegistered User regular
    ohgod that game.


    Welp, applied for the job that i saw. now we'll see if they are really strict on their visa requirements.

    hate when i get myself all hyped for a job application and it basically comes down to 'upload resume here. upload cover letter here. hit apply. thank you.'

  • ThreeCubedThreeCubed Grandma Winky's fat ankles Registered User regular
    ohgod that game.


    Welp, applied for the job that i saw. now we'll see if they are really strict on their visa requirements.

    hate when i get myself all hyped for a job application and it basically comes down to 'upload resume here. upload cover letter here. hit apply. thank you.'

    I really hope you get it! I missed it: what happened that has caused you to be back on the market?

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  • AphostileAphostile San Francisco, CARegistered User regular
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    padmapper says...

    uhhhhh, I dunno how much are you paying for stuff now

    also there is Bethesda Memorial Hospital nearby too

    Doesnt padmapper not list craigslist postings anymore?

    Nothing. Matters.
  • SkeithSkeith Registered User regular
    Aphostile wrote: »
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    padmapper says...

    uhhhhh, I dunno how much are you paying for stuff now

    also there is Bethesda Memorial Hospital nearby too

    Doesnt padmapper not list craigslist postings anymore?

    Yeah, but if enough people are listing in the classifieds that can give you enough of an idea of what to expect.

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  • TaskmanTaskman Registered User regular
    My boss told me he's promoting me. I've only been here eight or nine months and this is my first proper job out of uni. This is awesome but what if I screw it up or he changes his mind argh I am having a heart attack.

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  • SporkAndrewSporkAndrew Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Taskman wrote: »
    My boss told me he's promoting me. I've only been here eight or nine months and this is my first proper job out of uni. This is awesome but what if I screw it up or he changes his mind argh I am having a heart attack.

    Just do a good job hiding the bodies and no-one will ever know.

    The one about the fucking space hairdresser and the cowboy. He's got a tinfoil pal and a pedal bin
  • lonelyahavalonelyahava Call me Ahava ~~She/Her~~ Move to New ZealandRegistered User regular
    ThreeCubed wrote: »
    ohgod that game.


    Welp, applied for the job that i saw. now we'll see if they are really strict on their visa requirements.

    hate when i get myself all hyped for a job application and it basically comes down to 'upload resume here. upload cover letter here. hit apply. thank you.'

    I really hope you get it! I missed it: what happened that has caused you to be back on the market?

    My temp assignment that i really really wanted failed to go through because i'm really expensive to buy from the temp agency.

  • KwoaruKwoaru Confident Smirk Flawless Golden PecsRegistered User regular
    Taskman wrote: »
    My boss told me he's promoting me. I've only been here eight or nine months and this is my first proper job out of uni. This is awesome but what if I screw it up or he changes his mind argh I am having a heart attack.
    If he promotes someone else just eat their heart to gain their promotion

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  • KochikensKochikens Registered User regular
    Wow so, just called my internet/tv provider to get some stuff sorted out because the girl who lived there before me is still being billed.


    The customer service lady said she couldn't understand me and asked me if i was chinese.

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  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
  • GatsbyGatsby Registered User regular
    Kochikens wrote: »
    Wow so, just called my internet/tv provider to get some stuff sorted out because the girl who lived there before me is still being billed.


    The customer service lady said she couldn't understand me and asked me if i was chinese.

    AAHAHAHAHAHAHA WHAT

  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
  • KochikensKochikens Registered User regular
    She was super fucking rude. Like, what. possibly the rudest customer service experience I have ever had. Usually if I'm impossibly nice to someone on the phone they're nice back.


    Nope.

  • ElbasunuElbasunu Registered User regular
    My wife got the job in my building! Shorter commute = happier wife. I think she'll still be working with morons, but this will make things soooo much easier for us for the next year or so.

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  • Lindsay LohanLindsay Lohan Registered User regular
    Kochikens wrote: »
    She was super fucking rude. Like, what. possibly the rudest customer service experience I have ever had. Usually if I'm impossibly nice to someone on the phone they're nice back.

    Nope.

    I had a customer once tell me they wanted to speak to someone else by saying "No offense, but I want to speak with someone from this country". I tried to convince them I'm from an island off the coast of Maine and that aside from my freckles I'm as white as as a ghost but they simply weren't hearing it. So I connected to someone on my team and we both got a good laugh over it.

  • KochikensKochikens Registered User regular
    I'm used to hearing about racist customers on the phone.


    Not racist customer service people.

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  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    Kochikens wrote: »
    Wow so, just called my internet/tv provider to get some stuff sorted out because the girl who lived there before me is still being billed.


    The customer service lady said she couldn't understand me and asked me if i was chinese.

    Ahahahaha fantastic!

  • FyndirFyndir Registered User regular
    Kochikens wrote: »
    Wow so, just called my internet/tv provider to get some stuff sorted out because the girl who lived there before me is still being billed.


    The customer service lady said she couldn't understand me and asked me if i was chinese.

    Well, are you???

  • godmodegodmode Southeast JapanRegistered User regular
    Taskman wrote: »
    My boss told me he's promoting me. I've only been here eight or nine months and this is my first proper job out of uni. This is awesome but what if I screw it up or he changes his mind argh I am having a heart attack.

    Don't even sweat it. He obviously thinks you're doing a good job, so just keep it up.

  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    I have a terrible phone manner but wow that's pretty goddamn racist

    My dad once got pissed off because a customer service person admitted they couldn't understand his Irish accent and he had to put me on the phone instead

    (If anything he enunciates better than I do, and his accent doesn't sound remotely Irish)

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  • Crimson KingCrimson King Registered User regular
    Gatsby wrote: »
    Kochikens wrote: »
    Wow so, just called my internet/tv provider to get some stuff sorted out because the girl who lived there before me is still being billed.


    The customer service lady said she couldn't understand me and asked me if i was chinese.

    AAHAHAHAHAHAHA WHAT

    continuing from my prior statement, here quoted by me, gatsby, i would like to state that asians are inferior

    Gatsby
  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    I've had extremely deaf customers be rude to me for being soft spoken, I'll be all,

    "What price would you like to spend?"
    "What??"
    "What PRICE would you like to spend?"
    "Speak up! I can't hear a damn word you're saying!"
    "WHAT PRICE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEND?"
    "Its going to a Mrs. A Smith in Windermere..."

    aaargh.

  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    And later... "Well I don't want to spend that much! You should've asked me what my budget was!"

    Oh god. Old people placing food orders when they're either hard of hearing or just so full of hate that they don't care what anyone says or does. Close second for awkwardness is electronics/computing retail because there's a lot of nuance to all that junk and they may well get something slightly different to what they actually need

    FLASHBACKS.

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  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    Yes! The horror, the horror!

    Not that old people aren't cool @Druhim hehehe

  • SyphyreSyphyre A Dangerous Pastime Registered User regular
    Kochikens wrote: »
    Wow so, just called my internet/tv provider to get some stuff sorted out because the girl who lived there before me is still being billed.


    The customer service lady said she couldn't understand me and asked me if i was chinese.

    There are no words for how hilarious this is. Wow.

  • OdenOden Registered User regular
    soft-talkers are the worst

  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    Fyndir wrote: »
    Kochikens wrote: »
    Wow so, just called my internet/tv provider to get some stuff sorted out because the girl who lived there before me is still being billed.


    The customer service lady said she couldn't understand me and asked me if i was chinese.

    Well, are you???

    Even if it's true, you don't ask. If you do, you rack disciprine.

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  • SassoriSassori Registered User regular
    Liiya wrote: »
    I've had extremely deaf customers be rude to me for being soft spoken, I'll be all,

    "What price would you like to spend?"
    "What??"
    "What PRICE would you like to spend?"
    "Speak up! I can't hear a damn word you're saying!"
    "WHAT PRICE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEND?"
    "Its going to a Mrs. A Smith in Windermere..."

    aaargh.


    Another thing that might help other than raising your volume is lowering your pitch. Higher pitched sounds become harder to hear as you get older.

    I basically lived with my grandmother for a summer at her retirement community because I was helping take care of her so I picked up a few things to help make myself heard when we would have lunch/dinner with her friends.

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  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    But Sassori, you have never heard me speak, I am very high-pitched, it is hard! I do try.

  • FyndirFyndir Registered User regular
    In states of agitation or excitement Liiya can only be heard by dogs.

  • YukiraYukira Registered User regular
    Liiya, next time someone can't hear you, try talking like Berry White.

  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    Ha! Its funny cause its true.

  • SassoriSassori Registered User regular
    Liiya wrote: »
    But Sassori, you have never heard me speak, I am very high-pitched, it is hard! I do try.

    I thought that might be part of the problem. Hehe

    You can only do your best!

  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    You could always get that autotune app for your phone and strictly speak through that. Autotune the helping customers

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  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    I dunno, I can do things pretty half-assed

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    I think that'd just convince them that the robots have taken over, and have assumed the forms of florists

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  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    lostwords wrote: »
    You could always get that autotune app for your phone and strictly speak through that. Autotune the helping customers

    Going with this one.

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