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My boss just found out about my criminal record (and other tales of employment)

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    spono wrote: »
    I work for a place that makes shit grinders, which we call Muffin Monsters

    This is the best description of these things I've seen:

    http://http://www.applelinks.com/abacus/muffinmonster2.shtml
    By now, the crowd around The Muffin Monster has swelled, blocking the entire aisle. All I can see of my potential customer base is their backs as they jostle for a front-row-center view of simulated sewage processing - like it was some girly show at a carnival. I can't stand it any longer and push my way through the crowd in time to see Joe toss a thick-soled lineman's boot into the most impressive rotating cuttlery I've ever seen. Dual steel shafts as big as my leg and hobbed into Tyrannosaur teeth, turn against each other with fluid precision. The teeth catch the the boot and reduce it into the molecular form of shoe as if it had been a warm piece of butter. I'm impressed.

    I said, "Joe. Got a two-by-four in there?" In a flash, a four foot piece of lumber became a lumpy grade of sawdust. Someone in the crowd wagered his buddy that The Muffin Monster couldn't eat a brick. Joe, who is by now easing into the unlikely role of master showman, teases the crowd, who shout back at him. In goes the brick and with an awful crunching noise and a shower of red dust, the brick goes the way of cardboard, boot and lumber. The Muffin Monster gives me the impression that it could indeed chew up anything.

    thats got me hot and bothered, like some sort of transformers fan fic

    lostwords on
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  • SeptusSeptus Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Aslan wrote: »
    I work in the state legislature, which is, ironically enough, much like being a prison guard.

    I do the same, though I can't say I can empathize with the comparison.

    Septus on
    PSN: Kurahoshi1
  • NotASenatorNotASenator Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Javen wrote: »
    FAQ wrote: »
    you don't own your own restaurant




    I mean shit you don't do you?

    why don't I?

    Hey obviously didn't see you throwing down the restaurant management skillz at PAX

    NotASenator on
  • FAQFAQ Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Javen wrote: »
    FAQ wrote: »
    you don't own your own restaurant




    I mean shit you don't do you?

    why don't I?

    because if you own a restaurant I am so far behind in my life that it makes me want to jump off a bridge

    I own this belt and some CD's

    FAQ on
  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    NotACrook wrote: »
    Javen wrote: »
    FAQ wrote: »
    you don't own your own restaurant




    I mean shit you don't do you?

    why don't I?

    Hey obviously didn't see you throwing down the restaurant management skillz at PAX

    oh snap

    Weaver on
  • Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    tugga wrote: »
    i work at toys r us

    'tis the best job

    I quit Toys R Us after like 2 weeks. Luckily, it was because I found a better job.

    So, I'm currently out of work and searching for my 9th job of my career. I got a call from a guy from Oppenheimer who saw my resume on monster and wants to turn me into a stockbroker. I'm nervous as fuck to be in a real world job. So nervous I haven't even called back yet.

    Goose! on
  • Winston ChurchillWinston Churchill __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2008
    lostwords wrote: »
    D: please tell me that guy suffered in prison and died an agonizing death

    Oh yeah, that fucker died earlier this year. He was in our special management inmate block, one of only six total inmates there. He never went to yard, hardly showered, just laid on his cement bed and watched tv.

    The fat fucker would get letters from all over the country. Not official fan letters, but ones from the heads of small churches around the country, or actual professional cooks. I shit you not. They would send him a recipe in the mail for, say, "veal" or "venison". Real tender, young meat, you know? He'd send the recipe back to them with cutout pictures from kid magazines glued on, and his signature on the bottom. He'd even highlight and underline every mention of meat in the recipe, as a kind of final nudge and wink.

    About a year ago his diabetes and lack of movement got the better of him, and the circulation in his legs went to shit. Around the same time, a vicious wave of MRSA (wiki it) came through the prison. He managed to infect his foot during one of his infrequent showers, and the leg had to be amputated. He got quite a few jokes alluding to him always having "one foot on the outside".

    He really should have died slower, and lived longer, tho. I wanted him to die forgotten and about eighty pounds lighter, cold and hungry.

    Winston Churchill on
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] If you're Jesus and you know it, clap your hands.
  • AslanAslan Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Septus wrote: »
    Aslan wrote: »
    I work in the state legislature, which is, ironically enough, much like being a prison guard.

    I do the same, though I can't say I can empathize with the comparison.

    Still a believer eh, Davy Jones?

    Aslan on
    Captain_Renault.gif I'm shocked...shocked, to find faggotry in this thread.
  • SeptusSeptus Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Aslan wrote: »
    Septus wrote: »
    Aslan wrote: »
    I work in the state legislature, which is, ironically enough, much like being a prison guard.

    I do the same, though I can't say I can empathize with the comparison.

    Still a believer eh, Davy Jones?

    Oh, so you're only disenchanted? I kind of thought being a prison guard was much worse than that.

    Septus on
    PSN: Kurahoshi1
  • FFFF Once Upon a Time In OaklandRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    GRMike wrote: »
    I just troubleshot a networking problem that shut down two floors of a very busy hospital for 4 hours only to find out somebody unplugged the UPS so they could plug in an electric drill.

    Lemme tell ya. I feel good.

    Oddly enough that just happened in our server room. Someone unplugged one full tower of servers (8 separate servers total) to plug in a drill or some such thing.

    This was despite full assurances that they would touch nothing while in there.

    FF on
    Huh...
  • AslanAslan Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Septus wrote: »
    Aslan wrote: »
    Septus wrote: »
    Aslan wrote: »
    I work in the state legislature, which is, ironically enough, much like being a prison guard.

    I do the same, though I can't say I can empathize with the comparison.

    Still a believer eh, Davy Jones?

    Oh, so you're only disenchanted? I kind of thought being a prison guard was much worse than that.

    I wouldn't say disenchanted although I suppose that's an accurate enough description. I would just say that my time here has slowly but effectively murdered any sense of idealism I might have possessed and quashed what little hope I ever had that the government is anything but a cause of problems, as opposed to a potential source of their solutions.

    Aslan on
    Captain_Renault.gif I'm shocked...shocked, to find faggotry in this thread.
  • Winston ChurchillWinston Churchill __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2008
    Being a Correctional Officer is kinda like this, except that we don't have any Percys on graveyard shift.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HdSKunQYf0&feature=related

    Three AM in a maximum security unit really brings about the worst kinds of Silent Hill type memories.

    Winston Churchill on
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] If you're Jesus and you know it, clap your hands.
  • FAQFAQ Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Aslan quit your job and start selling ice cream to babies

    FAQ on
  • iplaybassiplaybass Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Aslan wrote: »
    Septus wrote: »
    Aslan wrote: »
    Septus wrote: »
    Aslan wrote: »
    I work in the state legislature, which is, ironically enough, much like being a prison guard.

    I do the same, though I can't say I can empathize with the comparison.

    Still a believer eh, Davy Jones?

    Oh, so you're only disenchanted? I kind of thought being a prison guard was much worse than that.

    I wouldn't say disenchanted although I suppose that's an accurate enough description. I would just say that my time here has slowly but effectively murdered any sense of idealism I might have possessed and quashed what little hope I ever had that the government is anything but a cause of problems, as opposed to a potential source of their solutions.

    That happened to me when I was 5

    iplaybass on
    fsradiosig.jpg
    R.I.P.
  • FAQFAQ Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    iplaybass wrote: »
    Aslan wrote: »
    Septus wrote: »
    Aslan wrote: »
    Septus wrote: »
    Aslan wrote: »
    I work in the state legislature, which is, ironically enough, much like being a prison guard.

    I do the same, though I can't say I can empathize with the comparison.

    Still a believer eh, Davy Jones?

    Oh, so you're only disenchanted? I kind of thought being a prison guard was much worse than that.

    I wouldn't say disenchanted although I suppose that's an accurate enough description. I would just say that my time here has slowly but effectively murdered any sense of idealism I might have possessed and quashed what little hope I ever had that the government is anything but a cause of problems, as opposed to a potential source of their solutions.

    That happened to me when I was 5

    that's what daddies cock'll do to ya

    FAQ on
  • AslanAslan Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    FAQ wrote: »
    Aslan quit your job and start selling ice cream to babies

    I did that, but some babies have teeth and the ice cream kept melting through the hole I cut in the bottom of the cone. Also, babies don't really understand the concept of a 'surprise inside'.

    Aslan on
    Captain_Renault.gif I'm shocked...shocked, to find faggotry in this thread.
  • iplaybassiplaybass Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    FAQ wrote: »
    iplaybass wrote: »
    Aslan wrote: »
    Septus wrote: »
    Aslan wrote: »
    Septus wrote: »
    Aslan wrote: »
    I work in the state legislature, which is, ironically enough, much like being a prison guard.

    I do the same, though I can't say I can empathize with the comparison.

    Still a believer eh, Davy Jones?

    Oh, so you're only disenchanted? I kind of thought being a prison guard was much worse than that.

    I wouldn't say disenchanted although I suppose that's an accurate enough description. I would just say that my time here has slowly but effectively murdered any sense of idealism I might have possessed and quashed what little hope I ever had that the government is anything but a cause of problems, as opposed to a potential source of their solutions.

    That happened to me when I was 5

    that's what daddies cock'll do to ya

    damn open fly boxers

    iplaybass on
    fsradiosig.jpg
    R.I.P.
  • FAQFAQ Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    man,

    babies today

    FAQ on
  • Jukebox HeroJukebox Hero Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I work in a similar field Winston. I'm personally in a Residential treatment center, which basically means housing for crazy Juvies. My day generally consists of being made fun of for being white then slamming teenagers into the ground to make up for it.

    I am truly blessed to be paid to let all of my aggression out on children.

    Jukebox Hero on
  • SeptusSeptus Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Aslan wrote: »
    Septus wrote: »
    Aslan wrote: »
    Septus wrote: »
    Aslan wrote: »
    I work in the state legislature, which is, ironically enough, much like being a prison guard.

    I do the same, though I can't say I can empathize with the comparison.

    Still a believer eh, Davy Jones?

    Oh, so you're only disenchanted? I kind of thought being a prison guard was much worse than that.

    I wouldn't say disenchanted although I suppose that's an accurate enough description. I would just say that my time here has slowly but effectively murdered any sense of idealism I might have possessed and quashed what little hope I ever had that the government is anything but a cause of problems, as opposed to a potential source of their solutions.

    Well I work on the budget, so I feel like we've accomplished something just getting a budget done, with all the bickering over what should be in it.

    I imagine if I had to work on legislation that often takes as long as 6 years to get through, that might feel pretty shitty.

    Septus on
    PSN: Kurahoshi1
  • AslanAslan Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Actually I'm on the fiscal staff myself, so it's more of a sense of rubbernecking a car accident rather than being in one, but I'm still too close to the action for comfort.

    You guys have a biannual legislature right? What do you do with all that off-time?

    Aslan on
    Captain_Renault.gif I'm shocked...shocked, to find faggotry in this thread.
  • SeptusSeptus Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Aslan wrote: »
    Actually I'm on the fiscal staff myself, so it's more of a sense of rubbernecking a car accident rather than being in one, but I'm still too close to the action for comfort.

    You guys have a biannual legislature right? What do you do with all that off-time?

    Do...

    Hmm.

    Post here? This interim has been my first, and I've been a bit disappointed at how slow it's been. I expected June-December of last year to be slow, but I figured our interim studies would be cranking early this year and they haven't. Of course, I'll go back to missing this as soon as April and May of next year hit and we're working from 8 in the morning to 2 at night, 6 days a week.

    Septus on
    PSN: Kurahoshi1
  • AslanAslan Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Our interim studies are a joke and a half, for the most part. A way to get faces shown and constituents satisfied that their grievances have been aired. I suppose the occasional piece of legislation comes out of these events, but they're the exception rather than the rule.

    Yeah, interims are really slow. I kind of like our annual legislature, actually. Just about when I'm sick and bored of interim, things get going, and about the time I'm sick of all the bustle and noise, it's over.

    Aslan on
    Captain_Renault.gif I'm shocked...shocked, to find faggotry in this thread.
  • SeptusSeptus Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Aslan wrote: »
    Our interim studies are a joke and a half, for the most part. A way to get faces shown and constituents satisfied that their grievances have been aired. I suppose the occasional piece of legislation comes out of these events, but they're the exception rather than the rule.

    Yeah, interims are really slow. I kind of like our annual legislature, actually. Just about when I'm sick and bored of interim, things get going, and about the time I'm sick of all the bustle and noise, it's over.

    I would probably prefer this, but with Texas being as huge as it is, I'm sure our elected members would not, with all the travelling back and forth between their home city and the capital.

    Septus on
    PSN: Kurahoshi1
  • Winston ChurchillWinston Churchill __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2008
    I work in a similar field Winston. I'm personally in a Residential treatment center, which basically means housing for crazy Juvies. My day generally consists of being made fun of for being white then slamming teenagers into the ground to make up for it.

    I am truly blessed to be paid to let all of my aggression out on children.

    For the most part, the kids I have the most trouble with are the kids that went through foster homes, juvie, then the young adult centers. Once they get to my end, they've been taught that if they throw a fit or swing at custody staff, that there is nothing physically that can be done to them, other than restraining. That doesn't fly here in real prison. Most people would be surprised how long an inmate can resist an officer after they've been knocked unconscious. Which leads me to my favorite joke ever:

    How many Correctional Officers does it take to push an inmate down a flight of stairs?
    None. He fell.

    Winston Churchill on
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] If you're Jesus and you know it, clap your hands.
  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Welcome to what's wrong with our prison system

    Weaver on
  • ldrawldraw Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    NotACrook wrote: »
    get the fuck back in here, ldraw.

    I have pressing questions.

    what's up

    (I had class)

    ldraw on
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    AKA: mdraw, dux, milkman
  • Winston ChurchillWinston Churchill __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2008
    Weaver wrote: »
    Welcome to what's wrong with our prison system

    Hey, I'd be more than happy to be laid off due to lack of prisoners. Don't see that happening.

    Winston Churchill on
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] If you're Jesus and you know it, clap your hands.
  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I mean the hahaha we beat up a prisoner thing

    Weaver on
  • Dely AppleDely Apple Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    so disenchanted that this thread is yielding void crystals

    Dely Apple on
    feets.jpg
  • TardTard Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I'm the lowest paid reporter on the planet.

    And I sell coke to kids.

    Tard on
  • FAQFAQ Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    expose your own drug ring, win a Pulitzer

    FAQ on
  • PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    One of my bosses looked me up on Facebook, found me, and added me as a friend.

    The internet makes me uncomfortable sometimes.

    Poorochondriac on
  • Dely AppleDely Apple Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Tard wrote: »
    I'm the lowest paid reporter on the planet.

    And I sell coke to kids.

    For print journalism?

    Ha ha ha money in print journalism these days

    Dely Apple on
    feets.jpg
  • Cold Salmon and HatredCold Salmon and Hatred __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2008
    so duders

    at my job at wal-mart I am normally a store standards associate. I get all the shit jobs. Clean toilets, bring in carts, general maintenance, carry outs and stuff. It's still a pretty fucking easy job.

    but I go to work today to check my schedule and my boss comes up to me and tells me that they're thinking of moving me to the sales floor

    in the toys section

    BOSSES

    IF YOU'RE READING THIS

    STOP THINKING

    PLEASE

    PLEASE

    GIVE ME THAT JOB

    Cold Salmon and Hatred on
  • Winston ChurchillWinston Churchill __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2008
    Weaver wrote: »
    I mean the hahaha we beat up a prisoner thing

    Hey, all the older prisoners think that joke is funny as fuck. The new kids just look uneasy about it. And we don't beat up prisoners. It's a joke. The only time we lay hands on an inmate like that is if they are being extracted from their cells after spraying them with OC or a tazer, or if they jump on someone.

    Winston Churchill on
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] If you're Jesus and you know it, clap your hands.
  • B.C.B.C. is a bee! remember me?Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    One week ago, my leave of absence from Subway was over and I was supposed to physically report to that Subway in order to check in and resume my job.

    I arrive at that Subway and they are closed for remodeling. This leaves me a little worried about the status of my job. I call the corporate offices and get the number of the new manager, call the new manager, and receive no reply.

    Today they reopen for business, and I walk in to speak to the manager.

    I will not be given my job back, as according to the terms of the leave of absence, not reporting to the store on the day required counts as voluntarily leaving the store, and they have a no re-hiring policy.

    FUCK Subway.

    B.C. on
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  • Cold Salmon and HatredCold Salmon and Hatred __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2008
    B.C. wrote: »
    One week ago, my leave of absence from Subway was over and I was supposed to physically report to that Subway in order to check in and resume my job.

    I arrive at that Subway and they are closed for remodeling. This leaves me a little worried about the status of my job. I call the corporate offices and get the number of the new manager, call the new manager, and receive no reply.

    Today they reopen for business, and I walk in to speak to the manager.

    I will not be given my job back, as according to the terms of the leave of absence, not reporting to the store on the day required counts as voluntarily leaving the store, and they have a no re-hiring policy.

    FUCK Subway.

    dude mine is remodeling right now

    waoooohawagh

    Cold Salmon and Hatred on
  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2008
    One of my bosses looked me up on Facebook, found me, and added me as a friend.

    The internet makes me uncomfortable sometimes.

    guess who doesn't show up on facebook searches!

    that's right, it's me!

    Orikaeshigitae on
  • coldbird.coldbird. Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    there's a lot of gay people that work in bookstores

    coldbird. on
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