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I love my job (jk work is balls)

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  • DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    If they have consistant work for me, based on what I charge hourly... they're catching.

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  • StaleStale Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Well...

    I guess I get to keep my job.


    I find out next week who else gets to keep theirs. It's entirely possible I may be the only man left in my team.


    I need some dramatic music and a flowing banner behind me right about now.

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  • SilmarilSilmaril Mr Ha Ha Hapless. Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Stale wrote: »
    Well...

    I guess I get to keep my job.


    I find out next week who else gets to keep theirs. It's entirely possible I may be the only man left in my team.


    I need some dramatic music and a flowing banner behind me right about now.



    Hum something and look at your avatar.

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  • DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Silmaril wrote: »
    Stale wrote: »
    Well...

    I guess I get to keep my job.


    I find out next week who else gets to keep theirs. It's entirely possible I may be the only man left in my team.


    I need some dramatic music and a flowing banner behind me right about now.



    Hum something and look at your avatar.

    I suggest Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.


    Also, glad you are still pretty much employed Stale.

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  • WezoinWezoin Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I work for a large university, get paid weekly... Always at midnight between Thursday and Friday.

    This week? No money for some reason?

    I go in to work and call down to payroll, the woman there tries to tell me that no staff worked for the week ending the 3rd so, no pay. I pointed out, "Actually, no, we get statutory holiday pay for that... Also, I worked on the 3rd as well. I was supposed to get 14hours of pay in this check."

    This is the same woman who does this calculation on a regular basis: 8 hour shift - 0.5 hours break (which I don't get to take because it is scheduled that we only have 2 people working during my shifts and have to have a minimum of 2 people working at all times) = 4.5 hours.

    Anyway, so this woman, whose ONLY job is to make sure staff get paid for the work that they do, then proceeds to tell me that she 'doesn't have time for this shit' and hangs up on me. God I love unions.

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  • AshcroftAshcroft LOL The PayloadRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    After 5 months of utterly failing to sell anything at work, I am suddenly King Fuck of Sell Mountain. I could sell soap to a scouser right now. Amazing what a 2 week Xmas holiday can do. I like my job a lot more when everyone isn't looking at me and tutting.

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  • ArgusArgus Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Wezoin wrote: »
    I work for a large university, get paid weekly... Always at midnight between Thursday and Friday.

    This week? No money for some reason?

    I go in to work and call down to payroll, the woman there tries to tell me that no staff worked for the week ending the 3rd so, no pay. I pointed out, "Actually, no, we get statutory holiday pay for that... Also, I worked on the 3rd as well. I was supposed to get 14hours of pay in this check."

    This is the same woman who does this calculation on a regular basis: 8 hour shift - 0.5 hours break (which I don't get to take because it is scheduled that we only have 2 people working during my shifts and have to have a minimum of 2 people working at all times) = 4.5 hours.

    Anyway, so this woman, whose ONLY job is to make sure staff get paid for the work that they do, then proceeds to tell me that she 'doesn't have time for this shit' and hangs up on me. God I love unions.

    Um, I'm not a lawyer, but couldn't the university get in big trouble for this? Shouldn't you just threaten them with a legal suit and get them to pay up immediately?

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  • DynagripDynagrip Break me a million hearts HoustonRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2009
    I have a job right now. Getting a regular paycheck is pretty cool.

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  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Ashcroft wrote: »
    After 5 months of utterly failing to sell anything at work, I am suddenly King Fuck of Sell Mountain. I could sell soap to a scouser right now. Amazing what a 2 week Xmas holiday can do. I like my job a lot more when everyone isn't looking at me and tutting.

    Congrats, Your Majesty.

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  • MorgensternMorgenstern ICH BIN DER PESTVOGEL DU KAMPFAFFE!Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I got a new job last week after being laid off from my old job two weeks or so ago. Not bad so far. Work is the same. Pay is the same. Actually, everything is pretty much the same.

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  • RanxRanx Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I can't wait to work my next job

    which will be a barista in an upscale coffee joint because I know the guy who's starting it

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Pit-wide meeting tomorrow for one of my gigs. Wheeeeeeeeee. Then party.

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  • DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    A Bro-ista if you will.


    At least that way it sorta sounds like you've got balls.

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  • mullymully Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    soooo many people being laid off this week
    kind of odd

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  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Oh man

    I am just getting started on sorting out the office full of paperwork

    I hate the first few days, you never feel as if you are getting anywhere

    but it will feel so good when I am finished

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  • MorgensternMorgenstern ICH BIN DER PESTVOGEL DU KAMPFAFFE!Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Yo bro, wicked cappucino stand. Hit that shit. No decaf up in this house.

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  • RanxRanx Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    wikipedia says that barista is a gender-neutral term, bariste being the feminine form

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  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I don't mind Mori being laid off when he acts as my chauffeur and brings freshly baked cookies with him when he comes to pick me up

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  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Barista is a poncy name for a mundane job

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  • RanxRanx Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    mully wrote: »
    soooo many people being laid off this week
    kind of odd

    it's odd though mully

    walking around in vancouver today

    there are help wanted signs everywhere

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  • RanxRanx Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Janson wrote: »
    Barista is a poncy name for a mundane job

    would you prefer coffee guy

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  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Ranx wrote: »
    wikipedia says that barista is a gender-neutral term, bariste being the feminine form
    i would be called just about anything for the benefits starbucks employees recieve.

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  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Ranx wrote: »
    Janson wrote: »
    Barista is a poncy name for a mundane job

    would you prefer coffee guy
    I honestly don't mind

    I'm not arguing that they shouldn't be called baristas

    But seriously, a poncy name

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  • RanxRanx Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Janson wrote: »
    Ranx wrote: »
    Janson wrote: »
    Barista is a poncy name for a mundane job

    would you prefer coffee guy
    I honestly don't mind

    I'm not arguing that they shouldn't be called baristas

    But seriously, a poncy name

    even still, it's gonna be a fun job

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  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Oh, for sure, and congrats on getting a job!

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  • MorgensternMorgenstern ICH BIN DER PESTVOGEL DU KAMPFAFFE!Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I want to apply for this lab tech job that I just heard about, but I think the appeal of wearing a lab coat will wear off quite soon when I realize I never get to leave the lab.

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  • DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Janson wrote: »
    Ranx wrote: »
    Janson wrote: »
    Barista is a poncy name for a mundane job

    would you prefer coffee guy
    I honestly don't mind

    I'm not arguing that they shouldn't be called baristas

    But seriously, a poncy name

    I'm with Janson.

    Hell, it wasn't so long ago that guys that served soda at a malt shop were called Soda Jerks.

    We should go back to that.

    A Barista should henceforth be called a Coffee Douche.

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    DrZiplock wrote: »
    Janson wrote: »
    Ranx wrote: »
    Janson wrote: »
    Barista is a poncy name for a mundane job

    would you prefer coffee guy
    I honestly don't mind

    I'm not arguing that they shouldn't be called baristas

    But seriously, a poncy name

    I'm with Janson.

    Hell, it wasn't so long ago that guys that served soda at a malt shop were called Soda Jerks.

    We should go back to that.

    A Barista should henceforth be called a Coffee Douche.

    But then what would we call the people they're serving?

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  • DefenderDefender Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    That is a legitimate issue.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    pretty good so far

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  • FizFiz Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Morgenstern wrote: »
    I want to apply for this lab tech job that I just heard about, but I think the appeal of wearing a lab coat will wear off quite soon when I realize I never get to leave the lab.

    Did you watch those commercials where the guy said the best thing about getting a degree in science is the lab coats?

    Fiz on
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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    i thought baristas are supposed to more fancy than regular coffeeplace dudes, i.e. know how to prepare more things and not work at starbucks.

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  • FizFiz Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Faricazy wrote: »
    i thought baristas are supposed to more fancy than regular coffeeplace dudes, i.e. know how to prepare more things and not work at starbucks.

    How to make a little heart in the foam and all that crap

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    or like espresso science beyond pushing a button on a machine

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  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    ESPRESSO SCIENCE

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  • DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Khavall wrote: »
    DrZiplock wrote: »
    Janson wrote: »
    Ranx wrote: »
    Janson wrote: »
    Barista is a poncy name for a mundane job

    would you prefer coffee guy
    I honestly don't mind

    I'm not arguing that they shouldn't be called baristas

    But seriously, a poncy name

    I'm with Janson.

    Hell, it wasn't so long ago that guys that served soda at a malt shop were called Soda Jerks.

    We should go back to that.

    A Barista should henceforth be called a Coffee Douche.

    But then what would we call the people they're serving?

    Huh.

    You got a point there.

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  • ArgusArgus Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    The Far Side wrote: »
    Argus is that from Obama's offical office photo? :o

    Why yes yes it is.


    :winky:

    Argus on
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  • DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Argus wrote: »
    The Far Side wrote: »
    Argus is that from Obama's offical office photo? :o

    Why yes yes it is.


    :winky:
    I could kiss those tender lips...

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  • TerrendosTerrendos Decorative Monocle Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Fiz wrote: »
    Morgenstern wrote: »
    I want to apply for this lab tech job that I just heard about, but I think the appeal of wearing a lab coat will wear off quite soon when I realize I never get to leave the lab.

    Did you watch those commercials where the guy said the best thing about getting a degree in science is the lab coats?

    They're very slimming. And they make you feel smart. Especially with glasses.

    Especially with glasses.

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