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Author Topic: The 'Let's Bitch About Our Jobs' thread.  (Read 211619 times)

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Re: The 'Let's Bitch About Our Jobs' thread.
« Reply #100 on: November 16, 2007, 11:22:31 AM »

What if we don't have a job?  Because that's kinda sucking ass for me right now when I have bills to pay.

Not working sucks.  I should get a job...

Have you thought about working for a slave trader? (temp agency) I had to do that for awhile when they closed down the plant I used to work at a few years ago. It wasn't fun, or steady work, but it did help with the bills for a time.
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Re: The 'Let's Bitch About Our Jobs' thread.
« Reply #101 on: November 16, 2007, 11:53:16 PM »

What if we don't have a job?  Because that's kinda sucking ass for me right now when I have bills to pay.

Not working sucks.  I should get a job...

Try Barnes & Noble.  They'll hire anyone.  It's actually in their policy to do that, and if you can work full time for a certain amount of time their benefits are really good.  Of course, they'll try to suck you in, so there's that.
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Re: The 'Let's Bitch About Our Jobs' thread.
« Reply #102 on: November 17, 2007, 11:26:27 PM »

Try Barnes & Noble.  They'll hire anyone.  It's actually in their policy to do that, and if you can work full time for a certain amount of time their benefits are really good.  Of course, they'll try to suck you in, so there's that.

Bullshit. I've been trying to get a job at Barnes & Noble for the past two years and they won't freaking hire me. Fascists.
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Re: The 'Let's Bitch About Our Jobs' thread.
« Reply #103 on: November 19, 2007, 04:46:24 PM »

Today is much better. Get to rack a new server, make updated firmware CDs, and fix everything that broke over the weekend.

I guess the only gripe I have is....stuff broke over the weekend.  :-)
« Last Edit: November 19, 2007, 04:48:53 PM by xolik »
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Re: The 'Let's Bitch About Our Jobs' thread.
« Reply #104 on: November 19, 2007, 06:40:53 PM »

I got to deal with Dr. Asshat from $client who feels that the emergency mailbox (which auto-notifies whomever is on-call by calling that person's cell phone) is his personal after-hours helpdesk for any little thing.

The dickweed woke me up at 6:30 this morning.

Yes, there's a 6:30 in the morning too. 

 :roll:
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Re: The 'Let's Bitch About Our Jobs' thread.
« Reply #105 on: November 19, 2007, 07:27:32 PM »

I got to deal with Dr. Asshat from $client who feels that the emergency mailbox (which auto-notifies whomever is on-call by calling that person's cell phone) is his personal after-hours helpdesk for any little thing.

The dickweed woke me up at 6:30 this morning.

Yes, there's a 6:30 in the morning too. 

 :roll:

I know the feeling. I sometimes got calls at like 3 or 4 in the morning when I used to work in a restaurant in New Jersey. Now all I get are occasional calls at normal human hours, thankfully.
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Re: The 'Let's Bitch About Our Jobs' thread.
« Reply #106 on: November 20, 2007, 07:02:16 PM »

I've been jolted awake by a pager twice this week, and one time was on the weekend and there wasn't even a problem so I cried.

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Re: The 'Let's Bitch About Our Jobs' thread.
« Reply #107 on: November 20, 2007, 07:27:40 PM »

Okay, how many times do we have to tell this client that your goddamned smartphone not syncing IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE REASON TO LEAVE A MESSAGE IN OUR EMERGENCY MAILBOX?

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Re: The 'Let's Bitch About Our Jobs' thread.
« Reply #108 on: November 20, 2007, 10:10:36 PM »

Why do they call it a smartphone it is so stupid make it work

i am so angry right now

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Re: The 'Let's Bitch About Our Jobs' thread.
« Reply #109 on: November 21, 2007, 02:06:17 PM »

I bought a Stupid Phone ...

I am satisfied because my expectations have been met.
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Re: The 'Let's Bitch About Our Jobs' thread.
« Reply #110 on: November 29, 2007, 05:48:18 PM »

 :-) - "Hey, Xolik, are you running any backup jobs right now?" <-note this is our "backup admin."
 8-) - "You mean other than the ones I sent an email out about three hours ago about restarting the Exchange group?"
 :| - "So, it's not the tuesday group?"
 8-) = "No. It's the Exchange group. Some failed, so I'm re-running the ones that failed."
 :| - "Not the Tuesday group?"
 8-) - "No. The Exchange group. Some failed last night."
 :? - "Hey, do you know why there is a big red x next to the Exchange job group from last night?"
 :x -"Yes, I do. The Exchange group, that I'm currently re-running because of last night's failures, had some failures last night. So I'm re-running the failed jobs. From the Exchange group. Because they did not complete."
 :-( - "Oh, the Exchange group failed?"

*stabbing spree ensues"
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Re: The 'Let's Bitch About Our Jobs' thread.
« Reply #111 on: November 29, 2007, 06:56:47 PM »

I know of some great ways to hide bodies.

Let me know.
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Re: The 'Let's Bitch About Our Jobs' thread.
« Reply #112 on: December 05, 2007, 12:40:51 AM »

"Ok, so that email you sent.  I read the part with my name, but the rest, including the attachment....not so much.  I need hte information I feel like reading to be up front, because again, with the whole not reading thing..."

What my boss would say if he even realized this is what goes on in his head.  To his credit, he is really busy.  I just don't understand why I have to send the SAME DAMN THING four different times.  Also, if I edit it (and mention in the email in the bit he didn't read) then don't print out an earlier version and ask why none of the changes have been made.

And procrastinating and then dumping the projects on me isn't cool either.
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Re: The 'Let's Bitch About Our Jobs' thread.
« Reply #113 on: December 05, 2007, 12:44:35 AM »

Again, I know of some great ways to hide bodies.
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Re: The 'Let's Bitch About Our Jobs' thread.
« Reply #114 on: December 05, 2007, 01:07:06 AM »

Can I have the branes?

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Re: The 'Let's Bitch About Our Jobs' thread.
« Reply #115 on: December 06, 2007, 11:18:54 PM »

Yes.
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Re: The 'Let's Bitch About Our Jobs' thread.
« Reply #116 on: December 06, 2007, 11:21:45 PM »

I no longer have a job to bitch about.
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Re: The 'Let's Bitch About Our Jobs' thread.
« Reply #117 on: December 06, 2007, 11:24:11 PM »

I no longer have a job to bitch about.

!!!!

Dude!

You okay?
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Re: The 'Let's Bitch About Our Jobs' thread.
« Reply #118 on: December 06, 2007, 11:34:46 PM »

Sorry dude.  Good luck with the search.

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Re: The 'Let's Bitch About Our Jobs' thread.
« Reply #119 on: December 07, 2007, 12:52:50 AM »

Thanks for the kind words, I'm doing okay. I'm trying out this whole positive thinking thing and I think this could be a good thing in many ways. I realize now that much as I enjoyed my actual job and most of my co-workers I was constantly resenting the management and the very concept of it in general, and I was probably a lot more negative all together because of it. Maybe I should try something different.
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Re: The 'Let's Bitch About Our Jobs' thread.
« Reply #120 on: December 07, 2007, 12:55:16 AM »

That kind of situation sure can bring you down.
Good luck dude.
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Re: The 'Let's Bitch About Our Jobs' thread.
« Reply #121 on: December 07, 2007, 02:04:57 AM »

Sorry dude.  Good luck with the search.
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Re: The 'Let's Bitch About Our Jobs' thread.
« Reply #122 on: December 07, 2007, 10:44:12 AM »

Jobs are like clothes - outgrow 'em and get new ones.

And that's my platitudinal contribution for today.

At my last job, there was this incredibly annoying trend of saying things like "It's not a problem, it's an opportunity." The big boss of the company was this really angry guy, and had I not feared being fired on the spot, I would have told him to calm the fuck down lest he develop heart opportunities.


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Re: The 'Let's Bitch About Our Jobs' thread.
« Reply #123 on: December 07, 2007, 12:57:54 PM »

calm the fuck down lest he develop heart opportunities.

That's pretty much me right there. Having all this free time is helping with that though. BACK IN SLACK!
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Re: The 'Let's Bitch About Our Jobs' thread.
« Reply #124 on: December 08, 2007, 07:20:12 PM »

Good luck with everything, and enjoy whatever slack time you can get ;-)

When my dad was looking for a job (he was laid off for being a manager over the age of 50, male, and white.  this company took affirmative action and decided its translation was having quotas) he had fewer stress-related illnesses, and was able to get back into a lot of his hobbies.  Now he's at a company that appreciates him and he makes time for doing things he likes to do.
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