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post #51 of 177
8/6/08 at 3:23pm
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Originally Posted by Rob Rocco View Post
You've got my admiration. That is a tough job.
That's for sure. I wouldn't want that job.
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post #52 of 177
8/6/08 at 3:55pm
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Originally Posted by Diva View Post
That's for sure. I wouldn't want that job.
Yeah, I'm just about burned out. Among a variety of problems, I've forgotten how to communicate with people, as I'm sure my declinng post count and quality shows.

One more year. Then the oldest will start kindergarten and my 5-month-old will be ready for pre-school. Fuck if I know what kind of job I'll do, but I'm definitely feeling the burning desire to do *anything* else. I understand the envy that some have for me, and I did have fun for the first year or so, but I miss adult interaction with people other than housewives like crazy.
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post #53 of 177
8/6/08 at 4:10pm
I'm a cashier at my local grocery store about 30 hours a week.

Sadly I don't get to check CHUD at work, but I work with some good people.

It's obviously not a career but it's good to me for the moment.

One story: I had a rather petite woman come into my lane a few weeks ago and put a candy bar on the scanner. I ring it up: .67 cents with tax .72 cents. She flips. "There isn't tax on food, there's never been tax on food, why the hell are you putting tax on food?!?!" I calm her down and say that as far as I know there's always been tax on candy bars.

As the vein is bulging through her forehead she says "Fine, I want to get cash back off of my card.". Bad news is our machines are somewhat antiquitated so we can't do that. After informing her of this she looks up at me and I swear to God it's Sissy Spacek from Carrie. I can hear the "Ave Satani" playing, shit's going to get bad. She indeed goes fuck nuts and literally runs from the store yelling something about" This place is fucking bullshit!".
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post #54 of 177
8/6/08 at 4:20pm
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Originally Posted by Jakespeare View Post
One story: I had a rather petite woman come into my lane a few weeks ago and put a candy bar on the scanner. I ring it up: .67 cents with tax .72 cents. She flips. "There isn't tax on food, there's never been tax on food, why the hell are you putting tax on food?!?!" I calm her down and say that as far as I know there's always been tax on candy bars.
Each municipality is different for taxation. For where I live, items that can be defined as 'food' don't get taxed. Except for a meth addict, I can't think of anyone who would define a candy bar as food.
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post #55 of 177
8/6/08 at 4:27pm
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
Each municipality is different for taxation. For where I live, items that can be defined as 'food' don't get taxed. Except for a meth addict, I can't think of anyone who would define a candy bar as food.
Fair enough, I should probably pay more attention to those kind of things.
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post #56 of 177
8/6/08 at 4:31pm
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Originally Posted by Eyeball Kid View Post
Yeah, I'm just about burned out. Among a variety of problems, I've forgotten how to communicate with people, as I'm sure my declinng post count and quality shows.

One more year. Then the oldest will start kindergarten and my 5-month-old will be ready for pre-school. Fuck if I know what kind of job I'll do, but I'm definitely feeling the burning desire to do *anything* else. I understand the envy that some have for me, and I did have fun for the first year or so, but I miss adult interaction with people other than housewives like crazy.
You made it longer than me, dude. I lost the ability to function as an adult 18 months in, and only made it six months longer. The main thing that I think did me in was the fact that even though there are great oodles of "mommy groups", it was a little weird to be the only swinging Johnson on the playground. Every mommy I met said how cool it was that I was doing it, and how good I was with the kids...but the interaction stopped there.

In retrospect, I probably shouldn't have propositioned every last one of them.

These days I work in Quality Assurance at a small software company, which gives me some stretches of time to play on the internet. And like Judas, I actually like my job.
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post #57 of 177
8/6/08 at 4:34pm
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Originally Posted by Tieman View Post
I'm the entire IT department for a live shopping network.

This is not what I pictured doing for the rest of my life.
You, me and Hocken should open up a drive-in somewhere.
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post #58 of 177
8/6/08 at 4:35pm
I like your thinkin.
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post #59 of 177
8/6/08 at 4:42pm
The funniest thing about all of this would be if Frank is the one to shoot up his job first, as opposed to all of us drones.
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post #60 of 177
8/6/08 at 4:43pm
Ha. Ha. Unemployed, I think people won't hire me because I'm too pretty.

But I am going to school, so I got that.
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post #61 of 177
8/6/08 at 4:49pm
I'm a team leader at a DVD/Blu-ray factory.
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post #62 of 177
8/6/08 at 4:49pm
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Originally Posted by Ratty View Post
You, me and Hocken should open up a drive-in somewhere.
That would be awesome.
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post #63 of 177
8/6/08 at 5:34pm
Failure Analysis Engineer (not "Failure, Analysis Engineer." Ha-ha.) at the HQ of a big semiconductor company. I use electron microscopes and electrical tests and knowledge of physics to figure out what went wrong during the manufacture of mind-bogglingly complicated chips.

(Aside: I find that, in my experience, engineers/physics people in general don't "get" movies beyond "Office Space is so LOL!" It's largely why I started hanging out here at the CHUD boards, because in grad school I got tired of blank looks when I tried to bring up Guillermo del Toro or recurring themes in Spielberg.)
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post #64 of 177
8/6/08 at 5:46pm
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Originally Posted by Matt Goldberg View Post
I'm unemployed at the moment. Thanks for rubbing salt in the wound, ass-hole.
Same. I had a run for a while in the residential mortgage arena, just turn on your local news to see how that turned out. Recently I was working as a recruiter, but seeing as my office had me looking for Medical Device Engineers, something I know zip about, it didn't work out. I'm looking at a couple of possibilities, a service/enrollment position at a financial consulting firm, or a 911 operator. We'll see which works out/pays better.
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post #65 of 177
8/6/08 at 5:53pm
It had to be done:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztv8lsgpmmI
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post #66 of 177
8/6/08 at 5:54pm
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Originally Posted by Jakespeare View Post
One story...
Ha! She should hook up with THIS GUY. I mean all he wanted was his freaking sauce!
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post #67 of 177
8/6/08 at 6:06pm
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Originally Posted by Diva View Post
Ha! She should hook up with THIS GUY. I mean all he wanted was his freaking sauce!
See, if I get the 911 job, I'll have stories like that. And of course, horribly depressing ones.
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post #68 of 177
8/6/08 at 6:48pm
Not to mention it's a needed job.
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post #69 of 177
8/6/08 at 7:03pm
I mentioned long ago I work for KRAFT Foods in the ham department at Adair Foods. I still do. I basically do anything that needs to be done. From working the lines, making small repairs, and being a back-up team leader. I work 12am-8:30am Mon-Fri, and I make a really nice chunk of money. If I stay in this town, I'll most likely retire from here. It's a pretty sweet gig.
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post #70 of 177
8/6/08 at 7:12pm
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Originally Posted by Patrick Ripoll View Post
I work at Staples, unloading the truck. Because I'm a smart and talented individual with limitless potential.
Ha! I used to be the NMS guy who put together all the furniture at Staples stores. I don't miss it one bit.

Now I'm a financial adviser, trying to keep your grandpa from having to work at Staples.
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post #71 of 177
8/6/08 at 7:14pm
I freelance as a subtitler (English to Swedish) for television. Would be more fun if the pay wasn't as shitty as it is. But, hey, at least I get the chance to catch up on old episodes of Roseanne.
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post #72 of 177
8/6/08 at 7:25pm
I work at a frozen yogurt store. No, not in the year 1988 - in 2008 (I wouldn't have been born yet). I'm still in college, so I'm not doing it forever. But I am the manager, so I have some dignity.

Still waiting for that modeling job to come through. COME ON!
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post #73 of 177
8/6/08 at 7:40pm
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Originally Posted by Andrew Eaton View Post
I work at a frozen yogurt store. No, not in the year 1988 - in 2008 (I wouldn't have been born yet). I'm still in college, so I'm not doing it forever. But I am the manager, so I have some dignity.

Still waiting for that modeling job to come through. COME ON!
Bullshit, you're broadcasting from 1988 aren't you. You're some new waver asshole aren't ya? Just admit you've got styling mousse in your hair. Admit it!
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post #74 of 177
8/6/08 at 7:54pm
I work check-in at a general dermatology clinic for a major hospital in the Northeast. I take your co-pay and make sure you have your referral situation all figured out before you leave the office, fun stuff like that. My biggest job hazard is having people yell at me for things that are completely beyond my control, like a doctor being forty-five minutes behind schedule. That and the threat of infectious disease. Oh, and I've learned more about skin cancer than I really ever needed to know.
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post #75 of 177
8/6/08 at 8:04pm
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Originally Posted by EdHocken View Post
Not to mention it's a needed job.
I was thinking the same thing, Ed. Who knows, Chris - you might be able to prevent some of the more depressing stories by being on call when someone really needs it, rather than your local 911 being shorthanded on operators.
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post #76 of 177
8/6/08 at 8:16pm
I work for a large standardized testing company investigating people who cheat on tests. News flash: there are a lot of people who cheat.
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post #77 of 177
8/6/08 at 8:45pm
Since March I've gone through 2 jobs, and I'm about to start my 3rd. The first was electronics associate at K-Mart, so obviously I had to deal with a lot of crap and people who haven't evolved past 1992. I was there from March to the beginning of June.

After that I went to Echostar, which is a call center for Dishnetwork, and I went through a month of training, then I was on the floor taking calls for about 2 weeks, until I struck gold. I got hired as an 8th grade English teacher.

So I'm finally going to be using my Bachelors in English. 'Bout time that piece of paper paid off!
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post #78 of 177
8/6/08 at 8:51pm
I'm currently a product manager/user interface dude for a small company that makes software for the Mac and iPhone.

And I aim to keep it that way.
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post #79 of 177
8/6/08 at 8:52pm
I run a comic shop and I'm also a writer. I sold two pitches (comic related obviously), so I call myself a writer. The ladies love it.

Oh, and full time university student. I only add that because it's tougher than my actual job.
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post #80 of 177
8/6/08 at 9:25pm
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Originally Posted by EdHocken View Post
Bullshit, you're broadcasting from 1988 aren't you. You're some new waver asshole aren't ya? Just admit you've got styling mousse in your hair. Admit it!
Only when I'm performing with my band, The Naked Souls. We have a recorded concert of us on Betamax that I should upload to MySpace one of these days.
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post #81 of 177
8/6/08 at 9:41pm
Mine's somewhat related to Tati's, but I'm an architectural technician. So I work for architects, who design irrational things without thinking of how to do it and I conceptualize, draft and plan it. Coordination with engineers and others professionals is the norm, as site surveys and inspections, so I can get out of the office.

And the small firm I work in specialize in skyscrapers, office buildings and condos, henceforth providing valuable targets to Al-Quaïda, should they go as low as attacking Montreal...
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post #82 of 177
8/6/08 at 9:45pm
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Originally Posted by Martin Savage View Post
And the small firm I work in specialize in skyscrapers, office buildings and condos, henceforth providing valuable targets to Al-Quaïda, should they go as low as attacking Montreal...
The terrorists just hate your freedom. And your indie music scene.
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post #83 of 177
8/6/08 at 9:52pm
You're just jealous of the awesome comedy stylings of Jon LaJoie aren't ya?
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post #84 of 177
8/6/08 at 10:10pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by Martin Savage View Post
Mine's somewhat related to Tati's, but I'm an architectural technician. So I work for architects, who design irrational things without thinking of how to do it and I conceptualize, draft and plan it. Coordination with engineers and others professionals is the norm, as site surveys and inspections, so I can get out of the office.
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Well, this sounds interesting. Need something visualized?
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post #85 of 177
8/6/08 at 11:32pm
I work for Big Blue (IBM).

The long story of my job is I work with a team called X-Force and I do quality assurance and testing automation on our anti-virus product.

I've got access to just about every computer virus ever made.


One day, I was categorizing viruses in our ZOO and I went to manually move one around, saw there was a subdirectory. Next thing you know I unleashed the virus. Fortunately all this is done in a separate network. So, I didn't get fired that day.

I set my own hours just as long as I get the job done. I have unlimited internet access. No filter, no bandwidth limitation. We've basically got a fat pipe to the internet.

Also, we've got a network operations/thread center that's like a mini NASA control center. Yeah, we have the same console/desktop things like you've seen on TV.
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post #86 of 177
8/6/08 at 11:37pm
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Originally Posted by Jexxon View Post
I freelance as a subtitler (English to Swedish) for television. Would be more fun if the pay wasn't as shitty as it is. But, hey, at least I get the chance to catch up on old episodes of Roseanne.
Don't your fingers get tired? Sometimes you guys get all jumbled up.
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post #87 of 177
8/6/08 at 11:54pm
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Originally Posted by billylove View Post
The long story of my job is I work with a team called X-Force
hehehe The twelve year old in me is giggling, fawning at the awesomeness of working alongside a mutant hero team.

The 25 year old in me is taking the twelve year old in me out back to be beaten by reeds.

Alt: hey, you could be working for Alpha Flight!
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post #88 of 177
8/7/08 at 12:01am
Haha. We were asked to put our capes on yesterday.
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post #89 of 177
8/7/08 at 12:02am
Raconteur.
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post #90 of 177
8/7/08 at 12:55am
I USED to work in the examination department in a Maidenform bra factory, summers between college semesters (I didn't actually inspect the product; I ran a conveyor belt that supplied tubs full of product to the inspectors). Used to do a parlor trick at parties; one of my friends would "casually mention" that I had the ability to guess women's bra sizes. More often than not, at least one would say "Betcha can't guess mine", and stick her chest way out, daring me to take a guess. More often than not, I'd guess right, and more often than not the girl's bravado would wither, and she'd suddenly pull her jacket around herself and ask who told me that. Kind of fun to watch that happen.
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post #91 of 177
8/7/08 at 2:49am
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Originally Posted by IggytheBorg View Post
Used to do a parlor trick at parties; one of my friends would "casually mention" that I had the ability to guess women's bra sizes. More often than not, at least one would say "Betcha can't guess mine", and stick her chest way out, daring me to take a guess. More often than not, I'd guess right, and more often than not the girl's bravado would wither, and she'd suddenly pull her jacket around herself and ask who told me that. Kind of fun to watch that happen.
I'm going to start doing that regardless of whether or not I'm even close on the guess.
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post #92 of 177
8/7/08 at 2:57am
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Originally Posted by IggytheBorg View Post
I USED to work in the examination department in a Maidenform bra factory, summers between college semesters (I didn't actually inspect the product; I ran a conveyor belt that supplied tubs full of product to the inspectors). Used to do a parlor trick at parties; one of my friends would "casually mention" that I had the ability to guess women's bra sizes. More often than not, at least one would say "Betcha can't guess mine", and stick her chest way out, daring me to take a guess. More often than not, I'd guess right, and more often than not the girl's bravado would wither, and she'd suddenly pull her jacket around herself and ask who told me that. Kind of fun to watch that happen.
Iggy, you are a badass.
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post #93 of 177
8/7/08 at 3:06am
Oh, I got kicked off a temp job after about 4 hours, it was machine shop work. Never found out why, I got $28 out of it.
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post #94 of 177
8/7/08 at 3:14am
Preschool teacher. Every day, I walk into a room with ten two-year-olds in it. And every day, I don't turn right back around and run away screaming. It requires nerves of steel, but that's the kind of badass motherfucker I am.
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post #95 of 177
8/7/08 at 9:27am
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Originally Posted by Greg David View Post
Preschool teacher. Every day, I walk into a room with ten two-year-olds in it. And every day, I don't turn right back around and run away screaming. It requires nerves of steel, but that's the kind of badass motherfucker I am.
God damn, sir. I would've started punching years ago.
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post #96 of 177
8/7/08 at 9:56am
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Originally Posted by Doc Happenin View Post
God damn, sir. I would've started punting years ago.
Fixed that for you.
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post #97 of 177
8/7/08 at 10:05am
Here's my post for the year.

I'm the whole IT Department for a window manufacturing plant in Dallas but as far as I know I'm getting laid off at the end of August. This sucks because I like my job but it' fortunate as most of the people I work with are dullards.

I've been applying for jobs for about 3 months and have only had 2 interviews, got close both times but failed at the last turn. It seems people don't like to hire anti-social/ bald /fat people, who would have thunk it?

I've changed my whole career 3 times in my life from Chemical engineer to a General Manager of a factory to IT, I'm almost thinking I might need to change again.
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post #98 of 177
8/7/08 at 10:19am
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Originally Posted by Greg David View Post
Preschool teacher. Every day, I walk into a room with ten two-year-olds in it. And every day, I don't turn right back around and run away screaming. It requires nerves of steel, but that's the kind of badass motherfucker I am.
I think you truly are a bad-ass motherfucker. I'd have been blind and insane by the end of the first day.
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post #99 of 177
8/7/08 at 12:54pm
Not to mention when you probably strated that job. You probably got sick more times than anyone can imagine. However you probably now have the best immune system this side of Wolverine.

Oh and Iggy, even though you didn't actually inspect the bras. You still qualify as a member of this:

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post #100 of 177
8/7/08 at 12:58pm
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Originally Posted by Greg David View Post
Preschool teacher. Every day, I walk into a room with ten two-year-olds in it. And every day, I don't turn right back around and run away screaming. It requires nerves of steel, but that's the kind of badass motherfucker I am.
Admit it - you eat paste when the kids are outside during recess, don't you?

I do QA for a tiny company that makes visit tracking and billing software for home health agencies, those nice people who send out nurses to take care of old people when they are discharged from the hospital but still require some kind of care.

I now have an intimate knowledge of the US healthcare system, which is as depressing as it sounds, but the home health industry is filled with a lot of great people who genuinely care about their patients, despite how hard it is to get paid from a majority of insurance companies.
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