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post #1 of 31
3/31/04 at 7:30pm
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Got handed a letter...I have thirty days to find another demeaning way to find money in order support my DVD addiction.

Fucking cocksuckers...three years and I get a fucking letter... with three sentences on it.

Any suggestions... what kind of career should I pursue now?
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post #2 of 31
3/31/04 at 7:33pm
My dad always told me, "Do what makes you happy." Then he saw how much we were paying for college, and then he told me, "Do what makes you happy, but make sure you get fucking paid to do it."
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post #3 of 31
3/31/04 at 7:41pm
Hey, look. It's what Trip Fontaine thinks!
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post #4 of 31
3/31/04 at 7:43pm
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Obviously I like to eat while the lights are on....I wanted to be lighthearted you fucktard.
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post #5 of 31
3/31/04 at 7:47pm
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Yes.... you should... while also giving me some lighthearted yet humorous job hunting advice.
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post #6 of 31
3/31/04 at 7:49pm
Funny...today was my last day of work...
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post #7 of 31
3/31/04 at 7:55pm
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I heart SP
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post #8 of 31
3/31/04 at 8:01pm
Fired?...Holy shit, that sucks. I'm sorry to hear that, man. You could always sell...your...um....seed. You get paid to whack off. what better job is there? Ooh...you could direct porn movies! With lesbians even!....I'm sure that whatever you end up doing, you'll be fine....Just remember...the Unemployment Office is a good way to float by until you find a new source of income. Take 'em for all that they'll give ya....
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post #9 of 31
3/31/04 at 8:05pm
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You wanna buy my seed?
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post #10 of 31
3/31/04 at 8:31pm
That blows -- they'd better give you a little severence pay there Aghora....

Anyway, I temp -- find a temp agency (or several). It's usually steady work (sometimes there are lags) and the pay fluctuates, but also you can get a permanant gig out of it and check out a lot of different places to work. And if you hate it, it you can walk away and get another gig.

Good luck -- it's tough out there, but it'll turn around....
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post #11 of 31
3/31/04 at 8:38pm
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Originally posted by Aghora Eats Kittens
You wanna buy my seed?


Why buy the milk when I can get the cow for free?
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post #12 of 31
3/31/04 at 9:20pm
I'm sorry to hear you were fired, Aghora. Do they have nice unemployment benefits where you are? Collect them while you try to decide what you can do which will pay the rent and bring you joy.
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post #13 of 31
3/31/04 at 9:25pm
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think food and bills should take priority over DVDs.
You thought Wrong
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post #14 of 31
4/1/04 at 12:44am
Fired or laid off?

Big difference when you're asking the state of Ohio to pay your rent.

Either way it sucks. I thought you were a student actually.

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Maybe someone already asked this, but what kind of job did you get fired from and why?
Yeah, what did you do?
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post #15 of 31
4/1/04 at 1:18am
Work on your jaw muscles. Oh, and kneepads would probably be helpful.
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post #16 of 31
4/1/04 at 4:30am
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Originally posted by Aghora Eats Kittens
Obviously I like to eat while the lights are on....I wanted to be lighthearted you fucktard.
huhn, i've never heard that phrase before, it's brilliant! you should be a writer, in the meantime, take this advice i got from an old chef, "It's all about flipping eggs. If you know how to flip eggs then you can get a job anywhere. You could go all the way down Route 66 and get a job in every single town. Just so long as you know how to flip them eggs..."
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post #17 of 31
4/1/04 at 7:09am
Aghora, sorry to hear that. Sincerely.

I know you're an intelligent, loquacious cat, why not try your hand at freelance writing ? Might be more difficult and time consuming to get to get into it than other avenues, but it's a thought that goes through my head if I ever get shit-canned.

Why not try get into the outdoor pursuity thing ? That's a passion of your isn't it ? Total environment change might not be possible, but it's certainly appealing...
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post #18 of 31
4/1/04 at 7:17am
Being fired sucks. Even if you hate your job, enforced change is not very nice.

I hope you find something that works out for you, and soon.
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post #19 of 31
4/1/04 at 10:35am

Re: I Just Got Fired...

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Originally posted by Aghora Eats Kittens
Any suggestions... what kind of career should I pursue now?
Didn’t you tell me that you were an undercover police officer trying to catch would be child molesters on the internet. Police don’t get fired, what you talking about Willis?
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post #20 of 31
4/1/04 at 12:50pm
Shit, sorry to hear that. I live in constant fear of being fired, so I can only imagine what you must be feeling now, but it can't be nice.
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post #21 of 31
4/1/04 at 1:14pm
Dear Sean:

Some things to do without a job (and for some reason, I just had deja vu).

1. Give yourself a hug, because I can't
2. Update your resume. NOW.
3. If you're not skilled at #2, you know where I live, so send it to me and I'm happy to make it pretty
4. Look for jobs. NOW. Hiring takes upwards of 30-45 days where I live.

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post #22 of 31
4/1/04 at 1:58pm
Sorry to hear about your being fired, Aghora.

I've been out of full-time employment for 10 months, but things are starting to pick back up.
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post #23 of 31
4/1/04 at 3:02pm
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Even with the giant feet and a bastardized Carpenter I feel much better this morning. Thanks for the love SP.


Funny thing is I was heading on out anyway...I've already had interviews lined up to add a double major and switch my job to another department.

Must have got wind of it. Which is weird that they would be pissy about that.

I was pissed because after three years in a rather small and friendly department I got handed a letter.... no meeting... no talk...nothing. A letter. When I asked what it was...she said "Just read it" and walked away.

That's what pissed me off. Shit, another job won't be that hard to find. It was the lack of respect that got me.

And as to what I did for the department. I was basically a gopher for the Anthro dept. The reigns have been tight for a while...but I didn't expect to not finish out the semester. The end of the semester is always the toughest because all that lovely kick back money has dried up by then.

I was helping students out...keeping office hours for the dept... stuff like that. I was in contact with students. That's what I loved about it. The pay sucked...... but shit...I was in my field of study and everything.

Anyway...I already got leads on several jobs that will most likely bring in more cash on the same amount of time. Except it's normal workforce type stuff that won't be anywhere near related to music or anthro.My intellect is ready to be stifled.

At least I have Port Clinton gigs that will bring in some cash to help me through the coming weeks. I got five hundred bucks in gig money coming to me soon.
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post #24 of 31
4/1/04 at 3:07pm
$500 / $20 = 25 dvds.
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post #25 of 31
4/1/04 at 3:18pm
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Good God...25 DVD's. And like any trip to the store I'd pass up a comedy I've wanted for a while and head straight to the Horror section. 25 MORE horror flicks. That would indeed make me chipper.

Maybe I could just move into my mother's basement and get rid of my girlfriend?
That sounds like a blast. Crouched in a corner of the basement, movies in hand, with the flicker of the TV and the screams from the many female victims of masked psycho's emphasizing my licking of the walls.

I like the idea of selling my seed. Shit...if I get 25 bucks a visit for selling plasma.... and you're allowed two visits a week.... I'd get 200 bucks a month. Plus my gig money.... Shit...

WHY WAS I WORKING IN THE FIRST PLACE?!?
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post #26 of 31
4/1/04 at 3:23pm
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Originally posted by Aghora Eats Kittens
Good God...25 DVD's. And like any trip to the store I'd pass up a comedy I've wanted for a while and head straight to the Horror section. 25 MORE horror flicks. That would indeed make me chipper.

Maybe I could just move into my mother's basement and get rid of my girlfriend?
That sounds like a blast. Crouched in a corner of the basement, movies in hand, with the flicker of the TV and the screams from the many female victims of masked psycho's emphasizing my licking of the walls.

I like the idea of selling my seed. Shit...if I get 25 bucks a visit for selling plasma.... and you're allowed two visits a week.... I'd get 200 bucks a month. Plus my gig money.... Shit...
My sarcasm detector just overloaded.

Can you/did you file for unemployment benefits?
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post #27 of 31
4/1/04 at 3:32pm
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Honestly... I wont need to... I got something lined up already. Which was surprising.
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post #28 of 31
4/3/04 at 4:16am
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Originally posted by Aghora Eats Kittens
Good God...25 DVD's. And like any trip to the store I'd pass up a comedy I've wanted for a while and head straight to the Horror section. 25 MORE horror flicks. That would indeed make me chipper.

Maybe I could just move into my mother's basement and get rid of my girlfriend?
That sounds like a blast. Crouched in a corner of the basement, movies in hand, with the flicker of the TV and the screams from the many female victims of masked psycho's emphasizing my licking of the walls.

I like the idea of selling my seed. Shit...if I get 25 bucks a visit for selling plasma.... and you're allowed two visits a week.... I'd get 200 bucks a month. Plus my gig money.... Shit...

WHY WAS I WORKING IN THE FIRST PLACE?!?
Just do what I do. I am not really sure what I do, I just know I don't have to go anywhere or do anything for anybody. Its a lovely job. I highly recomend it. Lets see, today I drove over 110 miles round trip to buy one pound of bacon and two pounds of sausage, from a special Hungarian sausage factory. I posted on CHUD and answered some emails. I spoke to an attorney that is one of my clients, but I went out of range while I was driving and never called him back. Praticed a new bass run and a guitar solo for about an hour, oh yeah, I washed and polished my car. Ah, I also told my gardener how I wanted him to trim my apple trees. And some people think I don't do anything.

Seriously, I doubt you will even have much recollection of your current job in a few years. When you find the right thing to do in life, it seems like all the bad jobs just led up to where you finally got to be, if you liked some sucky job and stayed there too long, you might miss the chance to do what you really want to be doing. If I hadn't quit or gotten fired for at least a few of my old jobs, I'd have never wound up being able to spend the day doing exactly what I want to do. Look ahead, not behind.
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post #29 of 31
4/3/04 at 1:16pm
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Originally posted by Gus Bjork
$500 / $20 = 25 dvds.
Or if you're lucky $500 / $10 = 50 DVDs.

Or $500 = one hell of a time with a high class call girl.

Or $500 / $7 = 71 10 pack of tacos from Taco Bell = 714 tacos.

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post #30 of 31
4/3/04 at 2:27pm
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Originally posted by billylove
Or if you're lucky $500 / $10 = 50 DVDs.

Or $500 = one hell of a time with a high class call girl.

Or $500 / $7 = 71 10 pack of tacos from Taco Bell = 714 tacos.

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Hmpf! Big deal. Jack in Box, home of those ever-so-lovely regular, two for a dollar tacos. That's what I am talking about!

Those is some good eats!

$500 = 1,000 tacos!

Could it get any better that that? I don't really think so.

Taco Bell is OK for young girls, but MEN go to Jack in the Box. Who doesn't want to dine at the box?
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post #31 of 31
4/3/04 at 3:44pm
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Originally posted by billylove
Or $500 / $7 = 71 10 pack of tacos from Taco Bell = 714 tacos...
all we need now is a wheel barrel, jolt cola, and someone who can scare Public Television into running a Dr. Who marathon...
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