Posted by JBuss and Sara.. I didn't believe you so I looked it up myself... damnit, fuck you.

Get used to it. I'm right a lot.

nothing like someone bringing you a problem at 2pm on a friday afternoon, and if its not fixed by end-of-day, shit will hit the fan when the clock strikes midnight!

Posted by jeepdave That sucks on a whole other level. I'm glad you can do that kinda work. Some people can, most cannot. I couldn't work with the elderly everyday knowing that I might not be able to finish a conversation we were having the day before.

This is true,though I do find the work quite rewarding otherwise. I grew up with no elderly family members. The residents that aren't a pain in the ass can be super awesome,they have so many stories to tell.

Funny thing is that the residents in their 90's are usually much more independant than the ones in their 70's (I guess that's how they got so old?). But of course they're the first to go as well.

Coordinator: "...so the kids are arriving early, and we have a guaranteed set of at least three who will bring their release forms with them, and the others we can get later when their parents arrive, so it should be okay..."

Me: "How many?"

Coordinator: "At least three with, and many more without."

Me: "I really need to be heard on this one. Very, very clear. Ready to hear it?"

Coordinator: "All ears. Shoot."

Me: "No release equals no clicky-clicky. I won't even take the camera out of the bag without a signed release."

Coordinator: "But the parents will arrive to pick the kids up and they can sign the release then."

Me: "And if they refuse to sign the release? And if they become agitated that their children were photographed without their prior consent?"

Coordinator: "Just edit them out."

Me: "I think we're going to have problems with this." <turning to my producer> "This is a real problem. Let me reiterate...no signed release equals no clicky-clicky."

Producer: "Understood."

Coordinator: "Wait...what if we went ahead and asked the parents to..."

Me: "Will the releases be signed beforehand?"

Coordinator: "Well...no, but..."

Me: <to producer> "Get her out of here."

My coworker/friend got me into a lousy deal with this training bullshit.

I end up somebody's bitch for three to five weeks on this job. Really pisses me off to no end.

Then on top of it...my "trainer" didn't give me my phone messages until two hours later. Both calls were from my coworker/friend regarding a fruit basket/arrangement I had sent to him that myself and some others pitched in some money for. Well, I pitched in most of the money for it. Mostly because I've worked with the guy for 4 years, I know him as well or better than his family, since we spend more time together than we spend with our families and I had the idea in the first place for the damn thing.

Anyway, he called me, specifically, which he never does and my trainer (more like slavedriver) didn't tell me.

He'll probably call me again, but it just irritates me that people don't give me my messages. I make certain to give people theirs when I get them. Grrr.

Addendum: I called him and spoke to him this afternoon for a few minutes. He called to thank the group of us that paid for it for the arrangement and thank me for pulling it together. He really appreciated the sentiment and the thought behind it. We miss the son of a bitch and we will till he gets back sometime in February/March.

Last week, someone got a parking ticket on his car for an expired pass. Very clearly written expiry date along with the year.

He's throwing a temper tantrum on me for this. Apparently I'm supposed to automatically give him a new permit or at least know that his son is visiting for a few more days.

He was really pissed off when I pointed out to him that making sure he has a valid permit on his car is his son's responsibility and not mine.

After suppressing the urge to hit him, I gave him the manager's business card and told him he's more than welcome to speak with her. When he left, I sent her a report so she knows what to expect.

Then five minutes after the above mentioned f***wad leaves, another resident comes down screaming about her ticket. Pointed out to her that
1) Her permit is expired
2) She's not to be parking in visitor's at all

She told me that the property manager said it's okay for her to park there and I am not reading the date correctly. Uh'm, gee, this was the 10th and the expiry date says "8th". Right. My math sucks but even I know the difference. Guess she figures I dropped out of kindergarten. I replied that I wasn't told by the property manager but will ask. When I asked the property manager if this was true, her response was beautiful! This was the first time I heard her swear since I started working with her more than a year ago! The resident found out very quickly that lying to the guard does not help her case or for that matter, lying about the property manager. She had to pay her ticket and remove her car from visitors.

An hour later, I had a third resident scream at me because I didn't let her brother park in the fire route. She accused me of harassment and racism.

Reminding myself, this is just a pay cheque.

Each roll of dimes contains $5. Each roll of nickels, $2. Why the fuck are there $7 of dimes and $4 of nickels in the register???

Posted by Oryx Each roll of dimes contains $5. Each roll of nickels, $2. Why the fuck are there $7 of dimes and $4 of nickels in the register???

Someone put them in there? A bored-assed employee decides to add a roll of dimes even though there still are some in the drawer? A customer bought a dong with dimes?

Posted by trent People that during the course of my job I have to assist with IT issues. It sucks so bad then their desk and keyboard/mouse are just fucking nasty and I need to help them in person on that actual computer. -crumbs everywhere -hair -mystery crud around the more popular keys and on the mouse buttons. Like so think you could peel or scrape it off. -coffee stains/spills all over the desk. -desk chair with stains all over it. -desk chair with mystery crud on the arm rests. Simply disgusting. I'd rather walk through a sewer flowing with human excrement than use these people's computer.

A computer in a smoker's office (in a government campus no-smoking building) whose power supply failed from the oily crud pipe smoke makes.

Edit: He tries to hide the fact that he smokes in his office, but you can't.

Posted by AnAppleSnail A computer in a smoker's office (in a government campus no-smoking building) whose power supply failed from the oily crud pipe smoke makes. Edit: He tries to hide the fact that he smokes in his office, but you can't.

I just read a story on the internet about in in-house computer tech who couldn't install a NIC card because the pins in the PCI slot were covered in tar. The whole apartment was yellow with cigarette. Then when the drivers needed to be installed off of CD, the CD-rom wasn't working. The tar and chemicals actually disintegrated the ribbon cable and it disintegrated. If it can eat a computer, just imagine your lungs.

Posted by trent I just read a story on the internet about in in-house computer tech who couldn't install a NIC card because the pins in the PCI slot were covered in tar. The whole apartment was yellow with cigarette. Then when the drivers needed to be installed off of CD, the CD-rom wasn't working. The tar and chemicals actually disintegrated the ribbon cable and it disintegrated. If it can eat a computer, just imagine your lungs.

inside of car... the shit in cigarette smoke sticks to the contacts in your radio, HVAC controls, instrument cluster and actually screws them up. I saw many a digital gage cluster fail because a smoker owned the car.


honestly, what pissed me off this morning when was the phone rang at 4am to let me know that me relief would not be coming in. The shitfuck of a company i work for is so cheap, they won't hire anyone else so we can train and have warm bodies to take our place in such a situation. Lucky for me, the shift leader did a call out and I had a relief. otherwise I would have been stuck for a 16.

Posted by Samurai inside of car... the shit in cigarette smoke sticks to the contacts in your radio, HVAC controls, instrument cluster and actually screws them up. I saw many a digital gage cluster fail because a smoker owned the car. honestly, what pissed me off this morning when was the phone rang at 4am to let me know that me relief would not be coming in. The shitfuck of a company i work for is so cheap, they won't hire anyone else so we can train and have warm bodies to take our place in such a situation. Lucky for me, the shift leader did a call out and I had a relief. otherwise I would have been stuck for a 16.

They are hiring Sam. It's just not going well.

You have to realize that they have to pass a drug test, a written test and a background check. This not only takes time, but the applicant also needs to pass the tests or else they don't get hired.

A lot of it isn't just IP rules, it's federal rules for working in such a dangerous environment. We keep telling the company that we need people. Every week we keep telling them we need Greyhound bus loads of them, but we're getting 12.

that's just it... no one is going to jump through hoops to work there. Who has time for their stupid 'classes'? I took a test and was hired.

I know. I made that statement before. I told them that the group I was in, with you, we took the AON test they gave us, and out of 12 of us they hired 5 years ago, there's 11 still here.

I don't know why they won't listen and try it again, just once.

From an email I received:

"Hi XXXX -

Do you know if the other network port in rm 964 is working and on for laptop use - if not, can you check??

Thank you."


From an evil women who thinks she's my boss but isn't. She's not even in my division and should walk her butch ass down to the conference room and plug a computer into the port to find out. At first by helping her out I was being nice. But now this is all BS and laziness.

This is after she asked me to help her swap out the same computer at a desk 3 different times in a week, each for different reasons. I told her which computer should be there to best fit the situation for avoid multiple computer swapping. She wanted nothing to do with that idea and actually got agitated and aggressive over it (I'm in IT and she's a glorified secretary). Guess what computer she decides should finally be there after 3 swaps? The one I suggested from the beginning. Grrr.

^^^^ I bet she's an Admin Assistant for one of the executives. Getting power trippy because they can tell on you to a big boss.

1.5% budgeted raises for next year and all bonuses halved by 50%. "Be happy we're still matching 401k." Woohoo! RIDE THAT ROCKET BABY!

I never really understood how much I hated my job before I got a new one. Since doing that, my stress level has plummeted and I'm so much happier. I took a pay cut and lost nearly all my benefits, but I am still sure I made the right decision.

Posted by SaraBellum I never really understood how much I hated my job before I got a new one. Since doing that, my stress level has plummeted and I'm so much happier. I took a pay cut and lost nearly all my benefits, but I am still sure I made the right decision.

I got the opposite when I changed jobs. A lot more money, better benefits and respect from management and coworkers.

Now I go to work every day with my friends, instead of bitches who want to slit my throat. So I don't mind doing the shit work for the union because I work with people who appreciate it.

As an addendum, my friend/coworker who had surgery looks fucking amazing. He had quadruple bypass surgery back in late October/early November and you wouldn't even know it. I saw him today at a meeting and wow. I couldn't believe it was the same person. But then again, he couldn't believe that I cut my hair either or lost 20 lbs. Or that I've taken up an old hobby. Some old friends of mine came back up this way and are now ski bums up at Whiteface Mtn. So, I now have a season lift ticket and a shitty new snowboard. So, there's a good chance that I may be getting my ankle rebuilt sooner than I wanted, like around the time Bill gets back to work.

Elevator was messed up at work last week. All frigging day long people were screaming at me about it. Nothing else for me to do but call the elevator company to get it fixed (which was already done).

Then, with the recent cold weather, idiots are propping the doors open and I'm getting a frosty blast. They're dressed in their winter jackets, I'm just wearing my blazer and it's next to useless in the cold. Thanks for the cold folks. Maybe I'll share it with you in a nice big loving cough!!!