Random Fail: First World Problems

[Kalmado]

Sucks about the job, if you don't mind me asking what's so bad about it ? Factory line work isn't like it used to be depending on the product and companies. I loved my manufacturing job in Washington state, great benefits, hours decent , overtime and bonus potential. Only downside was the constant drama , basically everyone knows each other small town so who's fucking who is well known.

I've had the bite issue myself and once you do it it seems easier to keep doing which is annoying as fuck. My advice is to try and eat smaller and slower bites until it heals.

Unrealistic expectations. Constant change with no notice while expecting us to figure it out on the fly. Too many tech issues to get into. Poor leadership that ignores real issues and will only ride the company's dick. I won't bother with specifics but the main thing that really pissed me off about it was I interviewed for a "sales" job and was told through training it was sales, but this job is truly customer service and I do not do customer service. Plus, the amount of batshit crazy people I talk to on a daily basis is enough for me to jump of my balcony.

I've put out somewhere in the ballpark of ten applications in the last few days and I received an offer for the manufacturing job immediately. It's basically slight quality check and packing. I spent most of my 20s doing shipping & receiving with light assembly and what not. At the time I thought I was working a meaningless job and felt disappointed in myself. Now I see how great of a job it was and I should've finished school while there. Hindsight.

A friend and I were talking last weekend about the current job thing and jobs in general. He works for Gamestop currently while finishing his degree and worked previously for Comcast as Tech Support I. At Comcast he had similar experiences like I've been having at my gig and I think he said it best with, "People that work these types of jobs and ignore the blatant problems and what not are more than likely lying to themselves and will always rep for the company because they do not want to feel the time they have put in has been for nothing or they do not and will not have a better option." I think there is a lot of truth to that.

Funny side note. He said while at Comcast he found out they will route billing calls to all departments after being on hold for a certain amount of time.

[Astylla]

Gotcha , I can understand your frustration all too well. While I've been in opposite shoes where I don't do sales I'm a customer service person but regardless it isn't worth all that.

I hope things work out soon.

[vagus]

Talkin about cheapskates: a customer won 2 mil on a lotto where i work, and he didnt offer up a tip to the person who sold him the ticket.

Your store didn't get a prize for selling that ticket?

[Tyrath]

Not being a lottery winner, I didn't know about you needing to tip? Thought they got it automatically too.

[Kalmado]

The store (in the US at least) gets a cut. My local beer spot said they got somewhere around $50k back in the late 90s from a winning lotto ticket.

[Zetanio]

Yeah. They usually reward the store. Good PR, gets stores to push sales.

[vagus]

My store got $2k for selling a $1 million dollar ticket.

[NynJa]

Your store didn't get a prize for selling that ticket?

None of us have gotten anything to my knowledge. Unless the boss pocketed it, or told whoever sold it to keep it hush hush.

[Melena]

In california, it goes to the owner of the store and they can decide what to do with it.

[Fondue]

Driving to night class, go to get onto the interstate and this red truck flies up in the right lane im merging into so I let them by and then get over, the people infront of me werent so lucky

dude fishtailed for like 100 yards and then hooked it left square into the guard rail and bounced back into the middle of the road totally fucked up, shit all over the road and I'm the first car up to this mess in the right lane

I dont want to be late to class so I scooted around them and tried to avoid all the garbage in the road and went on but it looked like everyone behind me just sat there, was I supposed to wait for the cops? lol not trying to spend all night there

thank Trump I didnt get rekt there but it will be my luck to have flat tires when I get out of class


I'll add the woman was obviously not dead or injured, just a mess so I left

[Guitarman]

A random term brought me to browse urban dictionary for a while. I eventually landed on "Alabama Hot Pocket".


And now I'll never sleep again.

[Salodin]

._. Why did I look it up...

[BaneTheBrawler]

Driving to night class, go to get onto the interstate and this red truck flies up in the right lane im merging into so I let them by and then get over, the people infront of me werent so lucky

dude fishtailed for like 100 yards and then hooked it left square into the guard rail and bounced back into the middle of the road totally fucked up, shit all over the road and I'm the first car up to this mess in the right lane

I dont want to be late to class so I scooted around them and tried to avoid all the garbage in the road and went on but it looked like everyone behind me just sat there, was I supposed to wait for the cops? lol not trying to spend all night there

thank Trump I didnt get rekt there but it will be my luck to have flat tires when I get out of class


I'll add the woman was obviously not dead or injured, just a mess so I left

yes, you're supposed to stop/stay if you're present for the initial wreck, even if you're not directly involved. render aid if people are in trouble, gives you a chance to check for damage, plus witnesses for the cops and whatnot. but i don't think it's something you'd get in trouble for if you're not involved.

[Melena]

Took NyQuil before going to bed, just woke up feeling even more like warmed over death

[AidenCarby]

Shit, I fucked up.

[Zetanio]

I'm slightly sick again. This is ruining my streak of only getting sick once a year.

I'm fucking pissed.

[Astylla]

It's been a rough year , my coworker was out for 5 days with bronchitis and had it at least a week before she got diagnosed. Melena rarely gets sick more than a day so I know it's bad then.

Me on the other hand am a walking pharmaceutical ad , ugh.

[Tokitoki]

Was supposed to get a new work phone today to replace the piece of shit our dumbass office manager ordered for the whole company. Never showed up. I think I'm going to "forget my phone at home" until I get the new one.

Seriously... look at this piece of shit:

[Kalmado]

Wow even my phone is better than that.

[Tokitoki]

I try to type emails and it doesn't sense the touch for multiple letters. I stopped writing emails from it entirely.

The owner told her to get me a new phone.