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Post by Tellurium on Mar 31, 2010 3:50:38 GMT
Bitching about work is the preferred passtime of western society, so it more than deserves a thread of its own. I've been working as a Starbucks Barista (say what you will, there are far worse companies to work for and overall I've really enjoyed my time there) since I graduated in August, as I didn't want anything permanent due to my pending move accross the Atlantic. Now that move is coming fast and I've only got two weeks to go at the shop, which makes it hard to be seethingly bitter about anything, unfortunately. If only I'd started this thread a few weeks ago! Maybe tomorrow I'll have something. In the meantime, you lot have some sharing to do, I'm sure.  |
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Post by tarantella on Mar 31, 2010 6:31:25 GMT
I'm currently unemployed, sorry. But I'm trying to find a job and no one will hire me!  Maybe I should apply to the Peace Corps. |
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Post by husbandwifeheroin on Mar 31, 2010 10:01:22 GMT
I'm currently unemployed, sorry. But I'm trying to find a job and no one will hire me! Exactly the same here, I've applied for easily 50 jobs since I turned sixteen but had only one interview and I didn't get that either. Apparently East Anglia is the worst area in the country for under eighteens jobs. My mum says I have to work with her at her nursery, which I refuse to do. I think I'll end up taking a year off before uni to work. |
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Post by jadeface on Mar 31, 2010 10:04:11 GMT
I work for Faith Shoes... I have done since I was 17. I LOVED working back at home in the store there, as the people are so much fun, firm but fair, etc. Just a great atmosphere. It's nice to have a part time job where you want to go in, you enjoy serving customers blah blah.
Now?
I hate it. Awful atmosphere where I work in London, two-faced, bitchy people who probably all hate me, even the girl I thought I was getting on with on Sundays.
I want to work for a gallery, I have to apply after easter, I HOPE I GET IT. That's only a 6 month internship though, but two days a week, so I'll get more money, and then I might leave my actual 'job' hmmm.
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Post by Elderberry Fucking Fanta on Mar 31, 2010 10:18:20 GMT
I do summer and Christmas work at a spare part warehouse. I get to listen to my music player all day, and the work is pretty easy. Some of the other extra workers are pretty cool people, and a few of the regular people are nice. There are quite a few men that I can't stand there, and sometimes a very clear sense of the patriarchy and machismo that just makes me turn my music up loud/leave the room. Good pay though, and I don't mind going back apart from them stealing my summers. And the boss only ever says anything directly to us when we've made a mistake, never when we've stepped up our game.
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Post by lastgoodbye on Mar 31, 2010 12:38:42 GMT
I'm currently unemployed, sorry. But I'm trying to find a job and no one will hire me! Exactly the same here, I've applied for easily 50 jobs since I turned sixteen but had only one interview and I didn't get that either. I've had the same experience for the last year  We have terrible unemployment where I live. It's probably pointless saying it, because there's terrible unemployment everywhere at the moment, but it's true, especially in winter, and if you don't want to work at a care home. On the bright side, it gave me several "awful interview/work" anecdotes, and I do now ACTUALLY HAVE EMPLOYMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME, doing holiday home cleaning for my friend's dad's company, starting this June. It's just one morning a week though, so I also emailed my CV to a wonderful animal sanctuary, which I've loved since I was a child and which I could easily work at full time for the rest of my life and still be happy. But they haven't emailed back yet, and it's been a few weeks. No fair. |
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Post by thecircusgirl on Mar 31, 2010 13:48:00 GMT
I actually like my job... I've only been there like a week but everyone's really nice and I get to wear suits and I sell houses which has a high amusement factor... So yeah.  |
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Post by jay on Mar 31, 2010 14:16:32 GMT
i'm still "unemployed" * (see: on benefits due to health issues) at the moment but if i continue to improve, i'm thinking of reapplying to my old job... at asda.  *: aside from my 'permitted work' of 15 hours per week for you-know-who. which is a breeze and i have no complaints.. well, hardly any. |
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Post by ayanaxxx on Mar 31, 2010 15:23:47 GMT
im an university student and i had been working at a donuts shop for half a year but currently dont have any job. i went to interviews for some jobs, but one company (kinda temporary agency) i applied for this month havent still contacted me even though they said i would get a lo of jobs in weeks. i was supposed to work so hard and earn money during spring break so im eally pissed off! now im waiting for an answer from another company i applied for last month, and really really hope i could get one. i seriously need money.  |
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Post by Rhiflect on Mar 31, 2010 20:07:55 GMT
Got a job, feel so lucky as a 16 year old. I clean for 2 hours at my primary school each day. I live literally across the road and get £250 a month (i thought it was 200 but i got my first EVER paycheck today and it was more!) and the work is relatively easy, although I get sore feet and it eats up time like a bitch. I love the caretaker, he's such a hunny! And the other girl that works there is alright too, although we don't speak much. I have to work 10 hours over the holiday though |
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Post by Tellurium on Mar 31, 2010 23:23:11 GMT
I'm moving to the UK without a job! .... heh! Looks like I'll need some luck finding one. Oh well! I shall start an Unemployment Frustrationgasm thread when I get over there, I think. In the meantime: People need to stop being grumpy towards me just because they have three screaming kids hanging off them. It's not my fault your condom broke, lady. Jeesh! Otherwise, day was good! |
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Post by Xteenuh on Apr 1, 2010 2:31:26 GMT
Some of you probably know from my Gary Oldman story that I work at a small dry cleaners all by my lonesome for three days a week, which can get extraordinarily boring unless its busy, but even then I'm just taking clothes, tagging clothes, putting clothes in baskets, givin' people back their clothes...
But GARY OLDMAN RETURNED YESTERDAY. I got creepy and found him on facebook. He lives in the town nextdoor! And apparently he's from Atlanta!
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Post by Rhiflect on Apr 1, 2010 8:49:37 GMT
LOL! Is it actuallyt Gary Oldman?! But that sounds both a good and bad job. Boring, but you get to people watch.  |
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Post by wanderer on Apr 1, 2010 9:14:40 GMT
Nope, I don't have a job. At least a paid one, I'm up to my ears in voluntary work, which I love, I just wish I got paid for.
I've had some interesting jobs though, the two best were:
- Making Iron Age food at a historical re-enactment for kids, this was pretty amazing as I got to cook on open fires all day long and boil crayfish, something that will never leave my memory!
- The second would be as a runner for a pilot game show where I had to make coffee and buy sandwiches and pants for Christopher Biggins! XD
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Post by victorinox on Apr 1, 2010 10:59:36 GMT
I had an interview yesterday. I hope my serious lack of charisma in it won't prevent me from getting hired.
The lady was really nice and straightforward and the restaurant is really cute. She didn't pull any of that "tell me about yourself" bullshit, or "why do you want to work here". I say I have a decent chance considering my answers were relatively alright, I just didn't come off as gregarious enough. Fuck, I'm awkward.
GUYS, TEACH ME TO BE CONFIDENT AND TO NOT GET NERVOUS
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Post by lastgoodbye on Apr 1, 2010 14:11:37 GMT
I've had some interesting jobs though, the two best were: - Making Iron Age food at a historical re-enactment for kids, this was pretty amazing as I got to cook on open fires all day long and boil crayfish, something that will never leave my memory! - The second would be as a runner for a pilot game show where I had to make coffee and buy sandwiches and pants for Christopher Biggins! XD I would hire you just on the basis of these jobs on your CV! |
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Post by Xteenuh on Apr 3, 2010 3:48:49 GMT
LOL! Is it actuallyt Gary Oldman?! But that sounds both a good and bad job. Boring, but you get to people watch. No, unfortunately - but I like to pretend it's really him in my mind. I couldn't look at him while charging him for his pants because every time I caught the slightest glimpse I had to resist the urge to laugh or smile insanely. But I'm so glad he's chosen our store to get his clothes cleaned at - he's by far my favorite customer! My second favorite customer is a man named Peter from England, because instead of saying "I have two pants here to drop off" like everyone else does, he says "I have two TROUSERS!" |
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Post by wanderer on Apr 3, 2010 12:35:13 GMT
I've had some interesting jobs though, the two best were: - Making Iron Age food at a historical re-enactment for kids, this was pretty amazing as I got to cook on open fires all day long and boil crayfish, something that will never leave my memory! - The second would be as a runner for a pilot game show where I had to make coffee and buy sandwiches and pants for Christopher Biggins! XD I would hire you just on the basis of these jobs on your CV! I forgot to add the time I stewarded for a 'fire festival' which basically meant running around with a fire extinguisher making sure nothing that wasn't supposted to be on fire was! Unfortunatly no-one wants to hire this crayfish-boiling, pants-buying pyromaniac. Next time I need a CV I'll just print off this post! XD |
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Post by mynameisHughGrant on Apr 3, 2010 12:56:41 GMT
h8 job. stupid pub. I think my job has actually turned me into Morrissey, I'm a right pope of mope these days. I don't even bother hiding it. I come out with all these depressing little lines to everyone. I'm like a video on how not to bartend.
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Post by Rhiflect on Apr 3, 2010 16:32:11 GMT
This is a wonderful phrase and I will be using it more often <3 Also, Xteenuh, I love that you love 'trousers' . I think you should display a list of your fave customers and make everyone compete to be number 1. |
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