How 'bout you?
I work for a major Canadian retail chain, specifically as the Manger in Charge of this area's Customer Service division.
:D
I work as an intern in the local video workshop, specializing in editing (though a big part of the job is filming the home games of the local hockey team).
Most rewarding job I've ever had! :D
Now, however, I'm a broken vet who stays at home and tries to raise my family to be constructive members of society.
I LOVE MY JOB!!
I make money by being an evening and night-time supervisor for the circulation desk at my university library, which includes just being an assistant to the circulation supervisor in general.
I spend my money by being a part-time student at the same university, where I'm currently studying for a bachelors degree in computer science. Once I finally get that out of the way I'm looking into working on my masters in library science.
I work as a security guard at wharf site getting paid to sit 12 hours and answer these message boards while watching anime dvds.
I LOVE MY JOB!!
So when the bad guys on "24" sneak into the country they come through your post? :P
I work for a merchandising company that does product resets, service visits, and assembly projects for major retailers.
I don't think they wanted to be seen in a kinky costume store.
How much do chaps cost? Just go to your local kinky costume store.
I don't think they wanted to be seen in a kinky costume store.
lol. They probably would have been jealous.
For the soldier, I salute! Even if it's not my country I know that military service is one of the most dangerous and patriotic jobs you can have. Half of my own family is in the Corps, so I know the feeling of anxiety if nothing else. I would have joined too, if I wasn't more then some tall lanky mofo. Funny, even growing up on a farm and I look like I've never lifted a bail of hay in my life. Stupid metabolism.
For the burned leg guy, I say "ouch" and offer some cooling lemonade. It's ridiculous that companies would try to fudge their own workers like that, though its nothing new. I've worked many jobs in my young life, from manual labour to sales, and there is one thing I've learned: No matter how good you are, how dedicated, no matter how much you sacrifice you're nothing but an expendable number. So these days I do my job, and I do it damn well, but I never give anything over 100% without guarantee's in writing that I'll get compensation for my time and energy.
You're such a liar. My cousin swears he went too a porn bar late last night after shots and saw some porky-looking guy named The Knight Pig doing an impromptu piece on the counter...
He does that on his spare time. It's a Hobby not a job.
Some of these are pretty funny, others serious and others, well I wish you the best. My job isn't entirely secure at the moment either, we're expecting mass lay-offs within this month and nobody is really safe. Well, except for the BBEG in charge of the shebang that is.
For the soldier, I salute! Even if it's not my country I know that military service is one of the most dangerous and patriotic jobs you can have. Half of my own family is in the Corps, so I know the feeling of anxiety if nothing else. I would have joined too, if I wasn't more then some tall lanky mofo. Funny, even growing up on a farm and I look like I've never lifted a bail of hay in my life. Stupid metabolism.
For the burned leg guy, I say "ouch" and offer some cooling lemonade. It's ridiculous that companies would try to fudge their own workers like that, though its nothing new. I've worked many jobs in my young life, from manual labour to sales, and there is one thing I've learned: No matter how good you are, how dedicated, no matter how much you sacrifice you're nothing but an expendable number. So these days I do my job, and I do it damn well, but I never give anything over 100% without guarantee's in writing that I'll get compensation for my time and energy.
Thanks for the kind words. This time off has given me time to track down holes in my 3.5 collection, as well as do some reading on the Occult and other subjects.
And buy chaps from a kinky costume store?
LOL. No, my girlfriend will not let me
She is worried that I will go bare butt in them. That is the same reason she does not want me to wear a kilt. If I had one, I would wear it a lot.Those metal coin boxes on the top?
I make those.
I'm a punch press operator at the factory where the boxes are made. Specifically, I run the machines that unwind the long coil of 2mm thick sheet metal they're cut from, slice the coil into pieces about 1.5 by 2 feet, and then punch out the holes and cut-outs before bending them into the box shape.
Then I stack them on a pallet and send them to the welding line to be assembled.
So, next time you take the side of your computer case off, try holding it in one hand and swinging it around, or holding it straight out in front of you. Then imagine it's twice as thick, three times as heavy, and you've got one in each hand.
And then imagine doing it for eight hours a day.
I have forearms like Colossus from the X-Men, lol.
There's 154 of them on a pallet, and we do 4-5 pallets a day. We wear those cheap grey leather and green-and-pink-striped cloth "gardening" gloves you find at places like Home Depot, and one pair of gloves usually lasts about two days before having so many holes and tears that they come apart.
Oh, yeah...
Public Service Announcement: Metal is sharp. :D
I bleed a lot at work, and have holes in most of my shirts now.
So when the bad guys on "24" sneak into the country they come through your post? :P
I work for a merchandising company that does product resets, service visits, and assembly projects for major retailers.
No. First of all i doubt i am even in the same country as you (so don't go getting paranoid that i am letting terorists in the country, secondly where i am is further in from the mouth of the river, there are so many places better than where i am that people could sneak in WITHOUT being caught.
And yes, I was just teasing you.Have you ever seen the coin-operated laundry machines in a laundromat?
Those metal coin boxes on the top?
I make those.
I'm a punch press operator at the factory where the boxes are made. Specifically, I run the machines that unwind the long coil of 2mm thick sheet metal they're cut from, slice the coil into pieces about 1.5 by 2 feet, and then punch out the holes and cut-outs before bending them into the box shape.
Then I stack them on a pallet and send them to the welding line to be assembled.
So, next time you take the side of your computer case off, try holding it in one hand and swinging it around, or holding it straight out in front of you. Then imagine it's twice as thick, three times as heavy, and you've got one in each hand.
And then imagine doing it for eight hours a day.
I have forearms like Colossus from the X-Men, lol.
There's 154 of them on a pallet, and we do 4-5 pallets a day. We wear those cheap grey leather and green-and-pink-striped cloth "gardening" gloves you find at places like Home Depot, and one pair of gloves usually lasts about two days before having so many holes and tears that they come apart.
Oh, yeah...
Public Service Announcement: Metal is sharp. :D
I bleed a lot at work, and have holes in most of my shirts now.
I know what you mean. I used to work at a factory (up until 2004) where I would run a stamping press with 3 20 ton dies that made parts for Toyota. I also ran the overhead crane, doing my own die changes and prep work for die maintenance. There was not a day that went by that I didn't get holes in my shirts or pants. What sucked even worse was that the material used for our uniform (non mandatory) shirts was so thin, it was a lot like tissue paper. I went through about 2 rolls of duct tape a week to cover those holes lol.
(JK)