not Cereal Posted January 5, 2003 Posted January 5, 2003 i am stuffing 1376 envelopes with three pages of paper. i am supposed to lick the envelopes to seal them. NOPE! fire me. i'll stuff'em and wreck my hands but i AINT lickin'em!!! [i]that college degree really is great now, aren't you proud dad?[/i]
Cowbell Posted January 5, 2003 Posted January 5, 2003 What kinda freakin job is that? And don't give me a lame excuse like "It's a job where I have 1376 envelopes and and shove 3 pieces of paper into each one."
Botch. Posted January 5, 2003 Posted January 5, 2003 Try an envelope follower plugin, it should be listed under "Options"... Sheesh, guys who can't hold their licker.... :rolleyes: Botch "Eccentric language often is symptomatic of peculiar thinking" - George Will www.puddlestone.net
Philip OKeefe Posted January 5, 2003 Posted January 5, 2003 A wet sponge is better than licking... well, at least in some cases... :eek:
Salyphus Posted January 5, 2003 Posted January 5, 2003 [quote]Originally posted by Philip O'Keefe: [b]A wet sponge is better than licking... well, at least in some cases... :eek: [/b][/quote]I prefer to use a bidet myelf :eek:
Super 8 Posted January 5, 2003 Posted January 5, 2003 [quote]Originally posted by Bastard Coaster: [b]NOPE! fire me. i'll stuff'em and wreck my hands but i AINT lickin'em!!! [i]that college degree really is great now, aren't you proud dad?[/i][/b][/quote]Yeah, go with the sponge method. I think the glue is non-toxic, but regardless, you are running the risk of spoiling your appetite with that many envelopes. AND think of the calories!!! Still, you DO HAVE a job... A lot of people would like to be in that situation right now. I myself felt the sting of hearing those words "We don't want to let you go, but...". Now I'm a stay at home dad, and self-employed (which means I work, I just don't get paid...) Your final words about the college degree kind of struck me hard. I went to college when I was 27 after having worked for a number of years in the rewarding but low paying human services field (developmentally disabled/juevenile offenders). This was going to be my big move to make something of myself. To get not just a job I could do, but a career I love. Four years later I found myself a junior, completely overwhelmed to the point of 'shut-down', a GPA that -if graphed- looked like an EKG, and unsatisfied with the available options for a degree. I dropped out of college, and waited two semesters for my wife to graduate. During that time I fell into the deepest darkest pit of depression I have ever known -and have been recovering from it ever since (about 5 years now). In looking back I learned an absolute ton about myself and who I am, and especially about how I am wired -I am definitely NOT a traditional student. For that amount of self-knowledge, I am glad I went. But in terms of the toll the experience took my emotional well-being, and my self-worth even as a human being, I really don't know how I could endure that hell again. Consequently, there is something about hearing (or reading) a person talk about their degree/carreer success that makes me lust with envy and -at the same time- recoil with an uneasiness. I think it's safe to say that I have tied far too much of my value as a person to those things. HA! Case in point: all I had intended on posting was a smart-ass comment about your licking envelopes! Boy, I really am fucked up sometimes... Super 8 Hear my stuff here
not Cereal Posted January 5, 2003 Author Posted January 5, 2003 thanks for sharing super8. btw it took ten years to graduate....but boy is i smarted now! seriously. you can go to get the degree, or go to learn. i am not sure if you can do both in 4 years. i cant.
Mats Olsson. Posted January 5, 2003 Posted January 5, 2003 [quote] Originally posted by Super 8: Boy, I really am fucked up sometimes... [/quote]Welcome to the club! [img]http://www.artbycheryl.com/libs2k/people/penny/penny-0005.gif[/img] (That's me...) /Mats http://www.lexam.net/peter/carnut/man.gif What do we want? Procrastination! When do we want it? Later!
Alndln Posted January 5, 2003 Posted January 5, 2003 [quote]Originally posted by Bastard Coaster: [b]i am stuffing 1376 envelopes [/i][/b][/quote]Isn't that one of those work-at-home jobs that they advertise on matchbook covers,or in E-Mail spam? "A Robot Playing Trumpet Blows"
Dak Lander Posted January 5, 2003 Posted January 5, 2003 [b]Topic: my job sucks because..... [/b] All jobs in North Dakota suck? :cry: Our Joint "When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it." The Duke...
MattC Posted January 5, 2003 Posted January 5, 2003 I don't think that anyone finishes 4 year degrees in four years, at least no one I've ever met. Myself, it will take me three years to finish my associates in pre-engineering, and probably another three to finish my BSCE. Then 3 more years for the MSCE, then another year for my MBA. Damn... And my job sucks because they cut hours again before Christmas, my store's busiest time of the year. Who in the hell does that?! ...think funky thoughts...
Sylver Posted January 5, 2003 Posted January 5, 2003 My job sucks to Coaster. I am going to ... do ... SOMETHING! ANYTHING! I just want a job in music that will let me support my family. Is that too much to ask, dammit? I need to get my ass in gear.(Sounds painful, doesn't it?) I really don't know what to put here.
linwood Posted January 5, 2003 Posted January 5, 2003 My job sucks because it's just another freakin' jingle.
Tedster Posted January 5, 2003 Posted January 5, 2003 My job sucks because, despite the fact that we are well paid...we work godawful rotating shifts. Never the same shift at all from week to week. In a building with no windows (they could have put some in, but no, we're fucking peons, we don't need windows). Staring at a computer screen in a dark room, with numbers so small it screws your eyes up. They change software on what seems to be a whim from week to week, not because our product users want changes, but a bunch of higher paid dumbasses who don't create or use the products think it would be nice. Whenever they make a software change, things get seriously upgefucked for awhile. And the worst, is that while we're relatively high up on the government scale, we're treated as kindergarteners. You all probably have mostly the same complaints. I think the "no windows" bit is the worst. "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine"
Rog Posted January 5, 2003 Posted January 5, 2003 [quote]Originally posted by Linwood: [b]My job sucks because it's just another freakin' jingle.[/b][/quote]... or radio commercial. Still, two fine jobs are on the horizon, fingers crossed :) "That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." - Banky Edwards.
not Cereal Posted January 5, 2003 Author Posted January 5, 2003 tedster it must be GREAT to use all those macs at work!
Tedster Posted January 6, 2003 Posted January 6, 2003 [quote]Originally posted by Bastard Coaster: [b]tedster it must be GREAT to use all those macs at work![/b][/quote]I didn't mean "no windows" as in PCs...I meant no WINDOWS...the glass things you see out of. No natural light. "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine"
Sylver Posted January 6, 2003 Posted January 6, 2003 [quote]Originally posted by Tedster the happy 'Nole: [b]My job sucks because, despite the fact that we are well paid...we work godawful rotating shifts. Never the same shift at all from week to week. In a building with no windows (they could have put some in, but no, we're fucking peons, we don't need windows). Staring at a computer screen in a dark room, with numbers so small it screws your eyes up. They change software on what seems to be a whim from week to week, not because our product users want changes, but a bunch of higher paid dumbasses who don't create or use the products think it would be nice. Whenever they make a software change, things get seriously upgefucked for awhile. And the worst, is that while we're relatively high up on the government scale, we're treated as kindergarteners. You all probably have mostly the same complaints. I think the "no windows" bit is the worst.[/b][/quote]Yeah, my shifts swing too, and no WINDOWS, huge CRTs to stare at all day, people that treat you like you're stupid, and bad internet radio stations. How do you find time to gig and practice Ted? I rotate every six days and work three day shifts. I guess I'm in a different boat, though, 'cause my kids are young. I really don't know what to put here.
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