[mo money mo problems] Tell me something UNinteresting about your job

[Fifthfiend]

So basically everyone who has a job has something they totally can't stand and/or love about their job that they can't tell anybody because it would be physically impossible for anyone who isn't them to give a shit.

This is a thread for that! Tell me all about the boring-ass minutae of your humdrum existence. I really, sincerely, honestly want to know!!

EDIT I guess if you're a student that's okay too?

EDIT It had better be really, super mundane though!

[wx4caster]

something interesting is that i cant tell you anything other than i forecast the weather for the military,

how cool is that?

[POS Industries]

So, like, fucking bitches and getting money all day is pretty great. But sometimes you just need to take a break because you get all drained and things start to chafe. So, you know, all the downtime you occasionally have can be kind of a drag, since those are times when you not fucking bitches and getting money.

[Eltargrim]

Been accused of being a creeper/pervert/paedophile because I "stared too much."

That's the entire point of my job, people! How would you like it if I started reading a book and then your kid drowned?

Idiots. Happens about once a week.

[TDK]

if a child drowns once a week then I don't think you're a very good lifeguard

[Eltargrim]

But they don't drown, because I watch them! I usually prevent about one drowning a month or so, and that only counts people who started drowning. I'm big on prevention, which means I watch patrons! Gragh!

[Wigmund]

Originally Posted by TDK

if a child drowns once a week then I don't think you're a very good lifeguard

The Pool Gods must have their sacrifices otherwise there will be dire consequences.

[Eltargrim]

I sacrifice the people who shit in the pool. That's just not cool.

[Bob The Mercenary]

I clean breast pumps.

[phil_]

Originally Posted by TDK

if a child drowns once a week then I don't think you're a very good lifeguard

I think this is the best post TDK has ever made on any of his various accounts.

Around the end of October, we turn the heaters on at my theater. This makes the air dry and causes high-static conditions. Because of this, all the tiny, stepped-in popcorn particulate that accrues in the lobby and hallway during the course of a show becomes super static-charged. When I try to sweep anything less than a whole kernel off the carpet, the popcorn crumbs fly anywhere but where I'm sweeping them, forcing me to make tiny, slow sweeps, alternating the orientation of the broom every few sweeps so it doesn't get a charge. Even then, the dust tends to fly out of the dustpan whenever it feels like it, forcing me to sweep it up again. It's very frustrating and I'm glad that we're on the tail-end of Spring and I don't have to deal with it for another few months.