[mo money mo problems] Tell me something UNinteresting about your job - Page 6

A Zarkin' Frood · 05-02-2010, 06:17 AM

I once ate a sandwich at work.

Lost in Time · 05-02-2010, 03:54 PM

Something happened yesterday that confused me. I work at a drive-thru. And during the afternoon, this kid came through. Real young, must have just gotten his license. I took his money and he drove off a few feet. I look down at him, this happens a few times, but mostly with older, more forgetful men. But he comes back in reverse after a few seconds. He was trying to hold back from smiling, but failing miserably.. I shrugged it off and gave him his change. Then he asked for his receipt. Like usual, I say I'll put it on his bag when his food is ready. When that time comes I hand him the bag, and he grabs the receipt and crumples it up and throws it in the back of his car, bursts out laughing, and drives off. This guy deserves a medal for burning me so hard.

Nique · 05-02-2010, 04:17 PM

I do essentially, if not exactly, the same thing Tev does. What makes my hum-drum story of work related woe unique is my terrible schedule which is Friday-through-Tuesday 1PM to 10PM.

I should better adapt to my schedule by getting to bed around midnight and waking up bright-eyed at 8am to enjoy the day! But no matter what time I get to bed it is the same story - up at the crack of noon and off to work

I often opt for staying up until 4am to play video games.

Kim · 05-03-2010, 02:11 PM

Apparently there are some problems with either my background check, or the info I volunteered on the employment form, so I don't get to start work today, probably. But my Supervisor didn't know apparently, so I've got everything here to start hitting up houses. Blergh.

I'm hoping it's just because they're looking into my inattentive driving incident back in 2007, and not because I have some arrest warrant that I have no idea about. I don't really think I'd have one, and I can't really think of what I'd have one for, but that I have a warrant out for my arrest is a personal fear of mine.

Ryanderman · 05-03-2010, 03:21 PM

So there's a model on my screen. A model representing some physical object. I do stuff to the model, then click a button and sit and wait while my computer does, as far as it appears, nothing for an hour or more. Even better, it does nothing so hard that it can't do anything else while it's doing nothing. So I sit and wait for it to finish doing nothing, and hope that it'll do nothing successfully, and give me useful information. But more likely, it will completely fail at doing nothing, forcing me to tweek the model in frustratingly minute ways and try again.

What do I do while it's doing nothing? Bend paperclips. Not in any interesting shapes of course, just randomly bend them until they break. Then bend another.

Julford Hajime · 05-03-2010, 07:53 PM

Dammit ZeroOneDeeFiveFive, you were supposed to make the thread more boring. I found your post interesting and have learned from it.

Doc ock rokc · 05-03-2010, 08:18 PM

HA! one of our managers found the bastard that was doing it. Not just any manager ether. It's the Kitchen Manager. Now I know this wont mean much to you without a example but he makes This man look like a saint in comparison
Oh I guess i could talk about them to make things interesting in here
My work has One of every type of stereotypical managers.

We got the New Fresh upstart one that Follows health code laws to the book (So much that we can't get our free drinks during a shift because we could contaminate something. or push the rolling trashcan into a theater to speed up cleaning because it's a "seating area")

We got the Party hard manager, Who jokes and is nice to everyone and doesn't follow any rules at all. (he is the one that usually drags the rolling trashcan in to theaters if we say we can't)

We got the Accountant Manager, the guy that constantly thinks in dollars and cents and follows the rules only to avoid penalties. (he also likes to "speed things up" by NOT following the Runners rules (which is always take away empty trays, Deliver what you take in, and man your own costumers requests)

We got the Good news bad news Manager that tries not to be mean but also tries not to be nice. so he will complement and tell you to do something.

Then there is the Not a manager Manager The one that Is technically a manager but no one (even herself) thinks or acts like she is one

The manager behind the manager a guy that isn't a manager but everyone acts like he is one (and other managers go to for advice)

Then we have the Kitchen manager...who is Mr.Bad-guy He is hell to deal with during the shift but once the stuff is over and everything is done He is the Nicest man i have ever met

Ecks · 05-04-2010, 05:44 PM

Y'know, I don't think Gordon Ramsey is such a bad guy. I watch his BBCA shows "The F Word" and the British run of "Kitchen Nightmares" and its usually when he's dealing with cocky, arrogant snots that he's raging and swearing all the time.

ESPECIALLY when he does Hell's Kitchen.

I remember the season with the one guy who called himself "the black Gordon Ramsey." The look on Gordon's face while he was on the tour bus disguised was priceless.

05-02-2010, 06:17 AM	#1
A Zarkin' Frood formerly known as Prince. Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Right here, with you >:) Posts: 2,396	I once ate a sandwich at work. __________________ >:( C-:

05-02-2010, 03:54 PM	#2
Lost in Time Fungus Among Us Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: On Your Nightstand Posts: 1,967	Something happened yesterday that confused me. I work at a drive-thru. And during the afternoon, this kid came through. Real young, must have just gotten his license. I took his money and he drove off a few feet. I look down at him, this happens a few times, but mostly with older, more forgetful men. But he comes back in reverse after a few seconds. He was trying to hold back from smiling, but failing miserably.. I shrugged it off and gave him his change. Then he asked for his receipt. Like usual, I say I'll put it on his bag when his food is ready. When that time comes I hand him the bag, and he grabs the receipt and crumples it up and throws it in the back of his car, bursts out laughing, and drives off. This guy deserves a medal for burning me so hard. __________________ Eat me!

05-03-2010, 02:11 PM	#4
Kim adorable Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 12,950	Apparently there are some problems with either my background check, or the info I volunteered on the employment form, so I don't get to start work today, probably. But my Supervisor didn't know apparently, so I've got everything here to start hitting up houses. Blergh. I'm hoping it's just because they're looking into my inattentive driving incident back in 2007, and not because I have some arrest warrant that I have no idea about. I don't really think I'd have one, and I can't really think of what I'd have one for, but that I have a warrant out for my arrest is a personal fear of mine. __________________ this post is about how to successfully H the Kimmy

05-03-2010, 03:21 PM	#5
Ryanderman Beard of Leadership Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 827	So there's a model on my screen. A model representing some physical object. I do stuff to the model, then click a button and sit and wait while my computer does, as far as it appears, nothing for an hour or more. Even better, it does nothing so hard that it can't do anything else while it's doing nothing. So I sit and wait for it to finish doing nothing, and hope that it'll do nothing successfully, and give me useful information. But more likely, it will completely fail at doing nothing, forcing me to tweek the model in frustratingly minute ways and try again. What do I do while it's doing nothing? Bend paperclips. Not in any interesting shapes of course, just randomly bend them until they break. Then bend another. __________________ ~Your robot reminds me of you. You tell it to stop, it turns. You tell it to turn, it stops. You tell it to take out the trash, it watches reruns of Firefly.~

05-03-2010, 08:18 PM	#7
Doc ock rokc ...Really? Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: in Theory. Everything works here Posts: 3,961	HA! one of our managers found the bastard that was doing it. Not just any manager ether. It's the Kitchen Manager. Now I know this wont mean much to you without a example but he makes This man look like a saint in comparison Oh I guess i could talk about them to make things interesting in here My work has One of every type of stereotypical managers. We got the New Fresh upstart one that Follows health code laws to the book (So much that we can't get our free drinks during a shift because we could contaminate something. or push the rolling trashcan into a theater to speed up cleaning because it's a "seating area") We got the Party hard manager, Who jokes and is nice to everyone and doesn't follow any rules at all. (he is the one that usually drags the rolling trashcan in to theaters if we say we can't) We got the Accountant Manager, the guy that constantly thinks in dollars and cents and follows the rules only to avoid penalties. (he also likes to "speedfuck things up" by NOT following the Runners rules (which is always take away empty trays, Deliver what you take in, and man your own costumers requests) We got the Good news bad news Manager that tries not to be mean but also tries not to be nice. so he will complement and tell you to do something. Then there is the Not a manager Manager The one that Is technically a manager but no one (even herself) thinks or acts like she is one The manager behind the manager a guy that isn't a manager but everyone acts like he is one (and other managers go to for advice) Then we have the Kitchen manager...who is Mr.Bad-guy He is hell to deal with during the shift but once the stuff is over and everything is done He is the Nicest man i have ever met __________________ I have a Pesterchum its DangerousDoc I am ether fading out of Time, Space, or Reality...Or Simply my Typewriter is running out of ink

05-03-2010, 07:53 PM	#6
Julford Hajime Monty Mole Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 744	Dammit ZeroOneDeeFiveFive, you were supposed to make the thread more boring. I found your post interesting and have learned from it.