Official bored at work / just shooting the shit / no rails to derail thread

[Durahansolo]

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I guess they approach me because I'm a relatively professional looking white guy walking around downtown. I probably know where shit is. I dunno.

Reminds me of when I'm on my lunch break and am somewhere inside the mall shopping. People walk up to me and ask me where things are all the time because they think I work in the store.

[TheGrandMom]

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Reminds me of when I'm on my lunch break and am somewhere inside the mall shopping. People walk up to me and ask me where things are all the time because they think I work in the store.

lolololol Sorry but this cracked me up! It's like something you'd see on a sitcom!

[Raydeus]

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<Insert Seinfeld reference here>

[Aksannyi]

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So for the millionth night in a row, I am back out of bed because I had trouble sleeping. /sigh

[Durahansolo]

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lolololol Sorry but this cracked me up! It's like something you'd see on a sitcom!

Its funny to me too TGM.

Random Person: Excuse me, but could you <Random question>
Me: I'm sorry I don't work here.
Random Person: I'm sorry, you were dressed so nicely that I thought you did. You had your back to me so I couldn't see if you had a nametag or not.

[Aksannyi]

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I am having a particularly rough time right now ... nothing is working the way I want it to. But I have one great friend who is there for me no matter what ... and I'm crying right now because I'm just so damn grateful this person is in my life.

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Blah, sorry for the vagueness and the "facebook wallish" post (cause that's what it looks like lol) but seriously ... I'm just counting myself lucky right now, because he always knows what to say to make me feel better. And I love him for that.

If only he could fix everything lol. XD

[Taskmage]

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Its funny to me too TGM.

Random Person: Excuse me, but could you <Random question>
Me: I'm sorry I don't work here.
Random Person: I'm sorry, you were dressed so nicely that I thought you did. You had your back to me so I couldn't see if you had a nametag or not.

Have you seen this?
Best Buy « Improv Everywhere

I am having a particularly rough time right now ... nothing is working the way I want it to. But I have one great friend who is there for me no matter what ... and I'm crying right now because I'm just so damn grateful this person is in my life.

/hug

[Aeni]

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lolololol Sorry but this cracked me up! It's like something you'd see on a sitcom!

Hey, don't laugh too hard, cause this happens to me a lot as well. Old ladies come up to me in Safeway and ask for the price of an item or if there's more in stock. Grrrr.

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Blah, sorry for the vagueness and the "facebook wallish" post (cause that's what it looks like lol) but seriously ... I'm just counting myself lucky right now, because he always knows what to say to make me feel better. And I love him for that.

If only he could fix everything lol. XD

When I'm down, I like to listen to this. It's also a great listen to early in the morning, as the title suggests.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV0IBNHWFeg]YouTube - Kaskade - 4am (OFFICIAL HQ VIDEO)[/ame]

[Aksannyi]

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Today was ... bleh.

This morning, at 8ish AM, myself and my friendly incompetent bitch worker were called into the office with our supervisors. Because the work has been cut so drastically, they said, they can not justify keeping us both working every day. They offered for us to switch days on/off, and after being presented with this option, I asked them to simply let me go.

I have been wanting to leave now for a while - but I couldn't simply quit. You cannot collect unemployment if you quit. I spoke with my supervisor and he said that he is sorry it has to come down to this, but he will agree to this arrangement. I finished out today, turned in my ID badge, and left. I said my goodbyes to several people whom I will miss, and dropped my e-mail/phone number to some of them, and I am gone.

I'm kind of a mess. I have been crying all day ... which I hate. You don't cry at work. Although under the circumstances, it's understandable. I'd worked there a year and two months. And I loved working there. So it was hard to leave. But we all knew the layoff was coming at the end of the month, and with the severe cut in hours, they were really only delaying the inevitable. Showing up and working for a few hours was hardly worth the gas I spent to get there, and the aggravation and the fighting with people for work was incredibly stressful. Everyone is uptight and snarky, and I'm just over it now. It was time for me to move on, and as I said, the only thing holding me back was inability to draw unemployment if I voluntarily quit, and thankfully, my supervisor actually did go through the process of laying me off, because he feels bad that he has to let myself and a dozen others go. I have left on good terms, so he gave me a great recommendation letter and has said that I am more than welcome to use him as a reference, which I will.

End of an era. Feels so weird to know that I won't be going there tomorrow. But I know this was the best option. Even my dad agrees that this was the smartest course of action for me. I'm still sad, but I'm starting to find some peace with this decision, as I'd been wrestling with the idea of approaching my supervisor myself and asking to be let go. He basically made it really easy for me. I think it was a relief for him, as well; it's one less person he has to worry about upsetting with the lack of hours.

Am I okay? Not really, but I will be. Right now, (after I post this) I need to check my bank account and make some calls, try to figure out some financial aid sort of things. I'm going to go back on food stamps and I'm going to triple my efforts to secure new employment. I do have a job interview on Tuesday, so hopefully that will go well.

[Murphie]

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You will be ok, though, Aks. At least you have (some) income coming in, and this will give you time to find something else so you can get back on track. It sucks that it had to happen, but at least it happened in a way that allowed you to get unemployment.

Fingers crossed for your interview!

[TheGrandMom]

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I'm going through something similar Aks. End of an era type of thing. When I was a girl we lived in the city. My mom worked right across the street in a little embroidery shop that was in a house basement and my dad worked downtown. Then when I was in 5th grade they up and moved us to the burbs where a factory was being built. My dad got a job there making twice what he was in the city so it was a good thing. He started when the plant was built, my mom started working there 6 months later, I started working there when I was 15 1/2, my sister worked there, 2 of my brother in laws worked there, I met my husband there and he'd worked there for 30 years, and now its being torn down. I had the best years of my life there. Its been a huge part of my family and now bit by bit its going down. Hallways that I used to walk are now exposed. Parts are just totally gone. Its god damn depressing and I avoid going past as much as possible. I just had a luncheon appointment and had to drive past it. It makes me angry, nostalgic, sad, and depressed. And then the meeting I had was even worse! lol

Buck up Aks, things will get better with a positive attitude. It may seem like its taking forever but as long as we keep pushing on, it eventually will. I always take out the photo album and look at my grandkids or my family when I'm feeling rough. I think of the fun we had where ever the photo was and it makes me smile. Also, keep busy. Sitting around stewing in your juices does nothing but make it worse. Even if you just go for a walk, go grab a soda/coffee, window shop at expensive stores, anything to get your hinder out of the house!

[Durahansolo]

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Have you seen this?
Best Buy � Improv Everywhere

LMAO! Awesome! It happened again today, I'm just glad nobody has came up to me bitching about the store only to find out that I didn't work there.

[Aeni]

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Am I okay? Not really, but I will be. Right now, (after I post this) I need to check my bank account and make some calls, try to figure out some financial aid sort of things. I'm going to go back on food stamps and I'm going to triple my efforts to secure new employment. I do have a job interview on Tuesday, so hopefully that will go well.

I wish for the best for you Aksannyi. I don't really know what else to say to cheer you up and not get you down but I truly hope that things will turn around for you. Hopefully this will become not just a new chapter in life for you, but a potentially fulfilling and a happier one. I'm just really impressed at your ability to not only stand firm on your two feet, but have the clarity in mind to know how best to keep yourself intact and be ready for anything that may come up next. I know you will succeed because you have shown resilience and you're also being very humble and considerate to those around you and to yourself. Don't ever give up hope and just keep going. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that your interview goes well and that you find yourself in a better situation.

[TheGrandMom]

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You need a friggin t-shirt to wear that says on the front and back "Do not ask me, I do not work here!"

[Aksannyi]

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OMG I'm gonna be rich, I'm designing and selling that t-shirt right now. OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS!!!!

In all seriousness, I'm already feeling so much better. It's so weird to think that it's Thursday and I won't be going to work tomorrow. But I'm glad it's finally over. Working there this past month has been like a slow death, to quote one of my coworkers. And it is. It's like bleeding out. Coming in at 7 to work until 10 or 11 ... and work being so slow that we end up actually working only half of that. It's more depressing than not having a job at all. At least at home I can feel productive by being on my computer searching for jobs and making phone calls, both of which I couldn't do at work. (No computer access and horribad cell phone reception)

I think part of the reason I'm doing so well is that I knew it was coming. I just sped up the inevitable. And without putting a "quit" on my record, which was really the best way to go. In my opinion, the supervisors should have let half of us go by now. They still won't ... but they should. Maybe my request to be let go will make them realize how badly they are holding most of us back and they'll consider letting some others go. As my friend Margaret would say, "They just holdin' up history buubie" (Yes she calls everyone buubie, it's awesome. Love her!) I think a lot of my coworkers would be okay with an early layoff. I think the management is just scared to drop people, because they are people. They have feelings. They have compassion. But the more compassionate thing would be to let off about half - then half of the people still working would get a few more hours (not many), the other half could get unemployment, and the company saves the money they were paying on twelve salaries by paying only six. (Even if six people get 30 hours each, that's still less than twelve people getting 25 hours each.) Everybody wins! I am soooooo management material.

I had resigned myself to the fact that the job was not going to be there for me at the end of the month. The hours had been cut so short at this point that it really was a waste of gas to drive there. And like I said, I had contemplated approaching the supervisor and asking to be let go, but couldn't make that final step. When he pulled us aside and talked about cutting our time even further, that was when I had to speak up. And it kind of shocked him. I wonder if he didn't honestly think about cutting some of us loose. I do hope that my asking to be laid off maybe spurs him to make other changes. For the benefit of the other people working there.

I also hope that stupid incompetent bitch is grateful. I put myself on the chopping block and she is going to be getting more hours - my share of the work, which wasn't much - and the days that I would have taken if I'd agreed to the supervisor's proposal. And if the supervisors had been smart enough to release people from the start, I know damn well she'd have gotten the boot, because I am a much better worker than she is, and I've been told that. So yeah, I kind of made the ultimate sacrifice for someone I don't even like. On the plus side, I never have to see her stupid ass again.

But I guess I don't see it as a sacrifice, because I'm getting the better end of the deal. I will have another job by the end of the month. She'll still be stagnating in that place, and I know she will not get the great recommendations that I got. I win. And I feel pretty good about that - not that I'm competing with her, mind you - just that I know I will be okay, and that I'm doing it on my terms.

Sorry for the tl;dr. I'm just ... well, I'm okay. And I will continue to be okay.