Your occupation
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Topic: Your occupation
Posted By: E-Dub
Subject: Your occupation
Date Posted: March 13 2007 at 17:10
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What do you do and are you happy?
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: March 13 2007 at 17:14
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Musician, pianist. Very happy.
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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: March 13 2007 at 17:17
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Kind of journalist ... yes i am happy, but happier when i have my radio show or be accepted to write in a magazine... ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: March 13 2007 at 17:54
Grocery store clerk... I f**king hate my job!
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: magnus
Date Posted: March 13 2007 at 18:02
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I'm an unemployed student........ .......... and I don't enjoy it  ------------- The scattered jigsaw of my redemption laid out before my eyes Each piece as amorphous as the other - Each piece in its lack of shape a lie 
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Posted By: andu
Date Posted: March 13 2007 at 18:07
He said job.  ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!" 
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Ricochet wrote:Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: March 13 2007 at 19:08
| Do you enjoy your job? (DBA) I use to. The IT industry used to be exciting and the people were fun to be around. Now the whole thing is like chewing gum that has lost its flavor. It still chews but ... |
Posted By: Mikerinos
Date Posted: March 13 2007 at 19:10
Same job, but I don't mind it at all (it's much better than that dull place known as school). ------------- 
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Posted By: Witchwoodhermit
Date Posted: March 13 2007 at 19:15
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Artist, with a day job. I move furniture in high profile store. The work atmosphere is very nice, but still..
I'd prefer to be in front of a canvas. ------------- Here I'm shadowed by a dragon fig tree's fan ringed by ants and musing over man. |
Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: March 13 2007 at 19:41
Careful, didn't you hear about Rico's latest honors? I've been in the restaurant business for over twenty years, and I love it. I've held just about every position (including management), but I am best at waiting tables. That is what I currently do. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: March 13 2007 at 20:05
I love my job! Some days are more stressful than others, but overall I have a pretty easy going job as an art director for an ad agency. I started off as a production artist in the industry and hated it. I upgraded my book, did some jobs on the side (even designed the CD by the country rock band Poco) and was ready to better my career. Then 9/11 hit and the already competitve industry dried up. Still, I cold called creative directors to set up networking sessions, got my face out there and have gone on to much better and bigger responsibilities. I'm even working with Rush designer Hugh Syme for a cover of our magazine. To be honest, as an average high school student who went on to college, earned a degree and has put it to work for him, I'm not ashamed to say that I'm proud of myself. E -------------
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: March 13 2007 at 20:12
With all the easy classes I have this sememster, I'd rather be at school  . It's just so boring and tiring Especially the 8-hour shifts on weekends------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: video vertigo
Date Posted: March 13 2007 at 20:25
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I sell western clothes, boots and the like. I like my job a lot, everyone I work with is cool I usually look foward to going to work. I don't plan on staying there too long though the pay is pretty terrible. ------------- "The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa |
Posted By: Mikerinos
Date Posted: March 13 2007 at 20:52
Well, carts is awesome. Very relaxing on warm nights, and it's laid back and you don't have to deal with people too much. Bagging can be good depending on the cashier. Fortunately for me, there are a lot of attractive and nice girls at the supermarket I work at. If you get stuck with a lame cashier, it sucks though. Cleaning usually isn't fun, so I do a half-assed job so I can get out of it quicker.  -------------
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: March 13 2007 at 21:13
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We don;t have a single attractive cashier, all cute girls are clerks like me, the only one from my school who's a cashier is far, with short spiked hair and gets confused with a guy all the time. It's a very busy place so it takes the whole hour to clear the lot. Unless it's later at night that is, then it's nice.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: March 13 2007 at 21:33
^^^ I work with a lot of very attractive girls. The only problem is that most of them are young enough to be my daughters.  ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: March 13 2007 at 21:35
Hook me up?  ------------- Beauty will save the world. 
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: March 13 2007 at 21:37
Yeah, that's where my job is a little depleted. I always say that just because our two biggest accounts are agriculture related doesn't mean we need to hire girls who look like livestock! The agency I worked at prior to this one was probably 5-6 times bigger and beautiful women were plentiful. About the only thing I miss about that place. E -------------
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Posted By: Mikerinos
Date Posted: March 13 2007 at 21:46
Yeah, it seems like almost all younger waitresses are attractive. I could never work in a restaurant though. Don't have the charisma to be a waitor, nor do I have the work ethic to be a busboy. -------------
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: March 13 2007 at 22:09
| I'm an electrical engineer and I love my job. Couldn't picture myself doing anything else at this point. |
Posted By: mina
Date Posted: March 13 2007 at 22:12
i'm a medical records clerk. my coworkers are a lot of fun, but my job is an endless pile of paperwork. 
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Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: March 13 2007 at 22:56
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I'm a mechanical engineer working for the oil production and refining industry... the job is fine but I'm getting old and a bit tired of the entire thing so I voted "somewhat". ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: enteredwinter
Date Posted: March 13 2007 at 23:01
Same here ------------- 
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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 00:07
Get in line. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: martinprog77
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 04:16
Im work as a bartender in a mexican restaurant in los angeles and i happy about it  ------------- Nothing can last there are no second chances. Never give a day away. Always live for today. |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 06:45
My brother in law up in Waukesha, Wisconsin is an electrical engineer. Is it true how people in that line of work are a bit anal retentive? He even admits he is. E -------------
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 06:47
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I LOVE my job!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm retired,btw.   -------------  |
Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 07:37
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Artist, painter. Fulltime. Love it! I'm the happiest angry person in the world.
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Posted By: Wilcey
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 07:40
I totally love my job!!!  
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 07:50
He actually said "occupation" in the title, then asked the question of "what do you do" (for a living, to add). You have a totally correct value of a pinch-point there, though, as what I do isn't a simple, artificial and manual job, it comes to a passion, an art-handle, an inspiration resort etc. But, mainly, that's what I do, that's what I'll do and that's probably something for which I'll earn everything around my life. (and, if things go great, I'll earn more than you...each "paycheck"... ) -------------
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 07:51
WTG Jody!!! -------------
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 10:06
I might call it an increased "attenetion to detail", but the shoe fits. It's a math thing. |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 10:19
Actually, both he and my father in law are engineers, and they're both like that. My brother-in-law admits it with a hint of pride if anything. E -------------
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 10:39
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I'm a pastor and since a few months also a teacher (religious education). The work is fine but the last months is has been too busy and I've experienced a bit too much negative stuff. I hope and expect that's only temporarily. Normally I enjoy both my jobs.
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Posted By: andu
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 10:52
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I don't like my job, which has nothing to do with the things I like and I studied. It just brings me the minimum income for me to pay a small rent and have a decent living by minimal standards. (Though income here is small, like is expensive, unfortunately). Working in the "fields" of culture is impossible here unless parents support you, and since this is not the case for me (don't ask why), I have left the world of arts and went for a job that didn't need any previous qualification - some sort of customer support application operator . It's sad, but at least it brings me an income double than that I'd have if being curator in a museum. But I won't tell you how much THAT would be, because it shames me. @Rico - I hope your occupation will successfully turn into a job for you, not necessarily a steady job, but still a great one. Good luck at being a professional musician. ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!"
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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 11:32
Awsome Jody!  I'll have to wait at least another ten years before I can retire.------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: Pnoom!
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 11:34
Hey... "[he's] an artist and [he] shouldn't have to work for a living"
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 15:05
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I study full time and work part-time in a Best Buy. Like a lot the first occupation (though at times I feel I shouldn't be in school but working in my field already, I was an idiot)... about the second one, well, it's not that bad. It's just a job, and for a job it ain't bad.
I'm also High Priest of a Dark Church and Apostle of the Anti-DT Congregation.... ------------- 
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Posted By: andu
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 16:22
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@T - Man, you do have a busy life... When do you get the time to "progelitise" the PA n00bs? @Atkingani - Are you sure you're not a country president? I'm sure I saw you somewhere on the tv... @Rocktopus - Before google-ing your signature for the "match the sig with the member" thread, and thus before finding out it's a lyrical quote, I thought those words in the sig would match a visual artist's ways. Coincidence?...Do you have an on-line gallery, or could i see what you work?  ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!"
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Posted By: Trickster F.
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 16:32
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Unemployed student, zero labour experience. ------------- sig |
Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 18:05
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Posted By: markosherrera
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 20:34
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Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 20:43
The man to be defeated... err, the one with beard! 
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Posted By: markosherrera
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 20:48
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 22:19
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No job for me as of yet...just that student thing.
Personally I love it...at least the not working a "job" job. The student thing varies depending on workload. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: explodingjosh
Date Posted: March 15 2007 at 12:18
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For the longest time I wanted to be an Electrical Engineer, mainly because I wanted to design stereos, etc. But i concluded that an EE has wayyyyy to much responsibility , and now I'm looking into Audio Engineering (maybe with a math minor). Hopefully you guys might start seeing my name on your CDs.My goal is to engineer the next Tool cd. And I may just have enough time to finish school and improve my reputation as an Audio Eng before they release it . |
Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: March 15 2007 at 12:22
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Somewhat. Desing can be a very fun thing to do, but given that my personal interests are wide and related to all sort of activities, sometimes my actual work steps in the way of otehr things I want to do or try. Quite demanding, sometimes you just can't find time for yourself. ------------- ĦBeware of the Bee! |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: March 15 2007 at 15:13
It's very easy: 4-5 hours a day in School, 5-7 hours a day at work, a worrisome lack of social life
 (I still have to adapt to American life... ), 2-3 hours daily of music... and the rest... that's why any review from me will only arrive on fridays (my day off everything, totally free) or in week-ends (usually I'm free after 5 pm)....Believe me, without job or school, I'd crush many people's posting-records around here......Oh, I forgot.... 30-minutes a day to analyze better ways to counterattack those sad DT fanboys around the globe... -------------
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: March 15 2007 at 15:32
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I am a psychiatric nurse since 1986 and after all those years I still love my job: helping mainly schizophrenic people to rebuild their lives by searching for a new balance (less pressure, daily structure, finding distraction, etc.). My work alternates from giving medication and having talks about how to cope with their psychiatric disease to cleaning the room and listening to music or even playing guitar with them. Every weekend I organise a music DVD meeting, then we watch Pink Floyd, ELP, Ten Years After, Supertramp, David Bowie or Led Zeppelin because most of them are aged between 30 and 50 and they have pleasant memories about this music It's sometimes a very tough job but also very grateful and I can put a lot of my enthousism, energy and ideas in it and I have a lot of freedom to do my job, not many 'chiefs' around because that's doesn't match with my authority -conflict
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: March 15 2007 at 15:52
I'm lucky enough not to have a job. 
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: March 16 2007 at 04:43
Therapy through prog - I love it! Seriously though, I'm impressed with your obvious love of what you do, especially as I'd imagine it can be extremely challenging at times - all power to you 
Personally - I work in credit control (have done similar for most of my working life); I'm very good at it, but I wouldn't say I particularly enjoy, or dislike the job (although I do like the people I work with, which is a bonus) - as far as I'm concerned, it's just a job, pure & simple. It means the bills are paid, there's food on the table & we can go for a beer when we want to - I'm not ambitious, career-wise (that way lies stress & disappointment) and I refuse to be defined by my career. In short, I work to live, not vice versa. ------------- 
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Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: March 16 2007 at 05:54
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I'm a physical therapist for a professional basketball team by day, drummer for a metal band by night. . I enjoy and love what I do. Decent pay, I only got to work for 4 hours a day, 6 days a week, free use of the team's gym and spa. ------------- 
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: March 16 2007 at 09:04
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Thanks Jim
 Did you know that it turned out that the Mellotron works better than the average 'downer'
to make somebody feel relaxed ....
? And to Majestic Mayhem: you seem to use your hands 24 hours a day,
have you insured your hands like David Beckham his legs?
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Posted By: Wilcey
Date Posted: March 16 2007 at 10:31
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I think to really love what you do for a living is a real blessing, I have had some really grotty jobs, and some good jobs, and I completely admire those with true vocational calling.
Erik, it sounds like you do a marvellous job in a difficult field, well done you! It sounds like you have a healthy attitude Jim, getting the right work/life balance is something a lot of people struggle with. I think I am happiest in my current occupation because I 100% believe in what I do, when it is hard, or when I am tired, I still believe in what I do, and that's what keeps us going.
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Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: March 16 2007 at 11:07
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I'm a consultant in the area of software and systems engineering, and recently I was also made responsible for managing a 4 headed sales team on that same topic. Interesting, with technical as well as business issues to deal with - but momentarily very time consuming, I may need an 8 day working week for the next two months.
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Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: March 16 2007 at 11:21
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I have a lively and interesting job many would run a mile from - i am a security officer in a local tertiary college, that is 6th form teenagers from a myriad of ethnic backgrounds and cultures, including asbo's.
do i enjoy it? of course! the work can be very demanding of your patience sometimes and is not without risk, but careful diplomacy and a sense of humour wins through in most situations, it becomes something of an art, some try and get one over on you all the time. most of the students are fine and work hard to get into Uni, but you always get a handful who want to test you out.
today we've had them playing football in the car park and water fights - a quiet day!
 i've survived nearly ten years in this occupation with hardly a scratch, so i must be doing something right
it's very rewarding when some come back and see you after a few years and have made something of themselves.
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Posted By: Nash
Date Posted: March 16 2007 at 17:07
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I dont have a job, im a medicine studient, I start the university this year ------------- http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/191/sydbarrettg.jpg/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: progadicto
Date Posted: March 16 2007 at 21:43
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Yes... I'm journalist. Actually I'm Press Chief of a Film Festival so... yes, I'm happy even when I have to be in the office almost 10-12 hours per day... ------------- ... E N E L B U N K E R... |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: March 16 2007 at 22:25
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<<I think to really love what you do for a living is a real blessing>>
Man, how true that is. I hate to think what would've happened if I hadn't gone to college. For 5 years after high school I worked at a grocery store. I didn't mind it, but really wasn't going anywhere. Then in 1989 I was fired for doing something really stupid (I was a kid...and not a very smart one). The next year I went from one dead end job to the next, but then I decided to go to college. Sold my car and started the Fall of 1990 and made it all the way through with a degree (even accepted into Clemson's graduate program, but really didn't want to stay in school) and now doing what I never thought possible. Funny how life works. E -------------
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Posted By: Pablo_P
Date Posted: March 17 2007 at 16:42
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I am a student, now I work (for two monts) in a local factory as an operator of machines such: pipe bending machine, leak detection machine and some others but I don't know their english names...
Anyway, we produce the car air conditioning pipes or something like that - I don't really know the english name for that
Anyway, I really like my current job much more than my previous one (I worked ina bank)... ------------- Pablo P. |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: March 17 2007 at 16:57
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I need a job... I made a huge mistake - I didn't work at all during my studies. And now almost all employers demand experience... ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Trickster F.
Date Posted: March 17 2007 at 17:00
I'm experiencing the same problem (although I have only turned 19). ------------- sig |
Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: March 17 2007 at 17:03
| I'm studying my A-Levels and my dad won't let me get a job because I need to concentrate on my studies, But I'll probably get a job as a bus boy in a restaurant near by. |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: March 17 2007 at 17:05
A bus boy? ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Trickster F.
Date Posted: March 17 2007 at 17:08
A bus boy is a person who helps other people serve in the restaurant, for instance, by delivering the dirty plates. ------------- sig |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: March 17 2007 at 20:01
Wrong. What he means is that he wants to drive the restaurant's bus and take every chef and cook to and from the restaurant from and to their homes.
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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: March 18 2007 at 00:16
The P.C. term is Service Assistant.
------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: March 18 2007 at 00:19
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If only I had a job, I'll have to have one when school gets out (for sure which is surprisingly soon).
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Posted By: Unix
Date Posted: March 18 2007 at 00:22
Ditto Zac.... I'm quite poor at the moment (as in like $2 in the bank poor...) 
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: March 18 2007 at 00:32
no, is driver.
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Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: March 18 2007 at 00:38
I'm not that poor (yet). I had to get a loan out to pay for the rest of my school, so most of the money I have left is from that (maybe 200 dollars or less). Most of it I have to use on food, too. Last semester, when I was out of school, I couldn't get anyone to hire me cause of my hair and facial hair, ridiculous, I'll have to cut my hair soon too, just to be safe, probably around when school ends or sooner. ------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: Unix
Date Posted: March 18 2007 at 00:43
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I guess its not as bad for me, seeing as I'm in high school still but most of my friends all have jobs already and I'm still yet to have a paying job ------------- |
Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: March 18 2007 at 00:49
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I didn't worry about working until the summer I graduated from high school, I got a job then fine, but it sucked and I only worked for less than 2 months. I once had to survive on 20 dollars or something for 2 weeks, not very pleasant, but I did it. Luckily, I don't have to drive much at all, I have a room (on campus, that does suck, but still), and at that time, I think I had some food left in my room. ------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: Unix
Date Posted: March 18 2007 at 00:50
oh wow, that's a very impressive feat  I could easily do it now, what with living at home and all that, but I can't even imagine doing that in a couple years...
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Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: March 18 2007 at 01:08
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I learned to adjust from being at home and having everything, to being away with very little, it's actually easier to adjust than you'd think, at least it was for me (and I'm around 6 hrs away from home btw).
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Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: March 18 2007 at 01:14
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Does it count as a job if you arent on a fixed schedule?
Because my school pays me X amount of dollars to perform the music to all of the drama club productions. ------------- Beauty will save the world.
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Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: March 19 2007 at 08:22
. Thanks for the idea Erik. I already have impingement of the right supraspinatus tendon and I'm beginning to experience some symptoms of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome on my right hand. Not very good.  -------------
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: March 19 2007 at 12:43
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Majestic Mayhem, as long as you don't suffer from the
Prog Archives Attention Deficit Syndrome you're OK
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: March 20 2007 at 23:44
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Just got my file from Hugh Syme today for our magazine. He took a pretty dull concept and made it look very nice. As soon as I lay it out, I'll post it.
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Posted By: sircosick
Date Posted: March 25 2007 at 16:42
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I'm a student and I'm un-happy right now
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Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: March 25 2007 at 16:45
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I'm standing on the till, shouting "next, please". I'm not enjoying it, but there are always some interesting moments when you are a cashier...
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: March 28 2007 at 07:13
The right work/life balance is essential, I think, to maintain some kind of sanity; I've refused about 4 or 5 promotions in the last year or so (although I did take one in the end) - as far as I'm concerned, career ambition is something to concern other people. The further you travel up the corporate ladder, the easier it is for the snipers to spot you. -------------
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Posted By: andu
Date Posted: March 28 2007 at 10:40
My job has recently started to suck really hard.  I'll be writing a CV and start sending it to various employers, soon. ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!"
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