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Awesome:)

steves — Thu, 8 Nov 2007 19:06:05 -0500

That's an excellent picture:) I worked as a clown on the side of the highway for a flower shop, so I can relate. It was the hottest Summer since the Sun was created and I spent as much time in the Flower cooler as on the street. My girlfriend thinks I don't like to give flowers, but I still can't look at a dozen roses without shivering:P

Steve Sharam
www.whenrealityknocks.com

Twinkie the Kid

ButterflySis — Sun, 4 Nov 2007 20:08:08 -0500

When I was in my teens I was asked to be "Twinkie the Kid" and hand out free Twinkies at the local Acme. I remember the head/mask was big and really hard to see out of and I tripped over something and fell losing my head... I hurried to put it back on so I wouldn't disappoint any little kids who thought Twinkie really did exist...LOL

Proof: http://ButterflySis.smugmug.com/photos/217393520-L.jpg

My first job was at a department store so I can related to the above comments. I too hated when people would linger around the store after you had announced its closing three times. I especially hated having to stay late after closing to "straighten" and having to go in really early (earlier than store opening) on those special days like the day after Thanksgiving. Ugh! I HATED working there. I felt trapped there and would show up late (30-45 minutes) and would pray they would fire me. They never did. I eventually went to work at a high school. Kids are rude. Not all of them...but enough of them that made me remember why I don't want kids!

Now I work at a college extension office that sponsors the non-profit I actually work for. Though I often grumble it's not over anything truly horrible. For the most part I enjoy my job and the people that I work with....and that I don't have to turn in an empty pen to order a new one. :-)

- Jen

Ewww!

ButterflySis — Sun, 4 Nov 2007 19:44:56 -0500

I'm so sorry. You must be scarred for life...

- Jen

Wow, that's terrible

steves — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:54:44 -0400

Wow, that's terrible. That's the worst series of jobs I've ever heard of. My goodness. The corporate world... just terrible:(

Steve Sharam
www.whenrealityknocks.com

Jobs

jkalach — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:58:38 -0400

OK here goes.

I was a caddy. Not like those guys who tote one bag for a pro golfer. We carried two bags and ran all over the course when golfers sprayed their shots. And we did this 36 holes a day.

I moved pianos. Nothing like getting an upright goliath of an instrument to a third-floor walk up. And when we didn't have deliveries, we got to strip and refinish rental pianos in a less than well-ventilated area.

I worked in the meat dept. of a grocery store, which was one of the dirtiest, smelliest jobs I've ever had...and I'm not a vegetarian, yet.

Now, I'm in the corporate world, but enough said about that.

Aaaaaaaaaaah!

steves — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:57:18 -0400

Aaaaaaaaaah! Aaaaaaaaaaaah! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Ah.

Steve Sharam
www.whenrealityknocks.com

There are always worse jobs...

nadinebc — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:19:31 -0400

always....

while in first year university I worked at an electrolysis clinic...part of my duties included waxing men's backs.

GAH!

yes, yes, here are just a few...

daveterry — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:46:16 -0400

office supplies
presentations
performance reviews

...dave
insomnia cure

Eeeeeeeeexcellent...

steves — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:56:03 -0400

Rofl, and so on:D Thanks for the heads up:)

Steve Sharam
www.whenrealityknocks.com

:) :) :) ROTFLMAO there is a

Jigglypuff — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:45:36 -0400

:) :) :) ROTFLMAO

there is a VERY fun blog called customers suck. very funny. and educational. i feel like a much better customer now knowing why they (we) suck.

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Levenger stole ALL of my money, but they left me all these nice, shiny organizational tools.

It's so simple

steves — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:30:43 -0400

You may be onto something there. If only we could get retail customers to act like adults we'd be all set:P

Steve Sharam
www.whenrealityknocks.com

Hmmmm

emoore — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:00:23 -0400

Kind of reminds me of my archaeology project this summer. Except we don't use jackhammers. I have to admit, there were a couple of days driving home that I wondered what smelled bad in the car and realized it was me. lol

yep

Jigglypuff — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 06:24:10 -0400

they are. always.

it's funny, as with all bullies once i stood up for myself, the change was basically instant. he behaves (largely) like an adult now. :)

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Levenger stole ALL of my money, but they left me all these nice, shiny organizational tools.

Booya!

steves — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 02:46:39 -0400

Then he looked at me slowly and told me that there was no place for loose canons on his force.

Bullies are cowards, always:)

Steve Sharam
www.whenrealityknocks.com

wine store woes.

Jigglypuff — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:53:35 -0400

i know this...

my boss is a Nutter, from this point on he will be known as "the Nutter".

true story. the wine shop uses an antiqued cash register were you punch in the number and then the machine looks up the price. now if you have 100 items that is not so bad, but when you have 1200 different wines and spirits that is a problem. further there is NO method to how the numbers match the wines. so one wine that costs $6.95 could be number 437 and another that cost $56.95 could be item number 473 or 438.

so when i started i made a mistake and typed in the number wrong, not having yet memorized this item's price i didnt know that it went out for $20 too much.

well the next day i was welcomed by the Nutter with screaming and frothing at the mouth. He was berating me as if I were a child.

At the time i was so shocked that i had nothing to say. But the next morning i told him that if he ever did that again i would be very cross, and that it was not to his benefit to find out what happens when i become cross. I was very calm and almost polite when I said it, but i let him know i was dead serious.
I further told him, that the mistake would not have happened if he used a system that was not so old and useless (though not in those words). I reminded him that he would be remiss to replace me with someone who is as capable and as committed to wine as I, so it would be to his benefit to treat me with respect.

my co-worker, who I fear is not as shameless as i, still suffers his Nuttetry.

this is my current job. so i can not tell you ALL the goodies.

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Levenger stole ALL of my money, but they left me all these nice, shiny organizational tools.

Sigh...Back To Work

steves — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:27:37 -0400

Hi all, Steve here. This is gonna be a short one, 'cause I’m starting a new job today. It's not a job I'm all that excited about. It's actually a job I've done before. It's a job that I can't entirely believe I'm doing again. Let me put that another way, give you some perspective. If someone said I could get paid to rub sandpaper on my eyeballs, I'd be there in a second. It's just not very stimulating. Or interesting. Or well paying. Last time I did this job, the only way I was able to get myself out of bed to go to work was to have my girlfriend smash me in the face with a 5-pound barbell.

Although, my mother always taught me to find something good in every situation. On further reflection, however, the best thing I can say about this job is that it's temporary. Then again, I bet everybody has tales of woe at work.

This got me to wondering what terrible tales the readers of this website have about work and whether, if I asked them to share them, it would count as having written a post. I think it would.

Have a story about an unfortunate occurrence at work, a tiresome co-worker, a bad boss or an all-around terrible job? Is it funny? Then share it with the class and possibly win a car. I should note for legal reasons that if you win a car it will be a complete coincidence and have nothing at all to do with this website, but share your stories anyway. I should also suggest that people don't use specific names of companies, people or other identifying information so that nobody gets sued or fired. Please refrain from excessive swearing, complaining about the Masons or death threats. Rambling disconnected rants are just fine.

Until next time keep your pen on the page. That's all I have this week, just the pen on the page. Deal.

Steve Sharam
www.whenrealityknocks.com

D*I*Y Planner - Sigh...Back To Work - Comments

Awesome:)

Twinkie the Kid

Ewww!

Wow, that's terrible

Jobs

Aaaaaaaaaaah!

There are always worse jobs...

yes, yes, here are just a few...

Eeeeeeeeexcellent...

:) :) :) ROTFLMAO there is a

It's so simple

Hmmmm

yep

Booya!

wine store woes.

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