Useless Conversation

[Furiously]

fwiw, I called in sick today so I could stay home and make my venison chorizo and get photos of it in natural light. Today I cared more about cooking and food photography than going to work, but then I also have 90+ hours of sick time going to waste.

A buddy and I made some last year, it was delicious. It even sat in Wayabvpar's refrigerator for several days while my power was out.

[cmlancas]

Remember that the more salt you add to stuff, the more likely it is to not even need refrigeration after it is cooked.

See: Beef Jerky, Dry Chorizo Sausage, and Country Ham for examples.

<3 salt.

[Miasma]

While not thrilled with my job I don't hate it enough to put any effort into getting a new one.  This rut can get plenty deeper.  It's funny how hard it is to appreciate what you have and be content.  I know my job is a good one.  I'm well paid, I get to sit down, it's indoors, I don't have to deal with the public, I get to read boards like this.  It's just that I've been here so long that I'm really bored and I can't stand doing the same type of work over and over again.

I mean they're building a new condo beside mine and those guys have to work a dozen stories up under dangerous conditions while the winter wind tears into them, they have to piss in port-o-potty, and they get paid less than I do.  I shouldn't be complaining but such is human nature I guess, it's our inability to be happy that keeps driving us "forward".

[MrHat]

While not thrilled with my job I don't hate it enough to put any effort into getting a new one.  This rut can get plenty deeper.  It's funny how hard it is to appreciate what you have and be content.  I know my job is a good one.  I'm well paid, I get to sit down, it's indoors, I don't have to deal with the public, I get to read boards like this.  It's just that I've been here so long that I'm really bored and I can't stand doing the same type of work over and over again.

I mean they're building a new condo beside mine and those guys have to work a dozen stories up under dangerous conditions while the winter wind tears into them, they have to piss in port-o-potty, and they get paid less than I do.  I shouldn't be complaining but such is human nature I guess, it's our inability to be happy that keeps driving us "forward".

Ya, I completely agree.

I guess I'm feeling the clock ticking away, I don't have any kids, but when I do, I feel like there really is no chance to find a different job then.

My job is pretty awesome except for the actual work.  I get to be inside, I report to no one except myself, it's goal driven, I get to fuck around if I want (GUI Patent Examiner).  But ya, it's dry material, and boring.

[voodoolily]

Remember that the more salt you add to stuff, the more likely it is to not even need refrigeration after it is cooked.

See: Beef Jerky, Dry Chorizo Sausage, and Country Ham for examples.

<3 salt.

I didn't want to try to learn to cure my own meats today, but yeah, I used some kosher salt and salt pork to fatten up the venison.

[Moosehands]

I love my job.  I work in an field that has been my dream career since I was 9 years old, get paid an amount I consider substantial, and I learn new things all the time.   

[MrHat]

I love my job.  I work in an field that has been my dream career since I was 9 years old, get paid an amount I consider substantial, and I learn new things all the time.   

Don't tease us.

[Miasma]

I used some kosher salt and salt pork

I lol'd.

I love my job.  I work in an field that has been my dream career since I was 9 years old, get paid an amount I consider substantial, and I learn new things all the time.   

Porn star?

[voodoolily]

I used some kosher salt and salt pork

I lol'd.

haha, the irony had been lost on me until now.

[Moosehands]

I do internal tools development, source control management, and build pipeline administration for one of the companies that people type angry words about down in the MMO subforum.  I'm not sure if I should say which one because I'm not anything like an official company representative and don't deserve a red name or anything.

But, basically, I help make video games and it is the bestest thing ever.  My friends all have my explicit permission to call me a moron if they ever hear me complaining.


edit:

Porn star?

Actually I used to work in the sex industry advertising escorts.  It can be soul crushing, even if you're fairly sex-positive going in.

[cmlancas]

It can be soul crushing, even if you're fairly sex-positive going in.

Does that occur when you have to tell Barbie that she's too old to go out tonight? 

[Moosehands]

It can be soul crushing, even if you're fairly sex-positive going in.

Does that occur when you have to tell Barbie that she's too old to go out tonight? 

I could write a book.

Example 1:  One of our advertisers called us to discuss changing her stage name.  While she was in the stirrups, on the delivery table.  Apparently her doctor said she wasn't dilated enough and it would be a while before the baby came out, so she figured she'd pass the time by having us change her ad from "Pregnant Paula" to "Lactating Lacy".

[cmlancas]

Now I just feel like a snarky douche. Thanks a lot. 

Although that's probably more because I am sifting through this guy's dirty laundry through public records because I want his house. But perhaps he shouldn't have been running a large-scale hydroponic marijuana operation in his home. 

[Ironwood]

Today was a very depressing day.

One of our employees faked an e-mail to shift blame to another employee.  It was the worst forgery I've seen in a while and was easily proved to be nonsense.


I just can't get my head around someone doing that.  If they'd left the discipline to me, he'd have been gone.

[Nerf]

You've got to elaborate more ironwood, because right now I'm picturing somthing along the lines of

From: Bob@bob.com
Subject: You're an asshole!

You're an asshole!

Regards,

Jim from Accounting

[Murgos]

I just can't get my head around someone doing that.  If they'd left the discipline to me, he'd have been gone.

You know what to do.

[lamaros]

If you're bored with your job, really, and not just 'at the moment' bored then I don't think looking for a change is a bad idea. Even if you are well paid.

If it wasn't for the fact I was still at Uni and enjoying that and looking to the future with my studies I would not be able to do what I do at the moment. It is just too boring and out of keeping with the way I want to contribute.

"You don't know what you've got.." is all well and good, but just because other people have it worse doesn't mean you can't aspire to better things.

[WayAbvPar]

Today was a very depressing day.

One of our employees faked an e-mail to shift blame to another employee.  It was the worst forgery I've seen in a while and was easily proved to be nonsense.


I just can't get my head around someone doing that.  If they'd left the discipline to me, he'd have been gone.

I honestly can't believe there is anywhere that wouldn't fire him on the spot. That is just amazing. Does he have photos of the CEO romancing some farm animals or something?

[Ironwood]

Basically, he was meant to alert our accountings to reduce a payment.  He didn't.

So, to cover his arse, he faked a time and date on a mail and forwarded it, to 'look' as if he'd sent it in December asking 'Did you ever do anything about this ??'

Of course, exchange logs everything.  It was painfully obvious to check.  Especially since he'd 'tested' the forgery twice the night before and left it in his bin.  Oh and the forgery didn't have his signature file, which gets appended to real e-mails.

Basically, he though we would all be as stupid as he was.

The Manager left it up to the offended party to decide the punishment and I went along,, since it wasn't really for me to say.  The offended party is a lovely girl, far far too nice (but nice doesn't mean stupid, as this guy found out) and I suspect she'll let him off.

I've told him that I demand a written apology for 'Bringing the Integrity of My E-mail System into Disrepute', but I only did that to fuck with him.  What I really want to do is wring the little fucking tits neck.

Anyway.  It depressed me.  He was willing to send someone else to the wall for his own mistake.

[WayAbvPar]

I've told him that I demand a written apology for 'Bringing the Integrity of My E-mail System into Disrepute'

Hahahaha awesome.

[Reg]

I can't believe he wasn't fired over that. That would be much more merciful than the shunning he'll get if word should somehow leak out to his co-workers as to what he tried to do.

[Strazos]

Personally, I hate my job. It pays...well, I somehow manage to pay whatever bills I have at the moment. Barely. The job itself is pretty menial. Sure, in the grand scope of things it SHOULD be important, but in practice it's fucking simple. This is a job I would have been qualified to perform coming out of high school.

Even worse, the things I want to do with my degree are...overly specific. It's not like someone who works in IT, where they can work for any company that uses computers and such to get their job done (just about any nowadays?). No, I have to hope for really specific stuff, as in, there's only 1 place for me to apply, and if I'm not going to be accepted I am boned for that choice. Sure, I have a few different things I want to apply for, but I'm not exactly thrilled about the number of choices I have.

OR...if all else fails, I COULD go back to school for a few semesters, pick up a teaching cert, and use it. And honestly, I think I would like it well enough. The problem is that, at least in NJ, you have to do 1 semester of actual teaching in an actual school. Which sort of precludes me from working my current job. I don't even know how much this option would even cost, if the rest of the classes could be done online (the only feasible way I could go back to school at this point), or if I could even defer my current loans somehow while I am "back in school."

That's not even mentioning my spectacularly sucky social life....sort of hard to complain about something that doesn't actually exist

Blah.   

[Signe]

I don't think Righ LOVES his job, but the walk from the bedroom to the living room doesn't seem to bother him much.   As for me, I don't have a job but sometimes I pretend to be a housewife.  Just for a giggle. 

When we move again, everything will change except for my giggles. 

[Yegolev]

My job is awesome but even today it was a pain in the ass.  Combination of jerky coworkers and failing computers.  C'est la vie.  I'm just there for the check.

[Engels]

When I was 12 I sat on the floor of the TV room and fiddled with my Commodore 64 & ZX Spectrum. Now, I sit in a chair and fiddle with 4 laptops, 2 desktops, 21 servers and get to help others fiddle with theirs. I didn't get a job, the world just came around to my view of things 

Seriously, tho, a job is sometimes just a job. I have quite a few days that just seem to drag on forever. Then some system finally breaks and time flies by. If you find that even when you're most engaged in your job you're still hating it, start to shop around. Life is too short.

[stray]

I have shitty jobs, and I don't care. I have zero stress, and look about 10 years younger than everyone my age. I get lots of free things I never worked for (long story). Also, I'm a chain smoker and a wino. All in all, I'm practically French.

[Signe]

I have shitty jobs, and I don't care. I have zero stress, and look about 10 years younger than everyone my age. I get lots of free things I never worked for (long story). Also, I'm a chain smoker and a wino. All in all, I'm practically French.

In nearly one swift moment, your age will not only catch up to your face but surpass it by at least 10 years.  Really.  You should stop while you still look nice.  I swear, my skin and hair look and feel better since I quit smoking.  My hair certainly smells better. 

I still want a ciggie though.    All the time.

[voodoolily]

Hey, btw Sauced and I are quitting this weekend. If any of you give us any grief it'll be your undoing. YOUR UNDOING!!

[HaemishM]

Shit, I thought hating your job was part and parcel of actually having a job. I have a pretty good job for what I do. It's cushy as hell, indoors, on the Internet 8 hours a day, most of which probably couldn't even be considered work (you've seen my postcount). But I still hate it. Getting up in the morning, fighting a traffic parade of morons daily, and all for a paycheck that's gone before I get to do anything fun with it. I want a sugar momma.

But it could be worse. I've had jobs that still make me thankful for this job, and I've been here almost 9 years.

[WayAbvPar]

Hey, btw Sauced and I are quitting this weekend. If any of you give us any grief it'll be your undoing. YOUR UNDOING!!

I am going to FedEx you a couple of cartons just to be a dick 

Good for you guys. It is a filthy habit that is really not good for you or anyone else. I imagine the hardest part will be when you visit all your favorite dive bars. Booze + other people smoking is really tough.

[voodoolily]

We're gonna hit the English pub pretty hard this weekend, but elsewise we'll be hitting the bottle at home and watching many, many DVDs.

[Signe]

You always want a cig at certain times.  After dinner, while boozing it up, after sex, when annoyed or upset, etc.  Avoid those times that require a cigarette... eating, drinking, sex, life. 

[Yegolev]

Hey, btw Sauced and I are quitting this weekend. If any of you give us any grief it'll be your undoing. YOUR UNDOING!!

When I get my Wii back, I'm going to try to make a Mii with a cig in her mouth.

[Sky]

Getting up in the morning, fighting a traffic parade of morons daily, and all for a paycheck that's gone before I get to do anything fun with it. I want a sugar momma.

But it could be worse. I've had jobs that still make me thankful for this job, and I've been here almost 9 years.

Ok, I do agree with this. People start bitching and I tell stories of other jobs I've worked. People who go straight from high school to college (paid for by parents) to their current nice job have NO FUCKING CLUE about the real world. It's kinda sickening at times. In some ways I'm sad at their naivete, in other ways I'm jealous.

On smoking: don't go out drinking. Don't stay in drinking. Based on my experience around lots of smokers, alcohol leads directly to epic fail for quitting. I knew one guy who successfully quit, with one exception: he smoked like a fiend when he was drinking. He made peace with that and mostly didn't smoke.

[voodoolily]

Hey, btw Sauced and I are quitting this weekend. If any of you give us any grief it'll be your undoing. YOUR UNDOING!!

When I get my Wii back, I'm going to try to make a Mii with a cig in her mouth.

Then I'll make a pedobear mii to scare your family.