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mizU
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States12125 Posts
November 18 2010 22:07 GMT
#41
LOL @ THE RAT POST.
But, can you listen to music while you work?
Then you can just kinda rock out on your own, and get paid for it.
if happy ever afters did exist <3 @watamizu_
Zlasher
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9129 Posts
November 18 2010 22:22 GMT
#42
Lol alex, I lifeguarded for 3 years, sometimes 4, 6, 7 or 8 hours at a time you just shit there.

Boring jobs, standard.

PS: Happy birthday in korea time ;o
Follow me: www.twitter.com/zlasher
Lemonwalrus
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States5465 Posts
November 18 2010 22:28 GMT
#43
On November 19 2010 07:22 ZlaSHeR wrote:
Lol alex, I lifeguarded for 3 years, sometimes 4, 6, 7 or 8 hours at a time you just shit there.

But not 5, never 5, not since...the incident.

Also you said shit instead of sit.
MasterOfChaos
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Germany2896 Posts
November 18 2010 22:29 GMT
#44
The difference between this and a lifeguard is that a mistake here just skews the statistic a bit, whereas a mistake of a lifeguard can cost a life. Just like driving a car is totally boring but a mistake can cost lives.
LiquipediaOne eye to kill. Two eyes to live.
Haemonculus
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
United States6980 Posts
November 18 2010 22:36 GMT
#45
Starting second shift now... lol. That rat post was just like... LOL WTF, so props to you. Certainly confused me for a bit, heh.

Anyway yeah I bring my ipod, laptop, and book, just totally forgot my book today, which was lame. I need to at least look like I'm paying attention to the store though, otherwise I would totally just be playing games instead of just browsing TL.

This isn't the most boring overall job I've had, I once worked as a secretary at a flooring company and the first week they had me doing nothing but matching paint samples to swatches in a book. That was just.... omg fml.

Been pretty nice though today. Just shopped during my downtime, and then played a little medieval2. Now I'm back to... sitting on my ass staring at a store, trying to look very focused, while writing here, ^.^;

And much thanks for all the birthday wishes!
I admire your commitment to being *very* oily
polgas
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada1791 Posts
November 18 2010 22:47 GMT
#46
Do you count by hand or do you have a count clicker? And I always thought a lifeguard job is cool. Sit around, watch bikinis. Rat guy, I would've bought the story except the part where you started eating stuff. lol.
Leee Jaee Doong
iPlaY.NettleS
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Australia4456 Posts
November 18 2010 22:51 GMT
#47
I was expecting some average construction or labouring sort of job but i'm surprised , this job sounds truly boring.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7PvoI6gvQs
Thrill
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
2599 Posts
November 18 2010 22:51 GMT
#48
Wow, that was a great birthday present from McCoy!

Anyways, your job reminds me of the bulk of my highschool days :p
Zlasher
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9129 Posts
November 18 2010 23:28 GMT
#49
On November 19 2010 07:28 Lemonwalrus wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 19 2010 07:22 ZlaSHeR wrote:
Lol alex, I lifeguarded for 3 years, sometimes 4, 6, 7 or 8 hours at a time you just shit there.

But not 5, never 5, not since...the incident.

Also you said shit instead of sit.


lolshit

you know for a second i was like wtf how did he know, when yous aid "since...the incident"

was like, wait a minute did i tell this guy about it before? but then i realized what youw ere joking around about
Follow me: www.twitter.com/zlasher
Zlasher
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9129 Posts
November 18 2010 23:32 GMT
#50
On November 19 2010 07:47 polgas wrote:
Do you count by hand or do you have a count clicker? And I always thought a lifeguard job is cool. Sit around, watch bikinis. Rat guy, I would've bought the story except the part where you started eating stuff. lol.


Lol thats a pretty ridiculous misconception, good job hollywood.

Lifeguarding is boring as fuck, but you can't lose your focus otherwise shit always hits the fan. You either guard a private club, which has mostly old people, or toddlers, or you work in a more public setting, in which you have too many people to deal with, which means chaos, which means, once again, non stop having to focus.

The number of times I was guarding when there was a hot girl and less than 10 people in the area to be guarding is......maybe twice, possibly three times.

It's not like its a bad job, but for the most part its underpaid and stressful, and you sit in the heat all day. I prefer my current job (which I'm at right now) where I watch some computer labs in my school, get paid mroe than lifeguarding paid me, work more hours, stay in an air conditioned office, and use my computer to do whatever i want (usually a combination of teamliquid, watching streams, talking on ventrilo/skype/msn, playing starcraft 2, SF4, poker, etc.)
Follow me: www.twitter.com/zlasher
Versita
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada1032 Posts
November 18 2010 23:44 GMT
#51
On November 19 2010 08:32 ZlaSHeR wrote:
I prefer my current job (which I'm at right now) where I watch some computer labs in my school, get paid mroe than lifeguarding paid me, work more hours, stay in an air conditioned office, and use my computer to do whatever i want (usually a combination of teamliquid, watching streams, talking on ventrilo/skype/msn, playing starcraft 2, SF4, poker, etc.)


what do you watch for at the computer labs?
Ipp
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States456 Posts
November 19 2010 01:00 GMT
#52
On November 19 2010 03:08 LuckyFool wrote:
most places use a laser at the front door (or some other trigger) to automatically count how many ppl walk through the front door.


Well in the stores defense there are people like Zlasher who think DT's don't trigger proximity sensors.
http://youtube.com/RageQuitTV
d3_crescentia
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States4054 Posts
November 19 2010 01:11 GMT
#53
Happy birthday!

All of us DC nerds should totally go to where you work and walk in and out of the same store like 50000 times. Unless you don't count people twice.
once, not long ago, there was a moon here
Terrakin
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States1440 Posts
November 19 2010 01:14 GMT
#54

heres a tip from Seinfeld
Fame was like a drug. But what was even more like a drug were the drugs.
Haemonculus
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
United States6980 Posts
November 19 2010 03:52 GMT
#55
On November 19 2010 10:14 Terrakin wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd9ma2UVLHM
heres a tip from Seinfeld

Hahaha no I'm like the queen of pretending I'm working in an office environment.

But staring at the laptop screen while I'm supposed to be counting people might look a bit bad.

But w/e I got paid to shop, so overall I'm pretty happy.
I admire your commitment to being *very* oily
Torenhire
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States11681 Posts
November 19 2010 04:04 GMT
#56
On November 19 2010 12:52 Haemonculus wrote:


But w/e I got paid to shop, so overall I'm pretty happy.


wow you're such a girl.

Also my project manager at my current job had the worst job ever. There used to be some kind of animal testing laboratory years back (he's old as heck) and they would inject all these drugs and stuff into dogs, cats, mice, guinea pigs, whatever.

When they were done doing these nasty things to these animals, they would throw them in a giant cremation chamber. This thing wasn't a pit in the ground, it was a small shed-sized building. Throw animal in, close door, turn on fire.

turn off fire, open door, throw animal in, close door, flame on.


My PM's job? Sweep the ashes and stuff out of the cremation chamber. He had to get INSIDE this thing and get all the gunk out. Be thankful for your boring sit-on-your-butt job.


And happy birthday.
SirJolt: Well maybe if you weren't so big and stupid, it wouldn't have hit you.
Smix *
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States4549 Posts
November 19 2010 04:15 GMT
#57
Hope you got yourself a nice birthday gift during your shopping off-hours
TranslatorBe an Optimist Prime, Not a Negatron // twitter @smixity
alffla
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Hong Kong20321 Posts
November 19 2010 04:19 GMT
#58
happy birthday, try to enjoy your mindlesss job >_<
Graphicssavior[gm] : What is a “yawn” rape ;; Masumune - It was the year of the pig for those fucking defilers. Chill - A clinic you say? okum: SC without Korean yelling is like porn without sex. konamix: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY!
news
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
892 Posts
November 19 2010 04:22 GMT
#59
At least you are not doing insulation in crawlspaces and attics, trust me you don't want to be laying on dead rats while sweating in 120 F heat and itching.
"Althought it sounds sexism, and probably is, given the right context, we cannot classify the statement itself as a sexist statement by itself," - evanthebouncy!
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-19 06:08:26
November 19 2010 05:11 GMT
#60
I have a friend who used to work at a massive brewery and he was in Quality Check. Apparently, at first you see a couple of flaws on beer bottles that are moving on a conveyor belt... Issues like the cap isn't put on properly and whatnot.

By the end of the day, it's a solid brown line in front of your eyes.
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
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