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posh spaz posted:See, I was annoyed the first few weekends there, but once you get used to it it's great. Spend time with friends and family, go for a walk, read a book. So many great things to do. I grew up in a town that basically shut down at 4 and on weekends. gently caress that poo poo sideways.
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NarwhalParty posted:It's not even that I take what customers say or do personally. I get yelled at on a daily basis and it rolls off my back. It's more that I've lost faith for humanity in general and I know it's only going to get worse as spoiled children become spoiled, self entitled adults. I'm sorry people suck  Thank you for doing your job and being cheery in the lead-up to Christmas.
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PCOS Bill posted:It's this, Byzantine ^ Ehh, but then you gotta put your cheeks on the public toilet.
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Took everyone's advice and quit at Mcdonalds, friend's getting me set up with a job at Smashburger where i'll get paid 9.50 an hour and be a cook, so that'll be good. It's not a drive thru fast food restaurant either (though it's pretty close to fast food in terms of quality) so even if it sucks I at least won't feel genuinely at risk. It's not a job that's any more glamorous, but honestly I could have stayed at Mcdonalds were it not for that store manager, and working somewhere that's much the same for a dollar more an hour is pretty alright. Let's hope this place doesn't suck quite as much!
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Compared to retail, how is working for the state? I know bullshit spreads everywhere but is it easier in the gov sector?
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I think I have someone who doesn't understand basic English reading my reports for work. I have reported a monster headphone display having its video content not playing 3 months ago. Now its just the video content not working, the sound plays in the headphones, buttons light up on the display, and also occasionally you'll see "now loading" flicker on screen. Its the media player that is damaged, I have reported it. 2 months ago they sent me something to fix it... a power plug. A loving power plug. Cause when I get a flat tire I want someone to give me a gallon of gas instead of a new tire. I reported this when I received it, I reported it when I had to go to the store and surprise, the plug didn't work, and reported it the month after that again saying "Hey, I need a loving media player" Now in another store, a sol punk display had its memory card misplaced, I don't see a customer getting access to the SD card and not also removing the speakers on the display. I guess a store employee probably popped it open and maybe took out the SD card and forgot about, I guess it doesn't matter. I reported it for 2 months that a replacement SD card is needed. I even took a picture of the loving media player with its SD card missing from the slot. Today I get a "repair kit". What is in my kit? A loving power plug. I don't know what loving retard is up there getting paid more then me to constantly gently caress up and not fix the mistakes but god drat I would love to tender my resignation by knocking him the gently caress out. I've told my boss about the monster display, he said he'll let his boss know, now I need to tell him about this sol display. Why is it so loving hard to send a media player replacement and a loving SD card? gently caress, send me the files the sol display uses and I'll download it onto one of these hundreds of SD cards I have laying around from old jobs!
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Cowslips Warren posted:Compared to retail, how is working for the state? I know bullshit spreads everywhere but is it easier in the gov sector? Its way easier if you have no ambition, integrity or self-respect.
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Cowslips Warren posted:Compared to retail, how is working for the state? I know bullshit spreads everywhere but is it easier in the gov sector? The state is where bullshit is born and where it returns to die.
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Irish Joe posted:Its way easier if you have no ambition, integrity or self-respect. So basically if you have what it takes for retail, you're golden.
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Cowslips Warren posted:Compared to retail, how is working for the state? I know bullshit spreads everywhere but is it easier in the gov sector? Hmm well if the job comes with benefits it is already better than almost every retail job in existence.
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OneThousandMonkeys posted:Hmm well if the job comes with benefits it is already better than almost every retail job in existence. Seriously. If you can get a gummint job loving take it, ya dummy.
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I have a friend who works for the state department. She says she can get her work quota for the day done in about 2 hours and spends the rest of her 6 hours being paid to watch cat videos and put together awesome spreadsheets and charts to track our Girl Scout troop's cookie sales. She hates her job in that she feels like it's demeaning busy work that doesn't challenge her in the slightest, but it's so easy and the pay is so good she doesn't want to walk away either.
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I only have secondhand information about working for the government (extended family, friends of the family, etc), but from what I've gleaned your experience is going to largely depend on where you end up. "Where" being the specific local office, independent of what type of work you're doing. Some places are going to be normal jobs where people do work and treat each other like adults and you get paid and have some benefits. Some places are going to be nightmare fiefdoms full of lying, backbiting, scheming ladder-climbers, tin-pot dictators, and sociopaths where nothing of worth is ever accomplished. I say roll the dice, even the chance of getting a relatively adult workplace is better than retail or food service work if you ask me.
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Che Delilas posted:Some places are going to be nightmare fiefdoms full of lying, backbiting, scheming ladder-climbers, tin-pot dictators, and sociopaths where nothing of worth is ever accomplished. This is still better than retail though?
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Its all the same highschool bickering and classroom/office politics. Only now theyre old enough to know better but still dont.
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Marchegiana posted:I have a friend who works for the state department. She says she can get her work quota for the day done in about 2 hours and spends the rest of her 6 hours being paid to watch cat videos and put together awesome spreadsheets and charts to track our Girl Scout troop's cookie sales. She hates her job in that she feels like it's demeaning busy work that doesn't challenge her in the slightest, but it's so easy and the pay is so good she doesn't want to walk away either.
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bowmore posted:She could use those 6 hours to not watch cat videos and challenge herself with a project of some sort, she just sounds lazy. Yeh gvt jobs radically correct the work/life imbalance of other sectors so don't be surprised that you suddenly have a life outside work.
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Dec 31, 2014 00:42
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Plus also it's so easy to do something productive when you're being paid to stare at a computer for 8 hours and any deviation from this behavior could be cause for termination.
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Haha, getting fired from a state position for slacking off. Good one.
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In tiny victory news: I made retail suck slightly less today. We only had three people scheduled and were way busier than we expected to be. One of my guys had a huge line for their counter, and they were like "Oh man, we're so busy, I'm never gonna get to go to lunch!" I was like, "No man, that's the law. I don't care how many people you piss off, you have to take your lunch. The line will be there when you get back." They were really surprised I would have their back on something like that. We were still insanely busy while they were gone, and after they got back, so not a big deal really. I think people are just conditioned to have poo poo managers.
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Had to cover returns today and there was a guy returning plumbing parts (high-theft, low-dollar items) sans receipt. But he was the nicest dude in the world, really chill about it, got manager approval for the return and was polite the whole time, got his store credit and thanked me. I was completely thrown off guard by this behavior. He almost balanced out the "I WANT MY WAY NOW" lady who came in to buy a rug from me earlier.
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Faerunner posted:He almost balanced out the "I WANT MY WAY NOW" lady who came in to buy a rug from me earlier. I loving love saying no to those people. Maybe too much for my own good.
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A man attempted to get into a debate with me about PC game prices in retail stores. I don't set the prices, buddy; I'm just a tiny cog in the machine. Don't tell me it's cheaper online, just go and buy it online and don't bother me about it. He was also in the shop with his son/nephew/whomever, who came up to the counter with GTA V. He doesn't have ID on him, he doesn't look 18, and when I ask him how old he is, he groans a little and leaves the counter. The dad saunters up to me and leans in weirdly, jingling a pile of coins in one hand (mostly 10c and 20c pieces, certainly nothing in the ballpark of how much the game costs) and says,  "Now, where did you put that game from earlier?" "I know you're buying it for that boy, I can't sell it to you." "Well, I'm over 18, I can pay for it." "I can't legally sell it to you. You're buying it on behalf of a minor." "Well, have it your way then..."And he turns away, claps the boy on the shoulder and says, "don't worry, in Russia, they wouldn't care," shooting a look at me over his shoulder. 
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What a weird policy. I would expect nearly all your December sales of GTA5 were bought on behalf of minors.
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Irish Joe posted:What a weird policy. I would expect nearly all your December sales of GTA5 were bought on behalf of minors. Absolutely. But the law here is that we're not allowed to sell R18 or R16 rated stuff either to minors, or if we have proof that it will be going to a minor. Like in my situation, the boy's dad/uncle whatever tried to buy it for him, but I already knew it was going to the boy. However, if he'd come up to me and bought the game himself in the first place, it would have been fine as I wouldn't have had any proof it would have been for the kid. It's kinda wishy washy but it's something I could lose my job over, so 
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Aristophanes posted:Absolutely. But the law here is that we're not allowed to sell R18 or R16 rated stuff either to minors, or if we have proof that it will be going to a minor. Like in my situation, the boy's dad/uncle whatever tried to buy it for him, but I already knew it was going to the boy. However, if he'd come up to me and bought the game himself in the first place, it would have been fine as I wouldn't have had any proof it would have been for the kid. It's kinda wishy washy but it's something I could lose my job over, so A parent can't buy an adult game for their child? What hellhole is this?
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PCOS Bill posted:A parent can't buy an adult game for their child? What hellhole is this? Yes, there's certainly no precedent for refusing sales of age-restricted products if there's a suspicion that it will go to someone underage That's why we have all those 13-year-olds buying porno mags, Jack, and duMauriers
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Inco posted:Yes, there's certainly no precedent for refusing sales of age-restricted products if there's a suspicion that it will go to someone underage This post probably sounded a lot wittier in your head.
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EAT THE EGGS RICOLA posted:This is still better than retail though? Gonna go right back to my first point and say that it depends on where you are and the specific people you are working with/for. I had a food service job when I was younger that was to this day my favorite job in terms of work environment, because the people there, including the manager, were all the absolute best people you could ever hope to work with. None of my jobs working in an office since then have been as enjoyable on a day-to-day basis. Obviously that's not the only factor. 
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Aristophanes posted:A man attempted to get into a debate with me about PC game prices in retail stores. I don't set the prices, buddy; I'm just a tiny cog in the machine. Don't tell me it's cheaper online, just go and buy it online and don't bother me about it. You absolutely can legally sell that game to him, especially since it's the kid's loving FATHER. Quit making up laws or conflating your stupid corporate policy with what is or isn't legal.
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Aristophanes posted:Absolutely. But the law here is that we're not allowed to sell R18 or R16 rated stuff either to minors, or if we have proof that it will be going to a minor. Like in my situation, the boy's dad/uncle whatever tried to buy it for him, but I already knew it was going to the boy. However, if he'd come up to me and bought the game himself in the first place, it would have been fine as I wouldn't have had any proof it would have been for the kid. It's kinda wishy washy but it's something I could lose my job over, so But it's the kids dad. So like you could sell it to him no problem.
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bowmore posted:Probably Australia New Zealand, actually. The law here is that it's illegal to not only sell a restricted product to a minor, but also to show it/let them use it. Again, if the kid's dad had bought the game in the first place then I wouldn't have given a poo poo about it. I agree, it's a dumb, difficult to implement law and it wouldn't have prevented the hordes of parents who bought R18 games for their 7yo kids over Christmas, but it is what it is.
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MAKE NO BABBYS posted:You absolutely can legally sell that game to him, especially since it's the kid's loving FATHER. Quit making up laws or conflating your stupid corporate policy with what is or isn't legal. Yeah, definitely he should risk getting fired by breaking an actual, not-made-up law to appease someone who is acting like an entitled jerk. Imbecile.
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Aristophanes posted:New Zealand, actually. The law here is that it's illegal to not only sell a restricted product to a minor, but also to show it/let them use it. Again, if the kid's dad had bought the game in the first place then I wouldn't have given a poo poo about it. I agree, it's a dumb, difficult to implement law and it wouldn't have prevented the hordes of parents who bought R18 games for their 7yo kids over Christmas, but it is what it is.
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bowmore posted:As an Australian I'm going to say they are basically the same thing with minor differences. This is everything you need to know about New Zealand: http://youtu.be/ZdVHZwI8pcA
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MAKE NO BABBYS posted:You absolutely can legally sell that game to him, especially since it's the kid's loving FATHER. Quit making up laws or conflating your stupid corporate policy with what is or isn't legal. Sorry your kid didn't get the game, you might have to buy it elsewhere.
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I ruined some kid's day once while working the electronics counter at Walmart. Lady wants to buy GTA3 for her son; I point out that it's rated M and he's only, like, 9 or something. She goes "oh my" and says I should put it back. If looks could kill, my friends. If looks could kill.
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I scared the poo poo out of a kid the other day who was hanging off the side of a cart. He wasn't listening to nice little grandma telling him to sit back down, so I told him. He sat back down and stayed there. I love well-behaved children.  In holiday news: http://www.wsj.com/articles/with-christmas-over-millions-of-gift-returns-begin-1419627514
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