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Also I demand a picture of Thrash in his blue vest.

[Haflinger]

40 hour week?

 

When you do the 60 hour week, and then you don't have to work, you don't miss it. Trust me on this.

[slimshadyinc]

This is funny to me because I currently work over nights at a grocery store and I know exactly what you guys are talking about, I'm living it almost everyday. I don't like the shift personally, I like sleeping at night not working.

[Thrash]

welp, forced myself to go pick up my food stamps card yesterday.. man, i feel like a piece of shit

[HailSatan]

Well have to eat,  get ahead and get off of it. Its those that make it a career choice is the bastards.   And i have worked at wal-mart before.... i know the pain. 

[Thrash]

yeah, my goal is to get off it ASAP... I really just wanted the Medicaid, but they gave me the food stamps too..  sitting here going through coupons and coupon websites trying to stretch the money as far as possible..  they also gave me one time $22 in cash, i was like "why?". $230 a month for food is a LOT of money. gonna be so embarassed using this card at the store today. really want to cry.

[HailSatan]

Isn't it a swipe card like any other credit card ?  so who is to know, unless you buy something not acceptable like hookers and blow. 

[Thrash]

The card is pretty obvious what it's for, it's not like a credit card, unfortunately.

 

My total bill came out to like $5. All I had to pay for was soda, cat food and toilet paper. I'm really surprised that coffee is considered food, it shouldn't be.

 

I figure at least I can take solace in knowing I won't use all the money they give me. If you don't use it in 90 days, it goes away.

[Haflinger]

Caffeine is addictive, so they pay for it I guess. They probably figure that your odds of getting a job and getting off food stamps are higher if you can't sleep.

[ᗅᗺᗷᗅ]

Coffee is a cultural staple, which probably has a lot to do with why it's included.

[slimshadyinc]

Why do you find food stamps embarrassing? Everyone I know works and still gets food stamps because it really helps out. Gotta save money whenever you can, and food stamps help have a little bit of extra money left over.

[Redezra]

Coffeeee~

[Thrash]

I go for orientation today, yay..  money.

 

I don't have to wear a blue vest, just a blue or white shirt.

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I go for orientation today, yay..  money.

 

I don't have to wear a blue vest, just a blue or white shirt.

 

What?!? No blue vest?!? You got hosed.

 

Good luck on your first day. There's nothing quite like being on orientation at a new job — they still pay you, but you're not responsible for anything. Good times.

[rotty]

good luck

[Thrash]

ya that was fun, got my standard issue box cutter, combination lock and locker.. man, I miss working like this.. the good ol days.

 

the perks there are crazy, even more then i thought.. theres a mcdonalds in the store, unaffiliated that gives discounts to employees, sick days, vacation days, 401k, stock purchase option, awards for actually working, 1/4ly bonus based on store performance. 10% discount on all in store but food. 

 

they just keep stressing attendence since its temp job..  so they really looking for perm after its over.. gonna make me think of that movie about the supermarket and jessica simpson.

 

oh and im getting a vest they didnt have any yet

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You've worked at a shitty job for so long that even Walmart's pretty basic compensation package looks good to you! Remember how surprised I was when I found out you didn't get sick days? Most big companies offer that stuff, and some a lot more. I hear Home Depot and Costco are particularly good companies to work for.

 

I definitely hear you about having a regular job. There are plenty of times when I think how nice it would be to clock in, go do your thing for two hours, take a break, go back to doing your thing for two more hours, go to lunch, then come back and repeat the whole thing, all with a minimum of interaction with other people. When you get into the zone in that kind of job you can just sort of live inside your head and function on autopilot. I miss being able to do that.

[Phate]

I definitely hear you about having a regular job. There are plenty of times when I think how nice it would be to clock in, go do your thing for two hours, take a break, go back to doing your thing for two more hours, go to lunch, then come back and repeat the whole thing, all with a minimum of interaction with other people. When you get into the zone in that kind of job you can just sort of live inside your head and function on autopilot. I miss being able to do that.

Ech, no thanks. That's so monotonous and tedious. Give me some interesting problems to think about so the time flies.

[Redezra]

I definitely hear you about having a regular job. There are plenty of times when I think how nice it would be to clock in, go do your thing for two hours, take a break, go back to doing your thing for two more hours, go to lunch, then come back and repeat the whole thing, all with a minimum of interaction with other people. When you get into the zone in that kind of job you can just sort of live inside your head and function on autopilot. I miss being able to do that.

Ech, no thanks. That's so monotonous and tedious. Give me some interesting problems to think about so the time flies.

I can never turn my brain off. I am always thinking. If I'm on autopilot for too long, I get bored.

 

However if I have to use my brain on something hard, like cracking someone's undocumented API and wiring it in to my own system, now I don't get bored.

And it's fun.

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Yeah, see, I'm generally not interested in using my brain to solve problems unless it's a subject that appeals to me. And since most stuff you'd do at work does not appeal to me, I'd just as soon be doing something that lets me be inside my head where there are superheroes and dragons.