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Stuart
- The Clopser -
China
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 Posted - 10/17/2003 : 18:26:54
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Nah, for reasons unknown I have so far not been given the sling.... touch wood it doesn't happen. Although saying that in my Placement year a few years ago I pretty much turned into an alcoholic (as In was still a student who had to hold down a 9-5 job whilst all my student mates would go out and get pissed during the week) and would often miss work due to hangovers / roll into work in a terrible state and have to be sent home. Obviously I didn't really give a fuck at the time as I was a lot younger and irresponsible but one day the boss sat me down into his office and told me how close he was to firing me, and that the only reason why he didn't do it was because it would result in me being thrown out of Uni. That kind of hit it home and all.
In Britain though (and this is for people who hae signed contracts in a company) gone are the days of a simple 'You're fired' comment. Nowadays you have to go through months of disciplinaries to ensure that the employee is not being unfairly targetted by the boss. Permanent employees are pretty well protected in the UK, which is obviously a good thing.
Last year I had the great opportunity of having a row with my boss on the phone (as he was calling me a liar and telling me that he had told me something he blatantly hadn't) and saying the words 'You know what? I quit, find another fucking teacher to work for you.' That was a great feeling....
Who's the man that won't cop out when there's danger all about? |
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
4020 Posts |
Posted - 10/17/2003 : 21:29:30
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Never been fired, never walked out on a job...it doesn't look good on future applications. There have been many a day where I was about to absolutely lose it, though.
The only thing close to it would be my job at CompUSA. It was June 2001 when I quit, and around that time I was going back and forth a lot between PA and MI before graduation and when I actually moved. They also laid people off all the time around summer, so I called up one day to see what my schedule was like for the next week. I wasn't on the schedule, so I asked to talk to the guy who made up the schedule. He just said he wasn't exactly sure when I'd be around, and thought I was in PA, etc. etc. I don't remember what was said...it was kinda weird, something like "well, uh......I guess I quit then. Is that alright?" and he said it was fine. That was it. It was definitely weird.
 "I joined the Cult of Clops / If I were you, I'd sleep with one eye open." |
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ObfuscateByWill
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1887 Posts |
Posted - 10/18/2003 : 01:22:13
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A few years back I was working at a Humane Society as the Office Manager. Got fired for being too mopey and calling in sick every-other-day. (Humane Societies are extremely depressing.)
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blackpurse
= Cult of Ray =
USA
299 Posts |
Posted - 10/18/2003 : 07:05:01
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In the world of non profits, they don't fire you, they write you out of the budget, which is what happened to me. Actually, I had refused to alter some financial records to make funding sources think money had gone to project A (which the funding source wanted) instead of being used to pay people to work on the executive dirctor's pet project, Project B. Executive director made it look like Project A fell short of funds and it was my fault. Thus I got "written out of the budget."
About four months later, exec director called begging me to straighten out the books because Project A's funding source couldn't make heads or tails out of my crap. I billed the bitch $50 a hour (outrageous for a community based CBO), and then told funding source A a few things, but not everything. "Look," I told them. "I've pointed you in the right direction. But what you're gonna do is pull the funding for Project A, which means Exec Director won't lose her job, but all the guys who work hard on Project A will lose their jobs because Project A won't exist. I don't want that on my head. I've told you what to look for, now find it." Very deep throat about it.
Anyway, I wasn't without work for long. Cheap, excellent administrative assistants with budget management skills are a hot commodity in non profits.
"Sacred cows make the best burgers!" |
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
4020 Posts |
Posted - 10/18/2003 : 10:46:09
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Dirty rotten scum. It's people like that who make me wish there's such thing as hell, so that they spend an eternity getting forked up the ass with a flaming poker, much in the same style they forked people during their lives.
"I joined the Cult of Clops / If I were you, I'd sleep with one eye open." |
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mark t
- FB Fan -
USA
40 Posts |
Posted - 10/18/2003 : 12:52:46
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 10/18/2003 : 13:10:52
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I've never really been fired, but I worked at a toy store that closed. After that, I got a job at a framing store, and didn't really care for it, nor was I very good at it, but I kept it up for a few months. Eventually, they just stopped giving me hours, but they didn't ever actually fire me. I just slipped my key to the store under their door, along with a very brief letter of resignation, and never went back there.
-Nathan
And how does lemur's skin reflect the sea?
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interloper
= Cult of Ray =
440 Posts |
Posted - 10/18/2003 : 13:36:39
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| I got canned once for almost killing a supervisor in this shitty plumbing part warehouse job that I hated anyway. See..I wasn't trying to kill him, I was however, a bit cocky with the stand up fork lift that I was required to scoot around on and pick up bath tubs with and take them to other places. There were two floor managers who's offices were outside of the inside offices where the people with the nicer clothes worked in the air conditioning. One day I thought I could take the usual turn in a more than timely fashion, and I totally miscalculated and slammed ol' boss guy's desk with him in it, halfway into the inside air conditioned office oasis. I couldn't help but laugh a teensie weensie bit unto myself seeing as how he was one of those frumpy dirtball classic rock beard guys, for a lack of more accurate description. Anyway, needless to say I left early that day never to be back. I recall overhearing another employee remark that he thought it was cool that Tom had finally got an office in the air conditioning....true story |
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glacial906
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1738 Posts |
Posted - 10/19/2003 : 23:06:34
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| I've quit Ruby Tuesday's three times since I started there in '98, but finally just figured there wouldn't be any "better" non-career jobs out there (i.e. restaurant work, non-management retail, etc.) Ruby's pays decently well for a restaurant. |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 10/20/2003 : 08:38:47
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Originally posted by mereubu
Hell, pregnant women are used to being groped by all kinds of strangers, but Big Bird was just the last fucking straw.
 "I joined the Cult of Frank / And all I got was this lousy icon"
I hear ya, I had to work a Bingo when I was about 8 mos in, crazy people rubbing my belly for luck.... |
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rockathon
- FB Fan -
241 Posts |
Posted - 10/20/2003 : 08:48:02
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 10/20/2003 : 08:49:04
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Originally posted by Carolynanna
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Originally posted by mereubu
Hell, pregnant women are used to being groped by all kinds of strangers, but Big Bird was just the last fucking straw.
"I joined the Cult of Frank / And all I got was this lousy icon"
I hear ya, I had to work a Bingo when I was about 8 mos in, crazy people rubbing my belly for luck....
Eeee... nothing like a lifetime's worth of smoke for your unborn child. :) Those bingo halls are gross.
"Join the Cult of Frank / And you'll be enlightened" |
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blackpurse
= Cult of Ray =
USA
299 Posts |
Posted - 10/20/2003 : 13:28:22
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Originally posted by Cult_Of_Frank
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Originally posted by Carolynanna
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Originally posted by mereubu
Hell, pregnant women are used to being groped by all kinds of strangers, but Big Bird was just the last fucking straw.
"I joined the Cult of Frank / And all I got was this lousy icon"
I hear ya, I had to work a Bingo when I was about 8 mos in, crazy people rubbing my belly for luck....
Eeee... nothing like a lifetime's worth of smoke for your unborn child. :) Those bingo halls are gross.
"Join the Cult of Frank / And you'll be enlightened"
Oh, if you ever get a job at a nonprofit, don't EVER tell them you have any experience whatsoever with BINGO, else you will end up calling Bingo. I was the Bingo caller at "Bruno's Crystal Palace" on tuesday nights. The smoke eaters didn't work, and being up on stage calling O-65 while the smoke rises, the desperate welfare moms trying to win their rent, the frustrated old ladies smoknig a pack a minute, the fights over $25 dollars, it's just so depressing. Oy.
"Sacred cows make the best burgers!" |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 10/20/2003 : 13:32:58
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 10/20/2003 : 13:36:22
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Has anyone seen that movie Office Space?
the beatin the shit out of the copier sequence was too funny. |
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realmeanmotorscutor
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1764 Posts |
Posted - 10/20/2003 : 14:09:41
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I love when Michael Bolton goes at it with his fists!!
"I told those fudge-packers I like Michael Bolton's music."
That's the funniest movie of all time. That and The Big Lebowski.
Semper ubi sub ubi. |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 10/20/2003 : 14:11:34
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| or with the bat, its kinda resevoir doggish. |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 10/20/2003 : 14:14:47
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| My husband was a manager for a while. He pulled the stapler routine on one of his employees, umm, yeah, I'm going to be needing that stapler back..etc,. etc. freaked his shit out! |
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realmeanmotorscutor
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1764 Posts |
Posted - 10/20/2003 : 14:17:21
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Damn it feels good to be a gangsta.
"What a bunch of dorks we are. We're looking uo money laundering in a dictionary."
"Eat my ass"
ah, too many great lines
Semper ubi sub ubi. |
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realmeanmotorscutor
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1764 Posts |
Posted - 10/20/2003 : 17:16:20
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sylocibe had this gif posted in the Pixies chat, perfect timing I'd say. Lemme know whether or not you can see it since this is the first time I've posted a pic.
Semper ubi sub ubi. |
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
4020 Posts |
Posted - 10/20/2003 : 19:13:06
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You know, I was told how great of a movie Office Space was by many a people, but when I finally saw it, I didn't think it was all that funny. I mean, yeah it was a really good movie, but I didn't find it all too hilarious.
"I joined the Cult of Clops / If I were you, I'd sleep with one eye open." |
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realmeanmotorscutor
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1764 Posts |
Posted - 10/20/2003 : 20:53:01
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yeah yeah, can you see it???
but seriously, didn't like it? Curious, I've never met one of you yet.
Semper ubi sub ubi. |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 10/20/2003 : 21:16:22
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Yeah, the pic works nice.
"Join the Cult of Frank / And you'll be enlightened" |
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realmeanmotorscutor
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1764 Posts |
Posted - 10/20/2003 : 21:27:04
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thanks and thanks to sylocibe
Semper ubi sub ubi. |
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glacial906
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1738 Posts |
Posted - 10/20/2003 : 21:58:45
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| Office Space was fuckin' rock!!! I like that movie. |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 10/21/2003 : 14:11:27
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How about The Office? That is one of the most painfully funny shows I've ever seen. I can't say enough about how well the guy playing the boss does the role. I just discovered the show on BBC USA and it and Curb Your Enthusiasm are by far my favorite shows.
I heard NBC is doing a US version of The Office. They'll ruin it. |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 10/21/2003 : 14:46:11
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Originally posted by darwin
How about The Office? That is one of the most painfully funny shows I've ever seen. I can't say enough about how well the guy playing the boss does the role. I just discovered the show on BBC USA and it and Curb Your Enthusiasm are by far my favorite shows.
I heard NBC is doing a US version of The Office. They'll ruin it.
Too true (though I hope not) - the actors are so dead-on it's hard to imagine them pulling it off - it's all about the personailites and the gestalt. Painful to watch sometimes, because it is so real, but mind-bendingly funny! We love it too - I think it's one of the best shows out there, hands down! |
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
4020 Posts |
Posted - 10/21/2003 : 20:34:55
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Don't get me wrong, I think Office Space is a great movie, but I didn't think it was as funny as people made it out to be.
"I joined the Cult of Clops / If I were you, I'd sleep with one eye open." |
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glacial906
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1738 Posts |
Posted - 10/21/2003 : 22:09:34
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| Nope, nope, it was. Accept your wrongness. =) |
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StupidMe
- FB Fan -
120 Posts |
Posted - 10/23/2003 : 19:05:52
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| have I been fired? does a bear shit in the woods? |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 10/23/2003 : 20:47:10
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| To the Brits, are new episodes of The Office still being produced? |
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the swimmer
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1602 Posts |
Posted - 10/24/2003 : 07:33:31
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Office Space did the same number on me.
The first time I saw it, it was all right. I didn't like the ending.
I think the more I came familiar with Matt Judge through KING OF THE HILL and the more I watched the movie, the more I realized how it was sticking in my brain and now I believe it to be on of the best comedies out there.
SO MANY classic lines, it's unbelievable and the take on what it's like to be in that moment in your life - that I know 95% of us have been, is just calssic and true.
PETER
Well, I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late. I use the side
door, that way Lumbergh can't see me. Uh, and after that, I just sorta
space out for about an hour.
BOB PORTER
Space out?
PETER
Yeah. I just stare at my desk but it looks like I'm working. I do that
for probably another hour after lunch too. I'd probably, say, in a
given week, I probably do about fifteen minutes of real, actual work.
Oh my god. If they only knew how true that truly is! |
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