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tobafett
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1713 Posts |
 Posted - 02/12/2005 : 07:37:23
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What is something that's cool about your work? Or maybe several somethings?
Mine--I think it's neat how employees in my company travel more miles than any other global group.
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SpudBoy
= Cult of Ray =
Equatorial Guinea
649 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2005 : 08:26:47
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What's your line of work? I have come up with a few possibilities that apply:
- Big 5 consulting
- Fuller Brush Salesman
- Jehovah's Witness
My job reads cool on paper, but the day to day is pretty crap.
*festoon* |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2005 : 09:33:25
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Mine's not really, but I like it well enough. I guess its cool that I like virtually all of the people I work with - 1 or 2 out of 30 odd ain't bad, at any rate.
Ooh, I got one. I work in a university, and its cool that I can study any course there for free.
Ash wields the chainsaw attached to the stump where his hand used to be and straps a sawn-off shotgun across his back
Ash: "Groovy" |
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jediroller
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1718 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2005 : 10:26:48
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I'm convinced mine would be a dream job, if I didn't have to work with insane, useless managers. (Think Dilbert principle.) Unfortunately, that's a pretty big "if".
[Edit] Duh, missing the point of the thread entirely. What's cool about it: fairly decent pay, really not too much hassle, internet access, flexible hours, lovely workmates, getting to meet lots of different people...
Not so cool (except the nutcases that are supposed to "manage" us): colleagues who smoke in the office, no possibility of evolution, a pay rise every 10 years or so (if you ask firmly enough)...
Pack all my shit, get on a plane
Follow the sunset for 24 hours |
Edited by - jediroller on 02/12/2005 10:31:14 |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2005 : 15:58:17
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What's uncool about my job: somehow, some crazy applicant called my personal mobile phone today (Saturday), from Nigeria, while I was up a stepladder, asking about his admission. What the hell happened there?
what's cool about my job: I get to shout at idiots without them minding.
Ash wields the chainsaw attached to the stump where his hand used to be and straps a sawn-off shotgun across his back
Ash: "Groovy" |
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4109 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2005 : 16:01:43
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What's cool about my job? It's the fact that I don't call it a job, because I don't have a boss, and that's very cool!
So this is for when you're feeling happy again
And this is for when you're feeling sad
And this is for when you feel...
Something
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2005 : 17:08:40
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I like my jobs, but it's uncool that I don't get enough hours, or make anywhere close to a living wage.
"Reunion? Shit union!" |
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2005 : 18:35:42
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quote:
Originally posted by Cheeseman1000
...somehow, some crazy applicant called my personal mobile phone today (Saturday), from Nigeria, while I was up a stepladder, asking about his admission. ...
so....did he get in?
I'm what you call a repeat offender. I repeat, I will offend again! |
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
5305 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2005 : 21:20:11
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Oh Vovat I am sorry.
I guess the coolest thing is I am always learning. |
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Superabounder
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1041 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2005 : 21:51:34
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Coolest thing: free car.
Uncoolest thing: from dawn til dusk, and serious stress.
Irish folk-tales scare the shit out of me |
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2005 : 02:12:16
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my so-called job is actually very cold, i quit my managing/dispatching job and am refereeing for all my money, i'm doing about 70 games (ice hockey) a month and it gets real cold some nights. i can't wait to get a day job again but am not rushing into something i don't want to do. i just wrote 4 hours of tests this afternoon trying to get into the air-traffic controller program, will find out in a couple weeks if i am selected for the next step in the process.
I'm what you call a repeat offender. I repeat, I will offend again! |
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
6213 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2005 : 05:47:57
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my girl says that she has the coolest Jop of all
 "I joined the cult of Jon Tiven/Bye!" |
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2005 : 05:52:31
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You know the man you hate? you look more like him every day. |
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Frog in the Sand
-+ Le premiere frog +-
France
2715 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2005 : 06:38:48
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Cool things: Original and creative job. Excellent pay. I work at home, when I want to. No boss on my back -- I have one but I never see him. My main collaborator is a lovely lady (an ex-air hostess). Last but not least, I'm generally exempted from meetings cuz I live too far from Paris.
Not so cool things: I sometimes have to work at night, til 1:00 or 2:00 am. Spend hours on the telephone. Would like to meet a little more often the aforementioned main collaborator, who lives in Paris :) |
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dayanara
* Dog in the Sand *
Australia
1811 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2005 : 06:57:51
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the cool thing about my job is the flexibility of my schedule. i can work days, evenings, nights, weekdays only, weekends only, 8/10/12/14 hour shifts, and as much overtime as i can stand. everything else drives me insane, but i can't complain about the scheduling.
A monkey will eat dirt if you make him. |
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Surfer Rosa
> Teenager of the Year <
4209 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2005 : 08:06:57
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My job is perceived by many to be cool. What makes it cool for me is the people I work with. I'm always under deadline pressure (though you'd never guess it by the amount of time I waste here), it's long hours and not paid as well as what people seem to think. The people I work with make it all worthwhile. We are like family to each other - 3 years of working closely together means that I see the managing director as a father figure (he does refer to us as the bastard children he never had) - if I was ever in any kind of trouble, he'd be the first person I'd call.
Oh and we were allowed to adopt 2 stray cats, Friday night drinking is usually on the company credit card, they're paying for me to learn to drive (even though my job doesn't require it) and I get 2 free flights to Europe every year.
I am a very very lucky person.
I'd be safe and warm if I was in L.A
California Dreamin' on such a winter's day
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2005 : 08:16:52
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I have four jobs, writing, musicmaking, teaching and translating. None of them feel like work and I have no boss. Life is grand.
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"Here love," brakes on a high squeak, "it´s not backstage at the old Windmill or something, you know." |
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tobafett
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1713 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2005 : 09:06:21
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What do you translate, newo? I'm a big fan of languages and have several i'd like to start learning...
[edit] ok, one i'd like to start...Japanese. hai! Sake wah doko? |
Edited by - tobafett on 02/13/2005 16:05:04 |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2005 : 10:08:35
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i feel lucky to say that i like my job. instead of having a real job i get to work on movies, which is what i love. i get to work with a lot of interesting, creative people, and get to move on to new projects, so it always stays interesting.
it can be very stressful though. and the lack of real job security is a downside. but, it still beats having a real job.
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
Edited by - floop on 02/13/2005 10:26:14 |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2005 : 12:00:19
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I need a job.
Anyone?
Love, love, my season |
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
5305 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2005 : 12:18:46
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| Oh HPM I can empathize with you sweetie! Do you have Monster.com where you live??? It works. |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2005 : 16:24:58
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Floop, your job sounds cool. What exactly do you do?
Love, love, my season |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2005 : 20:46:42
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homers, i'm an assistant editor. i'm a slave, but i get free lunch sometimes.
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
3426 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2005 : 20:59:50
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i absolutely love my current job - it's called being on holiday!
it means i get to sleep in to whenever i want, do what ever i want, drink whenever i want and however much i want, and usually involves going for a swim at around 4pm...thats as much as a schedule as i get at the moment.
but it is a bit hard on the bank balance.
but am looking forward to my next job which will invlove working 12 hour days in 40 degree (centigrade) heat in the middle of the desert.
it's gunna be awesome!
 Join the Cult of Cartman! Respect my Authoritaah!!! |
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
5305 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2005 : 21:34:23
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2005 : 01:22:43
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quote:
Originally posted by floop
homers, i'm an assistant editor. i'm a slave, but i get free lunch sometimes.
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee!
do you get to edit the scripts?
I'm what you call a repeat offender. I repeat, I will offend again! |
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
3426 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2005 : 01:35:48
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Originally posted by Daisy Girl
Benji, what is your job going to be?
well daisy,
I'm going to be working as a Production Geologist is mines in Western Australia.
well hopefully.
Join the Cult of Cartman! Respect my Authoritaah!!! |
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2005 : 01:43:15
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good luck benji, sounds cool, i would like to work in Australia.....or at least visit for an extended period of time.
btw, enjoyed the sigur ros' and dirty three's from your mix from the first round, and smog but i had heard them before, thanks for settin' it up.
I'm what you call a repeat offender. I repeat, I will offend again! |
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
3426 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2005 : 02:16:54
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thanks shine....i'd prefer to stay here in new zealand, but aus is where the money is....
and i'm just glad that the comp idea took off so well....i was quite suprosed no-one had thought of it before....
but yes, sigur ros and D3 are very good...esp D3!
Join the Cult of Cartman! Respect my Authoritaah!!! |
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2005 : 02:29:30
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you're going to mining money?  didn't midnight oil sing a song about that? 
I'm what you call a repeat offender. I repeat, I will offend again! |
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
3426 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2005 : 02:36:46
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it'll feel like it the way my bank balance will hopefully be increasing.......
Join the Cult of Cartman! Respect my Authoritaah!!! |
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2005 : 02:50:26
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I translate Spanish to English, Tobafett. Japanese sounds like it´d be more interesting as not quite so similar. I´m learning Arabic at the moment so maybe some possibility there...
I worked as an editor for a theatre company in Berlin Floop, it was trmendous fun and I´d do it again in a pinch. Have you worked on anything I might have seen?
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"Here love," brakes on a high squeak, "it´s not backstage at the old Windmill or something, you know." |
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
2002 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2005 : 08:25:12
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I don't make a lot of money, but my job is cool. I get to travel all the time so that is a definate perk. I spent 2.5 weeks in the Bahamas in January...two days I'll be in Seattle AND Atlanta in the same day...then next week I'm off to Philadelphia, and back to Seattle. February I'll be in Toronto. It's kinda fun! Oh, I work for Jacuzzi and Sundance Spas. I do all of the custom order print jobs for our dealers (posters, banners, etc.) and I build booths for trade shows.
Catchin' blue in his eyes that were brown
-bRIAN |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2005 : 08:33:19
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quote:
Originally posted by shineoftheever
quote:
Originally posted by floop
homers, i'm an assistant editor. i'm a slave, but i get free lunch sometimes.
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee!
do you get to edit the scripts?
I'm what you call a repeat offender. I repeat, I will offend again!
no, that would be the writer. we edit the film.
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
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tobafett
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1713 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2005 : 09:49:58
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are you from Seattle, transmarine? Just had my first bottle of Jones soda! :)
LOVE the emerald city--my fave place to visit.
[edit] SpudBoy--nope! none of those--keep guessin'!
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
2002 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2005 : 09:52:12
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quote:
Originally posted by tobafett
are you from Seattle, transmarine? Just had my first bottle of Jones soda! :)
LOVE the emerald city--my fave place to visit.
No. I'm from Southern Cali. I've been to Seattle a few times, but never out of the airport! So I'm going to spend a weekend there and check it out. Jones soda! Did you know there was a seasonal six pack of Jones soda last Thanksgiving of turkey and mashed potato and stuffing-flavored soda? It was all the rage on E-Bay...people were spending hundreds of dollars on this crap!!
Catchin' blue in his eyes that were brown
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Is Your Job Cool?
