I HATE MY JOB!!

Damaris · Queen Perv Supremo

RE: I HATE MY JOB!!

a_perfect_circle1678 · Former Queen - Dethroned by Choice

Damaris wrote:

That scene is found in "Guarding Tess: The Director's Cut". There was also a scene at the beginning of the movie, when he brings Tess breakfast in bed. It involves maple syrup and a riding crop....

REALLY!?

Damaris · Queen Perv Supremo

Heh-heh, I wish. I'd let Doug bring some maple syrup into my bedroom. He can bring his gun too... I don't care.

So, guess what... looks like I may have a new job soon. I will be working in the call center of Oklahoma Natural Gas, taking calls from customers and answering questions about their bills, service, etc. It pays pretty good, more than the mortgage company (who, BTW, still hasn't called me back - that was a week ago!), and it's a full time job. The only issue is that it's contract work... so there is a chance I'll get hired permanently, and a chance that I won't. It just depends on their needs and my work performance.

I took the initial tests at the temp agency and did well on them, so now I'm going to get a call from their HR department this Wednesday morning for an informal telephone interview, where they will schedule a time for me to take more tests at their office downtown.

It's not my dream job, and (not to sound conceited when I say this, but...) I'm severely overqualified for it. However, the pay is better than other jobs I've found so far that require a college degree, and maybe if I'm hired full-time I can move up in the company. They might have other positions that I'm better qualified for.

a_perfect_circle1678 · Former Queen - Dethroned by Choice

Damaris wrote:

Heh-heh, I wish. I'd let Doug bring some maple syrup into my bedroom. He can bring his gun too... I don't care. So, guess what... looks like I may have a new job soon. I will be working in the call center of Oklahoma Natural Gas, taking calls from customers and answering questions about their bills, service, etc. It pays pretty good, more than the mortgage company (who, BTW, still hasn't called me back - that was a week ago!), and it's a full time job. The only issue is that it's contract work... so there is a chance I'll get hired permanently, and a chance that I won't. It just depends on their needs and my work performance. I took the initial tests at the temp agency and did well on them, so now I'm going to get a call from their HR department this Wednesday morning for an informal telephone interview, where they will schedule a time for me to take more tests at their office downtown. It's not my dream job, and (not to sound conceited when I say this, but...) I'm severely overqualified for it. However, the pay is better than other jobs I've found so far that require a college degree, and maybe if I'm hired full-time I can move up in the company. They might have other positions that I'm better qualified for.

Well that's great news D!! Maybe it's not exactly what you want but hey, it's a foot in the door somewhere!

Sinclaire · Moderator

And I can seriously attest that it's the people you work with and the benefits that make one job better than others. Even if you had your dream job but the environment was negative it wouldn't be fun.

I look back on jobs and ask "why did I leave?" now and then. Grass greener, blah, blah.

Damaris · Queen Perv Supremo

Sometimes I feel weird because I don't have this one narrowly-defined career path that I intend to follow. I just kind of drift around... for the money or whatever. That's why I left the mortgage company... I was offered a full-time job literally right next door to my house, paying $4/hr more. That's quite a jump. Of course, that job turned out to be Hell Depot, the second-worst job I ever had. I like to keep my options open. I have this general set of skills that can get my foot into the door in a variety of office/clerical/junior analyst jobs, so I just go with that.

But, really, I'm just patiently waiting for that hunky multi-millionaire in a red Ferrari to whisk me away to the Grand Canyon and introduce me to Indians and give me an Onyx card to buy lots of crap I don't really need.... after we get married, of course. Isn't that what we're ALL looking for??

-- Edited by Damaris at 10:02, 2006-02-07

Damaris · Queen Perv Supremo

OMG, OMG, OMG!!! I am so FUCKING PISSED that I'm shaking... I am literally SHAKING right now!!

I just got a call from a representative from the unemployment agency... they called to confirm some facts about my case. They told me that Hell Depot said they fired me because of attendance issue - but I never called in for any reason!! I was always there, every single day... I wasn't even late!! In fact, part of my 30 day probation was coming in every day, on time, which I did (I mean, DUH, I live right next door!!) - and I was told that I passed the probationary period.

The unemployment guy wanted to know what they cited as my reason for dismissal, and I told him the whole deal about the merchandise that was ordered and approved by the computer, how management is supposed to approve the orders but they didn't... and he said, "So why did YOU get blamed for it? And why did they wait a whole month after it happened to fire you?". I told them I had no clue, and that they knew four days after the merchandise was ordered and said nothing about it other than to let me know it happened. I cancelled two of the 4 orders that were placed (by the COMPUTER, NOT BY ME), and arranged for the third order to be bought back by the vendor. So we were left with 1/3 of a pallet of merchandise. That's it. That's all we ended up with... and THAT was their reason for firing me.

So now the unemployment guy is going back to Hell Depot to find out the truth, and he might be calling me in a couple of days to confirm what he's told. GODDAMNIT!! These stupid ****ers are lying about me to the unemployment agency to get out of paying my insurance. Why the **** does this **** have to happen? The guy from the agency thinks something fishy is going on, and he's right! I was dismissed unfairly, especially after being told I passed my probation - which was placed on me for MORE bull**** that wasn't my fault either!!!

a_perfect_circle1678 · Former Queen - Dethroned by Choice

Holy sh!t D! What the f*ck is their problem!? It's not bad enough that they fired you for something that wasn't even your fault, but then they have to screw you out of benefits too! I sure hope they get caught in their lie! F*cking f*cktards!

Kimmy · Moderator

Damaris ....360 degree change

...I would if I had a nice voice to try the singer job in a nice Bar ...No ?

Even just for awhile ...

Damaris · Queen Perv Supremo

Oh ****. Now I'm talking with my mom about it, and she's telling me to make a list of everyone at work who can vouch for me because I might need to talk to a lawyer. Fuck, ****, ****!!! This is ****ing ridiculous.

a_perfect_circle1678 · Former Queen - Dethroned by Choice

Damaris wrote:

Oh ****. Now I'm talking with my mom about it, and she's telling me to make a list of everyone at work who can vouch for me because I might need to talk to a lawyer. Fuck, ****, ****!!! This is ****ing ridiculous.

That's senseless D! Anyone who wants to keep their job isn't going to stick up for you!

Damaris · Queen Perv Supremo

That's what I said. First she mentioned the old HR manager, but he was fired before this all started... and he was fired for sexual harassment. How reliable is he really going to be in a lawsuit? But she thinks I could get enough out of the lawsuit to pay off my condo. Shit, I'd rather just get my unemployment insurance and avoid a lawsuit altogether.

a_perfect_circle1678 · Former Queen - Dethroned by Choice

Damaris wrote:

That's what I said. First she mentioned the old HR manager, but he was fired before this all started... and he was fired for sexual harassment. How reliable is he really going to be in a lawsuit? But she thinks I could get enough out of the lawsuit to pay off my condo. Shit, I'd rather just get my unemployment insurance and avoid a lawsuit altogether.

I hear ya! What choice do you really have anyways? You won't win at something like that! Companies such as them will have their asses covered believe that!

Cheripits · Moderator

That's true. What a bunch of ****!!!! But I know for a fact that employees still working there won't help for fear of their own necks. I had **** like this happen to me when I worked for a moving company. They held my check for 3 wks after I quit, I had to have the Police go with me to try and get my money. When I filed a compliant against them with the Labor board they lied. They said that I stole office supplies when I left.....lol. (which I didn't) No one that worked there would help.

A year later I found a business card from the FBI in my door at home wanting me to call them. They had been investigating the company for 2 yrs on Fraud and I ended up having to testify against them in a Grand Jury hearing. (so did another employee that wouldn't help me) They all went to jail. I never did get my 3 wks from them.......lol.

Damaris · Queen Perv Supremo

OH YEAH, that's another thing I forgot to mention here (I think). They owe me almost $600 in retro pay from when I was promoted. When I was first hired, I was going to be a part-time cashier (because I was working at the mortgage company and just looking for a second job). Well, a couple of days after they hired me, they called and asked if I would be interested in a full-time inventory clerk position at TWICE the pay of a cashier (it was about $3.50 more an houre than I was making at the mortgage company). So I agreed to do it... but then they didn't bump up my pay until 3 weeks after the fact, so I was getting paid $7.00/hour for $14.00/hour work.

I had to take a lot of hardships to pay back my parents... and I've been hounding the company over and over, and they keep saying they'll get in touch with the corporate office in Atlanta, GA. But that was way back in July, and now it's February and I still haven't seen a penny of it. Probably never will. I could really use that money right now, too.

-- Edited by Damaris at 09:37, 2006-02-08

Damaris · Queen Perv Supremo

Oh, BTW, if Hell Depot wants to get ugly with me and try to soil my reputation, I'm gonna tell everyone I know about their little rat problem, how they refuse to do anything about it because they're too ****ing cheap to hire an exterminator. Yeah, that's right... a multi billion-dollar corporation won't hire an exterminator to kill the rats.

a_perfect_circle1678 · Former Queen - Dethroned by Choice

Damaris wrote:

OH YEAH, that's another thing I forgot to mention here (I think). They owe me almost $600 in retro pay from when I was promoted. When I was first hired, I was going to be a part-time cashier (because I was working at the mortgage company and just looking for a second job). Well, a couple of days after they hired me, they called and asked if I would be interested in a full-time inventory clerk position at TWICE the pay of a cashier (it was about $3.50 more an houre than I was making at the mortgage company). So I agreed to do it... but then they didn't bump up my pay until 3 weeks after the fact, so I was getting paid $7.00/hour for $14.00/hour work. I had to take a lot of hardships to pay back my parents... and I've been hounding the company over and over, and they keep saying they'll get in touch with the corporate office in Atlanta, GA. But that was way back in July, and now it's February and I still haven't seen a penny of it. Probably never will. I could really use that money right now, too.-- Edited by Damaris at 09:37, 2006-02-08

That really sucks D! And chances are, you WON'T get it!

a_perfect_circle1678 · Former Queen - Dethroned by Choice

Damaris wrote:

Oh, BTW, if Hell Depot wants to get ugly with me and try to soil my reputation, I'm gonna tell everyone I know about their little rat problem, how they refuse to do anything about it because they're too ****ing cheap to hire an exterminator. Yeah, that's right... a multi billion-dollar corporation won't hire an exterminator to kill the rats.

Why hire an exterminator when some of the employees enjoy playing with them!

Damaris · Queen Perv Supremo

LMAO!

a_perfect_circle1678 · Former Queen - Dethroned by Choice

Damaris wrote:

LMAO!

That still weirds me out that these people like playing with dead rats!

Cheripits · Moderator

Rats are filthy and carry many diseases. I had a run in with them at my home last year before I got my roof fixed. They would run up inside my ceiling tiles late at night and scare the chit out of me. I wanted to let my dogs get them, but then everyone told me not to do that because the blood has so many diseases in it and not to expose me or the dogs to it. I ended up getting them in big traps or poison I put out where my dogs couldn't get it. I finally got those little bastards!!!!!!!!!

Damaris · Queen Perv Supremo

Well, apparently I SUCK - just thought you'd all like to know in case there was any question in your minds.

I went to Oklahoma Natural Gas this morning to take my tests... I failed the math test. Well, what I should say is, I didn't score high enough for them. Out of 26 questions, I only got 17 correct. You have to get at least 19 to pass. So, that pretty much dashed my hopes of getting that job.

I don't normally suck that bad at math!! I've taken harder math tests than that and passed with flying colors! I've had tests with fractions, algebra, you name it... and I did fine on them. But for some goddamn reason, I screwed the royal pooch on this one. I was 2/3 of the way through checking my work when my time was up. The questions I didn't get to check were most likely were the ones I missed... long division and percentages. I don't understand... how can a college graduate who had to write computer programs as part of her education fail a 4th-grade math test??? Am I really so ****ing stupid that I can't even accomplish that much?

So now I'm high and dry again. I am feeling like a total ****ing failure right now. The position at Midland is still up for grabs - I checked on it this morning. They just haven't called me in for the group interview yet. It's simply a matter of them getting around to scheduling a time. I have been signing up with temp agencies, sending off resumès, you name it... the jobs I'm finding that I qualify for simply don't pay enough (we're talking 7-8 dollars an hour, I need to bring in a bare minimum of 10) or are much too far away... or there's other reasons why I can't apply (Indian Reservation jobs). Shit. I guess I'll just keep pounding the pavement and looking for another job.

Then I think about how fortunate it must be for some women out there who are high school rejects, glorified whores and so uneducated and unaware of the world that they don't even know what the Declaration of Independence is... and they're not only in a happy marriage with a fabulous guy, but they're financially set for life and will always be treated like an "angel" and a "princess" and "the greatest thing that ever traipsed across God's green earth"... and all they had to do was SHOW UP. How nice for them. And here I am, alone... I don't even have a boyfriend. I may not get unemployment benefits because Hell Depot wants to be a goddamn ASS about the whole thing and lie about me... and who's to say they won't lie to future employers when they call and ask for a reference too??

Forgive me for feeling bitter and defeated right now, but I'm having trouble seeing the bright side of things. I would count my blessings, but apparently I lack the math skills to do that.

-- Edited by Damaris at 12:14, 2006-02-09

a_perfect_circle1678 · Former Queen - Dethroned by Choice

Ah D, I'm so sorry to hear that.

But please don't be so hard on yourself. I'll bet it was a case of nerves. It's amazing what you forget when you feel anxious & under preasure!

Damaris · Queen Perv Supremo

I want to have this tattooed on my ass: "I DON'T SUCK AT MATH! REALLY!!" I do math puzzles... I was good at math in school... but then I take a test and the long division blows me out of the goddamn water. Whatever. That job would have been less than stellar anyway.

I found a bunch of other jobs online today and applied for them. I'm slowly discovering that employers take a really, REALLY long time to contact you when you've applied for a job. I'm just now starting to get calls for jobs that I applied for over 2 weeks ago. Hell, by that time I've pretty much forgotten about them, so they have to kind of jog my memory as to what it was I applied for in the first place.

My parents thought the math thing was hilarious. My dad in particular was roaring with laughter when I told him. He's like, "Wait a minute... you can build a computer... you create websites... you took computer programming classes in college... but you failed a basic math test??". Um... yeah. My parents' philosophy is, "It just wasn't meant to happen.". That's how they see everything.. they're very into karma, fate, destiny, all that esoteric crap. They firmly believe that everything happens for a reason and your fate is predetermined.

Sinclaire told me something earlier today that made me feel a lot better, because I was fretting about what getting fired from Hell Depot would do to my future in terms of finding another job. She said that they can't legally say a damn word as to why you no longer work there. All they can do is confirm your hire date, your last day of employment, and your wage. They can't say why you no longer work there or what kind of employee you were, and if they do they can be sued... it's illegal. I had heard of this before, but thought the person who told me was mistaken because they were kind of flaky, but apparently it's true. However, they don't seem to have a problem with lying to the unemployment office, so who's to say they will abide by the law?

I don't know why I'm worrying about my future... I just know that someday I will be in L.A. for whatever reason, and Nic will meet me somewhere, fall deeply in love with me, kick Alice to the curb and make me wife #4 within 2 weeks. I just know it will happen.... and all those monkeys that are flying out of my ass can be our bridesmaids at the wedding.

Cheripits · Moderator

I know from experience that when employers take ads for positions that they want to get their money's worth. Say they take a 2 wk ad. They will gather all the applicants they receive until the ad date is up, then go through them and start weeding them out and arranging interviews.

Hang in there Trace, I know that some one will find the value in you and see you as the really smart, capable women that we all know you to be!!!!

Damaris · Queen Perv Supremo

Awwww.... that's so sweet. Thank you, Cheri. I just need to keep reminding myself of that.

I'm looking towards any job in banking, administrative assistance, customer service, data entry... I have skills, education and work experience in all of that stuff. In fact, I found a couple of city and government office positions I would also qualify for, so I'm applying for those today too.

Damaris · Queen Perv Supremo

Digging up old posts here....

a_perfect_circle1678 wrote:

Damaris wrote: I would also be very happy to take a job in City Hall or at the police station (not as a dispatcher, though... too stressful) because I have a cop fetish. I would too if the cops around here looked like that!

Oh mama... I watched the first 30 minutes or so of "It Could Happen To You" last night... haven't seen that one in awhile (fans self). DAMN, he's actually a good-sized man, isn't he? If you don't know what I mean, compare him to his partner, and to just about every other guy in the movie (height and muscle size). Maybe it's the uniform or something, but he is all about "serve and protect" in that one... tall, broad shoulders... so handsome. (drooling all over myself)

-- Edited by Damaris at 10:17, 2006-02-10

Cheripits · Moderator

yep yep. That's why that one is way up towards the very top of my favorite Nic Flix!!!!! I just adore the way he looks in that one.

Danny and I have been watching a Nic movie about 2 times a week after we have eaten and gotten settled in. Last night was his pick. And of coarse he picked "Face Off". He loved it!!!

My next pick was going to be "It could Happen". He's been asking to watch "Family Man", so I'm sure that will be his next pick. It sure has been a blast to have a "Nic-a-like" sitting next to me while I drool over the movies. (I think Danny figures he'll get lucky after I get all steamed up over Nic, so he's been plying me with his films)...lol

Damaris · Queen Perv Supremo

I know it's so stereotypically female of me, but I get so excited over men in uniform... especially big, strong men... and if they're handsome like Nicolas it's 10x better. I love the way the blue shirt sets off his eyes.

And you know what else? The whole time I'm watching this flick, and Muriel (Rosie Perez) is ragging on him for spilling water on the carpet, or not bringing in enough money, or whatever... I'm thinking, "WTF? When you've got a really sweet, hot guy like him coming home to you every night, who cares about the money?". In the beginning, when they're sitting on the couch together, I was wondering why she wasn't jumping in his lap. That's what I would have done, LOL. Especially the way he was all warm and sweaty under that blue T-shirt. I would've pounced on that... a whole lot better than watching "Designing Women" and eating popcorn.

Just looking at this picture is getting me 57 varieties of excited. Damn... was she a closet lesbian or something?

-- Edited by Damaris at 10:44, 2006-02-10

-- Edited by Damaris at 10:52, 2006-02-10

a_perfect_circle1678 · Former Queen - Dethroned by Choice

Damaris wrote:

Digging up old posts here.... a_perfect_circle1678 wrote: Damaris wrote: I would also be very happy to take a job in City Hall or at the police station (not as a dispatcher, though... too stressful) because I have a cop fetish. I would too if the cops around here looked like that! Oh mama... I watched the first 30 minutes or so of "It Could Happen To You" last night... haven't seen that one in awhile (fans self). DAMN, he's actually a good-sized man, isn't he? If you don't know what I mean, compare him to his partner, and to just about every other guy in the movie (height and muscle size). Maybe it's the uniform or something, but he is all about "serve and protect" in that one... tall, broad shoulders... so handsome. (drooling all over myself) -- Edited by Damaris at 10:17, 2006-02-10

Damn! I haven't seen this one in a while! I don't think I even have it anymore! Guess I'll have to through it on my wish list! My birthday IS next Thursday afterall! LOL!