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souschef said:
What a piece of shit this guy

Some costumers are incredibly rude and entitled. I had one blindsinding me when i was leaving a bar i tended to, complaining that the beer was cold. At 3am. With the bar closing! I offered him some ice cubes for his beer and walked off
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Yeah, I know some people are just gonna be like that, but I'd be lying if I said it didn't throw me off the rest of the day. I guess there's no point dwelling on it, but like what the fuck, man?
 
My desktop just died. God damn it that's money I don't need to spend.
 
Work has been hell, but it makes the weekends feel earned. I've been jersey hunting lately so that's been fun
 
Spent almost all of Saturday with my parents. Walked the dogs at the beach, weather was shit and the fog was soup-like. Made carrot cake with lemon frosting, and it was swinging. Dad made pork shank with oven roasted veggies, also banger. We watched Junior Bake-Off and enjoyed the carrot cake. Cozy as fuck.
My dad drove me home and I walked the dog one final time, then decided to go to bed early (read: before midnight) because I was tired. I'm still upset that I get exhausted from what feels like a normal, incredibly average Saturday but I'm just happy I got out of the house.

Now to gather up the effort to do some housework today. The weather is still shit but it's not raining, so I'll put my furniture outside so I can vacuum my living room at a minimum. 🌈
 
Shitted Scaredless said:
ok. I'm done now. But in all seriousness who the fuck sees that situation and acts that way?
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Lots of people. Some people will abuse anyone who they see as ‘lesser’ than them. They see life as a hierarchy and kiss up and kick down. You, as a lowly service worker, are ‘below’ them in their world view. You would be if you were driving a cab or a vendor for their company.
Decent people see someone who is working a job, and equivalent to them. They’ll see you busy and perhaps they will remember some time when someone was an asshole at work to them when they were busy and they’ll feel that little bit of empathy.
But some people will see ‘this person is serving me and thus below me.’
It’s just one of those things people fall I to one of two camps over. Progressives seem to be very bad for hierarchical thinking, as do some specific cultures. This is one reason why going out to dinner or for a coffee is a good date, it lets you see how they react to people who are acting in a service role. You don’t go on a second date with anyone who treats the waitress like crap.
 
Work sucked last night. I now have a coach who I am pretty certain is going to be the death of me. I'm guaranteed six departments the three days I have to deal with him. Probably the most an associate in my store is assigned to next to another who has a lot.

I'm getting a $350 bonus though but oh wait, in comes the kick in the balls known as the fucking IRS to tax that bonus, I've learned. So I'm either going to have scraps or none at all. What a fucking insult either case would be. Why tax our bonuses? Does this entitled shithole country not get enough from our taxes as is, so it can piss it all away to enrich themselves and their criminal friends?
 
I've survived this job half a year and it has sucked throughout. The fact it sucks even more right now has tipped me over the edge, genuinely considering asking for my old job back, but it'd be such a failure. I finally advance in life only to crumble and rat my way back. Instead, the rational thing would be to continue this job while applying for any and all positions I see, but since I live in a dead-zone, there are very few.

I've also thought about moving. Even just 30 mins east triples the available jobs and could cut a bit of travel time to my family. It's a no-brainer but do I keep my current job and hope to move, or reset mentally by getting my old job back and then moving? The uncertainty of when I'd find a new job is ruining me. I've only had two real jobs and both were a Hail Mary. But at the same time.. mental health. I get no sleep and I spend basically only Saturday somewhat free of worry.

Who knows. I can continue suffering in this job, building a money buffer to move and just consider it a dark period in my life. I mean what's a year of physical unhealth and depression, right?
 
Well, I got three or so job interviews. Unexpected, but a welcome change. Still checking the website, but marking threads as read because of the same reason.
Let's hope things go through, as there are some steps to go:
  • The first one wants to do a video call;
  • The second one wants to do an exam, which may or may not be medium difficulty;
  • The third one wants to do a rather difficult exam with using github as an example.
I will see to do everything today, at the very least.
Mesh Gear Fox said:
My desktop just died. God damn it that's money I don't need to spend.
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My laptop's SSD seemed to go kaput as well, I'll using a live USB for quite a long time. The prices where I live for new computers are unfathomable.
 
⋖ cørdion ⋗ said:
Instead, the rational thing would be to continue this job while applying for any and all positions I see, but since I live in a dead-zone, there are very few.
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May I humble propose a rational option 3?
You’re in a job you hate but which is presumably a step up from what you did before? Learn everything you can from it, with a view to using it as a stepping stone.
Make sure you’re documenting what you do if you move internally.
When you’ve got a bit of time in this job, however much it sucks, you’re in a better position to apply for the next step up - maybe that will involve a move, but try to see this as an unpleasant but necessary rung on the ladder.
 
Shitted Scaredless said:
ok. I'm done now. But in all seriousness who the fuck sees that situation and acts that way?
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Had one of those last night. I had four different orders in front of me that I was working on and some dumb bint slithered up and ordered a vodka soda, OK, sure, give me a sec. I continued to make drinks and she stopped me and pointed at the margaritas I just made.
"I don't think that's correct,"
"What?"
"I ordered a vodka soda, not a margarita. And it's just one."
Yeah, no fucking shit, lady. This isn't your fucking order.

Or during a rush when somebody flags me down and either a) they aren't ready to order, or b) "hey they've been waiting for a while," and they point out somebody else who isn't even in their group. Buddy, if I haven't gotten to somebody yet, there's a reason. Patience is a virtue. Trust me, nobody is getting purposefully ignored, I very much want to take your money.

I get that it's fashionable to look down on industry workers, but come on, have a little fucking faith that we know what we're doing.
 
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Pale Empress said:
Had one of those last night. I had four different orders in front of me that I was working on and some dumb bint slithered up and ordered a vodka soda, OK, sure, give me a sec. I continued to make drinks and she stopped me and pointed at the margaritas I just made.
"I don't think that's correct,"
"What?"
"I ordered a vodka soda, not a margarita. And it's just one."
Yeah, no fucking shit, lady. This isn't your fucking order.

Or during a rush when somebody flags me down and either a) they aren't ready to order, or b) "hey they've been waiting for a while," and they point out somebody else who isn't even in their group. Buddy, if I haven't gotten to somebody yet, there's a reason. Patience is a virtue. Trust me, nobody is getting purposefully ignored, I very much want to take your money.

I get that it's fashionable to look down on industry workers, but come on, have a little fucking faith that we know what we're doing.
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I think we should be allowed to punch one customer a day. I'm still not over him asking how long it takes to make one burger when there's nine of the things on the counter. Visibly. Right there. Nine. Eight more than one. Has he never watched Sesame Street?
 
Pale Empress said:
I get that it's fashionable to look down on industry workers,
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It shouldn’t be. We elevate absolute fucking idiots like celebrities who do nothing valuable and look down on the people who make society work. It’s stupid.

I feel pretty wretched today. Life is not good just now.
 
Pale Empress said:
I get that it's fashionable to look down on industry workers, but come on, have a little fucking faith that we know what we're doing.
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I don't understand this kind of thinking. I look at everyone doing a job as an expert, or even if not an expert as doing something I can't do. I appreciate it immensely, whether it's exceptional or just good.
 
Otterly said:
It shouldn’t be. We elevate absolute fucking idiots like celebrities who do nothing valuable and look down on the people who make society work. It’s stupid.
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People look at monetary wealth as a factor of who we should emulate, unfortunately. It's been said many times but bears repeating - the Romans had it right when actors and entertainers were lower than prostitutes.

As for my tax, still a wretched sinner today.
 
It gets better. Slowly but better. Every Sunday after visiting the church things get better, I get to know how excessively I attach value to the things that are not forever.
Things change and they change constantly. If a thing didn't change, it’s you who have changed. Things, people, ideas are not forever and are destined to decay.
I live in a totalitarian country, the liberties of which have always been more of a permissive thing than something to be taken for granted, among people I don't like and never did, whom I've been trying to fence off in a tiny island of relative comfort and freedom, a small room of independence. The islands sink, the rooms get smaller until crushing you into a mincemeat.
Things will get worse, we will live to get through many inhuman indignities, injustice, poverty, violence and no voice of reason will be heard. Everything of a value will be taken away from me, the things I love, the people I love. And the only thing left to do is to pray to God, so that he would not let your soul get conquered by temporal possessions and this world's evils, so that you could live until the end of things and grow upon yourself to see the Heavens.
The Internet was fun, the KFs were fun too but I doubt this fun will last forever. Surfing the net has always been a bad habit, especially nowadays when you keep convincing yourself that the Internet is as interesting as it used to be.
Changing my password to a scrambled mess. gbye
 
I bought a basic analog wristwatch because my job has me work in places phones are not allowed. Got one for around $60, was a bit more than I wanted to spend but it has a nice cream-colored face with a brown leather strap and stainless-steel bezel.

Never been a watch guy, but it has a satisfying weight/feel and for some reason I really like it despite not being into watches. Sometimes it's the little things that make you feel happy for no reason.
 
Mesh Gear Fox said:
My desktop just died. God damn it that's money I don't need to spend.
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That sucks man. It's a bad time to be a pc builder these days. Everything is just so expensive. I've somehow managed to avoid it. I bought plenty of ram back when it was affordable and replaced my dying rx 580 with an rtx 3050. Sounds underpowered but for my purposes, it's more than good enough.
 
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