The Whining and Bitching Thread

[Dak]

I once had a job that had periods like that. Can get a ton of reading and music listening done on someone else's dime.

 

[The Ozzman]

I once had a job that had periods like that. Can get a ton of reading and music listening done on someone else's dime.

Yeah but I feel like I'm stealing from them when I do that. I guess that's their problem.

 

[Dak]

Yeah but I feel like I'm stealing from them when I do that. I guess that's their problem.

Just depends on if there is actually nothing to be done.

 

[The Ozzman]

Just depends on if there is actually nothing to be done.

Well yeah. It's the one problem with project work. If no projects needs to be worked on, I have nothing to do. I got assigned a project today finally so hopefully that keeps me busy for a while.

 

[Onder]

I sat on my ass at work for 8 hours and did absolutely nothing. Would anyone like to trade their job for mine?

I would probably hate that. I feel really guilty when I'm at work and actually doing nothing. I feel like my performance should be measurable.

 

[CF87]

Why would you go to work ?, you ever thought about it, The Ozzman has 8 hour shifts and sits there, if you don't go to work you sit for 8 hours, but what's the difference, do you know what the difference is ?

 

[CiG]

When there's nothing to do at work, back when I worked for other people, I'd spend the time planning and preparing for eventually becoming self-employed.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

I was pretty adept at reading and filling prescriptions/answering phones at the same time when I worked in a pharmacy.

 

[Dak]

Learning new skills when being paid for ones you aren't using is a solid strat.

 

[The Ozzman]

When there's nothing to do at work, back when I worked for other people, I'd spend the time planning and preparing for eventually becoming self-employed.

I'm giving it roughly a year to improve before I go back to school for a welding certificate and work part time.

 

[The Ozzman]

Welp, my employer laid off 300 people this morning. Fun times. I am safe for now.

 

[Omni]

That sucks. My employer had a pretty big layoff many years ago, but my position isn't easily filled so it had no impact on me. A lot of my friends had to find new jobs, which was tough because there wasn't much in the way of opportunity here at the time so a lot of them wound up moving.

 

[The Ozzman]

That sucks. My employer had a pretty big layoff many years ago, but my position isn't easily filled so it had no impact on me. A lot of my friends had to find new jobs, which was tough because there wasn't much in the way of opportunity here at the time so a lot of them wound up moving.

What is shitty is that no one except a small group of people knew this was happening. We had an all hands meeting at 9 AM and it was over at 9:03 and basically it was 'Thanks for your service but get the fuck out'. I don't report to anyone at the moment because my supervisor and her supervisor both got canned. Heavy shit.

 

[Omni]

Ours was announced in advance and people were allowed to voluntarily take severance packages if they were in the group of people who were vulnerable to being laid off. The decisions made after that were basically drawn out of a hat, with the stipulation that those doing the selection could veto someone being laid off if they got good feedback about them. In that case, it would go to the next potential person until they met the quota.

 

[The Ozzman]

>order something
>ships via USPS
>arrives at the post office near my house last night
>wake up today and refresh the app
>Package is now at a post office an hour away

USPS is one of the worst organizations on the planet

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

Ours was announced in advance and people were allowed to voluntarily take severance packages if they were in the group of people who were vulnerable to being laid off. The decisions made after that were basically drawn out of a hat, with the stipulation that those doing the selection could veto someone being laid off if they got good feedback about them. In that case, it would go to the next potential person until they met the quota.

how many people you talking about here??

 

[EternalMetal]

>order something
>ships via USPS
>arrives at the post office near my house last night
>wake up today and refresh the app
>Package is now at a post office an hour away

USPS is one of the worst organizations on the planet

lol, this has happened to me several times as well. I still usually get the package delivered by the end of the day, but it definitely raises eyebrows as to whether their shipping methods are as efficient as they can be. Imo it is much worse when they claim a package was delivered, but you can't find it anywhere. Sometimes they put my packages in the most unlikely spots, so I spend almost an hour combing around my garage, up at the top of my half mile lane, and even ask the neighbor that shares a lane with us if they delivered it to them (I dont even like the woman so I tend to avoid this option unless im fiending for whatever the delivery is). Then it comes the next day, before or after you start submitting a claim. My brother had a package of his (we live in NJ mind you) delivered to someone in California, but I personally have never had a package get completely lost in the mail. Delays, but no losses, so at least there is that.

 

[PrincessHades]

My cousin got shot and killed the other day, some cunt pulled out a gun at a party presumably

 

[The Ozzman]

My cousin got shot and killed the other day, some cunt pulled out a gun at a party presumably

Looks like we need more gun control legislation obvs

lol, this has happened to me several times as well. I still usually get the package delivered by the end of the day, but it definitely raises eyebrows as to whether their shipping methods are as efficient as they can be. Imo it is much worse when they claim a package was delivered, but you can't find it anywhere. Sometimes they put my packages in the most unlikely spots, so I spend almost an hour combing around my garage, up at the top of my half mile lane, and even ask the neighbor that shares a lane with us if they delivered it to them (I dont even like the woman so I tend to avoid this option unless im fiending for whatever the delivery is). Then it comes the next day, before or after you start submitting a claim. My brother had a package of his (we live in NJ mind you) delivered to someone in California, but I personally have never had a package get completely lost in the mail. Delays, but no losses, so at least there is that.

It is now at 'forwarded' status so I assume it will get to me soon. Some dumbass probably keyed the wrong ZIP

 

[PrincessHades]

Lol thats what my parents tried to turn it into but the thing is, if the police and the military can have guns then the people can too otherwise you have a serious power imbalance