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My other job has a drum set. In the creepiest run-down abandoned radio studio ever. So I can play loud drums while I'm waiting for the crazy talk radio guy to stop blaming everything on illegal immigrants.
FourNineFoxtrot:
My last job was working as a security guard at an indian casino.
The perks? I was absurdly overpaid considering my experience and what I was expected to do. Also, sometimes they let me sit and read when guarding certain posts. Mostly not, but sometimes. Oh, the coffee was free. Horrible, but free. Let's see... I got to carry a nifty 2-way and listen to people say stupid or funny things on it. I also got to wear a uniform that made my shoulders look ripped. And since I worked the graveyard shift, my bosses were always really laid back. As in, they didn't care. About anything. So that was cool. For a while, too, I got to work with some friends of mine, but they all left for better jobs. Also, there's the authority. It's mostly imaginary, but there's power in a uniform. When I told somebody to do something, especially an employee, they had to do it. Customers? Not so much.
If for some reason I could never go to college, I'd still be there. It was a living wage... those are hard to find without a degree.
Now I'm a student. It's not a job, which is the major perk. No more long nights of terrible coffee, trying to stay alert and pretending that I had some sort of authority. I almost miss it. Almost.
ibrahimdelil:
i get to take a ferry across the bosphorus strait everyday. i usually have breakfast on it too. the view is epic, and the breeze is so refreshing in the morning.
i am supposed to get to work at 10 in the morning, yet i never come in earlier than 11 and after 12 about once or twice a week. yet my bosses don't complain because i can do stuff pretty faster and better than most people in the industry.
my room at the office overlooks 2 cafe-bar kinda places. they usually play great music, and i can take a break and go down there for a few drinks anytime i want.
there are beautiful trees too, old and tall ones that i can see from my room. green is a relief in a city of 12+ million.
the pay is more than great, and i get a full health plan including dental, visual etc etc.
yet, all this came at a price. i have been working since the first year of high school (part time then, full time after i finished h.s.) because my family is kinda poor, and work wasn't always as smooth as it is now. so i did not get to live my teens like my friends.
Lunchbox:
The past two days at work have been spent playing the Harry Potter trading card game (research into TCG dynamics of course) and listening to Wizard rock (to set the scene). Also wearing all the different pieces of armour we have scattered about the place. It's hard to type in big fuck-off gauntlets.
Jimmy the Squid:
I love Lunchy's job.
My job is getting me more and more angry and depressed. But then I work in a call centre so I don't suppose I can be surprised about this. Stupid crappy job market/zero useful qualifications.
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