Topic: Re: Blog Thread IIa: Beyond Blogosphere. (Read 213995 times)

pilsner · « **Reply #3900 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 06:31 »

Quote from: Spluff on 08 Dec 2009, 05:09

So apparently my Mum's Melanoma was much better than they expected, and she has a high survival chance.

Look, I understand that not everyone on the board likes Menomena, but I think making their albums into a life or death thing is unnecessary.

>.>

<.<

Patrick · « **Reply #3901 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 06:40 »

Tania I have never been so lucky as to see this alleged "40 hours over 5 days" holy grail you claim exists. Show me a 5 day, 40 hour work week among people in their lower 20s, I'll show you a pig with a pilot's license.

pilsner · « **Reply #3902 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 06:42 »

I'm pretty sure you can get one if you have to wear one of those helmets that prevent you from injuring yourself in public. There is, however, no way that this job will not involve physical contact with somebody's poop.

Oh! And freelance writer.

Oh wait, that's just someone who surfs the internet all day, carry on.

Inlander · « **Reply #3903 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 06:43 »

Have I ever told you kids about working a standard Australian Public Service 37.5 hour week, with flexi-time?

pilsner · « **Reply #3904 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 06:46 »

Isn't that one of those jobs they give to people on the dole so they can look at themselves in the mirror?

tania · « **Reply #3905 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 06:51 »

i just want to have one week where a scheduled day off doesn't inevitably turn into a, oh, uh actually we messed up and you're going to need to come in from open to close, which is what has basically been happening every week for the last... forever. it would be better if they just told me straight up i was going to work ridiculous hours forever and absolutely never going to have a day off again instead of constantly promising them to me and then taking them away the day before. it is charlie brown and the football all over again.

actually why am i complaining i did not even want to do that really, i guess what i am really trying to say is i feel your pain allison and dovey and if you ever want to just do a thing where you sit around and cry together let me know and i will be all up ons

Inlander · « **Reply #3906 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 06:53 »

Quote from: pilsner on 08 Dec 2009, 06:46

Isn't that one of those jobs they give to people on the dole so they can look at themselves in the mirror?

No.

pilsner · « **Reply #3907 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 06:55 »

Of course, if it would were, there would plenty of opportunities for the participants to mock up a laudatory and misleading Wikipedia page....

Ptommydski · « **Reply #3908 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 07:09 »

I've worked jobs in which I was expected to work over fifty hours a week on and off for eight years now. When I was in uni I still worked thirty to forty hours a week minimum.

This applies to borderline everyone I know in the UK. I guess it's a little bit different over here.

BrittanyMarie · « **Reply #3909 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 07:12 »

I'm 23 and I have a 40 hour working week yeaaaaaaaaaaaah Fargo with it's good economy and ND for it's lax laws on banking! I DID, however, have a summer job where I worked 72 hours a week. 12 hours a day for 6 days, it was a lot of overtime.

iamiam · « **Reply #3910 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 07:46 »

12 hour workdays with no weekends means having to give up a social life?? i chose to give up sleep instead. that's what caffiene is for right?

i miss working 60 hour weeks. at least then i had money, and i was too busy earning it to spend it. now i am broke with too much free time on my hands. that is the worst feeling ever.

pilsner · « **Reply #3911 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 07:51 »

Masturbation and computer games? The worst feeling ever? LIES!

Zingoleb · « **Reply #3912 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 07:54 »

I only work 20 hours a week but I'm already freaking out at work. The boss was yelling at me last night because I'm not working as fast as the guys who have been there for years and I ended up getting so stressed out by it I actually threw up in front of him and was sent home early.

...why can't I ever work a job that doesn't make me feel like dying...

jhocking · « **Reply #3913 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 07:55 »

Quote from: StaedlerMars on 08 Dec 2009, 02:34

Nope. He was typing on it. His fingers were on the keyboard.

Sorry about his computer, but that is high comedy!

Quote from: Spluff on 08 Dec 2009, 05:09

So apparently my Mum's Melanoma was much better than they expected, and she has a high survival chance.

I guess what I'm trying to say here is o/

dude that is great news

David_Dovey · « **Reply #3914 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 07:58 »

Quote from: Ptommydski on 08 Dec 2009, 06:23

Welcome to the working week.

Oh I know it don't thrill you
I hope it don't kill you

tania · « **Reply #3915 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 08:01 »

the thing is that after i work my ridiculous hours i come home and immediately do what i consider "real work" (i.e., research and graduate school application preparation) until i fall asleep, and giving up sleep to go out and have fun essentially renders me a useless brain dead zombie the next day who is then totally unable to concentrate properly or get any good work done on anything at all which is something absolutely crucial i always need to be able to do with my little free time. my complaining about this situation is pretty stupid in hindsight now that i think about it because i'm in the best position possible to actually have money AND get all the shit done that i need to with my year off. i think i'm just bitter that they took away my day off yesterday again which means i'll be working about 18 or 19 days straight with no days off. grumble

glyphic · « **Reply #3916 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 08:39 »

Tania,

I'm not sure about there, but in the U.S. it is illegal to require you to work that many days in a row with no day off. You may want to look into your local labor laws.

Ptommydski · « **Reply #3917 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 08:44 »

Unless they ask you and you say yes.

Take a job eating bees....

pwhodges · « **Reply #3918 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 08:45 »

Oh, there are laws here. The trouble is that invoking them doesn't necessarily improve your relationship with your employer.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #3919 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 08:46 »

This is an important point, because people who haven't worked a shitty job which they've needed don't ever seem to think it through that far.

glyphic · « **Reply #3920 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 08:47 »

Yeah. It's a double-edged sword.

There has to be a way to do it subtly, you know? Maybe next time they ask you to give up your day off just explain that you need it and if they refuse...

Throw up bees onto them.

syrupykeyboard · « **Reply #3921 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 11:48 »

Quote from: glyphic on 08 Dec 2009, 08:47

Yeah. It's a double-edged sword.

There has to be a way to do it subtly, you know? Maybe next time they ask you to give up your day off just explain that you need it and if they refuse...

Throw up bees onto them.

Like that guy from The Green Mile did with the flies?

Slick · « **Reply #3922 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 12:18 »

Quote from: Patrick on 08 Dec 2009, 06:40

Tania I have never been so lucky as to see this alleged "40 hours over 5 days" holy grail you claim exists. Show me a 5 day, 40 hour work week among people in their lower 20s, I'll show you a pig with a pilot's license.

yeah I have done this before I was 20 and several times in my twenties.

Not to brag or anything but I mean you did bring the hyperbole in so hey look at me having a forty hour work-week.

pilsner · « **Reply #3923 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 12:27 »

I think context is important here. Some considerations for people who are working or have worked a forty hour week:

-- Did you wear a nametag with your name, or another person's name on it? Was that name Earl?

-- Did you have a union representative named Tiny? Was there a tacit understanding that were you to work one minute above forty, Tiny and his friend Earl would break your legs?

-- Did your job have room for advancement to a position that wasn't your existing position with the prefix "Senior" or "Shift"?

-- Was your job "freelance" or "flextime"? Was "freelance" or "flextime" a euphemism for "Next week, I may be paid in magical beans, or not at all"?

-- Was your job one that you pursued a higher education to specifically avoid?

I'm not saying that there aren't great jobs out there for 40 hours and under. There are. But only in certain industries, and rarely with much room for advancement. Now you might say (and indeed some have said), if you're ambitious and you take the job that means working incessantly without adequate compensation, haven't you done that to yourself? Why yes you have. But the internet is the place people go to bitch about things they have done to themselves. That's what makes it so wonderful.

Drill King · « **Reply #3924 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 12:49 »

60-80hr school week, 20hr work week, and however much time is left social week.

Lovin' it. fuck.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #3925 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 13:05 »

My first job (and only job) was 8-9 hours a day 6 days a week though towards the end of my stay there I opted for an extra day off.

Metope · « **Reply #3926 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 13:24 »

The last 10 weekends I've had one weekend off. Inbetween those weekends I have exams and essays and I'll be working the two next weekends as well. Luckily the my last exam this semester is next week! Sigh

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #3927 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 13:44 »

Quote from: pilsner

everything he says

I'm afraid pilsner may have some darker deeper understanding of the world - and especially the Internet - than all of us. Combined.

Verergoca · « **Reply #3928 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 13:57 »

I dont really see the big deal, i have a 36 hour work week (though i work 40, so i get like, 24 extra days off due to 4hr a week*52=oodles of spare hours).

Then again, this whole degree bit, and then working for the government do help

Also, on a more important note.

ROOMBA'S ARE FUCKING AWESOME!

Its like, a pet, but then one that cleans your house!

ViolentDove · « **Reply #3929 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 14:02 »

Dear Number of Working Hours Thread,

I've never counted my hours, but I'm sure if I ever did I'd probably cry a little.

Fond Regards,

Nick.

ps. I too have always wanted a pet robot. You are truly Living the Dream, Verergoca.

snalin · « **Reply #3930 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 14:26 »

Quote from: Patrick on 08 Dec 2009, 06:40

Tania I have never been so lucky as to see this alleged "40 hours over 5 days" holy grail you claim exists. Show me a 5 day, 40 hour work week among people in their lower 20s, I'll show you a country with worker's rights

FYP

I've been handing in assignments like mad this week and last week, and we'll be doing different kinds of kid's performances that I really don't want to do this weekend. But it's for money that'll be spent on going to London with the class and watching theatre, so it's a good trade off. But balloon animals and christmas plays and songs isn't really any fun at all.

And people are caring to much about Christmas. It's not that a big deal, it's every year, you know? No reason to go batshit crazy. But nooo. The next time I hear some terrible screeching kid singing Christmas carols live or on CD, I'm flipping out.

Inlander · « **Reply #3931 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 15:04 »

Quote from: StaedlerMars on 08 Dec 2009, 13:44

Quote from: pilsner
everything he says

I'm afraid pilsner may have some darker deeper understanding of the world - and especially the Internet - than all of us. Combined.

I think you should both stick to generalising about your own country!

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #3932 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 15:33 »

Quote from: snalin on 08 Dec 2009, 14:26

Quote from: Patrick on 08 Dec 2009, 06:40
Tania I have never been so lucky as to see this alleged "40 hours over 5 days" holy grail you claim exists. Show me a 5 day, 40 hour work week among people in their lower 20s, I'll show you a country with worker's rights

FYP

We've discussed this. There's a difference between having worker's rights and having an employer follow those laws. Sure, things can be done to ensure that your employer will follow those laws, but the net result is that next time you make the tiniest mistake, they are no longer your employer any more. I am "limited" to 9-5 work weeks in the lab due to safety regulations, but there's a bit of an unspoken agreement that grad students will not follow these rules since grad students are expendable. Of course, this discounts the time I spend doing work for my classes, which is fairly significant. Then there's the class I have to TA for, and I'm basically doing the job of two TAs. Also, there's the three bands I'm playing with because I can't stop playing music or I probably will end up killing myself. This results in what few hours a month I can actually have a social life are spent trying to remember how to converse.

Johnny C · « **Reply #3933 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 15:45 »

If you work two jobs, I think your employers don't have to worry.

Johnny C · « **Reply #3934 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 15:45 »

Days off are so nice and also so rare.

JD · « **Reply #3935 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 15:49 »

So hey, my niece was born.

syrupykeyboard · « **Reply #3936 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 15:53 »

Quote from: Zombiedude on 08 Dec 2009, 15:49

So hey, my niece was born.

Congratulations! Lol, Uncle Zombiedude.

JD · « **Reply #3937 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 15:58 »

Ha, this is actually the second one.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #3938 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 16:16 »

Yeah, that's awesome, dude. Congratulations.

So, I was finally able to put my motorcycle inside (there was some crap taking up where I needed to put it which the building maintenance lady was supposed to move on Saturday but she just got around to it today). It barely fits through the hallway, resulting in me having to pick the back wheel off the ground and slid it around before barely fitting the handlebars through the door. Now I'm a bit sweaty even though it's hovering around freezing outside.

Also, I called this girl I like on Sunday to find out how she's enjoying her new job and to try to ask her to coffee. She didn't pick up, nor has she returned my call. This is the typical result. Namely, this is the result 100% of the time when I try to call someone and ask her out. I don't really understand what's so different from me in person versus on the phone.

Inlander · « **Reply #3939 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 16:39 »

How often do you call her?

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #3940 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 16:43 »

Man, you people and your texts. I might take this to the relationship thread so as to preserve the purity of this thread (ha).

Lunchbox · « **Reply #3941 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 17:52 »

Can we still talk about work because I have been filling in full-time for the Director's PA and still doing my own full-time job for the past month and a half, I do get weekends off but I work 10 hours and have no breakfast or lunch every single weekday and it's Christmas and both my jobs are so busy but I still have no money at all and I don't know where it goes and I want to curl in a ball and cry

Inlander · « **Reply #3942 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 18:05 »

Can one of our Brits tell me approximately how much it might cost to rent a small house or cottage in rural Scotland for, say, six months?

pilsner · « **Reply #3943 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 18:07 »

Get a castle!!

David_Dovey · « **Reply #3944 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 18:20 »

Harry do you need to do a penance?

J-cob9000 · « **Reply #3945 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 18:32 »

I am so tired. What the fuck, I got like 9 hours of sleep last night. That is a lot.

Also: cute varsity cheerleader texting me? what?
ALSO: I need two contrasting monologues for a theatre competition. If anyone has ideas, I'd be grateful.

evilbobthebob · « **Reply #3946 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 18:41 »

Internet it is 2:41AM and I am awake and on this forum whyyyy

ViolentDove · « **Reply #3947 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 18:51 »

I just made setlists for my band with size 48 comic sans and the worst christmas themed clip art i could find.

AW YEAH

JD · « **Reply #3948 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 18:53 »

I demand evidence.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #3949 on:** 08 Dec 2009, 18:58 »

Yeah, pics or it didn't happen.

I was in a band in high school with a drummer who would make up the setlists (on computers), and they'd always have hand-drawn doodles of stupid shit. Those were fun, innocent days. After many years of calling the set on-stage (a setlist for a three hour gig would be kind of long), I am in a band with a guy who prints out setlists in 12 point font. I tell him, but he doesn't change.

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