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Re: What do you do? (Originally a Night Owl post)
« Reply #15 on: July 16, 2008, 08:27:56 PM »
Quote from: Tink on July 16, 2008, 01:10:46 PM
Doomsie, that whole Barry Manilow thing was just wrong...I'm going to hear the damn song all day long now. Ack!

And I requested tickets to see him in Vegas as my birthday gift. I get to see Barry Manilow in person. Am I the luckiest girl on Earth or what?

*swoon*

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Will I get Night Owl points for quitting but not as much for getting fired?
Will I still be a member of the Owl's Pals? I'd hate to turn in my card. It's got a real owl feather under the lamination and everything.

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Re: What do you do? (Originally a Night Owl post)
« Reply #16 on: July 16, 2008, 08:41:50 PM »
Quote from: Doombot on July 16, 2008, 08:27:56 PM
And I requested tickets to see him in Vegas as my birthday gift. I get to see Barry Manilow in person. Am I the luckiest girl on Earth or what?
*swoon*


Um... you spelled *puke* wrong...
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Re: What do you do? (Originally a Night Owl post)
« Reply #17 on: July 17, 2008, 09:21:50 PM »
I work in the education sector. I'm not a teacher, rather I work for the local government board that oversees the schools. More specifically I work in the Finance section of said board. Recently moved from the section that deals with school management to the budgetary side of things (promotion and salary increases are always welcome) . In basic terms, there's a lot of money that gets paid out from different areas to different things and our section we look after the coding of it all, correct mistakes, speak to the budget holders, do the groundwork for moving money around, that sort of thing. Despite how boring I make it sound it's actually not bad. Wage is good, work isn't stressful, it's close to home so I save on travel costs and it's very laid back in the office.

I'd often have liked to do something in IT but I can't face the idea of studying again (was an average student - got through but never really give it my all as I got bored with it) and oddly enough I'm partly qualified in Civil Engineering.
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Re: What do you do? (Originally a Night Owl post)
« Reply #18 on: July 18, 2008, 03:20:57 PM »
Ok, Ill bite the bullet.....


I work at a gas station. Its a gasstaion that insists it doesnt have "clerks" or "cashiers", it has "ASSOCIATES"!  :inquisitive:
I get paid a ludicrously low amount to deal with people who just dont care. or people who just dont know better.... which is worse I ask you?
I sell cigerettes (Nope, nothing like hearing someone say, "Im quiting today!" for the last 6 months while BUYING a pack daily.), lottery tickets to people who dont have a single thought in their head (AWESOME you mean I can complain about gas prices AND not have anything to eat while I buy 50-300 dollars worth of lotto EVERY SINGLE NIGHT?), and "beer" (And by beer I mean the equilvilance of alcoholic energy drinks, 40 oz miller "high" life, and shcitz) in un fathamable amounts to people who honestly, I dont think need them. I sell gas to people who likely shouldnt be driving (I DONT NEED TO KNOW WHERE I LIVE* TO PUMP GAS, JUST TURN THE MOTHER FUCKING PUMP ON NOW!?). (*In reference to people who cant fathom what thier FUCKING ZIPCODE IS when the pump is making sure its really their FUCKING card....)
Coffee? coffee......have you ever seen someone actually take time to THROW A PILE OF EMPTY CREAMERS NEXT TO THE TRASH CAN, Just because they are to freaking LAZY to move. 5. inches. to. the. right? I have, everyday.

And yes, ohhhhh yes do I have fun making observations of this retarded, lazy, shamefully ignorent, and just plain rude customer base.
My coworkers seem to think the running commentary and endless train of random conversations are entertaining. I just do it because someone has to.

In short, Im working in your average clerks joke. except in a much nicer store, in Wilmington NC. and without the kick ass middle of the day hockey game, although we do run out of gatorade alot.
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Re: What do you do? (Originally a Night Owl post)
« Reply #19 on: July 20, 2008, 05:53:02 PM »
This is a good idea for a post! I'm learning all kinds of stuff about the villagers.

I'm a financial aid counselor at Indiana University. It's a good job to have while I'm getting my Master's because I basically get to go for free (yay! Staff discounts!), plus my job stays at work and I never work overtime. For my first post-undergrad job, I like it well enough. Group insurance RULES.
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Re: What do you do? (Originally a Night Owl post)
« Reply #20 on: July 20, 2008, 06:05:56 PM »
Quote from: karategoldfish on July 20, 2008, 05:53:02 PM
plus my job stays at work and I never work overtime.

This is really important. If I didn't work for myself, this is one of the main things I'd want in a job.
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Re: What do you do? (Originally a Night Owl post)
« Reply #21 on: July 20, 2008, 09:26:20 PM »
Quote from: karategoldfish on July 20, 2008, 05:53:02 PM
plus my job stays at work and I never work overtime.
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That's a good way to know if you should leave a job.

"Other people stay longer... YOU leave on time."

Well yeah...
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Will I get Night Owl points for quitting but not as much for getting fired?
Will I still be a member of the Owl's Pals? I'd hate to turn in my card. It's got a real owl feather under the lamination and everything.

Night Owl: Oh, indeed. I quit many a job ...better than being fired. You can keep your card... in fact, you get double points for quitting!

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Re: What do you do? (Originally a Night Owl post)
« Reply #22 on: July 22, 2008, 04:18:19 AM »
I retired at 19, due to a work related injury.(For those who don't know I was a Corrections Officer shot in the back of my neck which left me paralyzed from the chest down) Since then I took some college classes. Acted in Film,Commercials,Indusrial projects and on Stage. I was a Elementary School vounteer for 2 years. I Collect too much too list, but will give you a few of the Top: G.I.Joes,Star Trek,DVD's and of course anything to do with HORROR Movies! As with age, my disability keeps me in bed about 95% of the time. Which means a lot of gaming on my PC & buildig up a porn collection to send to BlueCross when my time comes.

Oh, and I like pie. ;D
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Re: What do you do? (Originally a Night Owl post)
« Reply #23 on: July 22, 2008, 05:12:14 PM »
You forgot about hanging with hotties, and then posting pics to stuff up our nose.

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"I'm back at Thunderfalls now and every minute thinking of poking a bandit in the eye with a fishhook." - Preyveil
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Re: What do you do? (Originally a Night Owl post)
« Reply #24 on: August 04, 2008, 06:38:07 PM »
I work for Blizzard Entertainment in their technical support department.

We don't have tech tiers, since we can only troubleshoot World of Warcraft, Diablo 2, Warcraft III, and Starcraft. Beyond the basics of networking, hardware, and software issues we have to refer people to either their ISP or system manufacturer.

It's an amazing place to work though, especially laid back, exactly how you'd imagine working for a video game company would be. For once I actually enjoy going to work and I'm kind of disappointed when I have to go home at the end of the day.

It's still just cool to say I work at Blizzard. That's never going to get old.
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Re: What do you do? (Originally a Night Owl post)
« Reply #25 on: August 04, 2008, 08:21:31 PM »
Quote from: Max Stone on August 04, 2008, 06:38:07 PM
For once I actually enjoy going to work and I'm kind of disappointed when I have to go home at the end of the day.


*offers to trade jobs; willing to throw in house, truck, wife, daughter and three PCs*
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"for the record, I'm not some kind of psychotic provincialist." - Than (ed: Cit. required)
"I lost my game of NT: Garry's fault. Global warming: Garry's fault. End-of-the-Universe: Garry's fault. See it always fits. Anyway, what is Garry up to? No good I bet." - Laszlo
"As for your French, it's probably better than the average English-speaking Frenchman's Finnish! (Or something.)" - wa
"I'm back at Thunderfalls now and every minute thinking of poking a bandit in the eye with a fishhook." - Preyveil
"and yet still nothing has made it to BC's signature!"-KMD

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Re: What do you do? (Originally a Night Owl post)
« Reply #26 on: August 06, 2008, 07:11:46 PM »
I graduated with a Masters degree in Computer Science in June and started full time at my current job 1st of July. My job title is System Consultant, but I'm really a developer.

The project I was hired for is to convert a huge Vertical ERP system for ship yards (look it up if you want to know what it is, I can't really explain it) written in Oracle Forms (which is discontinued) to C# .Net. This is great as I have a lot of freedom to look at new technologies, and because the new product will actually employ many very new techonologies like:
- Windows Presentation Foundation
- Windows Communication Foundation
- The ADO.Net Entity Framework (LinQ to Entities)

I love learning new things, so this project is a Godsend for me.

For my future career, I hope to become a project leader, and I'm seriously considering learning Chinese (a lot of customer potential in China).
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