Back when I worked at a convenience store, I risked my neck to get to work, did my damnedest to be the best worker there, rah rah rah. Then I got fired.
I found out that the owner was in the habit of firing most of his staff periodically, and starting with mostly new people, so he almost never gave out raises. One would think that he’d lose more money from having to constantly train new clerks, but this was his habit. I decided that I’d show as much loyalty to my employer as I was shown…that is, I wasn’t going to risk my life for any job that wouldn’t pay me an exceptional wage with exceptional benefits.
Hey, it’s only when you have to wade through snow drifts that it really is possible to work up a sweat by just walking. Otherwise, it’s just… walking. Not exercising.
yeah, well with trucking we just get stuck going really slowly behind you. especially when you choose to pass another truck on a two-lane highway by going .0001 mph faster.
There wasn’t a good place to pull over, and my phone was kind of trapped underneath me in my coat pocket, so I couldn’t call very well (or let my daughter call.) Fortunately, I was able to sort of force the other guy up on the curb, and get to a much more well-lighted area to stop and call the police. Even then, I couldn’t give much more information than “white Ford Ranger pickup,” so I don’t expect any real action - I guess it was just a road rage incident, because the guy was upset that I passed him? Anyway, I did take a pretty circuitous route home, so that I could make sure he wasn’t behind me…
Don’t worry about it. PROTIP though, when it comes to my posts an ellipses at the end usually means I’m being ironic or playful.
As for the cookie, it’s in the refrigerator in the break room, hidden inside a bag with your supervisor’s name on it, along with the words DO NOT TAKE in big red letters, and pictures of skulls and daggers. Don’t worry about that; it’s just to make sure the cookie is there when you get to it.
Ugh, I’ve suffered through those. I tend to “pan” left to right across the menu bars and also always customize my toolbars. You don’t instantly know the menu location of font color for the default setting of Word 2000? Wrong! Use ctrl-mousewheel to zoom? Wrong!
Not to belabour the point too much, but walking is excellent exercise at many different exertion levels. Bottom line - ANY walking is better than sitting on a couch.
Man, I just don’t know. There’s this really sweet lady in one of my gym classes; we chat sometimes. She’s like a size 2 but very fit and strong, not some stick. She mentioned she has 3 kids (I thought it was just 1) and how one recently had surgery (he’s fine), that was why she was away.
Sigh. I don’t think I can ever look that good, nevermind the post multiple pregnancy bit. Urgh.
Apparently now we are required to go to the lunch room or go outside, or remain quietly at our desks during our breaks, or we can be written up.
What.
The.
Fuck.
Hey, if there is a problem, deal with the problem.
Knock off the “Here’s what you can be fired for this month” collective punishment bullshit over petty assed reasons.
Radio Shack: I was just there to buy a power cord. Do you really think it’s necessary to tell your employees to try to sell every customer a cell phone plan?
