# Got a job! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 28, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-job/790090 "2017-06-28T22:14:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-job/790090/1 "2017-06-28T22:14:38Z")
Pretty mundane and pointless but I’m happy about it. I’ve taken the last year off and the other day I decided that I’d better get back out there. I was a bit worried as I’m 47 and jobs aren’t that easy to come by. My background is in office work and figured I’d have to commute the 45 minutes to the city for work. On a whim I decided to apply at a place 15 minutes away for a position for which I have no previous experience. Interviewing is one of my strong points and I was offered the position at the end of the interview. There is a pay raise schedule, medical and dental benefits and unionized job security so I’m pretty stoked! ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-job/790090/2 "2017-06-28T22:15:23Z")
Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-job/790090/3 "2017-06-28T22:36:44Z")
Way to go! ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-job/790090/4 "2017-06-28T22:37:04Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Congrats! Thank you! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-job/790090/5 "2017-06-28T22:50:02Z")
Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-job/790090/6 "2017-06-28T23:00:25Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > Way to go! > [@Patx2](#): > > Congratulations! Thank you! I don’t start till July 10th so I still get to have a few more days of my year-long extended holiday. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-job/790090/7 "2017-06-29T04:23:13Z")
Congrats! StG ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-job/790090/8 "2017-06-29T04:26:00Z")
Woah! Great! ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-job/790090/9 "2017-06-29T04:35:50Z")
Congrats! Hope you enjoy your job. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-job/790090/10 "2017-06-29T14:00:19Z")
Way to go!! Watcha gonna be doing? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-job/790090/11 "2017-06-29T16:00:40Z")
Congratulations! ������ What part of the world-spanning corporate-governmental machine will you be n? ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-job/790090/12 "2017-06-29T16:40:26Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Congrats! > > StG > [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Woah! Great! > [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Congrats! Hope you enjoy your job. > > 🆒 Thank you! > [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Way to go!! > > Watcha gonna be doing? I’m going to be working for a very large grocery chain as…a cashier! > [@Sunspace](#): > > Congratulations! �� What part of the world-spanning corporate-governmental machine will you be n? Hah! My last job WAS corporate government! Working through lunches, not leaving the office till late and laying awake in bed thinking about that report that’s due first thing are now a thing of my past! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-job/790090/13 "2017-06-29T17:49:04Z")
Nice! ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-job/790090/14 "2017-06-29T18:26:49Z")
That’s a bit of a change! ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-job/790090/15 "2017-06-29T23:26:57Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > That’s a bit of a change! It is! I don’t know what I’m going to think of it but I’m going to give it my best shot. I worked in a very busy office so I’m used to dealing with lots of people a day. There will be a lot of memorizing codes and whatnot. Apparently this store sees 5000 people a day :eek: They are very active in the community and do tons of volunteer work which really appeals to me as well. Who knows, it might end up being a perfect fit for me! Or I’ll run away screaming after half an hour 😃 ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-job/790090/16 "2017-06-30T16:22:17Z")
Congratulations! The budgie collective is going to miss you, though. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-job/790090/17 "2017-06-30T16:43:47Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > Congratulations! > > The budgie collective is going to miss you, though. And I’m going to miss them, too! Octa has given me up as mommy and prefers hanging with the adults but Aqua is still my little baby. She’ll probably start preferring the flock as well once I’m not spending as much time with her ☹