# WOO WOO! I got a job...err I got a job...damn I got a job **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 14, 2003, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-woo-i-got-a-job-err-i-got-a-job-damn-i-got-a-job/181715 "2003-06-14T01:06:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-woo-i-got-a-job-err-i-got-a-job-damn-i-got-a-job/181715/1 "2003-06-14T01:06:56Z")
So I got a job after going thourgh rehab. The good thing is that I have a job. The bad thing is that I have a job doing tech support again. The hell (#1) is about to start. I don’t know if I can deal with the idiot users anymore. I really shouldn’t be bitching but I was hoping to get a job at my level (#2). On the bright side the pay isn’t too bad and I’ll probably get promoted pretty quickly. Slee #1. I did tech support for 2 big companines and I have had every imaginable idiot on the phone. My favorite was the guy who used a hammer to plug a serial cable from his modem into the printer port. The truely amazing thing is that Windows actually found the modem on LPT1. And I actually got the “My cup holder broke” call (think CD-ROM tray). #2. Networking stuff. For some reason all the casinos out here use NT and AS-400(#3). I’m a Unix guy. #3. I worked for a bit for a casino. Another IT guy there described AS-400 to me this way: “AS-400 is like IBMs version of Crack. First it makes you stupid, then it makes you angry and then you kill someone.” . He wasn’t joking. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-woo-i-got-a-job-err-i-got-a-job-damn-i-got-a-job/181715/2 "2003-06-14T01:23:26Z")
Congratulations. Luck and joy in your new career ---
**Author:** ![krisolov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krisolov/32/3724_2.png) [@krisolov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krisolov)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-woo-i-got-a-job-err-i-got-a-job-damn-i-got-a-job/181715/3 "2003-06-14T02:07:47Z")
Hey, double congrats. Having worked field tech support (I had 4 great guys who worked with me), I feel the pain. Be a pro, pretend they’re your little kid brother or sister who broke something and laugh gently at the idiocy. Educated users are more helpful than idiots. Sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-woo-i-got-a-job-err-i-got-a-job-damn-i-got-a-job/181715/4 "2003-06-14T02:30:00Z")
Congratulations **sleestak**! Can I stand next to you? koee (support technician out of work for almost a year) ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-woo-i-got-a-job-err-i-got-a-job-damn-i-got-a-job/181715/5 "2003-06-14T02:54:39Z")
Congratulations on your new job, **sleestak**! 🙂 I know you’ve wanted one for some time. F\_X