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Pig
Duke
Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 8:59 am Posts: 1358 Location: right behind you
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Opening shift blues
I start work at 6:30 AM as an opener, plus I am the lead. Whenever there is a snow storm, the determination to close the building doesn't come until after 7:00 AM. Effectively, that means that I have to come in to work regardless. Normally there are > 900 peeps in the building on a given day, but right now there are probably 50. We are expected to get as much as a foot (~.3 meters) accumulation before it all turns to rain and the roads get covered in ice.
Our area gets so little snow, that everything shuts down at the sight of a single snow flake. OK, I'm done whining.
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Tue Jan 06, 2004 9:08 am |
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Satis
Felix Rex
Joined: Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:01 pm Posts: 16662 Location: On a slope
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awww...are you crying?
heh. I feel your pain. I ended up coming to work on 2 days (last winter) where virtually noone else ended up showing up. Noone else ended up getting any kind of points for missing days... what do I get? Nothing. That's ok, that company is now a floundering mess of broken dreams and crying executives.
_________________ They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Last edited by Satis on Tue Jan 06, 2004 12:52 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Tue Jan 06, 2004 12:46 pm |
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Arathorn
Minor Diety
Joined: Tue Apr 01, 2003 10:23 am Posts: 3956 Location: Amsterdam
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Thank god I'm a jobless student.
_________________ Melchett: As private parts to the gods are we: they play with us for their sport!
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Tue Jan 06, 2004 12:50 pm |
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Rinox
Minor Diety
Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 7:23 am Posts: 14892 Location: behind a good glass of Duvel
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Yeah, thankgod for being a student, or something like it. Sucks for you Pig.
_________________ "I find a Burger Tank in this place? I'm-a be a one-man cheeseburger apocalypse."
- Coach
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Tue Jan 06, 2004 1:13 pm |
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Pig
Duke
Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 8:59 am Posts: 1358 Location: right behind you
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I'm still here. I got to watch a FedEx truck spin its tires for 15 minutes. The snow is getting thicker. Looks like they aren't going to close the building.
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Tue Jan 06, 2004 1:16 pm |
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Rinox
Minor Diety
Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 7:23 am Posts: 14892 Location: behind a good glass of Duvel
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I guess you're seriously fucked. Even if it's mildly amusing, there are more exiting things to do than watch a fedex truck spin its wheels.
_________________ "I find a Burger Tank in this place? I'm-a be a one-man cheeseburger apocalypse."
- Coach
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Tue Jan 06, 2004 1:46 pm |
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derf
Minor Diety
Joined: Fri Apr 11, 2003 2:17 pm Posts: 7721 Location: Centre of the sun
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heh scratch one more student.
you said "lead" does that mean your a boss?
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Tue Jan 06, 2004 2:34 pm |
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Franny
Marquis
Joined: Tue Jun 10, 2003 11:08 am Posts: 940 Location: over there
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check another student....
yeah pig what exactly does a lead opener do?
_________________ Give a man a fire, he'll be warm for a night.
Set a man on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life. - Satis Clankiller
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Tue Jan 06, 2004 4:50 pm |
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Rinox
Minor Diety
Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 7:23 am Posts: 14892 Location: behind a good glass of Duvel
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I suppose he leads the openers
_________________ "I find a Burger Tank in this place? I'm-a be a one-man cheeseburger apocalypse."
- Coach
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Tue Jan 06, 2004 5:06 pm |
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derf
Minor Diety
Joined: Fri Apr 11, 2003 2:17 pm Posts: 7721 Location: Centre of the sun
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It must rquire some kind of managerial function.
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Wed Jan 07, 2004 1:53 am |
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Pig
Duke
Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 8:59 am Posts: 1358 Location: right behind you
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Being lead just means that I do all the training, answer all their questions, handle any problems. Essentially it is a supervisor without hiring/firing responsibilites, or larger salary.
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Wed Jan 07, 2004 9:32 am |
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suga
Duke
Joined: Tue Apr 01, 2003 7:08 am Posts: 1012 Location: Australia!!! (country of coolness)
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meh... i'm one of those too... (supervisor) but then again i only work in a retail store... hehehe
fantastic comparison isn't it! teehee
_________________ Act your shoe size.
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Wed Jan 07, 2004 9:33 am |
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Rinox
Minor Diety
Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 7:23 am Posts: 14892 Location: behind a good glass of Duvel
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Jesus Pig, so you get the "i hate him cos he's the boss" shit, but you don't get any perks out of it? (well, apart from being able to say you're not gonna do the dirty work hehe) How the hell did you land that job?
_________________ "I find a Burger Tank in this place? I'm-a be a one-man cheeseburger apocalypse."
- Coach
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Wed Jan 07, 2004 9:34 am |
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