Work

[Dorothy Wood]

How's work, guys?

I hate my job even though I'm kicking butts all over. Increased revenue 25% like a boss cuz I am a boss. Oh man I oversaw so much production and ran so many reports! I get to go on a business trip to Vegas soon! But I still get spoken to like I'm a child/moron all the time. Life is weird.

[TurdBerglar]

I think this nervous, awkward, high strung co-worker chick that's really into zombies is crushing on me and the other girls at work are trying to help her get something going between us. totally not interested.

It started up in the summer then she got herself a boyfriend and it cooled off. I think it ended between them recently. Now she's got her interests on me again. the weirdness has started back up.

All the girls were talking about going out laser bowling(what are we twelve?) and they invited me. as they were talking to me about joining them the nervous chick was acting all fucking...well... nervous and weird. I nonchalantly declined which completely shocked them(OMG! did you just say no???? yup, bitch, totally said no). In my head I was all like.... what the fuck, is this fucking middle school? I knew they were totally trying to set up like a group date thing for me and her.

Later that day this other chick that I'm cool with was all like... hey what kind of girls do you like? and she kinda on the sly snuck in that me and the nervous chick would make a good couple. I gave her this look of disgust all like... noooo no no no. She ended the conversation right there on the spot all like...nevermind nevermind nevermind. I just shoock my head... jesus Christ.

[Dorothy Wood]

Well is girl just too silly for you or something? Maybe she's nice? Bowling is kinda fun....
Does sound kind of funny the way everyone's in on it though. That's a little intense. Are they a lot younger?

[TurdBerglar]

We're all pretty much the same age. This nervous chick is just not at all physically attractive to me.

Dating in the workplace is not fun at all. Everyone is fucking in your business and obsessed like if it's some sort of soap opera they get to watch everyday and you can never get away from the girl. 24/7 togetherness. gets really aggravating.

I think i'll eventually get under these girls' skin with my lack of friendliness and then they'll hate me and it'll all end.


a free trip to vegas sounds nice, though.

[Bob]

work sucks

[Dorothy Wood]

We're all pretty much the same age. This nervous chick is just not at all physically attractive to me.

Dating in the workplace is not fun at all. Everyone is fucking in your business and obsessed like if it's some sort of soap opera they get to watch everyday and you can never get away from the girl. 24/7 togetherness. gets really aggravating.

I think i'll eventually get under these girls' skin with my lack of friendliness and then they'll hate me and it'll all end.


a free trip to vegas sounds nice, though.

I guess the best thing to do is say you're not interested, but I don't see the point in being rude about it.

I'm mostly excited to take classes and a 3 hour professional exam in Vegas, haha. I haven't been there in years, and went with my mom for her work the first and last time I was there. It's kind of a loud and annoying place. But I'm pleased about going someplace warm with a colleague who is a friend and fun to hang out with. Its gonna be great people watching too.

work sucks

Yeah man I hope things can change soon

[Adam]

work sucks

I know.

I kinda like my jobs. I think. I'm posting while here and looking at flights to the Isle of Man which are only £50 return so might be worth a trip one day.

[TurdBerglar]

the only thing I know about the isle of man is that they have that crazy motorcycle race there.




there must be other shit to do in vegas rather then the normal shit that's on the strip. i'd find that annoying as well. there must be a ton of big name comedy acts/bands there or go dune buggying in the desert. Maybe there's an old gold rush ghost town nearby.

[Dorothy Wood]

Dune buggying! Yes! Maybe if we have time. My buddy is really into history and ghosts and stuff, so we'll probably look for that type of thing. I had a meeting with a sales rep for one of my vendors and he invited us to his company party, saying they're really fun, "open bar", etc. We probably will go, but the last thing I wanna do is get drunk and hang out with a bunch of middle aged men. There aren't too many women in my industry, so I feel like it's gonna be a sausage fest. We keep joking about inviting a ton of dudes to party in our hotel room. But most likely we'll just walk around looking at stuff and go to bed early because our classes start at 9 am. Also plus we have boyfriends that would probably be against the whole "ton of dudes" idea.

Im super excited about learning how to do things from one of my industry heroes, a guy who writes about all this tedious stuff I like to read: http://cool.conservation-us.org/coolaic/sg/bpg/annual/v24/bp24-10.pdf

I'm teaching myself how to play poker, so hopefully I can just win a million dollars and not have to work anymore after the trip!

[Dorothy Wood]

I think I started this thread to discuss the negative aspects of working in today's society, not brag about my trip. Though I am excited about it for the high potential for humorous situations to arise.

But anyway, I guess it's hard to really express certain things without giving away too many personal details in a public forum.

Bleh.

[Dorothy Wood]

Meh

[Dorothy Wood]

Well we were too busy to have any fun. Good trip though, loved my classes, exam was way harder than I thought it'd be, but I think I passed.

Ugh, now I'm just sad because I wish I could be around smart nice people like the instructors I learned from....they were so calm and knowledgable and also didn't take any shit.

By the way, adults are dicks in continuing ed type classes, it sucks. Just like being late, interrupting with dumb questions, making stupid jokes that interrupt the flow, acting like they know better, etc. In one class that was more challenging with physics and chemistry stuff, several people just walked out. I'm worried about the world, did grown ups always act like this?

[Bob]

Well we were too busy to have any fun. Good trip though, loved my classes, exam was way harder than I thought it'd be, but I think I passed.

Ugh, now I'm just sad because I wish I could be around smart nice people like the instructors I learned from....they were so calm and knowledgable and also didn't take any shit.

By the way, adults are dicks in continuing ed type classes, it sucks. Just like being late, interrupting with dumb questions, making stupid jokes that interrupt the flow, acting like they know better, etc. In one class that was more challenging with physics and chemistry stuff, several people just walked out. I'm worried about the world, did grown ups always act like this?

the farther away you get from kindergarten, the worse you become

we should have to repeat kindergarten every 5 years

[Dorothy Wood]

the farther away you get from kindergarten, the worse you become

we should have to repeat kindergarten every 5 years

Yes, I agree. More manners please!

I came here to complain about that thing where someone starts a new email thread in response to an email that has files in it that you have to reference, so you have flip to the other email in order to respond to the new email, when they coulda just responded to the original email. It's just like, cmon man (n)

[Dorothy Wood]

Oh yeah I passed my exam. Got three letters after my name now. Did the best on the math part, so now my mom's convinced I should be an engineer. Too bad school is so many dollars. Maybe we'll get that socialist prez and have free school!

[Dorothy Wood]

Spent days putting together a meeting and presentation with a colleague that we gave to the staff this morning, it went pretty well other than the boss semi negating a bunch of stuff we talked about. Then at the end the boss pulled my colleague aside in private to tell her he didn't like her outfit instead of thanking her for running the meeting. Lol wtf? We're trying so hard to elevate the business, but it doesn't really matter. Very bizarre.
Oh well at least I did so much extra work I get to take the rest of the day off. :cool:

[Laver1969]

Oh yeah I passed my exam. Got three letters after my name now. Did the best on the math part, so now my mom's convinced I should be an engineer. Too bad school is so many dollars. Maybe we'll get that socialist prez and have free school!

Congrats!

I know the board is all dead but I remember reading the politics forum all the time back in 08.

[Dorothy Wood]

Haha, thanks man!

I thought maybe people might start talking politics again, but this election is so crazy, it's not really that fun.


P.s. Work sucks! It's filled with so much drama right now I can only laugh. I wish people would just work and keep their emotions out of it. ugh. Just stuff it all down and post on a message board later! :p

[TurdBerglar]

There's these two guys at work. Very selfish and sheisty. Not at all team players. very self concerned, thinking everyone and everything is against them. They like to screw people over constantly for payback thinking they do more than everyone else and that everyone is just picking on them. Constantly thinking they're getting the shit end of the stick and getting screwed over in general when they're the ones fucking shit up royally. I've gotten so fed up with them that I've taken it upon myself to alert everyone including management. I'm pretty sure they don't know this. Well except for the one guy but he thinks EVERYONE is ratting him out. each week there's a new person "ratting him out".

I feel like a fucking snitch and it made my stomach churn alerting everyone, but it was the only way to get these two clowns to be dealt with. If you try to reason with them they just think they're getting shit on by the world again and then see you as the enemy. They're both very short and unhealthy. Typical little man syndrome. Napoleon complexes.

Fuck these two weirdos.

[Bob]

work still sucks

i work on a dysfunctional team in a highly dysfuncitonal organization that feeds my team little to no information, so even if we did have our shit together, it wouldn't matter because we'd always be barely treading water

ive fully checked out and given up on trying to make anything better, i'm pretty much in "get through the day" mode at this point

i need a new job but im too wiped to work on my resume/portfolio/etc in my free time

lame excuse i know but it's the truth

[Bob]

also napoleon was average-to-above-average height for his time, actually

i know that's not the point but it's one of those facts that i know and like to trot out when i can get away with it

[Documad]

I like my job.

I'm surprised when someone in history was really tall. Like Peter the Great. Because most of the time when you see a suit of armor, it's pretty short.

I also know from Graceland that Elvis was pretty small--even fat Elvis maybe wasn't as fat as you would think?

[TurdBerglar]

also napoleon was average-to-above-average height for his time, actually

i know that's not the point but it's one of those facts that i know and like to trot out when i can get away with it

I think everyone knows that now.

[Dorothy Wood]

There's these two guys at work. Very selfish and sheisty. Not at all team players. very self concerned, thinking everyone and everything is against them. They like to screw people over constantly for payback thinking they do more than everyone else and that everyone is just picking on them. Constantly thinking they're getting the shit end of the stick and getting screwed over in general when they're the ones fucking shit up royally. I've gotten so fed up with them that I've taken it upon myself to alert everyone including management. I'm pretty sure they don't know this. Well except for the one guy but he thinks EVERYONE is ratting him out. each week there's a new person "ratting him out".

I feel like a fucking snitch and it made my stomach churn alerting everyone, but it was the only way to get these two clowns to be dealt with. If you try to reason with them they just think they're getting shit on by the world again and then see you as the enemy. They're both very short and unhealthy. Typical little man syndrome. Napoleon complexes.

Fuck these two weirdos.

This is very similar to what I'm dealing with. It's rough. this guy says he doesn't feel like he "has a voice." Uh, ok...well, come up with better ideas then, work to get one. he's only holding himself back. Everything is taken so personally, I'll say something like "this is the wrong process for this, please don't do this again", and because I didn't sugar-coat the direction, he gets offended. Ok sorry I need you to do your job correctly, how awful. Everyone else is like "ah crap, sorry, I won't do that again", and moves on instead of getting defensive.
The worst part is he's been taking his frustrations out on others, so I had to report him. Sucks, it's a rotten feeling to tattle, even when it's the right thing to do. Or I dunno, maybe some people love it. Ha

[Dorothy Wood]

I like my job.

I'm surprised when someone in history was really tall. Like Peter the Great. Because most of the time when you see a suit of armor, it's pretty short.

I also know from Graceland that Elvis was pretty small--even fat Elvis maybe wasn't as fat as you would think?

It makes sense you like your job, you always seem very calm :)

[Dorothy Wood]

work still sucks

i work on a dysfunctional team in a highly dysfuncitonal organization that feeds my team little to no information, so even if we did have our shit together, it wouldn't matter because we'd always be barely treading water

ive fully checked out and given up on trying to make anything better, i'm pretty much in "get through the day" mode at this point

i need a new job but im too wiped to work on my resume/portfolio/etc in my free time

lame excuse i know but it's the truth

Working on resume stuff is such a drag, so draining. I've gotten used to applying for jobs and not getting them, so it's not as depressing as it was before at least. I had to just give myself a break and be thankful I'm employed. My spirit was kind of broken, but I just keep trying to do my best because that's less depressing than slacking because then the guilt just builds up.

I'm sorry you feel stuck, it seems too common, these issues. It's crazy how scarce a functional workplace is.

[Bob]

Working on resume stuff is such a drag, so draining. I've gotten used to applying for jobs and not getting them, so it's not as depressing as it was before at least. I had to just give myself a break and be thankful I'm employed. My spirit was kind of broken, but I just keep trying to do my best because that's less depressing than slacking because then the guilt just builds up.

I'm sorry you feel stuck, it seems too common, these issues. It's crazy how scarce a functional workplace is.

my application materials are a real drag right now because the last time i had to update my resume was just after school, but now that i have 5 years of professional experience i have to basically re-do the whole thing and put education at the bottom and play up my work skills

i basically have to start from scratch and i don't wanna

i'm also unmotivated because in order to apply for copywriting jobs, i need a portfolio, except my company insists upon mediocrity so even with 5 years at the place i'm not happy to put anything out there as "this is me, this is work that i am proud of"

i also don't want to work in marketing

but i really really want out of my company so i gotta suck it up and find a new marketing job, just to get out of this place


i'm just lazy and shitty, i know it. i know what i gotta do, i'm just being a shit about doing it

[Dorothy Wood]

Yeah man, it's rough, I have to do hiring and see so many shitty resumes and cover letters, yet I feel like mine sucks and it's impossible. I still don't even know the "right" way to make a resume. I sent one to my friend who is very professional to look over and she was like, "looks great to me!", so wtf?

I made a portfolio of stuff I've made and installations I've done and I felt like I was dying when I was making it, and I don't even like it. It gets me interviews, but not jobs. Or it would get me a job that pays practically nothing, maybe.

Anyway, if you ever feel like relocating, there are a lot of writing jobs in my city because of the giant Coupon company (starts with a G, rhymes with poop-on), and all the ad companies. And every now and again, there's an opening at the Onion and/or its subsidiaries. I think it's pretty grueling to work there though, bad reviews on glassdoor. I was sad to see that. :(

[Bob]

Yeah man, it's rough, I have to do hiring and see so many shitty resumes and cover letters, yet I feel like mine sucks and it's impossible. I still don't even know the "right" way to make a resume. I sent one to my friend who is very professional to look over and she was like, "looks great to me!", so wtf?

I made a portfolio of stuff I've made and installations I've done and I felt like I was dying when I was making it, and I don't even like it. It gets me interviews, but not jobs. Or it would get me a job that pays practically nothing, maybe.

Anyway, if you ever feel like relocating, there are a lot of writing jobs in my city because of the giant Coupon company (starts with a G, rhymes with poop-on), and all the ad companies. And every now and again, there's an opening at the Onion and/or its subsidiaries. I think it's pretty grueling to work there though, bad reviews on glassdoor. I was sad to see that. :(

groupon would be pretty sweet actually. most of the shit i write here is discount shit so im pretty experienced with it, it'd be cool (or terrifying!) to work with people who actually know what the hell they're doing

and yeah i was disappointed to learn how ruthless working for the onion actually sounds like it is. they had a job posting but i read it and i was like "wow that job sounds like it fucking sucks"

more about marketing than being funny

and yet clickhole still rules, so good for those writers


i don't wanna relocate though. it's not just because i'm lazy (though there's that) but also i have a girlfriend now and i'd have to convince her to move, and she's a teacher and she'd probably have to get certified or something i don't know how this works but i'm sure it's terrible

[Dorothy Wood]

groupon would be pretty sweet actually. most of the shit i write here is discount shit so im pretty experienced with it, it'd be cool (or terrifying!) to work with people who actually know what the hell they're doing

and yeah i was disappointed to learn how ruthless working for the onion actually sounds like it is. they had a job posting but i read it and i was like "wow that job sounds like it fucking sucks"

more about marketing than being funny

and yet clickhole still rules, so good for those writers


i don't wanna relocate though. it's not just because i'm lazy (though there's that) but also i have a girlfriend now and i'd have to convince her to move, and she's a teacher and she'd probably have to get certified or something i don't know how this works but i'm sure it's terrible

I know a handful of acquaintances who work at the Coupon place, it's pretty chill I think. Although these people are very gregarious, it makes me wary of the culture, like it'd be too goofy and/or cliquey. My neighbor is temping there, he likes it. Definitely not a relocation-worthy job though.

Clickhole would probably be the best department to work in! I contributed vocals to a bit last year, it was very fun. But people were at their desks working past 7 pm....

I wouldn't recommend moving to the midwest, even though there are a lot of jobs up your alley. Ironically (coincidentally?), there are more jobs up my alley on the east coast. Too bad all my dumb friends are here, and my boyfriend likes his job (what a dork). Oh well.

[Dorothy Wood]

oh, and regarding the drama at my workplace, there was a big talk and I got to say all the stuff I wanted for the most part. And now there will hopefully be improvements. We'll see how long it lasts. It was good to talk through things, even though it was extremely stressful. I just wish people could stop focusing on feeling sorry for themselves. I literally had to say, "this is your job, why are you frustrated that you have to do it?"

[TurdBerglar]

is his job different than the other employees' job? are the responsibilities he's responsible for viewed(by him and/or everyone else) as lowly responsibilities?

I've worked with some people that seem to feel if they're not doing what everyone else is doing than they must be getting shafted/picked on somehow. they seem to think that everyone should be doing all the same thing and if anyone is doing anything differently they must be getting the "good" tasks while they're getting the shit tasks.

[Bob]

I know a handful of acquaintances who work at the Coupon place, it's pretty chill I think. Although these people are very gregarious, it makes me wary of the culture, like it'd be too goofy and/or cliquey. My neighbor is temping there, he likes it. Definitely not a relocation-worthy job though.

Clickhole would probably be the best department to work in! I contributed vocals to a bit last year, it was very fun. But people were at their desks working past 7 pm....

I wouldn't recommend moving to the midwest, even though there are a lot of jobs up your alley. Ironically (coincidentally?), there are more jobs up my alley on the east coast. Too bad all my dumb friends are here, and my boyfriend likes his job (what a dork). Oh well.

how's the rent in chicago

boston is rapidly reaching san francisco levels of "fuck off, poors" with luxury condos going up everywhere and GE's moving here and they're getting 10 years of free rent but also more than half the population makes less than $35k year

i pay $725/mo for one room in a 4 bedroom and it's a goddamned steal because my landlord is just a dude who owns a house and rents the upstairs for a little extra money

as soon as he realizes how much this place is worth i don't know what i'm gonna do lol

get a car and move to a suburb i guess, what can you do


i worry because i saw on linkedin that my landlord recently quit his job to become a stay at home parent and also they're gonna build more fucking condos like a block from here

these thing combined makes me think he's gonna finally jack the rent

blugh

[Bob]

on darker days, i dream of moving to ohio and living like a king

ohio's boring but i'm pretty boring, i could handle it

[TurdBerglar]

you can get a 1 bedroom apt all to yourself in a decent neighborhood for about that around here.

even cheaper for a studio apt.

[abbott]

I'm just thankful I can still log in

The shit has already hit the fan

[Dorothy Wood]

is his job different than the other employees' job? are the responsibilities he's responsible for viewed(by him and/or everyone else) as lowly responsibilities?

I've worked with some people that seem to feel if they're not doing what everyone else is doing than they must be getting shafted/picked on somehow. they seem to think that everyone should be doing all the same thing and if anyone is doing anything differently they must be getting the "good" tasks while they're getting the shit tasks.

Yeah, this is exactly what's happening. But job tasks aren't inherently lowly to me, it's just something that needs to be done. I still scrub the toilet at work, it just needs to get done, so I do it. This guy looks at everything through a lens of "what does this mean for my identity?" before he does anything...and it causes all kinds of problems. And people need to earn status and responsibilities by contributing to the business, if you rest on your laurels, you're not getting anywhere. A newer staff member is now a manager because she takes charge of her tasks and follows through, and is easy to get along with. Others might be jealous, I see how that could happen. But she's in charge of stuff because she gets shit done.

Now, I'm trying to help this guy improve, but I don't know where to draw the line. Maybe he just isn't capable, like he maybe literally can't do his job to the standard necessary. Which sucks for everyone. I don't like being part of decision to take away someone's livelihood, especially when I feel like the job is doable. Just man up! ugh.

[Dorothy Wood]

how's the rent in chicago

boston is rapidly reaching san francisco levels of "fuck off, poors" with luxury condos going up everywhere and GE's moving here and they're getting 10 years of free rent but also more than half the population makes less than $35k year

i pay $725/mo for one room in a 4 bedroom and it's a goddamned steal because my landlord is just a dude who owns a house and rents the upstairs for a little extra money

as soon as he realizes how much this place is worth i don't know what i'm gonna do lol

get a car and move to a suburb i guess, what can you do


i worry because i saw on linkedin that my landlord recently quit his job to become a stay at home parent and also they're gonna build more fucking condos like a block from here

these thing combined makes me think he's gonna finally jack the rent

blugh

The rent varies wildly. I pay $755 for a weird 1 bedroom attic in a great location. That's up from the $575 I paid when I moved in 6 years ago. My living expenses are less than $500/month because my boyfriend lives with me. My landlady could get more, but she's Canadian and has said she hopes I never move. I'm pretty lucky.
Others are not so lucky, my friend just got evicted from her place because the local Scrooge McDuck bought her building and wants to charge $1200 for her studio. He's price gouging because the neighborhood is going through hyper gentrification. It's getting disgusting, the neighborhood is only "hot" because real estate investors put out press releases saying its "hot". There's still not that much going on though...just trendy bars that you have to wait in line for. So trendy that they're mainstream now, the opposite of cool, but people going there think they're super cool...which is the worst. Everyone is new to the city which means they don't know how to drive or park or walk or behave in a city. Just the biggest most helpless dorks you've ever seen. They just wanted to live in the "hottest" area, so they're super gullible as well. Panhandlers are everywhere now, muggings increased, etc.

I digress. In non-trendy areas, I'd say one bedrooms run $750-1000. You could still get a two bedroom in some areas for $1000. $725 sounds very high to me for a room, so seems like prices are lower here. Honestly if I didn't have a partner, I dont think I could afford to live alone. I technically make enough money to afford higher rent, but I don't think landowners should get so much of people's income. It's getting out of control. I just read that Chinese people are buying a ton of property in Boston and driving up values. I wonder what will happen with that. You should learn mandarin and become a realtor ;)

[Dorothy Wood]

By dorks I mean people who walk into liquor stores and look around and say "wow, so much to choose from! What do you recommend?!" to the guy behind the counter. This actually happened, and it made me so angry. This attitude of "the world is my playground and everyone is here to entertain me and hold my hand through everything! Tee hee! I'm so fun! Right? Right?!"


Sorry just thought I'd clarify. Gonna try to eat out tonight and not get mad though.

[DandyFop]

I've been at my day job for like 6 years or something crazy but lately it's been really slow and I've been broke (I'm freelance which is a blessing and a curse). But I started working from home a while back and that's been awesome. I'm hoping soon ye olde comedy career will ramp up and I'll get a fucking writing job. In the meantime signing up for post mates and shit which is depressing but it's okay, it's good to remember I'm scrappy.

It's incredible to me the things that I think I can afford when I have money coming in - or the things I think I need. My roommate just joined Birchbox and it just makes me realize how much we think 'stuff' is going to improve our life. Although I'm more poor than I have been in a while I'm also happier than I've been in ages.

What is gentrification going to do in the long room? It can't be sustainable can it?

also hi everyone :)

[Documad]

I go to my local liquor store instead of a chain store even though it's more expensive. The owner loves to recommend things and I think he's disappointed that I like to be left alone. He is helpful when I need to bring a bottle of wine to a dinner though. And he has helped me bring my purchases to my car. The store has its own parking lot so my car is usually parked within 20 feet of the front door.

[Dorothy Wood]

I've been at my day job for like 6 years or something crazy but lately it's been really slow and I've been broke (I'm freelance which is a blessing and a curse). But I started working from home a while back and that's been awesome. I'm hoping soon ye olde comedy career will ramp up and I'll get a fucking writing job. In the meantime signing up for post mates and shit which is depressing but it's okay, it's good to remember I'm scrappy.

It's incredible to me the things that I think I can afford when I have money coming in - or the things I think I need. My roommate just joined Birchbox and it just makes me realize how much we think 'stuff' is going to improve our life. Although I'm more poor than I have been in a while I'm also happier than I've been in ages.

What is gentrification going to do in the long room? It can't be sustainable can it?

also hi everyone :)

Hi!

I hadn't heard of postmates, but looks similar to Task Rabbit, which I've considered trying...though it seems like it doesn't pay enough. But it's kinda cool these extra gig type things exist.

Money is weird, I finally make enough money to not be scared all the time, but it still seems like I'm a million miles away from things like buying a house. But I will buy dumb shit like feather shaped gold dipped handles for my cabinets. Ugh, I need to return them!


As for gentrification, I don't know where it's going, it could keep going and going. I guess it's part of human society. That's why people move around and develop other areas, start new towns, etc. It just seems unnatural these days, the pace of it. Like the investors are so excited about the development that they forget it still kinda sucks and they're setting the value too high. I work in a wealthy area and the rents are sometimes lower than in my neighborhood which is far away from a lot of things, no where near the lake, and there's hardly anything to do. It's like the emperor has no clothes story.

I dunno, there are still places to live that are affordable, just very weird that a ton of people have to relocate just because some yuppies want to drink cocktails in a different zip code.

[Dorothy Wood]

I go to my local liquor store instead of a chain store even though it's more expensive. The owner loves to recommend things and I think he's disappointed that I like to be left alone. He is helpful when I need to bring a bottle of wine to a dinner though. And he has helped me bring my purchases to my car. The store has its own parking lot so my car is usually parked within 20 feet of the front door.

I bet if the women I wrote about were genuinely asking and not just trying to be cute, the cashier would've been happy to advise.

I never ask for recommendations, I'm too anxious. I just never want to engage with strangers. I'm trying to be better about it though. I'm probably missing out on good things.

[Yetra Flam]

I actually really like my job, for the first time ever in my life really. I'm getting paid an appropriate amount, I'm not overworked or stressed, and the people I work with are all very skilled so it's helping me improve myself.
I have disagreements and differences of opinion with my boss sometimes, but it's nothing serious.
The worst thing about my job is seeing the neglect of some of the animals that come in and irrational, unreasonable customers.

[Dorothy Wood]

Lol my job still sucks

I replaced half the staff, so emotionally it's far improved...but I am still the only one who knows how to do everything, so it's exhausting. My right hand woman put in her notice recently, so soon I'll have even more work to do. Another new person to train and support.

I will keep applying for jobs. I've been getting interviews but not the jobs. I don't know why, I guess I'm not that likable as a candidate. Last promising interview I feel like they didn't believe me regarding my skills. Seriously I'm the best. I've handled 1,100 projects this year so far.

Thinking about running away. Life doesn't make sense. Maybe it'll turn out for the best, that or I'll have a stroke.

[Rodie]

It's great, thanks for asking.

[Dorothy Wood]

Well shit, 10 days later and I have resigned and accepted an offer for a better job. I guess the universe finally heard my screams.

Follow your dreams, guys! And after years of suffering, you might just get a break! (!)