Welcome to the club. I just keep hoping for that grad school acceptance letter so that I can go back to telling people I am a student instead of a bum ;)
"It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it." - Robert E. Lee
No Guru....at least I know I didn't. My position got merged with another position, and I was the unlucky bastard merged out. Though I admit sometimes when I should be job hunting I drift back here.
"It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it." - Robert E. Lee
As the previous starter of the "I'm laid off" thread, I feel for you Mr. Burkett. But as you noted in the video game thread, this will give both of us a chance to play Zelda: Wind Waker A LOT in the coming weeks.
The Hurricane main eventing a Raw show? See, the WWE is listening to the 'Net. Well, they're listening to me anyways. Look for the next push to go to Molly.
Thanks for the sentiments. Lets hope we all find work soon.
I'll be happier next week when all my stuff will be with me and I'll have Wind Waker to play.
As for the reason I got cut, I can't say it was because I was looking at the site (I asked them and they said that while they do keep a record of all sites viewed, they don't actively look over them, so according to that I was okay), but it was because business was slow enough that I could look at the site. If we had more work coming in to keep me busy, then, well, I wouldn't be sitting home right now.
I apologize for being a Buffy/Angel mark.
EddieBurkett 316 says "If you can't see my avatar, please tell me. Thank you.".
Hiring a computer engineer? I doubt it, but I'm looking.
If it makes you feel better, not only can I not get a job but my motherboard fried itself and took my processor with it. [/typing in school lab on Spring Break]
Narrowly avoided being fired about a year ago- I was working as a Travel Agent, and after 9-11, I saw the writing on the wall and jumped ship. Took a serious pay cut (initial) jumping to a new field, but I am now glad I did. Seeing everyone I worked with suddenly lose their job due to cutbacks sucks...
I was working for a total shit job. I got to travel at times, and tell people they were fired. It was nice to travel, but after my first death threat and finding out the guy had stole over 40k in merchandise, something told me to get a new job.
I'm doing AOL Tech support which is eazy as shit. It's AOL, I fucking despise AOL. ANYONE can use it, so we get morons calling in wanthing to know why they can't get the disk to load when they put it in thier system*(See below. cool story!) If there is a call center in your area, I highly suggest anyone looking into it, cause they are ALWAYS hiring. They'll hire ANYONE, we got some complete fuckheads working here.
My bad, I forgot the story...
This woman calls in asking why she cant get onto the internet. She got the disk from Target and she popped it into her 'system' when she got home cause her grandkids were telling her she needed to get on the internet. 40 minutes later, I discovered the problem... (I SHIT YOU NOT!!!) She didn't have a computer! She was putting the AOL disc in the DVD player she got for christmas.
People, you can NOT make shit like this up, I'm telling you.
(edited by Cerebus on 27.3.03 1442) Cerebus: Barbarian, Prime Minister, Pope, Perfect House Guest.
"Graft is as necessary as throwing up when you drink too much."
I just added the story, I forgot about it while I was taking a call.
Down here in Florida, they started me at $10 an hour for the first 2 weeks then I'm being bumped up to $14 starting this comming Monday. I'm sure it will be slightly higher or lower wherever you are at depending on cost of living and what not.
Cerebus: Barbarian, Prime Minister, Pope, Perfect House Guest.
"Graft is as necessary as throwing up when you drink too much."
Originally posted by Guru ZimYou people aren't getting fired for reading this site at work, right? I'm just making sure...
Well.. it WAS part of the reason I was fired once...
I have a special friend. He's the baby Jesus and I love him and...and...he don't give me no s**t and he don't f**k around and he's just the f**king coolest guy and I wanna say I love the baby Jesus.I can't say enough.I love the baby Jesus and I think...he's the best thing and he's really great when he shares his love for everbody.You know what I mean?I can't even see a manger without thinkin' about him,eh?I just love the Jesus.I've only been into him for a couple of hours though,but I'm really into him. --Bruce McCulloch