What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[TechXRenAgadeX]

=Went to go buy a Sega Genesis today(yesterday lol) my store is almost 45 minutes away since everyone on craigslist wanted a buttload of $$$ for a SG. Bought a Sega Genesis Model 2 drove all the way home found out they gave me the wrong power chord >:( drove all the way back...

=Gave a free game since i drove all the way back. and traded my model 2 for a model 1 for free. I was a happy panda

[RyaNtheSlayA]

I can't wait to quit my current job. The work itself is fine. The pay for what it is, is fine. My coworkers are awful and my supervisors encourage what can only be called completely unprofessional behavior. Not sure what you'd expect out of a casino though. They're as sleazy and smoke filled in the back as they are in the front. One sensible person joined the team a few weeks ago though and I've taken a liking to her, since she's the only other one that seems to recognize just how ridiculous the place is.

Only four more weeks of working there though. Just in time to get my bonus and get out. Then I'm spending a few weeks of vacation before I head off back to the city and college.

While this is a good thing it's leaving me incredibly stressed and filled with self doubt. I have a pretty substantial chunk of change saved up now so I don't have to worry too much about finding work right away. I could probably get by for 4 or 5 months. But it still makes my stomach churn thinking about it. I don't want to fail out on my own again. It doesn't help that I can't and haven't really been able to see my friends and I have no romantic partners... or even a cat; so my only sources of comfort right now are video games and the occasional work out when what I really need are more supportive people in my life since I lack the confidence to feel comfortable about all this. I'm not good with change. I'm blessed with a rather supportive family, however. I'm sure it'll all go fine but I'm still losing sleep over it.

[darsparx]

- somehow I was going faster than normal(didn't notice it at all last night) and was still praised for my speed since I somehow got 2(pasta, ethnic section), 5(our snacks and soda), 6(bulk water, flavored water, and pringles) plus some juice stocked all before we opened(thankfully we've been blocking together after the fact so that helps I guess). Seriously didn't notice myself moving faster than normal at all, kinda strange but I'm not questioning it right now

[Xeogred]

Landed a new job $5 higher than the temp job I have now and it's direct to hire too with great benefits, time off, simple 8-5 Mon-Fri, the whole package... I still can't believe it! The pay puts me higher than my previous pharmacy jobs too.

Damn! These last few months of chaos have finally paid off. Farmers Insurance didn't turn out to be too much fun after the month of training. An insane amount of work and variables for much lower pay than what I was at previously. They talked about "regular turnover" at one point and some girl in my department just disappeared one day. Another one in the training group I was with got me hooked up with this new job so she's out too. Farmers itself didn't seem that bad, lots of nice perks (company wise and if I were permanent), big company and all, but yeah... the claims department didn't seem all that great. lol

Phew, crazy year. Ready for a breather. With risk comes reward... but I think I'll be done with the risk taking again for awhile haha.

But yeah, for any of you other guys on the fence with your job or whatnot... you gotta just lean forward a bit and go with the flow or else it'll never happen. I was incredibly uncomfortable and financially unstable these last few months, but I don't regret anything. My sanity was definitely worth it heh. And here I am now...

@RyaN: Do you not have to work while going out to college? 4-5 months of doing nothing might sound great, but I dunno. I'd still consider looking for any kind of job just to keep busy and be around others. Least that's how I've felt this year.

[RyaNtheSlayA]

@RyaN: Do you not have to work while going out to college? 4-5 months of doing nothing might sound great, but I dunno. I'd still consider looking for any kind of job just to keep busy and be around others. Least that's how I've felt this year.

I do have to work. I can't afford not to. I just have a nice buffer of about 5 months of expenses to find one. Where I'm going to school is 2 and a half hours away from my current job though. They don't pay me enough to consider holding it.

[Xeogred]

I just wouldn't wait and would look before that time hits. I don't think I could go 5 months without working either just because I'd get really bored, but that's me.

[aaron]

Smile/Frown: Not much time for forum posting stuffs. Hope all is well with Aaron's barcade, and that all is well with you dudes/duders/dudesttes/etc.

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all's well over here. we got funded so we should be opening in the spring. hope you're doing ok, bud!

[Fragems]

: Found out that I can use my 10% Toys R Us employee discount online.

: Was able to confirm that game systems are excluded from the discount.

: Even though our manager said it wouldn't work on any video game stuff it is useable on the games themselves according to the online terms & conditions and does work. Will have browse through the game section some Friday when my shift ends at 12:30am.

[puke_face]

- I can post to Racketboy again!

- The amount of time it took to figure it out.

[RyaNtheSlayA]

I just wouldn't wait and would look before that time hits. I don't think I could go 5 months without working either just because I'd get really bored, but that's me.

Oh yeah. I wont be waiting a single minute. But it's nice to know that if I don't find a job right away I'm not going to be completely broke ya know?