What do you like about work?

[MistyTehMoose]

Now, I'm doing something crazy here and totally rebelling. We've had a thread on why you hate your job, but why do you enjoy it? Why, if anything, do you keep going back instead of finding a new one? I'll share, mostly because I wanna brag about my job.

I work at a LAN joint in the city, but its pretty laid back. Basically, once I've done the required cleaning for my shift (which takes one or two hours at most) I get to basically do whatever. So once I've done cleaning, I can play WoW or TF2 as much as I want, as long as I serve customers when they need me. I also get to play whatever music I want, and my friends can hang out too. The best part is that we all the our job well, because we're mostly happy to be there.

The only downside is that stupid people are attracted to technology, and I have to help them. I had a lady come in and try and shove her USB stick into a floppy drive. Also, geeks are generally smelly and filthy (the ones that come in regularly, anyway), so cleaning can be a bitch sometimes.

[CharlieH]

Aren't you a manager as well or some shit?

I like my job because it's really fucking easy. Simple as that. Also, i've been there since like, June '06, so i can do everything with my eyes closed. Also, the crew members are a laugh.

[Tyler_Legrand]

I like a whole bunch of people talking about/watching/playing stupid crap while huddled in the studio at 3am.

[HeroinMel]

Being a young girl working in a bogan western suburbs pub has it's many downsides, but i love it so much. Everytime i'm in a bad mood i can walk through the doors, and have my regulars there to pick on me for fun, or give me a cuddle, and it will cheer me up like nothing else. Having been there for a while now they're like mates, not patrons.
I also like working in an environment where everything is laid back and easy. The staff are easy to get along with, there's a constant flow of music, and everyone's there to have a good time.

[MistyTehMoose]

Aren't you a manager as well or some shit?

Yeah, but managing a different place now.

[Oofie]

I just started a new job in a clothes shop this week, I've only had one shift but it was pretty cool. All I really had to do was restock the racks and put together outfits for the mannequins, which was fun. And I get a 50% discount on everything :)

[abbey]

I work at a call centre taking catalogue orders for a huge, crappy department store. There is so much to complain about but it's not that bad, really. A lot of people are really nice, and they're generally happy about buying things. I'm also supposed to promote extra things to them like towels or sheet sets, and I get commission/candy when I sell a certain amount. I like the people who buy $200 duvets from me.

[Jimothy]

I work at my local EB, so I get to keep on top of all the new releases and promotions and stuff. Plus, the team are all awesome people. Plus, I love Retail and have a blast working there.

Also, employee's discount.

[kellykawaii]

I actually usually love my job since I'm into photography and I work in a camera shop. We're in the quiet period before christmas at the moment so I so pretty much nothing other than surf the internet and print a few pictures.
I also get free prints, not that great but I use film so it's a lot better than paying €7 to get them developed.

[Mr. Wink]

I work part time at Booth's as a fruit and veg. supervisor. I enjoy it because I just find ways to entertain myself and avoid work. Like vegetable jigsaws.

[NitRoDrivEn]

I'm customer service for a telecom company called j2 Global. Very laid back. We have full online access and an ultra fast OC3 connection. My co workers are awesome. They're all either my age or slightly older and my bosses are great too. The benefits are great, pay is awesome and work is second nature for the most part. On average I take around 9-12 calls per day. A busy day would net 15-20 calls. Slow days usually get no more than 5-7. Average call is around 5 or 10 minutes but can crawl up to 30-40 if the caller is slow or has a lot of questions.

I work 6AM to 3PM on weekdays only. It is now... 5:18 AM. I'm having a cup of Armenian coffee as I type this. Go to work early, come home early. I usually take a 1 or 2 hour nap if I'm really tired. As with any other CS job, you do occasionally get a client that is so incredibly stupid/rude/persistent/impatient that he/she almost makes you almost hope for humanity.

[Bobid]

Don't know if it counts but I'm a homemaker, and I get paid in presents and love. I enjoy cleaning, and I like being left to my own devices most of the day with little to no social interaction. It's paradise.

[junglebunny]

I either hate or love my job.

But it's usually awesome most of the time. All I do is run the front end at a local grocery store and it's easy as shit. It generally depends on who's working. But I'm friends with most of them, and even the people I don't like, like me, mainly because I'm not a complete asshole like the other managers, and my electric personality. Basically everyone loves me (except the store managers, but it's not like they do shit anyways). The only downside is having to tell people what to do.

Oh and there are countless cute girls that work here. Sucks they usually end up being 16-17 :wail:

I also get to work with retards sometimes and I think that's funny.

[CalculatePie314]

I make and deliver pizzas on campus. It's sweet having a job with my school, because they understand all of our work load and are laid back if I have to take time off at a moments notice. The guys I work with are all pretty cool. We know how to get our shit done and make our customers happy, and it kind of makes me proud to be a delivery boy sometimes. Of course I want to get a different job that'll help out my career soon, but I feel so comfortable where I'm at right now. Besides, it pays well and I get free food.

[Loc]

I like getting paid.Seriously, that's it.

[NitRoDrivEn]

Oh and there are countless cute girls that work here. Sucks they usually end up being 16-17 :wail:

:heya:

[CnGy]

Money.

That's it.

If you say anything else and you are not making a LOT of money you are crazy just crazy.

[NitRoDrivEn]

My last job had abysmal pay but there were a lot of HOT girls everywhere, SanguineJustice guy... you homo.

[Phrozt]

I'm a web developer for a fortune 50 company. Other than the pay, I enjoy the fact that I can pretty much play with whatever software/technology I want to as long as I have a reasonable business application for it. I've learned a ton and I'm getting paid for it. Besides that, the expectations are rather low in comparison to what I can do, so I tend to have more free time than one would expect at a job like this.

Also, gotta love the little free perks like GOOD coffee/tea/etc. Not much, but it makes the day a little better.

[Jada]

I work at one of the campus cafeterias. It's not a fun job, but it's not difficult. The people I work with are nice and most are helpful. The students are usually polite, even if they're messy. It's minimum wage, but I get set hours that work around my class schedule. If I want more hours, there are always shifts that need subbing, while if I need a shift subbed there are always people who want more hours. It's also less than a block from my house, so I get to walk to work.

[ButlerBoy]

I hate my job, the pay is lousy, the hours long...You people make me sick

[TheHighwaySong]

I hate my job, the pay is lousy, the hours long...You people make me sick
Then find another one.

I like my job on the account that I have a lot of free time. It's customer service for a company that sells lotions, juices, supplements and other neat things made with Aloe. Rarely does anyone under 45 call. It's only ever busy in the mornings, and even then that's only like one week out of the month. But I don't have to worry about it because I usually work in the afternoons and I close at 8.

The majority of it is really just me fucking around on the internet. We don't get internet on our work computers, but I bring my school laptop and get wireless. I tell my manager I bring it to do homework, but she's never there on my shifts so it doesn't matter. Hence, I never clock out for my two-hour lunches.

[Haggis McSpud]

I sell alcohol to people for £5.70 an hour and absolutely love it. Not only is it a piss easy, well paid job (for my age group), I also get loads of bonuses and get to banter with the local alcoholics of my town :lol:. Problem is is that I have to learn loads about wine in the next six months or else I'll be fired, so I'm doing shit loads of wine courses now as well as school study :frown:.

[Souldrinker]

My favourite part is laughing at emo and scene-metal kids who think that because I've got long hair, ride a motorbike and listen to metal that they're gonna be able to relate to me by talking about their shitty poser bands.

Just that moment when they realise that, no, I'm not going to think they're cool but instead think they're try-hards...it's a beautiful moment.

[Loc]

My favourite part is laughing at emo and scene-metal kids who think that because I've got long hair, ride a motorbike and listen to metal that they're gonna be able to relate to me by talking about their shitty poser bands.



I have long hair,ride a motorbike and listen to metal. Can I please relate to you great one:hmm:

[Haggis McSpud]

My favourite part is laughing at emo and scene-metal kids who think that because I've got long hair, ride a motorbike and listen to metal that they're gonna be able to relate to me by talking about their shitty poser bands.

Just that moment when they realise that, no, I'm not going to think they're cool but instead think they're try-hards...it's a beautiful moment.

I have long hair, ride a bicycle and listen to Russian opera, will you relate to me?

[BurgerKueen]

I work for my school's IT department, meaning I get to sit in the library, do homework, get online, hear gossip about my Indian coworker from my other Indian coworker while running a virus scan and showing people where the bathrooms are. I love my job, it's way too much fun. I actually take extra shifts whenever I can.

[Phrozt]

My favourite part is laughing at emo and scene-metal kids who think that because I've got long hair, ride a motorbike and listen to metal that they're gonna be able to relate to me by talking about their shitty poser bands.

I like techno!

[koots]

I only work in the summers but the summer job I've had the last three summers in a row I've loved because all I had to do was ride horses and chill in the back between rides. Also I was getting paid $10/hour plus a bonus at the end of the year(even though the bitch of a manager gyped me out of over five hundred dollars this year :argh:)

[Dodger]

I work in a gas station, and pretty much get paid to sit on my ass.
The pay's not great, but enough for me right now. Plus I get discounts on junk food, and can buy cigs and beer and can sell it to my friends.

I really just sit on my ass and read the newspaper or do homework or watch T.V. for a couple hours. It'd be the perfect job if he got a wireless network.
Also I use the store as my bank, I just pop in and ask for 20 bucks and he'll take it out of my upcoming paycheck. I never run low on gas and always have money, junk food or whatever.

Pretty sweet, but the hours kind of suck. I might have to quit soon because it's getting in the way of my swimming but it's really not that bad of a job.

[BreakTheWalls]

I work at a newsagents right down the road from me so that's one great thing about it: I only have to walk 5 minutes to get there. I also don't get taxed so a weekend's pay is pretty neat in my pocket. I used to work at a nightclub for like just over half of what I earn now in an entire week. Not cool.

That and I can just lie around and read the papers after I've done stocking everything and organising coupons.

[Phrozt]

I work in a gas station, and pretty much get paid to sit on my ass.
The pay's not great, but enough for me right now. Plus I get discounts on junk food, and can buy cigs and beer and can sell it to my friends.

I hope you're not as bad as this one attendant. Her fatass was chowing down on some KFC WHILE she was manning (and trust me, that's the right verb for her) the cash register. She didn't even wipe her hands off when handing my money back to me, she just tried to grab it with fingers that weren't completely greasy yet.

Hopefully she contracted several diseases from essentially ingesting whatever was found on all the money she touched while eating.

[koots]

I hope you're not as bad as this one attendant. Her fatass was chowing down on some KFC WHILE she was manning (and trust me, that's the right verb for her) the cash register. She didn't even wipe her hands off when handing my money back to me, she just tried to grab it with fingers that weren't completely greasy yet

Where my cousin worked there was an older phillipene woman working and they were worked in the deli and if you get caught eating any of the samples you get fired immediatly andd she had a piece of meat in her mouth, though someone was walking into the back, she swallowed the meat choked on it and died.

Don't know why that reminded me of that, probably because only a fatty would choked on processed meat and actually die from it.

[Haggis McSpud]

Awwww, Phrozt has a girlfriend :hmm:

[Infinity]

I work in a orphonage spreading love and cheer to children who have been abandoned by their parents. The pay is low, but the reward is great. I love watching their face and eyes light up when I walk in the room......then watching their smiles slowly turning to frowns as I tell them that I was only kidding with them about finding them a home. Then I go on telling them the truth about how mommy was a pimp fucking whore, and that their daddy was a heroin junky who OD while watching kiddy porn in a budget motel. I love my job!

[1zabest]

Because it is compulsory for my university course and scholarship to do two 6month internships. This place is hell as an intern.

[BKS]

My job is only decent when there are good baggers and cashiers working. Theres this one bitch who thinks she can do anything she wants, and rubs it in peoples faces, and there are one or two people that creep me out/aren't talkative. Everyone else is great though, and its generally a blast when it gets later at night and people stop coming in and we chill. One time, our Head Cashier pretended to play guitar and I pretended to play the drums. It was great.

[Cerberus]

I work as a pizza delivery boy. It's pretty good since the people are really laid back and the pay is really good. Driving around isn't too hard since i live in fairly small area so there isn't many streets to remember and some nights i may have one or two deliveries and get paid for waiting around. The tips can also be fairly good.

[gannz]

My job is only decent when there are good baggers and cashiers working. Theres this one bitch who thinks she can do anything she wants, and rubs it in peoples faces, and there are one or two people that creep me out/aren't talkative. Everyone else is great though, and its generally a blast when it gets later at night and people stop coming in and we chill. One time, our Head Cashier pretended to play guitar and I pretended to play the drums. It was great.

So lemme get this straight, you get creeped out by a couple people at work and yet you were air guitaring and air drumming.

I've worked at a supermarket near where I live for the last 6 years. I've been casual and its pretty much paid my way through high school and now university. I had a few issues with the management but they realized they couldn't stiff me since I'm actually reasonably intelligent. I've worked every department except the meat unit.
(seafood, liquor, cashiers, groceries, produce, deli, perishables, home shop, nightfill)

It seems the staff they are hiring are more and more retarded. All the full timers seem to be unable to communicate with customers and some of them have poor hygiene. That being said majority of the full time staff are fairly polite, well mannered and know that the customer is the 'star'. All the younger are staff are rude, obnoxious and think they're the best. I made a girl at work cry 3 times in one day, she told me about this 3 months after it happened because she felt we were becoming friends, i don't think I made her cry when I told her I didn't consider her a friend.

Really, theres not a lot to complain about, the work is pretty menial and since I'm fairly confident about myself I don't really care about what happens and people tend to not give me any grief.

I used to do customer support for a telecommunications company and that job wasn't half bad eitherk, the pay was decent and the working conditions were okay, except it always smelt like wet dog in the building, but the people i worked with were mentally deficient, what is with people and disrespecting customers, seriously, they pay your wage.

[Pelican Man]

My job's pretty chill. The pay's good, and the work's not too bad. I work in a Gaming Room (room filled with slot machines, and a bar), and I've been working there for about 9 months, so I know pretty much all the procedures off by heart and can do them relatively quickly, and can almost always fix the machines no worries.
The customers are awesome, all the regulars know me now and love me. If we get tips, they're normally pretty decent. The only real downside I can think of is the amount of coffees I have to make, but I always get told how amazing my coffees are, so it ain't so bad. Oh, that and I have to handle A LOT of money that I know I can't have. And because of that amount of money, there's a chance we may get robbed.
But it's still a freakin' awesome job with good pay.

[/.\]

The only good thing about working minimum wage in a supermarket is that there's always fresh food and a variety of selection for lunch break.

[herr_sexyhosen]

I love my job because it doesn't exist.

^^I tried to delete this but it won't let me.^^

[Mobius]

My job is pretty tough but very enjoyable nonetheless. It's what you make of it honestly too. I'm in the Air Force as a C-130 Electrical/Environmental Systems specialist. Basically anything that has electricity or air running through it I fix it. A lot of the time we have to come in on weekends and give up our days off to keep these planes flying which is the shittiest part of my job. The best part of my job is watching these things take off after several hours of turning an unsafe condition into a safe one.

The pay is all based on rank and since I'm still new to the military the pay is relatively low, but I get a lot more than someone in the civilian sector doing this.

[herr_sexyhosen]

My job is pretty tough but very enjoyable nonetheless. It's what you make of it honestly too. I'm in the Air Force as a C-130 Electrical/Environmental Systems specialist. Basically anything that has electricity or air running through it I fix it. A lot of the time we have to come in on weekends and give up our days off to keep these planes flying which is the shittiest part of my job. The best part of my job is watching these things take off after several hours of turning an unsafe condition into a safe one.

The pay is all based on rank and since I'm still new to the military the pay is relatively low, but I get a lot more than someone in the civilian sector doing this.

I know a guy that's in the ANG up here in WV with the same job. Since day 1 he's been whining about how he should have been a load master. Ignoring the fact that "load master" is an incredibly hysterical job title, is it really all it's cracked up to be?

[The_Solipsist]

I work at a private beach.

Pretty awesome, albeit the pay is mediocre, as I get to have fun with my co-workers(who knew flying a kite could be so much fun), the lifeguards(their headquarters is at the beach), half naked foreign women(the sexy ones, not the weird, growth on the face ones), and drive around like a maniac on ATV's and our golf carts.

Unfortunately, Hurricane Ike fucked it up pretty bad, so I'm not sure if I'll be back next year.

[Tastychainsaws]

Well I've only had one job and I can't seem to find another. My old job was awful, I worked at a library and most of my shift was spent shelving books for almost no pay. I'd come home with a migraine from dealing with the dumbest fucking patrons.

"Hey does my Ohio state library card work here?" No this Florida.
"Are you sure? My friend said it would." Your friend was wrong.
"But my friends smart." But I work here I should know.

The only bright side was I got to get CD's, books, and DVD's before all the people on hold which was actually pretty great.

[Ercoledi]

I like getting paid.

Seriously, the pay is pretty good. Something like $20/hr. That said, it's a family restaurant and dad pays me whatever he damn well feels like it. Working with family members is also pretty cool. Team building and whatnot.

[gizzalove]

I work at a local pizza place and the best part of working there is that my boss is a twenty something year old and he lets me do whatever I want basically. I don't get paid very much though but $8.75/h for doing nothing is alright.

[Mobius]

I know a guy that's in the ANG up here in WV with the same job. Since day 1 he's been whining about how he should have been a load master. Ignoring the fact that "load master" is an incredibly hysterical job title, is it really all it's cracked up to be?

You pretty much get to go where the plane goes. If you're stationed where I'm at, you go to Thailand, Guam, Myanmar(Burma), Phillipines, etc. That job is basically a weight and balance type thing. You have to calculate the load with the fuel that's in the plane and have it balanced, or else the plane will fly weird.

[LaPhBu]

I work part time as a stock boy at Canadian Tire, and I love making 11 dollars and hour. And payday.

[Amazingly]

Misty, your avatar is fucking awesome.


I detail cars and do minor repairs at a local shop. I make them look pretty much new, and sometimes I get pretty big tips cause the owner sometimes thinks what I did was impossible, like getting rid of a noxious smell or something.

Anyway, I like my job because it's not very demanding in terms of brainpower, so I get to think about stuff all day, I make pretty good money for being part time ($12.50/hr), and I'm good at what I do.


Also, don't smoke in your car, it can knock up to 20% off the trade-in value.

[TheKelfouran]

Dude. I love my job. Not that everyday is a gift, cause it's not. You get the bullshit will the good days, but as long as you keep your head and your friends close, you'll pull through the rough spots just fine.

Why do I love it? I get to drive hummvee's and armoured SUV's really, really fast, shoot guns, kick down doors, put people in handcuffs and fly around the world to exotic places and frighten local people. The Air Force has taught me al kinds of interesting random skills (how to disable a stolen airplane, how to start an IV, speak passible tactical arabic, pick locks, call in mortor and rocket support, set up sensor systems, beat a man senseless...) I was just today given a cassette and little book and told "Right, you've got three days to learn [insert a language of your choice here.]"

But what I like even better is the people I work with. I get to work with an increadable cross section of the world. My unit has people born in places like Poland, Albania, Iraq, UK, Philapiens, Latvia, Isriel, Jamaca... but we're all wearing the same beret. IT's the people that make that bad days enjoyable, who make the fucked up stuff survivable. We keep each other sane... or close enough.

But I guess I like my job the most because I met my wife while I was out here. And I think that's pretty cool.

[Lozenge]

Dude. I love my job. Not that everyday is a gift, cause it's not. You get the bullshit will the good days, but as long as you keep your head and your friends close, you'll pull through the rough spots just fine.

Why do I love it? I get to drive hummvee's and armoured SUV's really, really fast, shoot guns, kick down doors, put people in handcuffs and fly around the world to exotic places and frighten local people. The Air Force has taught me al kinds of interesting random skills (how to disable a stolen airplane, how to start an IV, speak passible tactical arabic, pick locks, call in mortor and rocket support, set up sensor systems, beat a man senseless...) I was just today given a cassette and little book and told "Right, you've got three days to learn [insert a language of your choice here.]"

But what I like even better is the people I work with. I get to work with an increadable cross section of the world. My unit has people born in places like Poland, Albania, Iraq, UK, Philapiens, Latvia, Isriel, Jamaca... but we're all wearing the same beret. IT's the people that make that bad days enjoyable, who make the fucked up stuff survivable. We keep each other sane... or close enough.

But I guess I like my job the most because I met my wife while I was out here. And I think that's pretty cool.

Lol is that true? Take that as a compliment if it is cos it sounds too awesome to be true!

And for me, I don't even have a job:eyespop: But I'm just old enough to get one, but moneys not a problem for me. But my bro works at Donut King, he's doing a barister course and he gets to bring home bucketloads of donuts, which is awesome.

[Get_out_of_mycar]

It's pretty calm when I am actually doing what I am supposed to be doing, and not inside, and the pay is really good sometimes for what I need. I deliver pizzas in a really big college area, so on top of getting paid 8/hour I also get to keep all my tips. A couple game days I have walked away with way more money than I need on top of my normal hourly pay. As a student, it makes for a fairly relaxed lifestyle.

Another reason would be creating mix-CD's and then just driving, it's calming.

[the2na]

Being a projectionist at a movie theatre, I absolutely love my job. I only get paid $7.25, but I only do about twenty minutes of work every hour. The other time that I'm not doing anything, I can read, play my DS, listen to music, do homework, go watch one of the movies, or if it's empty, go talk to all the other employees.

Other perks are I get paid to watch movies about two days before they come out, free movies anytime, everyone besides about two people are absolutely amazing and are loads of fun, I get alot of hours every week, plenty of cute girls come in, and all of my closest friends work with me so I'm always having fun.

[Souldrinker]

I also love the fact that I'm a conservative in a staunchly liberal workforce. I'm hated by pretty much everyone and it's beautiful at the moment as teachers are striking willy-nilly over pay deals and staffing arrangements that I am very vocally in support of.

[Knight of Cydonia]

I work at KFC. It's pretty sweet there, but I have only just started. Everyone I have met are pretty cool and it's easy work. Working drive through is like being paid to sit down most of the time.

[triibus]

I'm a lawyer and I really like my job. I get to argue as much as I want (in our favour of course), I like beeing thorough and looking for other people mistakes (e.g. in contracts), the work collective is pretty positive and I get along with everyone. Oh, and I also like the feeling of knowing things other people don't.

[Phrozt]

Awwww, Phrozt has a girlfriend :hmm:

Actually I do. We also have a kid, which means I can't get rid of her.

Coincidentally, she ALSO works where I work, though she does not have the same job as I do. I make more than her, which is how it should be, and is therefore ANOTHER thing I like about work!

[Bobid]

I work in a orphonage spreading love and cheer to children who have been abandoned by their parents. The pay is low, but the reward is great. I love watching their face and eyes light up when I walk in the room......then watching their smiles slowly turning to frowns as I tell them that I was only kidding with them about finding them a home. Then I go on telling them the truth about how mommy was a pimp fucking whore, and that their daddy was a heroin junky who OD while watching kiddy porn in a budget motel. I love my job!

Grow up and get a real job, Edgy Mcgee.

[Ziggy St. Valentine]

I like the fact that I sit on my arse and bludge on the internet most of the day and listen to music. I basically just look after the files and answer phones and shit for my dads' one man financial services business. It's easy as fuck and decent enough money for while I'm living at home not knowing where I wanna go in life.

[Leeysahh]

At my job I have to make all the shelves in the supermarket are nicely presented and neat. It's very repetitive and down right boring at times. But I like the fact that my boss's like me and I can talk to them without being scared and feel like they are going to bite my head off. I'm also the more senior person on my team so I get to boss everyone else around and make them to the bad jobs. The pay is pretty good I get $11.36/hr so that's better than working at Maccas. Also I get a discount card where I can get 5% off anything in store & in K-Mart and Target which is handy if I want to buy DVD's or a TV.

[BKS]

So lemme get this straight, you get creeped out by a couple people at work and yet you were air guitaring and air drumming.

I've worked at a supermarket near where I live for the last 6 years. I've been casual and its pretty much paid my way through high school and now university. I had a few issues with the management but they realized they couldn't stiff me since I'm actually reasonably intelligent. I've worked every department except the meat unit.
(seafood, liquor, cashiers, groceries, produce, deli, perishables, home shop, nightfill)

It seems the staff they are hiring are more and more retarded. All the full timers seem to be unable to communicate with customers and some of them have poor hygiene. That being said majority of the full time staff are fairly polite, well mannered and know that the customer is the 'star'. All the younger are staff are rude, obnoxious and think they're the best. I made a girl at work cry 3 times in one day, she told me about this 3 months after it happened because she felt we were becoming friends, i don't think I made her cry when I told her I didn't consider her a friend.

Really, theres not a lot to complain about, the work is pretty menial and since I'm fairly confident about myself I don't really care about what happens and people tend to not give me any grief.

I used to do customer support for a telecommunications company and that job wasn't half bad eitherk, the pay was decent and the working conditions were okay, except it always smelt like wet dog in the building, but the people i worked with were mentally deficient, what is with people and disrespecting customers, seriously, they pay your wage.

By creep out I mean "Don't say a single word/mutter to themselves." It's annoying actually.

[MSB]

I work in a kitchen at a nursing home. I've been there for 5 years, and I love it. My boss is great, and the job is ridiculously easy. Set up your station, put stuff on trays, clean, break, dishes or clean the kitchen. So easy. I pick up all the extra shifts I can get, especially because I get paid way too much money for what I do. It's awesome.

I also babysit a few days a week, for two girls, whom i've sat for 4 years. They've really become like my little sisters, and I have a great time with them. Plus, my daughter goes with me when I watch them, and they all play together. I just sit and read the whole time. :smile:

[slayer41]

being paid to sit down most of the time.

I'm a lifeguard. I get paid to sit down all of the time, but I work with a lot of fun people. And my boss is awesome.

[MistyTehMoose]

Also, I'm allowed to drink on my shifts. The only rule our boss has is: if it's still in the fridge by Monday, it's his.

[timbot]

My favorite thing about my job is also probably my least favorite. The kids. I teach English to kids in Korea. Sometimes they make my day hell. But, other days they're really cool, and funny as hell.
Also, for most of the year I'm only at work for 6.5 hours a day and some days for only 3.5, and since it's not like a normal teaching job, I don't have to do any grading or anything outside of work. The pay is decent too. Not amazing, but I think when all is said and done about taxes and cost of living, etc. it's more than I made teaching in the U.S. I don't have to pay rent for my apartment. My income taxes are lower than in the U.S. I just have pay very small cell phone, gas, and electric bills.

Before this, I had a job in a restaurant. I loved it, and really miss it. I was back in the kitchen, was good buddies with most of the people who worked there. I was awesome at my job, and, though it seems insignificant, I really took pride in my work. I just went in for my time, spent the whole time giving and taking orders, making stupid dirty jokes, and being damn near perfect. I just loved that feeling when dinner time came on the weekend and we knew we were gonna be busy as hell for two or three hours. I'd just get psyched up, ready to see how well we were gonna handle it. It was kind of like playing sports. We were one team and the customers were another. If we kept most of them happy, we won. If we got behind, and fucked things up, we lost. Plus, even when I had a shitty day, it never stuck with me very long. Might, hit the bar with a few coworkers and drink and complain a little, or go home and shower and by then I was usually over any issues I had.

P.S. This took me forever to write because Misty's avatar had me hypnotized.

[IronWire]

Some black chick who bought me crazy bread for my birthday.

[Cloudane]

I work part time at Booth's as a fruit and veg. supervisor. I enjoy it because I just find ways to entertain myself and avoid work. Like vegetable jigsaws.

Booths Supermarkets? I'm a regular, mostly for their bottled ale. Guess I'd better not ask which one :P


I enjoy my job uhhh... for the money! I most enjoy my job when left alone to dabble with new stuff and learn new skills through trial&error (or trial&swearing as the case may be)