Dear God Almighty...

[meatwad]

...please in your infinite wisdom, allow a bolt of lightning to striketh down upon my place of employment, that it may burn to the ground in a firey blaze of wrath and whatnot so that there be nothing but ash and smoke where it once stood. We ask this in your name for the glory and the whatsis...Amen.

[WorkInProgress]

Bad day?

[meatwad]

Bad day?

...week, month and year. Yup.

As of right now, my plan is to give my notice Monday.

[WorkInProgress]

Wow. Congrats?

[meatwad]

Wow. Congrats?

I don't know. I guess.

[wordsmith]

You and I are in the same boat, meat, except that I'm hoping to hold out till at least mid-August. Or, more ideally, when I get another job.

[meatwad]

You and I are in the same boat, meat, except that I'm hoping to hold out till at least mid-August. Or, more ideally, when I get another job.

I've looked. I just don't know what I want to do. I have no ambition for anything. How do I look for a job when I have no clue what I'm good at?

[WorkInProgress]

Well, what do you like to do?

What opportunities are available to you where you are now?

[meatwad]

Well, what do you like to do?

What opportunities are available to you where you are now?

In the company or in the area?

[WorkInProgress]

In the company or in the area?

Whichever, although I was talking about the area. I know you're pretty much in the boondocks, but I don't know just how isolated you are.

[meatwad]

I'm about an hours drive from 3 pretty good sized cities.

[pisces2473]

Can you move?

[meatwad]

Can you move?

Yeah, if I had too.

[SWMOchick]

What do you do now that you hate so much?

[pisces2473]

He's a lobster taste-tester.

[meatwad]

What do you do now that you hate so much?

I work in a small mom and pop repair shop. My office doubles as the kitchen so it pretty much always smells in here. I have to do all of the ordering and returns. The returns have all piled up because the companies make it so difficult to send stuff back that it gives me a headache to even think about it. FedEx has been delivering stuff late so I've got customers chewing my head off because stuff isn't here. Then I have my boss chewing my head off for not keeping up with everything. "Why didn't you check on that?" Because I'm fucking busy doing the million other things I do in this shitbox! I get overwhelmed and make mistakes, so I'm obviously not worthy of a raise which is probably why I haven't gotten one in three years+. This isn't even what I was hired for. I was a bench tech. I fixed things for a living. But it burned me out. I told my boss at the time I was going to quit and she offered me this job to keep me around. Try a change of duties. Well this isn't working either. Nothing's ever fucking good enough for anyone.

[meatwad]

He's a lobster taste-tester.

I at least smiled after that one. :)

[pisces2473]

I at least smiled after that one. :)
I was gonna say something about Poland Spring or LLBean, but figured that people outside of New England might not get those so much.

[meatwad]

I was gonna say something about Poland Spring or LLBean, but figured that people outside of New England might not get those so much.

Don't even get me started on Poland Spring. I'm still pissed at them for changing the cap on the 24oz. sports bottles.

[pisces2473]

Don't even get me started on Poland Spring. I'm still pissed at them for changing the cap on the 24oz. sports bottles.
Dude, I was going to say you worked at Poland Spring, hiding from the bear in the woods while gathering pails of water!

[meatwad]

Dude, I was going to say you worked at Poland Spring, hiding from the bear in the woods while gathering pails of water!

Taste the natural goodness of my ass! :D

[pisces2473]

Taste the natural goodness of my ass! :D
But...it's what it means to be from Maine!!!!

Remember the commercial in the 90s, with the bear changing the sign?

[meatwad]

But...it's what it means to be from Maine!!!!

Remember the commercial in the 90s, with the bear changing the sign?

lol. Sure do. My uncle works there.

[meatwad]

Hey, whadda ya know. I fucked something up. :p

[shadeofgreen]

I was gonna say something about Poland Spring or LLBean, but figured that people outside of New England might not get those so much.
I have this theory that everyone who lives in Maine for an extended period of time works at LL Bean at least once.

I was there for two Christmas seasons...

I'd like to quit my job, too. Every day. I'm too chickenshit/poor to do so.

[lostnotyetfound]

...please in your infinite wisdom, allow a bolt of lightning to striketh down upon my place of employment, that it may burn to the ground in a firey blaze of wrath and whatnot so that there be nothing but ash and smoke where it once stood. We ask this in your name for the glory and the whatsis...Amen.

LOL. Office Space is my favorite movie for many reasons, but Milton burning down Innotech is right up there. I used to wish someone would burn down my place of employment because it sucked so bad. But as much as your job sucks it probably isn't wise to leave unless you have another one lined up. You never know how long it will take you to find another job. I've been looking for a job since graduating 3 years ago, and while I did find two jobs for about a 2 year period, they sucked and I was still looking. Got laid off 6 months ago and have been hardcore looking and still can't find sh**.

[PenforPrez]

Meat, I just want to offer my support. :) I hope you find something soon, man. I've been there; it sucks. :(

I was gonna say something about Poland Spring or LLBean, but figured that people outside of New England might not get those so much.

I laughed out loud at Poland Spring. What about the toothpick factory? Or do they still make toothpicks up that way??

Paul

[pisces2473]

Paul, you know about Poland Spring? That's sold nationally?

[dacrunkest]

I know about Poland Spring because I grew up in New York State, but come to think of it, I have not seen it in Missouri, Pisces.

Our big brand is Ozarka. The source is from somewhere in Arkansas, and it is distruted to TX, MO, OK, KS, MS, and TN.

I must confess I have not really been looking for Poland Spring, though...so maybe it's in some stores down here...

[PenforPrez]

I've seen Poland Spring here, but it's very rare.

[PenforPrez]

Our big brand is Ozarka. The source is from somewhere in Arkansas, and it is distruted to TX, MO, OK, KS, MS, and TN.

I thought Ozarka came from a municipal supply in Texas. Some water comes from the tap water in Fort Worth, I think. Why in the hell would anybody want a bottle of tap water from the most polluted state?

Paul

[wordsmith]

We have Poland Spring here in IL as well, but not Ozarka.

Most of the bottled water in Illinois, and quite a bit throughout the midwest, is Hinckley Springs, which has been a Chicago company since the late 1800s...the men who started it did so due to the fact that the bulk of the citizenry was drinking untreated Lake Michigan water...ick...and everyone was getting typhoid, cholera, and dysentery.

[dacrunkest]

I thought Ozarka came from a municipal supply in Texas. Some water comes from the tap water in Fort Worth, I think. Why in the hell would anybody want a bottle of tap water from the most polluted state?

Paul


Honestly, best source of water for me is right in my kitchen sink faucet...good ol' Kansas City tap water! Rated by Men's Health magazine as some of the cleanest in the nation!

[wordsmith]

I always just filter tap water for taste. The only time I drink bottled is if I'm on the road.

[crystal_dance]

I was in Portland, ME and "Baa Habaa" (Bar Harbor for those who don't know) last year and I gotta say, LLBean is a sort of like a place of worship there. Everyone reveres the place.

[TinyDancer]

We have Poland Spring here in IL as well, but not Ozarka.

Most of the bottled water in Illinois, and quite a bit throughout the midwest, is Hinckley Springs, which has been a Chicago company since the late 1800s...the men who started it did so due to the fact that the bulk of the citizenry was drinking untreated Lake Michigan water...ick...and everyone was getting typhoid, cholera, and dysentery.
That's weird that you have Poland Springs in your neck of the woods. . . because I thought Illinois was primarily "Ice Mountain" territory.

All of those water brands are with Nestle Waters of North America (Poland Springs, Deer Park, Ozarka, etc.)

http://www.nestle-watersna.com/

And back to the regularly scheduled thread. . . Meat, I hope you find another job you like better! Doesn't sound like a good environment. :(

[wordsmith]

Most stores stock Ice Mountain, Evian, Poland Springs, and Aquafina, but the "local" provider is Hinckley Springs...I drive by their location in Hinckley itself every time I go to Chicago.

[meatwad]

For a time, Poland Spring was one of the top 5 cleanest bottled waters in the world.

[PenforPrez]

I was in Portland, ME and "Baa Habaa" (Bar Harbor for those who don't know) last year and I gotta say, LLBean is a sort of like a place of worship there. Everyone reveres the place.

Did you pahk the cah in Baa Habaa?? :p

Meat, you really have no idea what you want to do? Nothing strikes your fancy?

Paul

[meatwad]

Did you pahk the cah in Baa Habaa?? :p

Meat, you really have no idea what you want to do? Nothing strikes your fancy?

Paul

I know exactly what I want to do. But doing it would be the equivalent of deciding, "Hey, I want to play left field for the Red Sox."

[PenforPrez]

Did you pahk the cah in Baa Habaa??

Have to go back to this one again for a minute. I have this old LP record that I had ripped into mp3's where this guy was imitating Ted Kennedy talking on a CB radio; this was in the late 70's, when that was the big craze.

"Ah, please don't mention it, Road Apple, I'm ah, in-ah-cognito. I'm trying to cover my Mahssachusetts ahccent, and I'm sure that nobody will recognize it.

If you'll excuse me, I'm just going to turn into this dirt road and pahk the cah and listen to some of my favorite music on the 8-8 track cahsette."

"That would be Camelot, longtime Kennedy family favorite?"

"Ah negatory, Road Apple. Bridge Over Troubled Wahters."

:rolleyes:

Paul

[PenforPrez]

I know exactly what I want to do. But doing it would be the equivalent of deciding, "Hey, I want to play left field for the Red Sox."

What about becoming a more serious poker player? You seem to really enjoy it, and you sound like a decent player. :) That was what came to my mind.

Paul

[spiritedaway]

Ah, not that it's really all that relevant, but I'm drinking a bottled of Poland Spring right now as I am typing this. Very refreshing water.

My family usually buy a box of Poland Spring water when we go to Costco.
I remember stopping by a Costco in California and looking all around before I said, "Hey, I can't find Poland Spring water here...." before I realize that it's not likely Maine water would be transported to the West coast....

[crystal_dance]

Meat, you're a funny guy. Ever looked into scriptwriting or standup comedy?

Even radio jockeying. You could do pretty well I think.

[crystal_dance]

Poland springs is the water of choice in nyc I think.

[meatwad]

Meat, you're a funny guy. Ever looked into scriptwriting or standup comedy?

Even radio jockeying. You could do pretty well I think.

Yeah, I've thought about it. I'm really torn because I like where I live so much, but to do any of that stuff I'd have to moved to NY or California (I REALLY can't see myself living in California). There's just too many people and not enough work. I don't know if I could handle the stress of it. But then again this place is starting to really stress me out. Plus I don't even know how to get into that kind of work. I took a workshop in Boston this year, but all it did was pretty much convince me what a pain in the ass trying to break in is.

[shadeofgreen]

I was in Portland, ME and "Baa Habaa" (Bar Harbor for those who don't know) last year and I gotta say, LLBean is a sort of like a place of worship there. Everyone reveres the place.
I don't think that's true. All the school kids get their backpacks there, but, place of worship? Not really.

[meatwad]

Well, I haven't given my notice. But I still want to. I've started looking for work around here. So far it's all part/time, trade work. There was a posting for a full time receptionist at the local radio station. I might call and ask how much it pays. It's pretty much what I do now without some of the duties I hate doing here.

[WorkInProgress]

Call them, call them!

Wishing you the best, meat.

[meatwad]

What about becoming a more serious poker player? You seem to really enjoy it, and you sound like a decent player. :) That was what came to my mind.

Paul

Dude, if I could afford it I would do it in a heartbeat. I actually might be able to pull it off if I had a part time job somewhere near a cardroom. Anyone in connecticut, AC or Tunica need a roomate? :D

[wordsmith]

I seriously do think you should be a radio personality.

[meatwad]

I seriously do think you should be a radio personality.

I know, I know. It was fun too. Maybe I should suck it up and go to broadcasting school. :rolleyes:

[wordsmith]

Do eet! It's your calling, man.

[meatwad]

Do eet! It's your calling, man.

Ugh. It's such a big change though. This is a biiiiiiiiiiig decision.

[wordsmith]

Of course it is.

[meatwad]

Of course it is.

lol. I didn't want to be right about that one though. :D

[meatwad]

Anybody in Connecticut need a roomie? :D

[pisces2473]

Anybody in Connecticut need a roomie? :D
Coll and I will fight over you. But she has a basement and I don't.

[meatwad]

Coll and I will fight over you. But she has a basement and I don't.

Is Mystic expensive?

[pisces2473]

Is Mystic expensive?
Ehhh, might be.

[and1grad]

Well, I haven't given my notice. But I still want to. I've started looking for work around here. So far it's all part/time, trade work. There was a posting for a full time receptionist at the local radio station. I might call and ask how much it pays. It's pretty much what I do now without some of the duties I hate doing here.
I think Ludacris started out this way. I agree with the others that you should give it a shot. :)

[meatwad]

Ehhh, might be.

Let me rephrase. Is anything around Pawcatuck not expensive? :D

[pisces2473]

Let me rephrase. Is anything around Pawcatuck not expensive? :D
Yes. I will be with you shortly. :)

ETA: here you go: http://newlondon.craigslist.org/hhh/

[wordsmith]

I think Ludacris started out this way. I agree with the others that you should give it a shot. :)

Foot in the door, foot in the door.

[meatwad]

I'm thinking that if they accredit my Associates Degree, I might be able to do Connecticut School of Broadcasting, be somewhat halfway between Boston and New York AND be a half hour away from Foxwoods. Kill two birds with one stone. :D

[wordsmith]

Your associate's isn't accredited?

[pisces2473]

I'm thinking that if they accredit my Associates Degree, I might be able to do Connecticut School of Broadcasting, be somewhat halfway between Boston and New York AND be a half hour away from Foxwoods. Kill two birds with one stone. :D
Is something wrong with Mohegan?

[meatwad]

Your associate's isn't accredited?

It might be. Damned if I know. It probably is. lol

[meatwad]

Is something wrong with Mohegan?

Yeah. No poker room. I'm not interested in giving them MY money.

[aggiegrad05]

I was in Mystic a few months ago for work. Everything seemed kind of pricey, but then again, everything probably seems that way to me since everything's relatively cheap here.

[meatwad]

I was in Mystic a few months ago for work. Everything seemed kind of pricey, but then again, everything probably seems that way to me since everything's relatively cheap here.

Same here.

[cameralady]

Poland springs is the water of choice in nyc I think.
Less so now that the city is pushing tapwater. :D

[crystal_dance]

Less so now that the city is pushing tapwater. :D

Pfft. did you hear about the water contamination problem over the hudson in hoboken and jersey city?

http://www.news12.com/NJ/topstories/article?id=197251

[TinyDancer]

Meat--I say go for it. You entertain me (and I'm assuming lots of us) on a daily basis. . . and I listened to the links you used to post of the monkey. . . what was it? Buzzmonkey? You sounded awesome!

I understand why you don't want to leave where you are. I LOVE the area. . . but man, it's flippin' cold. When I'm loaded, I'll have a summer house there. :D

I'm with words and everyone else. . . DO IT!

**peer pressure**

[meatwad]

Well, my buddy and I are going down to CT tomorrow to play some cards, so I'm going to decompress and reflect. :D

[wordsmith]

Seriously...you would kick so much ass on a radio show.

[pisces2473]

Hey Meat, one of the casinos HAS a radio station!

[meatwad]

Seriously...you would kick so much ass on a radio show.

I know, you keep saying that. I'm starting to believe it. ;)

Hey Meat, one of the casinos HAS a radio station!

LOL! Score!

I've been starting in on the research. Connecticut School of Broadcasting is going to send me some pamphlets and info and stuff.

[wordsmith]

Well, you have the knack!

[meatwad]

Well, you have the knack!

I just don't want to be like one of those idiots you see on American Idol that sings like a castrated mule and everyone always tells them..."You're so good! You should do that!" and then find out the 'industry' disagrees.

[pisces2473]

LOL! Score!

I've been starting in on the research. Connecticut School of Broadcasting is going to send me some pamphlets and info and stuff.
Yay! Good for you!

So, lets say you go to CSB...you can probably work at the casinos in some fashion for extra money.

Radio station: http://thewolf.mohegansun.com/thewolf/index.jsp

[meatwad]

Yay! Good for you!

So, lets say you go to CSB...you can probably work at the casinos in some fashion for extra money.

Radio station: http://thewolf.mohegansun.com/thewolf/index.jsp

HAHA! I'd have to work there! They won't let you play in the casino you work in. :D

[pisces2473]

HAHA! I'd have to work there! They won't let you play in the casino you work in. :D
See, it all works out!

[meatwad]

See, it all works out!

I can't believe I'm really thinking about all this. I wonder if it would be better to live in CT or RI.

[aggiegrad05]

Seriously, when you had those links to that show on your profile, I thought that WAS your job...that you worked for a local radio station or something. Add one more to the group that thinks you should go for it!

[meatwad]

Seriously, when you had those links to that show on your profile, I thought that WAS your job...that you worked for a local radio station or something. Add one more to the group that thinks you should go for it!

I'm leaning more and more towards it by the hour.

[coll214]

I think you should go for it; we all know you're funny :p ... work PT at the other casino, and go to school. All win-win i'd say!!

[meatwad]

I think you should go for it; we all know you're funny :p ... work PT at the other casino, and go to school. All win-win i'd say!!

Need a roomate? :D

[pisces2473]

Need a roomate? :D
Dude, she lives like 1.5 hrs from where you'd go to school!

[and1grad]

Need a roomate? :D
*cough* pimpin *cough* *cough*

[meatwad]

Dude, she lives like 1.5 hrs from where you'd go to school!

What? They have a campus in New Haven. :D

[meatwad]

*cough* pimpin *cough* *cough*

Oddly enough, Coll's the only person on the board I've actually met in person. lol

[pisces2473]

What? They have a campus in New Haven. :D
Since when? I thought it's Stratford, somewhere near Hartford and Pawcatuck.

[pisces2473]

Oddly enough, Coll's the only person on the board I've actually met in person. lol
You move to CT and I'll meet you.

[meatwad]

Since when? I thought it's Stratford, somewhere near Hartford and Pawcatuck.

There are three. One's in New Haven.

[coll214]

Need a roomate? :D
LMAO, you'd have to get through my other roomie first; and she's scary :p

[coll214]

Oddly enough, Coll's the only person on the board I've actually met in person. lol
LOL true, and at the casino no less!! :D

[pisces2473]

There are three. One's in New Haven.
WRONG! :p

From their website:
Hartford (Farmington)
New Haven (Stratford)
Pawcatuck

Stratford is near New Haven, but not THAT close. Like 25-30 mins.

[coll214]

New Haven (Stratford)
Pawcatuck

Stratford is near New Haven, but not THAT close. Like 25-30 mins.
Depending how slow you drive ;)

[pisces2473]

Depending how slow you drive ;)
TRAAAAAAFFIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[meatwad]

TRAAAAAAFFIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ugh. No shit. So we went down to visit our good friends on the Mashantucket/Pequot reservation and I missed the 290 to Worcester, so we ended up on 495 all the way down to I95 and through Providence. Not fun and it added over an hour to our drive. Then I ended up doing so/so at the tables. I was down about $60 for the day plus all the friggin gas. :p Could have been better, could have been worse.

[LeslieAnne1979]

I'm so glad I live in po'dunkville. No traffic, just farm trucks, school buses and small town stuff. I worked in Dallas for a couple of years and it would take me 2 hours to get to work (on a good day) and 2-3 to get home (on a really bad day). It was only a 65 mile drive too. I wouldn't do that again for all the tea in China.


As for my work space- I'm not unhappy. I work with my family so it has many perks..but at the same time, it's a pain because eventually everyone in the family knows everybody's business...oh well.

[wordsmith]

Do you live IN Ft. Worth?

I wasn't aware that it was podunk. I do live in a very small rural community, myself, with no traffic, farm traffic, school buses, and small town stuff.

[LeslieAnne1979]

No, I don't live in Fort Worth. I live in a suburb of Fort Worth called Burleson. The only famous thing that's happened to us is that Kelly Clarkson was from Burleson. I went to hs with her. She was a sophomore when I graduated. She was a peach but her mother IMO was more like a sour grape then a peach. Anyway, I guess B's like maybe 45 K rather small in comparison to DFW. I consider it to be rural and po'dunk since I've been all over the place and seen mucho grande places. I do love my po'dunk town. I feel safe here.

[wordsmith]

Gotcha.

I grew up in a town of 350, and currently live in a town of 7,000 (also been all over, and to much bigger places). So, yeah, different concept of podunk.

Cool about Kelly, BTW. She seems nice.

[LeslieAnne1979]

Yeah, po'dunk is subjective for sure!
on Kelly-If you ever get the chance to talk to her, IMO you'd like her. You seem like someone who'd get along with pretty much anyone.

[meatwad]

Why am I still here? This place sucks. I got stuck behind three school busses coming to work, then I had to wait for the traffic cop stop me at the front of the line and let the 40 cars come through in the middle of one of the towns I drive through, then I get stuck on the bridge because it's one lane while they do construction. THEN when I get to work my passive aggressive boss asks me why I'm 45 minutes late. "I'm like ten minutes late!" Well of course all the clocks at work are 5 minutes faster than the rest of the planet, plus apparently this week I was supposed to be in at 8:30 instead of 9: 00, even though next week I'm supposed to be in at 8: 30 on Monday but apparantly it's not going to be the same day every week. Whatever. Why do I hate job searching so much when I'm so miserable here? You'd think I'd be motivated and eager to look for something else!:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[and1grad]

Probably b/c job searching sucks. But keep on truckin...I'm sure you'll find something that makes it all worth it.

[meatwad]

Probably b/c job searching sucks. But keep on truckin...I'm sure you'll find something that makes it all worth it.

Yeah well, I just got another "You're not doing your job right," speech. I'm doing my job the way I was trained to do it and the way I've been doing it. "Well, that's not right so do it this way instead." Do you know how much of a pain in the ass doing it that way is? "Well, it needs to be done that way." :rolleyes:

[halfbaked07]

(((HUGS)))

My job just bores me so much it makes me want to smash my face into the desk......repeatedly.

[coll214]

(((HUGS)))

My job just bores me so much it makes me want to smash my face into the desk......repeatedly.
Ditto, or throw all the computer out the window and watch them crack in lotsa pieces :D