Yep. And like I mentioned before, physical limitations make it so I can't take some of the jobs I might otherwise have done, so even if the jobs were out there, I couldn't get them. >_<
I get the feeling if I lived in a larger city there might be more options, but I live in the middle of Nowheresville, practically.
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:54 pm Post subject:
can't do the heavy manual labor? _________________ "Addiction can neither be created nor destroyed, it can only be changed."
-Clango, Diesel Sweeties
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I (heart) Hanners of Questionable Content.
Can't do any job that involves standing on my feet. Doesn't matter if it's heavy manual labor or retail or what. Which sucks, because many jobs that I might otherwise be able to do, involve standing up.
I once worked for like, two days at a job where all I did was make bows, which was fun; they were pre-made and I pulled a string/tab and it folded up into a bow, which I then tied off and snipped the excess thread, and put it in a hopper. It was assembly-line type work, and I actually enjoyed it, it was pretty fun.
But they wouldn't let me sit down, I had to be standing up, and I just couldn't take the pain; I was in tears and hobbling, barely able to walk by the end of the day. So I had to leave that job.
Joined: 26 Dec 2006 Posts: 2398 Location: Behind a desk.
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:03 pm Post subject:
I was a stock boy for 2 weeks. I was paid less than minimum wage, given no support belt (for heavy lifting, forget the actual name), 15 minutes break time only, and non-stop lifting, moving, shelving, etc., during the Summer heat. My shoulder gave out. They had me sign a paper stating I was not injured there. It sucked. _________________ "Addiction can neither be created nor destroyed, it can only be changed."
-Clango, Diesel Sweeties
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I (heart) Hanners of Questionable Content.
Joined: 22 Feb 2007 Posts: 1187 Location: On the edge!
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:11 pm Post subject:
Dave wrote:
I was a stock boy for 2 weeks. I was paid less than minimum wage, given no support belt (for heavy lifting, forget the actual name), 15 minutes break time only, and non-stop lifting, moving, shelving, etc., during the Summer heat. My shoulder gave out. They had me sign a paper stating I was not injured there. It sucked.
Ya don't sign those papers unless they're true. Dumb kids, we all do stupid shit.
And lifting belts are bad mmmkay? All they do is prevent you from building muscle in the areas they're "supporting" so you get ripped everywhere else, then if you ever lift without it, you're fucked. _________________
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:56 pm Post subject: Re: Profession day
yino wrote:
I don't know if it's frustation, boredom or just curiosity but I'll ask it anyway
What do you work at?
I'm curently working at the informatic area of one of the departments of the university where I study (I'm working here because is summer and is vacation time), Currently fighting with the network.
Yino. I am a Ad Coordinator and Editor for Churm Media Golf Incorporated.
Currently I am on Orlando on Assignment for the PGA Show. Orlando Rocks!
Also today I have an interview with Omarosa, from the Apprentice, today, it turns out that she is a VP of a Golf Apparel company in L.A.
I met her last night while carrying my assistants stuff to her car. Check out my myspace to see the photos that I took of her last night. I will also have more photos from the show today.
Joined: 26 Dec 2006 Posts: 400 Location: New York, NY
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 2:35 pm Post subject:
I, like Treb, work in Loss Prevention (though because of lawsuits I'm not allowed to kick thieves in the nuts). I work for Borders: Books, Movies and Music. As far as retail goes it doesn't suck as much as other places,
Up until about a month ago I worked for Starbucks. That was three kinds of suck.
Technically I also work as an usher at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice Theater, but I haven't worked a show in a while. _________________ Mercy is the mark of a great man.
*stab*
I guess I'm just a good man.
*stab*
Well, I'm alright.
-Malcom Reynolds "Serenity"
Joined: 29 Nov 2007 Posts: 452 Location: Somewhere in Chile
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:20 pm Post subject:
But you must get to read some of the books you sell right?? It has it's compensation _________________ "just imagine a good signature, and then put it here"
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