posted 10-28-2001 07:44 AM         

Add your own gripes to this thread if you wish...

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TD(F)O'MW

posted 10-28-2001 09:38 AM            

They start bitching and whining that they should be getting overtime. Well, I have a bit of advice for them...they want overtime? VOLUNTEER AND SHUT THE HELL UP!!

A regular gets benefits up the ying-yang, a casual gets jack shit! Some casuals need the money any way possible. It's not that difficult to comprehend, for chrissakes!

posted 10-28-2001 02:28 PM         

Oh yes, and like I should REALLY LOVE Brisbane when 3 days after I land, I end up back with this stupid bloody disease after being free of it for 6 months in the UK!!! DOUBLE

And NOT ONE of my other relatives (except for Munky and my Mother) seem to understand that!

posted 10-28-2001 05:41 PM            

and tomatoes too.

posted 10-28-2001 07:16 PM            

But right now, my major pisser is trying to take a trip to England in January and not have to worry about terrorism. Through honestly, if my plane is jacked, I'm sure as hell keen to vent my spleen via screwdriver to the neck of anybody who dares fuck with my way of life.

But honestly, I'm afraid I'm not in that bad of a mood. Plus, I just got some more cable channels to watch and one of them is Turner Classic Movies. Just in time for Halloween.

Must...overdose...on bad...Black and White...FILMS!!

posted 10-28-2001 07:21 PM            

It pisses me off royally when I'm just walking around a bookstore (this usually happens at Books-A-Million, though it sometimes happens at B. Dalton or Barnes & Noble), just minding my own business when some idiot comes up to me and asks me if I work there.

Part of me wants to scream at them, "No, you goddamn nimrod, I don't work here! Open your worthless eyes and take a closer look, dumbass!"

I mean, for crying out loud, I don't wear a flippin' name tag or an apron with the bookstore's name on it! Just because I know what I'm looking for doesn't mean I work there! Good grief!

I swear, people are getting dumber every day. Errrggghh!

posted 10-29-2001 06:58 PM            

I talked to a couple of regulars today at work, and I was told they do volunteer for overtime. The problem is, most of the time when they volunteer, they don't get any overtime. Also, it bothers them when casuals get overtime and don't even request it.

Heh...don't I know it.

Just because I'm on the overtime desired list (4 hours maximum after the end of normal shift), it doesn't mean I want it every freakin' day, for chrissakes! Now, I have to provide a reason why I can't stay, otherwise there will be problems. That's blackmail! They want to know why there is some turnover among casuals? Some of them get sick and tired of the crap they deal with every day! There were days when I was leaving and I was grumbling, "Geez, I'd get more respect working at a fast-food joint."

It appears to me the top brass at the BMC are looking for ways to cut costs, and one of the ways is see to it regulars don't get a lot of overtime, if any. Most regulars make about $13 to $25 an hour, and they make a little extra if they work any hours between 6 PM and 6 AM. Any hours worked per week in excess of 40 is calculated at 1 1/2 times the normal amount of pay, so that means even more dough to pay out. And there are certain days in which regulars can make a real fortune by working (usually holidays). It all adds up to a shitload of cash. By limiting their hours, the top brass think they're saving money. Too bad they don't take into consideration the morale of the employees. Sheesh.

The way I see it, it's one thing to cut costs, it's another to cut corners. Cutting corners often leads to disaster, and that's just what I think is going on at work. It drives me crazy!

Pardon me about the constant editings - I always seem to find something I need to rephrase after I post or edit.

[This message has been edited by Lord Destroyer (edited 10-29-2001).]

posted 10-30-2001 10:46 PM            

Today, everything was going nicely until around 4:45 PM. Up to then, I hadn't heard a single thing about whether I would be working overtime or not. By the time I get to that point in the day and I haven't heard anything, I'm thinking about how great it would be to go home, get a shower, and just kick back and relax for a few hours.

But around that time, I'm told I'm working 4 hours overtime. What the hell is going on that they can't tell me earlier?!

It used to be they'd tell me around 2:45 PM at the latest, and I'd eventually accept it. When they don't tell me anything until very late in the regular day, I don't like it one bit. If I haven't heard a single thing concerning overtime up to late in the day, I start thinking, "I'm tired, I want to go home."

Like I stated before, just because I said my overtime preference would be 4 hours maximum after the end of the regular shift, it doesn't mean I want overtime every day! I used to have a say in whether I wanted overtime or not and they'd accept it. Now, I have to provide a reason why I can't stay. And when I don't have a reason, I have no other options available to me. It's a violation of the 13th Amendment (abolition of slavery), for crying out loud! I feel like a slave when they make me work 12 hours a day.

posted 10-31-2001 07:23 AM            

I should be finding out what my work schedule is next week. By today or Friday at the latest, I will know just what to do so I can see Gallagher on November 8th.

posted 10-31-2001 11:58 AM            

Hell, if I were you I would be out looking for another job immediately. Hell, if a job forces you to stay a maximum of four hours and expect you to give a reason why you can't, tell them to sit on a Coke bottle and spin.

posted 10-31-2001 10:41 PM            

I work my ass off for them (and for those inbreds who think it's a great idea to screw around instead of process mail) for at least eight hours, and do I get any thanks for it? Hardly. More like my being told to work another four hours, not to mention serious hassle concerning my paycheck on payday.

I swear, it all went to hell in a handbasket when my old boss, Joe Howard, retired almost two years ago.

But what sort of job to go for, I just don't know. I'll be damned before I stand behind a counter and say "Do you want fries with that?" ad infinitum and get paid peanuts for it. My parents want me to try teaching, but after what happened at Columbine (much as I get sick of mentioning it or hearing about it), I say NO WAY. Besides, Rodney Dangerfield gets more respect than teachers these days.

But what keeps me there would be the fact they understood when I had things of pressing importance and they saw things my way. I can think of the following:

• They gave me time off to serve jury duty last week without any hassle.
  
• They let me take three days off back in March so I could go to Busch Gardens with the family.
  
• They understood early on when I was completing my degree that I needed certain days off so I could go to class.
  

The key is let them know early enough so something can be worked out. They'll be more willing to see things your way when you do a good job (which I do) and don't give them any guff (which again, I do).

I guess I've been having a hard time at work recently and I need somewhere to vent my frustrations, otherwise I'd snap.

posted 11-01-2001 09:08 PM            

Sheesh, of all the times for Toonami to show Toonami movies on Friday. They're showing the new episodes of Dragonball Z and it's gotten to the point the next major villain (Majin Buu) will make his first appearance.

posted 11-05-2001 11:22 PM            

Ordinarily, I don't have problems with Tostito, but I have to get this off my chest.

I just checked his forum and he had the temerity to call me Lord Desperate-to-be-accepted or something like that in one thread and he tries tying it in with me talking about my job. Sheesh, where does he get his material? "2000 Insults for Retarded Fifth-Graders"? *shakes head in disbelief*

No matter what he calls me, it's a hell of a lot better than being desperate to have more posts in his stagnant forum. With an attitude like his, he's going to be stuck in a dead-end job - that is, if he doesn't get fired within the first couple of weeks. I'm going to make something of myself, and when I do, he'll be eating so much crow he'll be shitting feathers for the rest of his life.

It also bothers me when he gripes and whines about other people's posts, especially mine. A bit of advice for him - he doesn't like any of certain people's posts? DON'T READ THEM AND SHUT THE HELL UP, DIPWAD! It's obvious he uses his head for two things - keeping his ears apart, and for crushing beer cans.

He claims he doesn't mind if people he alienated in the past post in his forum. I know better than that. I'm not falling for his half-witted attempt to make a sucker out of me.

He can take his forum and stuff it. I don't care.

posted 11-06-2001 05:29 AM         

What a fecking COP-OUT! Had some muppets in a mIRC channel pissing people off this morning...and justifying it as "Freedom of Speech". I don't know where some people get off getting their kicks from being so nasty to others, I honestly don't.

posted 11-06-2001 08:02 AM            

I don't understand why some people get their kicks out of putting others down, except maybe they suffer from low self-esteem. People like that often try to make themselves look better by putting others down.

How does the saying go? I can't seem to remember it.

It's "Fool me once..."

posted 11-06-2001 08:28 AM            

I just can't stand it when I hear some simpleton argue that violence on TV, in movies, the Internet, and/or video games cause the violence on the streets. What bullshit!

I watched violent movies, saw violence on TV, and played violent video games. Am I some bloodthirsty lunatic who gets his kicks from killing other people? HELL NO!!

I suppose that's a reason why I didn't vote for Gore last year. I'll be damned if I have to put up with four years of hearing Joseph Lieberman spew that same crap about violence in video games ad infinitum. He's been proclaiming that crap ever since Mortal Kombat was popular in the arcades, about 10 years ago.

And it's a reason why I'm sick and tired of hearing about the Columbine shooting. Shortly after it happened, I couldn't turn on the TV without some self-proclaimed "expert" scream about violence on TV and other stuff. Quite often, they would take certain things out of context in order to justify their stupidity. The shooting happened because the parents of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold didn't give a shit about what they were doing. What sort of parent would let their child store a shotgun in their dresser drawer, use Adolf Hitler as a role model, and build/store pipe bombs in the garage? A parent who doesn't give a damn about their kids, that's who!

posted 11-06-2001 10:47 AM            

There were some people who pushed me too far and wound up wishing they never messed with me in the first place.

The saying I posted was intended to refer to Tostito's claim that he doesn't mind if people he angered before now post in his forum. I was suckered by him once, and I'm not falling for it again.

posted 11-06-2001 12:37 PM         

And as for other people mention in the thread, not getting any is a bitch.