signs I have been at work too long

[smileyeagle1021]

The Wheel of Fortune machine sounds like it is yelling out "Wheel of torture"
I can tell which machines are being used by the music that is playing.
The party kazzoo that one of the machines plays is starting to sound like a dying farm animal.
I'm beginning to actually agree with guests when they call bullshit on our claims of having million dollar collectors items in the lobby.
I have heard the entire muzaak playlist... more than once.
And, just for good measure, I think I just heard my coworker sell a room to a Mr. Crochity (no serious, it sounded like he said his name was Mr. Crochity).

[Aethian]

Oh there is one machine I want to beat with a crowbar. Every so often it'll shout out something like a name while someone is playing it. I haven't figured out exactly what it's saying yet but the BJ+3 dealer agreed with me that it sucked.

[PepperElf]

"Wheel of torture"

This made me giggle. Although somehow I think if that was a *real* wheel of torture they wouldn't be lining up to play it.

Party kazzaa? Is that like a kazzoo? It would explain the dying animal sounds.

[sms001]

Yeah, I wanna hear more about the party kazzaa too!

smiley, I'd never really thought about it before, but I can see where the machines would make ya a little nuts. Every gas station up here has two or three gambling machines and they're annoying in just the time it takes to run in and out for a pack of smokes. I gather they don't fade into the background over time? Bummer!

[Seshat]

I gather they don't fade into the background over time? Bummer!

There are certain tones and patterns humans are instinctively or subconsciously unable to ignore. One of them is the particular pattern that a baby-in-need instinctively wails at (and cats have learned, over the millenia, to mimic this).

Unfortunately, the people who develop gambling machines are aware of which tones and patterns they are; and can conceal them in among the rest of the bells and whistles of their particular machine.... making it difficult to ignore ANY of it.

[smileyeagle1021]

Party kazzaa? Is that like a kazzoo? It would explain the dying animal sounds.

Yeah, I wanna hear more about the party kazzaa too!

Kazzaa is how you spell kazzoo when you have been at work too long
And no, you can't learn to tune out the machines, they are designed that way.

[wolfie]

Signs I've been at work too long:

- I try to start one of my vehicles (car or work truck) with the key for the other.

- I need to back up, and shift into either 1st or 4th gear.

[Pimento]

When I was doing a job that required 9-10 hours of forklift driving, I would sometimes get into my car and instead of shifting into reverse, I would hit the turn signal lever as if it was the shift lever for the forklift

[sms001]

Seshat:There are certain tones and patterns humans are instinctively or subconsciously unable to ignore.
smileyeagle: ...you can't learn to tune out the machines, they are designed that way.

Oh, that clicked once I really thought about the psychology behind the machines. But hope springs eternal. Train horns, car alarms, Niagara Falls all fade into the background eventually, too bad these don't.

I try to start one of my vehicles (car or work truck) with the key for the other.

I'll occasionally find myself walking up the sidewalk to my front door... pressing the unlock button on my truck's key-fob.

[smileyeagle1021]

Well, now I just saw my 5'6 110 pound guest service manager carrying a 75 pound automatic card shuffle and deal machine. Now I know I'm losing it.

[smileyeagle1021]

Okay, seriously, I don't know what drugs have been put in my drink tonight... but I swear I just saw some of reels on multiple slot machines start spinning on their own without anyone playing them...

[kpzra]

We had the stupid DDR game when I worked at a movie theater, you could NOT tune that thing out. It was even worse when the lobby was empty or slow so there was no buffer of people. It was a relief when someone would play the game just so the little tune would change.

Another job, a sign was when I would be leaving and I'd spend a few minutes looking for the throttle control and push to start button on my diesel truck. Or wonder why my brakes feel different then I remember my POV doesn't have air brakes.

[NorthernZel]

Sometimes I leave work knowing that a certain issue has to be solved and I end up DREAMING different solutions to the issue while in my sleep. Scary.

[suburbandecay]

When I was doing a job that required 9-10 hours of forklift driving, I would sometimes get into my car and instead of shifting into reverse, I would hit the turn signal lever as if it was the shift lever for the forklift

I've done that one too. One time, I almost broke the turn signal because I expected more travel on it when I tried to shift into reverse.

[Gizmo]

Sometimes I leave work knowing that a certain issue has to be solved and I end up DREAMING different solutions to the issue while in my sleep. Scary.

Yep. I've worked out account statement issues in my head and walked into the office the next morning to find out I was right!

I swear I had a dream about auditors last week too (we are currently doing audit prep).