Summer "Holiday (very long)

[Geek King]

SHELDON, to the white courtesy telephone, SHELDON to the white courtesy telephone, please.

Oh, brother.

Although I'm not sure many will appreciate the terms "sauteed" and "peel the skin off" applied to that particular bit of anatomy. Makes you wince, it does.

[Sarthor]

I really, really hate saying this, but it has been FUN! The customers are still evil and disgusting, and the management are still clueless and incompetent, but the pub has recently hired five all-kinds-of-awesome barstaff. They aren’t particularly amazing at their jobs, but they are amazing people, and our shifts together are always brilliant, as we look out and help each other. They were strangers to me three weeks ago, and now we are all best friends. Very bizarre to be looking forward to going into work.

For those out there in jobs that are sucking the life out of them, there ARE good jobs out there. The job itself is not as important as the people you work with.

I worked for years as a glass collector at a night club. I spent the entire night being jostled by crowds and having over-loud music pounding my ear-drums and dealing with drunk people. By the end of the night my hands would stink of a mixture of all the drinks from the glasses I handled, my clothes and hair would reek of smoke, I would feel physically drained and my feet would be throbbing. And I would have done it for free.

Generally, the other staff were great to work with. For the most part the management used common sense, you could count on the other staff to stand by you and there were also a good 'core' of regulars. The whole atmosphere was up-beat and not in the fake 'have a nice day' plastic smile way. It made something that could have been a crappy demeaning job something you looked forward to going to.

Me: Date of birth?
SC: 8th March 1992.
Me: And your star sign?
SC: Huh?
Me: Your star sign?
SC: Uuhhhhhhhh.....ummmmm...Leo?
Me: Yeah, this isn’t you.

Reading through the forums you occasionally come across a gem like this. It would be awesome if there was a compilation of them somewhere.

[EricKei]

For those out there in jobs that are sucking the life out of them, there ARE good jobs out there. The job itself is not as important as the people you work with.

I heard that >_> My second-to-last job paid decently well, I was doing something I enjoyed and excelled at...but the workplace itself was positively toxic, and the owner/boss went out of his way to screw me over financially at every turn. I wasn't sure whether to break down or cheer when I lost that job back in January...

[Opalin]

In all honesty, I have to ask. HOW DO YOU SKIN A MUSHROOM??

[dalesys]

In all honesty, I have to ask. HOW DO YOU SKIN A MUSHROOM??

Sell 'em an iSee....


When only potatoes have eyes.

[unholypet]

In all honesty, I have to ask. HOW DO YOU SKIN A MUSHROOM??

I asked my friend with a master's in cuisine.

He says that most artisan style restaurants/deli stores cut the outer layer of mushrooms off, so the more earthy flavors aren't in the food (i.e. adding a mushroom just for texture).

So, the outermost layer is a "skin." Even if there is technically no skin.

[Opalin]

ah, okay. that makes sense in some way... (still doesn't understand why you would do that but...) I wonder why then this woman wanted them skinned if they were as a separate dish.

[Seshat]

He says that most artisan style restaurants/deli stores cut the outer layer of mushrooms off, so the more earthy flavors aren't in the food (i.e. adding a mushroom just for texture).

But .. the flavour is the best part of the mushroom!

(Haven't they thought of just using less earthy flavoured mushrooms? At the prices they charge, they can afford it.)

[XCashier]

For those out there in jobs that are sucking the life out of them, there ARE good jobs out there. The job itself is not as important as the people you work with.

My second-to-last job paid decently well, I was doing something I enjoyed and excelled at...but the workplace itself was positively toxic

Sounds like my previous job.

And Sarthor's right. I'm much, much happier back at the fabric store than I was at that horrid office job, even though I was quite good at it. Your health and sanity are worth more than any amount of money, and a minimum-wage job with good coworkers and management is much healthier than a higher-paying job with backstabbers and toxic people.

[BeenThereDoneThat]

For those out there in jobs that are sucking the life out of them, there ARE good jobs out there. The job itself is not as important as the people you work with.

This, a million times over. I could never work where I work if my coworkers were complete asshats. Sure, sometimes they can get annoying or the management pisses me off but it's usually a one-off...they're good people, and I'm easily annoyed.

[wolfie]

Another new CW was serving a young looking girl. He asked her for I.D, and immediately called me over.

CW: Customersruinmylife, look at this.

He showed me the I.D. The I.D had a picture of a fat, dark skinned, dark haired girl. The girl he was serving was stick thin, blonde and pasty white.

SC: Damn it! Can I have the I.D back now please?
Me: Nope, you have broken the law. Jane Janeson will have to collect this from the local police station in the morning.
SC: But she’s going to kill me!
Me: Aw.

Appropriate answer: "Since she'll have to go to the police station anyway to collect her ID, she can turn herself in for murder at the same time."