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FOT Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: Laurie on January 15, 2008, 04:17:21 PM
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Hey, guys! I quit my job today! I should probably work on my resumé.
Wish me luck!
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Hey, congratulations! You didn't seem happy where you were. And of course good luck. But you won't need it: you'll do fine.
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I need a job so badly, I am on the verge of an extremely dire financial crisis.
It might time to swallow my pride and get some shitty warehouse job. Oh woe is me.
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what were you doing? Will you still get to see the Ron Paul supporter?
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jobs suck.
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I hope there was a rousing speech involved.
Or that you threw water in somebody's face. Preferably your boss's.
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Good for you, Laurie!
(Jason, I hope everything works out.)
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I once quit a restaurant job with the classic "Fuck you, fuck you, you're cool, and fuck you."
Half-Baked had only been out for a few weeks at that point. I felt oh so witty and unemployable.
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remember:
Live to work; don't work to live.
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good luck.
if either of you want to work in a library, I can fwd you job ads.
not the most exciting work, but i don't mind sending them along. & jason i'll ask around for any other work in jersey city/nyc area. if that could help.
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It might time to swallow my pride and get some shitty warehouse job.
Maybe Petey can put in a good word for you.
More seriously, I suppose it's hellishly hard to get into whatever union you must be in to do the work you know best how to do. Sucks. Sorry.
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Emily, thank you so much for the offer! I will take you up on it, because that's what I want to do. I think it will be a nice reprieve from private banking, and it's ultimately what I want to do.
And Jason, good luck to you. I hope we're both gainfully employed SOON.
I don't want to go into the gory details. It was a lot of stress. I left in a huff at 3 pm. I'll call in tomorrow and see what's what. It sucks that I'm leaving on not so great terms.
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I need a job so badly, I am on the verge of an extremely dire financial crisis.
It might time to swallow my pride and get some shitty warehouse job move to Los Angeles. Oh woe is me.
fixed!
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Congrats, Laurie. I've never regretted quitting any job ever.
Jason, you got my help any time you want it.
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Congratulations, Laurie! I hope the aftermath is ok.
If you would considering working in a school library, you can look for jobs here:
www.nais.org
You don't need special certification to work in a private/independent school, so there might be something. Best of luck to you.
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Hey, I quit my Job too. I've worked as a bookkeeper for the last 10 years, and have just enrolled in Culinary School. I'm excited, and anxious.
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Congratulations to you, too, kenkwan!
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I'm back at work until Feb. 1st because I'm a pussy. I can look forward to a sit down with my boss and the boss directly above her later today. Oh joy.
I'm going to apologize for my small outburst, which was caused by a combination of work overload by way of strategic understaffing and exploitation AND PMS. I think I'll leave out the "strategic" part in my explanation and stress that it's no excuse, but the understaffing is a genuine problem that leads to frazzled nerves, stress, and PANIC. Look, I'm not the only one whose been crying in the supply room or bathroom.
I need to rehearse what I'm going to say.
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You totally quit quitting.
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Kenkwan, that's really cool. if i could bake desserts for a living, i might. this is a birthday cake i made yesterday - it's pretty tall! if anyone in the ny/nj area is getting married and planning a frugal wedding, let me know. there's a wedding cake in my cook book that i really want to try. it would be very good tasting, i promise.
this here is the three layer, chocolate birthday cake:
(http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m47/hippocatgeek/Cake.jpg)
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Emily, I think you should just make yourself a wedding cake.
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right, i'll probably make a scaled down version. but not until i finish eating this one.
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I'm back at work until Feb. 1st because I'm a pussy. I can look forward to a sit down with my boss and the boss directly above her later today. Oh joy.
I'm going to apologize for my small outburst, which was caused by a combination of work overload by way of strategic understaffing and exploitation AND PMS. I think I'll leave out the "strategic" part in my explanation and stress that it's no excuse, but the understaffing is a genuine problem that leads to frazzled nerves, stress, and PANIC. Look, I'm not the only one whose been crying in the supply room or bathroom.
I need to rehearse what I'm going to say.
It might be a good idea to apologize, but I don't think you need to explain yourself. You quit! You're staying there until the 1st because it's the right way to go about quitting, giving your employer a chance to find a replacement for you. I would leave it at that.
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Laurie, kenkwan's right: if you're serious about quitting, you don't need to apologize. And you also don't have to figure out what to say during your meeting. You owe them nothing, and, if there's one thing I've learned, there is absolutely no point trying to explain to soon-to-be-former bosses what's wrong with the job: as a soon-to-be-ex-employee, your opinion is irrelevant to them.
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Laurie, I think you should have Emily make you a wedding cake and bring it in as a "peace offering" just to freak them out. Emily makes a couple bucks, you get a weird form of revenge or something, everybody wins!
And congrats on the change, Kenkwan. I have only one piece of advice for budding chefs: say no to drugs.
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...unless the meeting is to somehow gauge what your problems are and to see if they can woo you back somehow. In which case, I feel you could apologize but only after you've completely squeezed them and demanded that you'll only start working again on your own terms. If you feel bad about something, you could say "I regret the way I handled it" or something, which is not an apology, but is still gratifying for the
enemy management.
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this is a birthday cake i made yesterday
Was it for me?
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of course! Happy Birthday!
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Any updates Laurie?
Also, wanna go to Don Rickles and Joan Rivers on March 2 (http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0D003F8AF32B97CF?artistid=702629&majorcatid=10002&minorcatid=51)? What about you, Samir?
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this is a birthday cake i made yesterday
Was it for me?
Josh!!!
Was it really yer birthday, dude? If so, happy belated.
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I'm finishing up my last week. I don't have too many job leads, as every listing requires a master's degree. How am I supposed to get into a top school and get that fucking master's degree if I can't get some goddamn experience?
Sure, I'll check out the King of Insult Comedy with you. I could use some chuckles. Just keep me away from the Blackjack table.
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How am I supposed to get into a top school and get that fucking master's degree if I can't get some goddamn experience?
It's a trap! (http://www.itsatrap.net)
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a chrap!!!