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Title: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: SpaceBootz on June 18, 2007, 11:51:45 AM
someone help, i can't get through a day at work anymore. it's either that or i just don't know HOW to get through a day at work. and i know this seems just like susannah's thread but it's not. it's different. sorta. i'm sitting here at my desk and no one even talks to each other..at least not in my little section. i've tried talking but no one really seems interested. it's like.. imagine 8 hours of silence day in and day out. you do get in a lot of self reflection.. too much reflection actually. i mean, yeah i can just focus on the work but thtere's no joy to be found in that. it's just so eh.. what do i do?

ok actually, this is the same as susannah's thread. but no one would've noticed it in there if i just added a reply to the bottom. and also, susannah's was dealing more with evil bosses and stress-inducing workloads.
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: buffcoat on June 18, 2007, 12:35:13 PM
Online games?  Itunes?  Corporate sabotage?
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: SpaceBootz on June 18, 2007, 12:56:00 PM
but then i'd get fired. and i'd be whining about how i want this dumb job back--the one i can barely get through each day.
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: Sarah on June 18, 2007, 01:04:58 PM
Look for another job?  Go free-lance (if that's an option)?  In any case, sympathies.
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: Susannah on June 18, 2007, 01:50:43 PM
I'm so sorry work is so awful for you!

Other than listening to "The Best Show" archives, which broke up the day, I tried to keep myself as busy as possible with hobbies, friends and classes for the evenings.  There's nothing worse than sitting around at home after a lousy day of work and dreading the next day.  I volunteered at this neat museum/library in town, took French classes, went to the gym and cooked dinner with friends on different nights of the week to distract myself from how much I hated my job.  It didn't exactly work--it's not like I was able to brainwash myself into thinking I actually liked the work I did--but it helped.  I kind of remembered the things that I really liked to do and that helped give me the impetus to find a new job in a different field.

I feel so bad for anyone who doesn't like his or her job. Why should anyone spend upwards of eight hours a day feeling miserable? It's just not right!  Hope you're ok.
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: SpaceBootz on June 18, 2007, 01:55:42 PM
Thanks, Sarah. I am looking for a new job--I actually sent out my resume earlier today in fact. It's just that I'm starting to question whether or not this (field) is what I should be doing. By the way, on my way into work this morning I was listening to the podcast for the miniature Best Show and I loved your call! I was like--hey! that's Sarah from the messageboard!
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: Josh on June 18, 2007, 02:06:29 PM
Sometimes I go through Fibonacci sequences in Notepad. Pretty discreet.

1 1 2 3 5 8 13 . . .
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: Sarah on June 18, 2007, 02:19:45 PM
Thanks, SpaceBootz!  It seems so long ago already.

What do you do, anyway (too lazy to search the jobs thread)?  What are you interested in doing?  Did you choose your current job as part of some career plan or is it just stopgap? 

At the first of the two worst jobs I ever had, I passed the time chain-smoking.  I was fourteen, working in a horrible souvenir shop in Old Orchard, ME, from 9 to 9, six days a week, for $70/wk.  At least I got an hour off for each meal and could walk down to the beach.

The second awful job was typing time sheets and bills for a patent law firm in NYC (I was 18).  At that one, I learned how to disconnect my brain so completely that I could type page after page more or less asleep.  Didn't know anyone, couldn't make friends with anyone.  I remember listening to the old cow who was my immediate supervisor arguing with another veteran schlub over how to spell "Juilliard"; needless to say, neither one even came close.  Rude lawyers ogled my legs (which I thought only happened in movies, so innocent was I).  I was scolded for eating my lunch too late (we were supposed to "take" our lunches between 12 and 1:30, so I'd start at 1:30, in order to make the afternoon as short as possible).  God, it was awful. 

Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: John Junk on June 18, 2007, 03:43:50 PM
I had a job similar to you, mr. bootz, for about 4 years.  Actually, the first year I was in a crowded room in the Conde Nast building filled with Conde Nasty women.  Like the dynamic would literally be: Ladies talking shit about some absent lady.  Another lady walks out of the room.  Ladies start talking shit about that lady.  Like the boss lady would tell us how the one lady in her 50's made more than me (ripe old age of 22) solely because of her connections.  And would actually tell me her hourly wage.  Classy!  Imagine Ugly Betty without Betty, but keep the Ugly.  Then I got moved to a Conde Nast warehouse area on 2nd Ave and 45th street.  I literally got moved there in September of 2001.  Nothing like having to show ID to a literally-trenchcoated G-man to get on the block where yoiu work because you work in the middle of 102 foreign embassies and one block away from the U.N. just so you can database for 13 dollars an hour and no benefits while sharp shooters patrol the roof of the building next to you.  Worked in that building for 3 years with 2 gay guys who never talked but who listened to NPR non-stop and also trolled the net for gay porn on the job.  Sweet.  I went through a dark phase of listening to 3 or 4 Joe Frank shows a day until I was literally losing my mind.  Then I got into the 7 Second Delay archives and eventually my soul was saved by TBSOWFMU, the FOT board, and the solitaire game that came with my p.c.  I would get so bored I'd want to smash my head into the wall.  It was crazy.  You should get a new job.  My job I have now is way harder, but it pays better, it actually MATTERS if I show up or not, which means more on-the-job stress, but it also means I don't feel completely worthless.  And I still make time to put really long entries into FOT message board threads. 
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: SpaceBootz on June 18, 2007, 03:57:51 PM
Sarah, I don't really have any work stories like that. Those two jobs of yours sounded especially horrifying. For me, the horror is that I'm beginning to feel like I'm wasting my life here when I could be doing something more meaningful. And that it's just not what I'm supposed to be doing? But I'm not sure about any of this really. I'm a graphic artist at a local group of newspapers. The reason I originally got into it is because I've always had a thing for art. However, when you start looking at careers in art and relating that to being able to support yourself.. there isn't much out there. So, I was like, "Oh, graphic design--it's art-related and you can supposedly make money doing it." But I've found that I just don't like it. What I like about art is making my own personal drawings, paintings, etc. Designing advertisements is so far away from what I enjoy about art. It's strange though--because you would think that with being able to design something you can put some of yourself into it. But no, it's not like that. It's very production-oriented and there's already specific looks that every client has and you can't veer from them. Regardless of all of that, even if I had a design position that allowed me to be more creative.. it's still the same because it's not coming from you. It's an assignment that's given to you. So with art, I've realized that I'm only interested in making my own personal pieces and I feel I can do that on my own and I should have never tried to find a job in this field. I feel now that there's something else out there that I should be doing--and when I find it I can do that and still create my artwork on my own time and for myself. The only problem is that I don't know where to start, in terms of this new field. But I am interested in volunteering somewhere I think, because I feel as if it would serve more of a purpose and I'd be helping out and contributing something good to the world in some way. Graphic design is so..eh, creating advertisements.. why? So that people can go out and buy more things..? It's not what I should be doing.

By the way, what is your current job? You mentioned during the mini show that you freelance from home?
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: John Junk on June 18, 2007, 04:01:17 PM
At the first of the two worst jobs I ever had, I passed the time chain-smoking.  I was fourteen, working in a horrible souvenir shop in Old Orchard, ME, from 9 to 9, six days a week, for $70/wk. 

Just re-read this.  That's nuts!
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: KickTheBobo on June 18, 2007, 04:14:54 PM
I had a boring-ass job as a admin assistant for a few years at some investment firm, where I would do NOTHING at all (except answer the phone) for weeks on end. Sometimes, I would just print out an excel speadsheet of random numbers, attach it to a clipboard and roam around for hours. nobody messes with you if you have a clipboard.

It might be a good idea to utilize your time at the PC to acquire a new skill, like writing html (you can use notepad) or making a comic in MS Paint. Blogging might also help to pass the time.

Just remember, you aren't going to be there forever.

On a related note, check out this book: The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron (http://"http://www.amazon.com/Artists-Way-Julia-Cameron/dp/1585421472/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-6118676-9788155?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182197038&sr=8-1")

Alot of it is new-agey self-affirmation type stuff, but the exercises really help to give you a better understanding of what you should be doing with your creative self.
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: SpaceBootz on June 18, 2007, 04:16:00 PM
John, where I work there is definitely an air of negativity. And it gets to you after taking it all in day in and day out. I think that's probably a big contributing factor to my complaining and whining. I really feel that a job, any job, can be so much easier/enjoyable if you just have some "positive" people around you or just people who even care to talk to you really. I loved reading your post though. My favorite bit was that dark Joe Frank phase you mentioned. I can only imagine. I just feel so isolated here. It's like I'm in a pitch black room and the only relief is a tiny bit of light creeping in through a crack in the wall--and that little light represents the FOT board. If they were to cut off internet altogether I might lose my mind completely. I'd be stuck in a room full of shadows who have no desire to communicate in any way other than negativity. And I don't want to become a shadow myself. So I know I have to get out. I just have to figure exactly what it is I should be doing.
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: SpaceBootz on June 18, 2007, 04:19:57 PM
KickTheBobo: That is my constant worry..that I'm going to get stuck here because I won't be able to find anything else. It's happened to other people here. So it's like, what if I am here forever?

Thanks for the link to that book, by the way..I am going to check it out.
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: Sarah on June 18, 2007, 08:51:57 PM
Just re-read this.  That's nuts!

Well, it was a long, long time ago.  And the store owners thought I was sixteen--that makes it all okay, right?

SpaceBootz, I'm a copy editor.  And I'm the worst person in the world to give any useful suggestions about work.  My aim in life has always been to do as little as possible.  I can stand what I do now because it usually involves no more than 2.5-3 hours of work a day, with plenty of days off.  And while I'm not usually terribly gripped by the books I work on, they're not awful, and I'm less bored than I could be.  Plus I learn weird stuff.

Book design always seemed like an interesting job to me.  Maybe you could check that out.  It's probably pretty competitive, but, hey, maybe if you shopped your portfolio around, you'd click somewhere.  Go for the smaller independents (if such things still exist).  They might be more open-minded.  The drawback is they also almost certainly pay less.  But it could be worth it.

In the meantime, at least there's another show tomorrow. 
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: Josh on June 19, 2007, 11:20:06 AM
The drawback is they also almost certainly pay less.  But it could be worth it.

Yes, I'm hoping that my current job (less pay but more experience) will pay off. Could work for you, spaceb00tz.



Regardless of all of that, even if I had a design position that allowed me to be more creative.. it's still the same because it's not coming from you. It's an assignment that's given to you. So with art, I've realized that I'm only interested in making my own personal pieces and I feel I can do that on my own and I should have never tried to find a job in this field.

Many great works of art were commissioned, so I wouldn't say that having a client automatically disallows creativity or artistic merit. I guess what I mean is, don't give up on a profession based on one entry-level job. Baby and bathwater, etc.
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: SpaceBootz on June 20, 2007, 11:19:23 AM
Yeah, the money bit of it isn't what's most important to me. The one thing I do like about commissioned or assigned projects is that they generally tend to get you to do something you normally wouldn't. And that could lead to a growth in your own personal creativity.
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: Sarah on June 22, 2007, 06:24:47 AM
Here's (http://www.twinoaks.org/index.html) a possibility for anyone who can index or make tofu or hammocks (don't you love that assortment of skills)?
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: SpaceBootz on June 22, 2007, 11:26:25 AM
knifegirl: do you plan on staying at your current job? also, what kind of work is it?
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: John Junk on June 25, 2007, 12:30:41 PM
It's too early to tell whether this will be a horrible day or not, but I'm knee deep in a horrible work scenario.

I work at this art school and during the summer it's my job to throw out the stuff of all the students who have abandoned their studios or cubicles.  This means throwing out personal affects, food, art, the whole shebang.  In order to do this, I have to sort of brainwash myself, because my usual impulse is to never throw anything out.  I have to just be like "It's a dirty job, but it's my job.  These kids need to take care of their stuff.  I gotta teach them a lesson..." Crap like that.  I've never had a job with actual power or "responsibility" before, so this is all an adjustment.  Anyway, Apparently my self-brainwashing somehow convinced me that I needed to cut the locks on all these storage cabinets that the students had stuff in  (It's a long story--I had a few decent reasons for this) -- and also convinced myself that allt hese students had been told that they could not store stuff in these cabinets over the summer.  So me and my assistant sucked it up, cut all these locks, threw out photos, portfolios, notebooks, etc.  Then we found computers--that's funny.  Okay, I can see leaving an old notebook, but a G5computer?  That's crazy.  Well, thank God I didn't throw out any computers, but I did throw out most of the other stuff.  Then there was a whole other room full of lockers with locks, all of which we cut, and then we realized that there were WAY too many people storing stuff in those things for it to be a normal occurence for it all to get dumped.  We thankfully held on to a bunch of this stuff.  I called the guy who had the job before me to ask what the protocol was with these storage units.  No call back.  We put some of the stuff in a storage room, but about 5 or 6 students had all of their shit thrown out by me and my trusty assistant, who for some reason repeatedly assured me that they did this last year when he worked for my predecessor.  Wouldn't you know, I run into the predecessor at a bar this weekend, I ask him about the storage units, and he's like "No, you don't cut those! The students are allowed to store stuff in there for the summer."  Wait, whuuuuuuuut?  Buzzkill is not the word.  I already felt like a creep throwing stuff out that I thought was meant to be thrown out, now I find out I threw out portfolios, books, etc. belonging to people who were told they could store stuff there??  Then I came back to work this morning, checked the info packets I sent out to the students, and there it is "you can store stuff in the storage units under your desk".  Effectively I told them they could store stuff there, and I didn't just double check my own paper work before trashing people's desks.  So now I've just told my supervisor, who is thankfully sympathetic, but I"m just waiting for the shitstorm from students and faculty about it.  The best part is I personally feel terrible and guilty about the whole thing, as it is a real-life version of what would be a nightmare scenario when I was a college student.  Ugh.
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: SpaceBootz on June 25, 2007, 03:26:18 PM
John, that was a horrifying story. I mean, I do see your side of it--but I just can't help but think of those students returning to find that their portfolios were thrown out!
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: Sarah on June 25, 2007, 03:37:49 PM
John, your story gave me a sympathetic panic/adrenaline surge.  I know how guilty I'd feel in your position, and I feel so very bad for you.

Poor, poor Mr. Junk.
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: buffcoat on June 25, 2007, 04:34:26 PM
You don't deserve it, John, but they do!

Damn college kids.
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: knifegirl on June 25, 2007, 04:48:25 PM
knifegirl: do you plan on staying at your current job? also, what kind of work is it?
I have no plans to leave it. When I left some years ago I went to a job in a small family-run publishing house that I thought would be more interesting/"fulfilling". Awful awful job. Then I worked at something I thought I'd enjoy more (tech support). Slightly above terrible.

I'm a "document specialist" in a law firm. Glorified word processor. I was a proofreader when I started out though.
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: John Junk on June 25, 2007, 04:50:21 PM
John, that was a horrifying story. I mean, I do see your side of it--but I just can't help but think of those students returning to find that their portfolios were thrown out!

I know!  Much as I have a propensity for self-pity, this really sucks a lot more for them!  

Sarah - Thanks for the sympathy.  And the empathy panic attack! You may rest now.  Seriously, I've had trouble sleeping.  Fucking guiiilt.  Plus I was raised Catholic.

Buffcoat - Yours was basically the same reaction as the guy that runs the print shop.

At least now I know a there's a catchphrase for this: "I've made a huge mistake."  Thanks Arrested Development!
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: Josh on June 25, 2007, 05:05:40 PM
There were a lot of sketches and drawings that vanished into the ether during college thanks to the underpaid cleaning staff. S hit happens. One way or another, the kids'll be fine. Probably have digital copies or somethin'.

I get a chest-pounding fear when something like your story happens to me. I hate it. Definite all-encompassing, chest-pounding Catholic guilt.
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: buffcoat on June 25, 2007, 06:00:50 PM
John, you should look up the story of what happened to Hemingway's early manuscripts.  And he turned out ok.  At least until, uh, 1961.

But that *probably* had nothing to do with his stuff getting lost early on.
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: dave from knoxville on June 25, 2007, 06:39:39 PM
I understand his last words were "Only the help saw my best worgargghhhhh"
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: John Junk on June 25, 2007, 07:48:15 PM
Definite all-encompassing, chest-pounding Catholic guilt.

Exactly!  I think I'll be able to shake it off by the end of the week, but that shit goes deep when it hits you.  It's true, S Hit does happen.  I remember when I was a lad of 21, I sent all my best drawings to a gallery in chicago, regular mail, no tracking code or anything.  Never arrived.  Gone forever.  Just had to make new stuff to make up for it, and stuff that wasn't as good, btw.  But that's the kind of stuff that happens when you're young.  That's how you get to learn not to trust anyone, especially the incompetents that run art studios (me), and most definitely the U.S. Postal Service.
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: Emily on June 26, 2007, 01:28:00 AM
jarvis -
sorry for your misfortune.

in college i actually had a studio manager deliberately destroy my b&w prints and not because they stunk but because he was trying to proove some point about people not picking up their dry photos, but he did this right as i was arriving (still 10 minutes before closing!) i never forgave him. but mainly i never forgave him because he was an arrogant wuss about it.
weaklings.
if i ever see that Paco anywhere i'm gonna paco him in the face!

you're not a wuss, so don't worry about it. plus it was a mistake.
anyway my point is - focus on the good times and tell us the story of your trip to Vegas!!!!
woohoo!! vegas!!
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: Josh on June 26, 2007, 01:59:17 AM
I just hope that next month is British humour appreciation month so you can make the seamless transformation from Jarvis Junk into Gervais Junk.
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: buffcoat on June 26, 2007, 09:43:40 AM
I understand his last words were "Only the help saw my best worgargghhhhh"

Dammit, Dave, you ARE charming.

Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: SpaceBootz on June 27, 2007, 11:09:16 AM
I'm having (another) horrible day at work: someone is playing Dave Matthews on the office boombox. Let me out.
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: Josh on June 27, 2007, 11:14:08 AM
I'm having (another) horrible day at work: someone is playing Dave Matthews on the office boombox. Let me out.

Ugh, coworker musical tastes! If I have to hear that "Feel the love generation" song one more time... I'll take it in angry silence as usual.
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: SpaceBootz on June 27, 2007, 11:33:20 AM
Yeah, as if I needed yet another reason to leave this place. I really can't comprehend listening primarily to Dave Matthews and not ever getting sick of it either. How do people do this?
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: John Junk on June 27, 2007, 12:47:24 PM
You should say "Crash into this!" and then hit him in the face with a stapler. 
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: SpaceBootz on June 27, 2007, 02:02:56 PM
I'm pretty much at the point where every little thing here gets to me. But yeah, annoying music is just icing on this hellcake.
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: Laurie on June 29, 2007, 09:26:35 AM
If I have to hear a Spanish rendition of Alanis Morrissette's "Thank You" one more time, I am going to knife someone in the gut. It sounds suspiciously Shakira-esque.
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: SpaceBootz on June 29, 2007, 12:35:46 PM
I hate this. It's now becoming an everyday thing--they've resurrected the stupid boombox. It had been dormant for months. I've been thinking about getting in early or staying a bit late and just losing the damn thing. If I could just put it in a drawer or something--maybe they won't look for it.
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: buffcoat on June 29, 2007, 01:27:54 PM
Spacebootz - walk over with some rubber coated shears and sever the cord while grinning maniacally.  That should do it.


Now I'm out to get you fired AND thrown out of your apartment.
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: SpaceBootz on June 29, 2007, 05:12:55 PM
Now I'm out to get you fired AND thrown out of your apartment.

In some strange bizzaro way, I think that would actually be helping me.. So, thanks buffcoat!
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: buffcoat on June 30, 2007, 06:01:47 PM
Now I'm out to get you fired AND thrown out of your apartment.

In some strange bizzaro way, I think that would actually be helping me.. So, thanks buffcoat!


SB:  Thanks for your recognition.  I do what I can.
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: Josh on July 16, 2007, 05:50:09 PM
AHHH! I can't understand the logic of having the least competent employee train a new employee! It was kinda funny for awhile but I can't listen to this anymore. It's physically painful.
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: TL on July 16, 2007, 05:55:31 PM
AHHH! I can't understand the logic of having the least competent employee train a new employee! It was kinda funny for awhile but I can't listen to this anymore. It's physically painful.

Being self-semployed, this kind of describes every morning for me.
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: John Junk on September 04, 2007, 06:43:16 PM
Oh My God Do I Hate My Job!

Thanks.

-JJ
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: Dorvid Barnas on September 08, 2007, 05:25:33 PM
Edit:  Eh, it was therapeutic telling that story, but I just want to forget about it, so I deleted it.
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: John Junk on September 08, 2007, 05:58:38 PM
Holy moses!
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: buffcoat on September 08, 2007, 11:52:31 PM
Dorvid,

Bring it back!  Or at least PM it to me.

Thanks

borfcoat
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: Sarah on September 09, 2007, 08:36:56 AM
Yeah, me, too, if you feel like it.  I missed it, and I don't like being in the dark about my beloved FOT's joys and woes.
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: Dorvid Barnas on September 09, 2007, 02:41:46 PM
Long story short - took a freelance video job, got paid less than what was agreed on, pointed that out, and then got chased off of the set by my client, a bat-wielding maniac.
It was pretty much like a Newbridge story come to life, but I'm fine and it's 100% behind me.

EDIT: And no, it wasn't porn.
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: Sarah on September 10, 2007, 12:26:33 PM
Yup, that would count as a horrible day at work, all right.  My sympathies.
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: Laurie on September 10, 2007, 12:33:41 PM
Now I want the full story!
Title: Re: "I'm Having A Horrible Day At Work" (alt. version)
Post by: Shaggy 2 Grote on September 10, 2007, 09:49:39 PM
It was a great story, Dorvid.  It might be getting you down now, but in a year maybe you'll probably regret that you won't be able to refer to the original account.