Some old workplace signage

[The Evil Dr. Longshadow]

Really?  It's not about the paycheck?  Good, because I'm just here to hang out and play on my phone.  Got any pizza?

[scoobdog]

Says the guy who refused to clean toilets or empty trash cans.

[The Evil Dr. Longshadow]

45 minutes ago, scoobdog said:

Says the guy who refused to clean toilets or empty trash cans.

No, Emptying trash cans was what I had signed up to do, according to a seniority based bidding process.  Somebody else bid for the toilets and so, that was his job, not mine.  

[scoobdog]

21 minutes ago, The Evil Dr. Longshadow said:

No, Emptying trash cans was what I had signed up to do, according to a seniority based bidding process.  Somebody else bid for the toilets and so, that was his job, not mine.  

So, why didn't you bid on the toilets?

[The Evil Dr. Longshadow]

25 minutes ago, scoobdog said:

So, why didn't you bid on the toilets?

The trash gig had me running through the entire casino hotel complex.  Various offices, the retail spaces, around the gaming floor, through the convention spaces and more.  That's job variety.  Rarely boring.  Let another guy stare at dirty toilets all evening.

[scoobdog]

1 minute ago, The Evil Dr. Longshadow said:

The trash gig had me running through the entire casino hotel complex.  Various offices, the retail spaces, around the gaming floor, through the convention spaces and more.  That's job variety.  Rarely boring.  Let another guy stare at dirty toilets all evening.

Doesn't sound like something a man who's proud of his work would say.

[scoobdog]

Just now, scoobdog said:

Doesn't sound like something a man who's proud of his work would say.

It does, however, sound very much like a man who is interested in what he can salvage from said trash cans.

[The Evil Dr. Longshadow]

12 minutes ago, scoobdog said:

Doesn't sound like something a man who's proud of his work would say.

Doing things that you would sometimes rather not be doing is all part of being an adult, but I wouldn't expect you to see that.

[naraku360]

44 minutes ago, scoobdog said:

It does, however, sound very much like a man who is interested in what he can salvage from said trash cans.

Packard isn't a man, though.

[scoobdog]

1 hour ago, The Evil Dr. Longshadow said:

Doing things that you would sometimes rather not be doing is all part of being an adult, but I wouldn't expect you to see that.

So... would you say that being adult means, in fact, that sometimes you are  just there for the money?

[scoobdog]

51 minutes ago, naraku360 said:

Packard isn't a man, though.

Sorry, I meant woman.

[discolé monade]

nope. not taking it. 

send it to another island 

[The Evil Dr. Longshadow]

4 hours ago, scoobdog said:

So... would you say that being adult means, in fact, that sometimes you are  just there for the money?

I once had a much different job that didn't involve a casino or a union.  So, I just worked as and when assigned.  Sometimes, I was on the padding press.  Other times, it was the coalator, the reem cutter or just running the postal meter.

 

That job totally sucked ass.  It barely paid enough to cover my room rental.  But, it was either that or just sleep behind somebody's dumpster.

 

So, I was only there for the paycheck, biding my time until I found a job that paid more. 

[scoobdog]

Wow.  You are clearly a go getter.

[The Evil Dr. Longshadow]

1 hour ago, scoobdog said:

Wow.  You are clearly a go getter.

There are people who would have actually preferred the dumpster.  

Anyway, the next job only lasted a year before I joined the union and got the casino job.

 

[scoobdog]

The thing is, your job isn’t that different when you suck at everything you do anyway.

[The Evil Dr. Longshadow]

1 hour ago, scoobdog said:

The thing is, your job isn’t that different when you suck at everything you do anyway.

That all depends on who you ask.

Casinos have a nasty habit of getting rid of bad employees before they finish their first year.

I've worked through nine department heads and a long parade of different supervisors.

I've seen senior management and even ownershilp come and go during my time there.

I guess none of them noticed anything wrong.

 

 

[scoobdog]

They shouldn’t be wasting time noticing what the fucker who walks behind a half filled Georgia buggy does.  As long as you wait until your back of house to finish off the plastic margarita glasses, they could care less.  Heck, if it means you’re too busy to stuff your face with someone’s leftovers, they’re all for it.

[The Evil Dr. Longshadow]

6 hours ago, scoobdog said:

They shouldn’t be wasting time noticing what the fucker who walks behind a half filled Georgia buggy does.  As long as you wait until your back of house to finish off the plastic margarita glasses, they could care less.  Heck, if it means your too busy to stuff your face with someone’s leftovers, they’re all for it.

One truth prevails at the casino.  Firing people is managent's favorite thing to do.  It feeds their egos and  keeps their labor costs at a minimum.  Can you successfully navigate that rocky rapid or longer than three decades?

[discolé monade]

9 hours ago, scoobdog said:

The thing is, your job isn’t that different when you suck at everything you do anyway.

[scoobdog]

1 hour ago, The Evil Dr. Longshadow said:

One truth prevails at the casino.  Firing people is managent's favorite thing to do.  It feeds their egos and  keeps their labor costs at a minimum.  Can you successfully navigate that rocky rapid or longer than three decades?

I’ve been at the same workplace for longer than 30 years.  Nobody has been fired here in 30 years, except for my uncle who smelled like beer all day.

[The Evil Dr. Longshadow]

1 hour ago, scoobdog said:

I’ve been at the same workplace for longer than 30 years.  Nobody has been fired here in 30 years, except for my uncle who smelled like beer all day.

Your workplace doesn't include managers who cut costs and feed their egos by firing people.  Mine did.  Anybody can do well when the weather is favorable.

 

You don't know the ship until it's been through the storms.

Edited Thursday at 05:00 PM by The Evil Dr. Longshadow

[discolé monade]

ok boys and girls...

now we're entering economics...through whimsical sailor speak. 

[naraku360]

1 hour ago, scoobdog said:

I’ve been at the same workplace for longer than 30 years.  Nobody has been fired here in 30 years, except for my uncle who smelled like beer all day.

Y'all hiring?

[scoobdog]

32 minutes ago, The Evil Dr. Longshadow said:

Your workplace doesn't include managers who cut costs and feed their egos by firing people.  Mine did.  Anybody can do well when the weather is favorable.

 

You don't know the ship until it's been through the storms.

Well, yeah... I've never worked for Trump, but that's beside the point - everybody knows that the reason your entry-level job is unionized is because you worked for unscrupulous people in an industry that relishes its own mob roots.  What's hilarious is that you're parading yourself like the savant unsung veteran of the janitor wars when all you ever amounted to was a 5'2" cuck.

[scoobdog]

32 minutes ago, naraku360 said:

Y'all hiring?

What's your familiarity with the construction industry?

[The Evil Dr. Longshadow]

17 minutes ago, scoobdog said:

Well, yeah... I've never worked for Trump, but that's beside the point - everybody knows that the reason your entry-level job is unionized is because you worked for unscrupulous people in an industry that relishes its own mob roots.  What's hilarious is that you're parading yourself like the savant unsung veteran of the janitor wars when all you ever amounted to was a 5'2" cuck.

I never worked for Trump either.

Now, how's that big fat 401k progressing?

[naraku360]

20 minutes ago, scoobdog said:

What's your familiarity with the construction industry?

Basically none. Closest experience would be working on mortgage loans. I'm best for administrative roles. Several years of banking.

[scoobdog]

27 minutes ago, The Evil Dr. Longshadow said:

I never worked for Trump either.

Now, how's that big fat 401k progressing?

Better than yours.

[The Evil Dr. Longshadow]

7 minutes ago, scoobdog said:

Better than yours.

And, you are aware that 401k accounts are erratic.  Better pay close attention to where it's all invested.

[scoobdog]

3 minutes ago, The Evil Dr. Longshadow said:

And, you are aware that 401k accounts are erratic.  Better pay close attention to where it's all invested.

Lol.  That's not how 401k's work.

[The Evil Dr. Longshadow]

10 minutes ago, scoobdog said:

Lol.  That's not how 401k's work.

Ever hear of Dave Ramsey?

[scoobdog]

11 minutes ago, The Evil Dr. Longshadow said:

Ever hear of Dave Ramsey?

Ever seen a grown man naked?

[discolé monade]

2 hours ago, scoobdog said:

Well, yeah... I've never worked for Trump, but that's beside the point - everybody knows that the reason your entry-level job is unionized is because you worked for unscrupulous people in an industry that relishes its own mob roots.  What's hilarious is that you're parading yourself like the savant unsung veteran of the janitor wars when all you ever amounted to was a 5'2" cuck.

so...dead me is typing....

 

[discolé monade]

[discolé monade]

1 hour ago, scoobdog said:

Better than yours.