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SolidStateLogic

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Sometimes, I swear you could make a hit show about my daily life... You know those shows that are like watching a train wreck, but you can't help but watch.

My job for the most part is great. I work with my father, at the company that has fed and clothed me my entire life. I work 7am to 3:30pm and rarely have to work overtime. The only drawback is that most of these people I work for now are 50+, can't use a computer, printer, fax machine, or any other fun up to date technology. That and my receptionist can't seem to make it through a whole week of work, because she's got an abusive boyfriend that hurts her so much she misses days.

So, days like today suck. I'm the only one of a few people here that can use all our fancy machines, the receptionist is still recovering from "falling over her ironing board" and I'm on phones. The copy machine is broken, and every 5 minutes I swear somebody asks me about it... Can they not read the big freaking sign on it?

Thankfully, my boss left for the day... but I speak too soon. Every time he leaves the office early on a nice afternoon, he feels the need to call every 10 minutes for the next hour and a half with all the shit he forgot to do while he was here, and now I need to do because it's important... For Pete's sake! I can't answer phones, do my normal job, and go running all over the office to do all the shit you didn't do! :mad: :mad: :mad:


Thanks for letting me vent.... :D
 
I'd rather have an office job than be out in the pipe yard smashing my fingers and scorching my skin. The only problem I have with an office job is I get these MASSIVE head aches.
 
I have a solution to some of your problems but it seems like a callous one. Fire your secretary.

I'm sure you have empathy for her situation and whatnot however, she cannot continue to call off work and expect to keep a job. And her absence makes other people's jobs harder. It's not fair. She needs to get her personal life in order or find a job less demanding of her time.

Seriously, a good receptionist is marked by his/her ability to lighten the stress load in an office. Not to mention, that he/she is the first and last impression of the office itself and I cannot imagine what the first impressions are with a secretary that's either banged up from a good beating or nonexistant altogether.

Sit the girl down, tell her politely that because she has called off so much, she has become unreliable. If she starts to bawl about her situation, have some materials to give her about domestic violence and the help she can get.
 
You forgot about that whole OTHER field of jobs, and that's retail. Seriously, I'd rather work in an office or be a pipe smasher than keep working in retail. I have less than a month left at my current job, and I couldn't be happier that I'm moving to an office environment. At least in an office, the stupid people stay stupid and they become predictable. In retail, you get UMPTEEN amount of stupid people, and they're all different, and stupid in different ways.

Does anyone out there really LOVE their job anyway?
 
Well...the moment I saw this thread I thought, "Oh Gawd." I think you're going to fit in quite nicely around here. Please stay. We need more corporates in here.
My advice? Go postal.
 
during the time when my job existing within a cubicle was honestly the worst job i have had yet... i was in a similar boat with the lack of up to date competance in older, more senor co-workers and managers...

only thing i can say is: get out if you think its not going to get better... it might if like you say its a family business and one day you get to run it, but if you dont see that as a probability... leave ASAP to somewhere different if only for a little while

slash, if you know someone is in an abusive relationship, shouldnt you be helping them however/wherever/as much as possible to get out of that???
 
One... I would not hesitate to find competent, available help for our receptionist position...

Two... Everybody here has tried to reach out to this girl, but she just keeps going back to the abusive a-hole. From what little I've been able to get out of her, abuse has been a part of her life since she can remember. We've contacted domestic abuse centers locally, given her all the information we can give, but the first step for her has to be her own. It can't come from us... Just like alcoholism, people who get caught in cycle of abuse need to realize for themselves where the line gets drawn... she just hasn't drawn hers yet.

She's come in with stories that would have me digging a freaking hole for the guy, but then doesn't understand when we don't see how he can be so nice to her (only when he's apologizing).
 
My mom's the sweetest person on the planet never swears shit like that, she saw the office i work in and she said

"wow, If i worked here i'd drink every night to.":eek:

Maybe I drink to much :confused:

I empathize with you.
 
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