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2015-10-29 04:18:50 pm

red chamber dream

the upside is i taught myself a bunch of the skills i use at my job today during that time

2015-10-29 04:19:06 pm

My computer goes to sleep if untouched for 15 mins. I just sit an egg timer next to it so that I can hit the space bar every 14:59 lol

arkarian

2015-10-29 04:19:32 pm

red chamber dream

surely that's a setting they let you adjust?

Opium

2015-10-29 04:19:51 pm

Yeah I would be bored if I was at the office. I'm at home though so I can do whatever I want, as long as I'm near the 'puter

arkarian

2015-10-29 04:20:06 pm

red chamber dream

ah yeah if you're home then that's ideal

arkarian

2015-10-29 04:20:15 pm

red chamber dream

still though, i think i need to work ... whenever i don't i just feel useless and shitty

DJGrenola

2015-10-29 04:20:19 pm

I remember installing a bunch of music shit on my computer at work when I had a few days of downtime

although technically my contract meant that the company I worked for owned anything creative I did during that time

arkarian

2015-10-29 04:20:26 pm

red chamber dream

need something stimulating to occupy my time with because otherwise i'll just watch tv

Opium

2015-10-29 04:20:42 pm

Quote from arkarian:

surely that's a setting they let you adjust?

It's only stopped me from accessing something like twitter or fb. I can go to pretty much anything else. I have to google lots of stuff.

arkarian

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arkarian: 2015-10-29 04:21:15 pm

2015-10-29 04:20:53 pm

red chamber dream

yeah grenola i don't do any development on my work machine that's unrelated to my job for that reason

they own the machine so they would own the work

arkarian

2015-10-29 04:21:06 pm

red chamber dream

but i don't have time for personal stuff anyway

Opium

2015-10-29 04:28:53 pm

Quote from arkarian:

need something stimulating to occupy my time with because otherwise i'll just watch tv

I think that's what a lot of the people on my team are actually doing. You can tell they're not at their terminal because they don't answer their IM's. I have our chat program set for audio alerts so I hear a chime every time someone tries to chat at me. I don't think they know how to turn the audio alerts on, or how to add speakers for that matter.

Opium

2015-10-29 04:31:18 pm

It's kind of sad because I used to work all day. I've always had a good work ethic, but I gave up on this team when I realized that I couldn't make a difference. My boss has no idea what I'm talking about, and she's ok with that. So what's the point?

Opium

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Opium: 2015-10-29 04:38:16 pm

2015-10-29 04:37:43 pm

This job stinks, but it's not the worst one I've ever had. I did some crappy p/t jobs when I was in school. The worst one was ticketmaster. It was a call center, doing cs for people who want to buy tickets to events. They had signs hanging up everywhere saying things like 'NO RUNNING!' 'NO LOUD TALKING!' 'PLEASE THROW AWAY YOUR TRASH!' It was micro-managed and they treated everyone like children. I was only two weeks out of training and high as a kite on GHB when I put my headset down on my boss's desk and said 'This isn't for me. Mail me my check.' and walked the fuck out.

arkarian

2015-10-29 04:38:14 pm

red chamber dream

lol, nice

arkarian

2015-10-29 04:38:37 pm

red chamber dream

reminds me of my fast food jobs ... bunch of arbitrary rules in place just because it's 80% high schoolers working there

Opium

2015-10-29 04:47:16 pm

I can't stand that. I kind of think that if you treat people like children then they are more likely to behave like children.

I also can't stand management that punishes everyone instead of dealing with one or two bad apples.

Opium

2015-10-29 05:13:15 pm

*facepalm* My coworker ordered 300 3rd grade science books instead of 300 paper towel dispensers. A whole installation crew was ready to go at a brand new hospital and the order showed up, and they were like WTF! This shit happens DAILY

arkarian

2015-10-29 05:39:13 pm

red chamber dream

rotflmao

ryu

2015-10-29 05:46:32 pm

How does your company even manage staying afloat

Opium

2015-10-29 05:47:49 pm

I guess by being huge. They've closed alot of the brick-and-mortar retail stores and are now moving most of the customer service jobs to the Phillippines, so that will save them some money.

Opium

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Opium: 2015-10-29 05:48:38 pm

2015-10-29 05:48:25 pm

I just bought RE:Revelations for $9.99

arkarian

2015-10-29 06:20:23 pm

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Quote from ryu:

How does your company even manage staying afloat

this is america lol

big companies make so much money that they can afford to waste tons of it

ryu

2015-10-29 06:43:24 pm

That's a cool deal.

Now that I'm back into the franchise I've gotta give Revelations a shot too someday

arkarian

2015-10-29 07:11:13 pm

red chamber dream

i've had a copy on 3ds for a year+ ... still haven't played it. same with fire emblem: awakening.

zelda's taking precedence atm but i really want to get to both of those games soon