STOP REBOOTING MY COMPUTER!!!
For fuck's sake, have you any idea how rude that is? Not to mention, my thesis, twit, my thesis! Hard to write when being randomly switched off and on.

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Originally posted by Capt. Crash:
So i start looking for a new job because i have no idea when/if I'd be going back to my current job. Get a call this morning for an interview for tomorrow. This afternoon I get a call from my current job saying work is starting back up tomorrow. Spectacular. Now I have to decide if i want to keep working my current job which is more fun for me but hours that fluctuate from week to week, or (if the interview goes well) go with the new job where i will be guaranteed hours, but I will probably hate within a week. Why can't I just find a good job I like that won't lay me off in 3 months. I hate this shit.

Can't you get a free day or call in sick for the job you have now so you can go to the other interview?

Anyway, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a fabulous job for you.

Do you people not realize how RUDE and DISGUSTING it is to eat while you're on the phone with someone? If you have to call someone, particularly a business, have the decency to wait until you've finished what's in your mouth! I don't want to listen to you chew your cud like some kind of cow!!!

I once had to take a call with a woman who was loudly sucking on a piece of hard candy over the phone. it was like nails on a chalkboard, it was.

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Originally posted by Smaug:

quote:

Originally posted by Fash!onpol!ce:
Thanks for the hug, Weeble. Only 10 more days left at that job.

work days or calender days?

Now only 2 work days left. I'm at home taking care of my son with a sprained ankle and then tomorrow and Wednesday, and I'm finished.

Here's another example of why I decided to quit this job. I just spent a lot of my weekend going through 9,000 keywords, sorting out the misspellings and organizing them into people, places, concepts, titles, geography, time periods, publication types, etc. - then published these lists (except for the ones with names, titles, organizations, etc.) on the internet with links to the library catalog.

They haven't updated their internal list of keywords since 1999, and have never had a list available online for their library patrons.

I mailed my colleauges and boss to tell them that the job was completed and to show them the results, and not one of them has responded in any way. (admittedly they've only been at work for a couple of hours - but still...)

This is a major milestone and I imagine that they are all thinking - "Show off - she just makes us all look bad"

I'll be so glad when its over.

so i get to work today.
and all the lights are off on my floor.
i didn't go to work on Friday, got the day off.
so i go to check the schedule.
and i have today off, along with most of the floor.
frick.
i woke up at 4:15am, showered dressed drove to work.
and i have today off.
fuck.

awww. pssst: it's Memorial Day.

Someone posted this on the Philosophy at Large, a forum used by a lot of philosophy academics:
***
I'm writing to call your attention to a recent incident
at the University of Nottingham, where a one of our Graduate Students at
the School of Politics and International Relations and an administrative
member of staff at the School of Modern Languages were arrested in a
high-profile police action under the Terrorism Act of 2000. Their
alleged "crime" was that the graduate student had downloaded an Al-Qaeda
training manual from a US government website for research purposes, as
he's writing his MA dissertation on Islamic extremism and international
terrorist networks. He had then sent this to his friend in the
Department of Engineering for printing. The printed material had been
spotted by other staff and reported to the University authorities who
passed on the information to the police. The two were then arrested by
armed police on May 14 and held for six days without charge, before
being released without charge on May 20. During the six days they were
imprisoned, the men had their homes raided and their families harassed
by the police.

The incident was recently reported in the Times Higher Education
Supplement online:

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode
=402125&c=2

Needless to say, this raises hugely important issues both about academic
freedom and civil liberties. Obviously, there is the issue that for
those of us involved in research on contentious issues we will by
necessity have to consult primary materials of a controversial nature,
and the fact that the material is controversial should not lead to it
being deemed as illegitimate research material. Moreover, we should not
under any circumstances have to fear for infringements upon our civil
liberties as a consequence of doing our jobs. Moreover, it goes without
saying that the university should guarantee the academic freedom,
freedom of speech and expression, and civil liberties of all members of
staff and students, irrespective of ethnic and religious background or
political beliefs!
***

The thing is, on further enquiry, this 'manual' had already been edited before it was posted on the website and contained instructions for avoiding phone tapping, for instance, rather than bomb making.
It's also become apparent from replies to the original message that supervisors in some universities are leaning on PhD students to avoid certain topics.

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Originally posted by Maeve:
awww. pssst: it's Memorial Day.

not in Canadia, it isn't.
our holiday was last week (Queen Vic Day) and we worked that!

People keep leaving thier stuff on my desk! Their deas is too covered with things - but they have three shelves and a huge windowsill too! Leave my desk alone!

oh FUCK you all other tech support agents
how DARE you tell me "i'll directly connect you to the right department" and then DROP ME INTO THE QUEU.

frick. this call should NOT TAKE THAT LONG.
"thank you for your patience, please stay on the line and your call will be answered by the next available agent" FUCK YOU.
grrrrrr....

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Originally posted by Fash!onpol!ce:

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Originally posted by Smaug:

quote:

Originally posted by Fash!onpol!ce:
Thanks for the hug, Weeble. Only 10 more days left at that job.

work days or calender days?

Now only 2 work days left. I'm at home taking care of my son with a sprained ankle and then tomorrow and Wednesday, and I'm finished.

Here's another example of why I decided to quit this job. I just spent a lot of my weekend going through 9,000 keywords, sorting out the misspellings and organizing them into people, places, concepts, titles, geography, time periods, publication types, etc. - then published these lists (except for the ones with names, titles, organizations, etc.) on the internet with links to the library catalog.

They haven't updated their internal list of keywords since 1999, and have never had a list available online for their library patrons.

I mailed my colleauges and boss to tell them that the job was completed and to show them the results, and not one of them has responded in any way. (admittedly they've only been at work for a couple of hours - but still...)

This is a major milestone and I imagine that they are all thinking - "Show off - she just makes us all look bad"

I'll be so glad when its over.

~last day vibes~

Dear University presse rep,

1) I am told that we wrote a couple of wrong facts about your university and that you want me to do another interview and write a correct article.
2) I spend three days chasing you for an interview with whoever you want me to interview.
3) Your vice-chairman calls me one hour after he was supposed to call me. I start off with the question WHICH facts he objects to in the article. He says he never read the article and that he expects the people who call him to be informed and not to waste his time but to call you again. Then he slams down the phone receiver.
4) What exactly do you want from me??
5) You know, I'm not surprised the original article sucked. You're not very good at informations, are you?

They sound like asshats, to me.

And you can quote me on that in your article. *hug*

Aww.
*hugs*
You're very quotable!

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Originally posted by Smaug:
~last day vibes~

Thank you! Only 27 minutes of work left. Then cake and a present and free at last!

*starts the countdown*
26
25
24
...

!

Yay for you.

I hate my boss. again. still. whatever.

I take one goddamn day off, and she can't keep up with the work, so now I have extra work to do on my day back. because, just in case you missed this, she is a bitch.

11
10

ZERO!!! Finished! Yippee!