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“You didn’t count the lottery till while you were up there for an hour, so if it’s off at all today you’re the one who’s getting written up”

Just thought you all would appreciate what my manager said to me today. And to pre-empt: Overall I'm happy with where I work, mostly. If I'm stuck in retail, there's nowhere else I'd rather be. But the peak of the dung heap is still the dung heap, y'know? Believe me, I'm trying to shift industries. All I need is for one of these jobs to take the ubiquitous “2-5 years experience” requirement less seriously, and oh, I don't know, speaking to me would be a nice start. Then we'd be getting somewhere. ETA: Ideally, I wouldn't be working a desk job either. My dream 'job' is to be an event/tournament organizer. I'm working towards it but it's a long ways from paying the bills. Someday.


Just thought you all would appreciate what my manager said to me today. And to pre-empt: Overall I'm happy with where I work, mostly. If I'm stuck in retail, there's nowhere else I'd rather be. But the peak of the dung heap is still the dung heap, y'know? Believe me, I'm trying to shift industries. All I need is for one of these jobs to take the ubiquitous “2-5 years experience” requirement less seriously, and oh, I don't know, speaking to me would be a nice start. Then we'd be getting somewhere.

ETA: Ideally, I wouldn't be working a desk job either. My dream 'job' is to be an event/tournament organizer. I'm working towards it but it's a long ways from paying the bills. Someday.

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