I was wondering where everyone on here works at... or if you work at all.
Right now I'm working at Ingram books in Lavergne, pulling book orders in a warehouse. YES it sucks goatdick. But I get to pull some interesting books off the shelves. I think the most interesting one I've pulled so far was the "Gangsta Rap Coloring Book". It had outline drawings of like, Master P holding a semi-automatic for little kids to color in. I've also pulled "Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Paperweights", "The Survivalist Guide to Drinking Your Own Urine", and "How to Stop Your Premature Ejaculation".

Work sucks. Why can't I just be a trust-funded, empty-headed waste of space like Paris Hilton?

dude my tips came out to less than 3 bucks an hour yesterday. And my bosses ride my ass the whole time i'm there. And I have to kiss every dumb ass that is staying in the hotel, no matter how stupid or helpless they are.

Wanna lose love for humanity? come work with me.

I'm getting paid to work in an addiction lab and earn a PhD in neuroscience. Even though I could be happier outside of a lab, I'm very greatful to be here. Flexible hours afford me the opportunity to go to shows, take outdoor trips, and just have fun in general. Stay in school, kids!

carl said it best.
i work at my fathers company in a warehouse type job. thankfully it pays well and its making me buff for the ladies.
anyone who knows my physique can attest to that.

heres a good idea, dont double major music and philosophy.

or psych and english.


i'm either going to end up in a lab or a library.

I work the graveyard shift at The Daily Times bundling papers and loading delivery trucks. In the daytime, I work at Target. I'm in architecture school, but I'll probably be a janitor for a couple of years after graduation.

No kidding? I grew up on that newspaper.

I went to work today. During the summer, I get paid pretty well (more than I would if I did anything retail) to sit in workshops and learn how to be a better teacher. I can sign up for and attend as much as I want during the summer.

Cool! I didn't know that. Making a mental note...

I work at the Carmike Wynnsong 16 in Murfreesboro TN as a concessions supervisor. I have a job meant for 17 year olds. But it is my first job and I have stayed with it for exactly 13 months. Yeah the pay sucks...but I get a lot of hilarious stories to tell. The current one being a crazy guy saying to one of my female co-workers...

"Man, this popcorn smells just like your fingers. Gonna taste good then!"

Brilliant. On the plus side, there is talk of me being promoted to manager with a raise...so I guess hanging around and being one of two employees over 18 has paid off.

I've known about a dozen people 5 or 6 years older than you who say the same thing, so I wouldn't worry about it.

I teach, or at least try to teach, English to freshmen at Hillwood High School. I currently love my job, but that could all change on August 16th.

jersey mike's. i'm putting in my two week notice tomorrow. (you win, carl)

I work in the MTSU maintenance warehouse. It's really hot in there.

i've long since lost my love for my fellow man, rest assured, and it didn't take a shitty job to do it...but i do have a shit job--currently i'm a courier, lugging around boxes, envelopes, blood & urine samples, pap smears, drugs that are no good to me, flowers, and the occasional giant stuffed panda. it's marginally better than a job where you have to stay in one place all day and i get to choose to work whatever hours i like, but the drawbacks should be fairly obvious--and after doing it for awhile it starts to get to you. it's really getting to me. i'll be selling real estate in the near future, but i'm just biding my time until then. admittedly, my hatred for all kinds of hard work is near communistic.

Not really. Please elaborate.

I sit at a desk at Wood/Felder hall at MTSU from the following hours:

Monday: 4am - 6am
Wednesday: 12am - 2am
Thursday: 12am - 5am
Friday: 12am - 5am

I hate it so much. I just sit there, normally with my computer, ignoring all the people that wander in and out of the lobby. I get obscene phone calls sometimes. There's no TV in there, but I found a little TV/VCR combo that I sometimes use. We're not supposed to use it, though. I don't really care. My job is to answer the phone...but usually the only calls I get are from people telling me they can't come in right after my shift and they can't find a sub. I'm also supposed to give people spare keys if they lock themselves out of their rooms. This has happened once. It's stupid and boring and I hate it...I've gone slightly mad due to the erratic sleep patterns it causes, and I've missed lots of shows and parties because I had to work. Is it worth it for $5.75 an hour? Only until the end of summer. Then I start the job I've really been looking forward to - booking for Fine Arts at MTSU. Yay!

I just started last week as a paralegal at a nonprofit public interest law firm that helps people get better health care and welfare. Even though I started in the middle of a huge case and I spent the first few days stamping documents for 7 hours straight, the people I work with are so nice and the objectives of the organization are ones that I care about. In comparison to my other friends who are paralegals, I feel lucky to actually care about what the firm is doing and to work closely with the attorneys.

That said, the 8-5 thing could get old really fast and I'm not sure I have the memory to recite the million intricacies and exceptions of Tenncare to clients. Legal language is also crazy and I don't know I could ever write that way comfortably. I miss school, flexibility, ahd history lectures. So I may go to graduate school in History in a year or two.

Roadie, I've tried to come visit you the past three days and you're never there. Your co-workers are going to think you have a stalker.

Aren't you supposed to be writing serial erotica for Carligula.com?

I took the week off due to personal reasons, plus my laptop is wonky. As soon as I get all that situated, I'll get started. Using the home computer might not be the best idea.

lugging around...blood & urine samples, pap smears, drugs that are no good to me...and the occasional giant stuffed panda. also:

wading through lines of traffic all day long, wandering around unfamiliar places with incomplete instructions, knowing full well that you are taking orders from people half as intelligent as you are, watching the numbers on your odometer roll by continuously and ominously as you slowly destroy your car, having to fill up with gasoline every other fucking day, consistently strolling around hospitals with biohazardous materials, enduring the constant strain of road rage from the innumerable bad drivers that litter the roads in this town and every other...

i think i'll stop now, it's pissing me off just to think of it. it's not a bad job to do for awhile, but i've been doing it for over two years and now i'm sick to death of it. there are people who make a career out of it, but those people are seriously fucked-up in the head. believe me, there are some real weirdos in the couriering business--be very careful when you see one, and do not, i repeat, DO NOT look them in the eyes.

It's good to know that once I become a teacher I'll be able to bullshit around all summer and still get paid for it.
Token! You're doing what I'm going to be doing! Please, Talk me out of it.....

i just quit.
hooray for me.

well done! now you can estivate to the fullest extent...quitting a job you hate is such a great feeling. i'll be getting that feeling pretty soon...i've already got one foot out of the door.

there is no sandwich that rivals those created at jersey mikes, I miss them more than my car. . . I think.

I have the same exact job, but I'm in Rutledge Hall. I have the supervisor from hell. At least you can have your computer there. Our supervisor won't allow us to have computers. I almost fall asleep everytime I go to work. working 2-6am is hell, especially when you have class a few hours after you get off of work.

(Edited by misguided fool at 7:22 pm on Jul. 13, 2004)

Are you from Maryville or are you making fun of the fact that "The Daily Times" is the most unoriginal newspaper title ever? Either way, the paper sucks, the job sucks, and while I'm on the subject, Maryville sucks too.

MissSeptember, "wonky" is my new favorite word.

From those of us that sample & bottle pap smears from the source, thank you for your hard work. My husband likes to say that I fist women for money. I prefer the term baby-catcher. It's a good gig if you don't need much sleep.

Sorry, it's really not that bad. Talk to me again in October and I may just be able to talk you out of it, but right now I love my [non] job. It will be even better when I have year round pay and waste* tax payers' money to go to endless staff development over the summer.

*It's really not a waste. I occasionally get an entire crossword done while I'm there. Therefore I'm convinced it is making me smarter...which in turn helps me to pass my genius on to America's youth.

I'm basically unemployed. I was working full time in a hotel setting up audio visual equipment for business conferences, (eg. Lockheed Martin conference) but I got laid off, along with others. I have a couple part time jobs, one as a stagehand for Bill Graham Presents, (owned by Clear Channel) setting up for concerts, and another as a recording studio technician at a small studio in SF named Stillwater Sound. Together, my jobs dont make enough money to pay for gas. So, I'm searching for something more secure.

I like my job... I guess I'll leave now.

Hey, I have the same job as you!

don't worry--it took me a long time to hate it as much as i do. as far as the proleteriat occupations go, it isn't all that bad.

i wish somebody would just pay me to think.

For those of you who don't know Brother Smithson, the fact that he has held a job for two years is nothing short of a miracle. But then again, It's hard to fuck up a job when you CAN WORK WHENEVER, UNTIL WHENEVER YOU WANT! I'd do it in a second if i had a better car and didn't need health insurance.

LMAO! So true, all of it.

Last week I delivered a money costume, like the ones in those First Tennessee Bank commericals. It had just been dry cleaned. I delivered an eye not too long ago. And a pair of concert tickets.

I still feel kind of neutral about the job - I don't like it, but I don't really hate it. The money is not very good. But I do get paid to basically drive around all day. I set my own hours and I don't have to wear a uniform. I know that might sound great, but all of those hours by yourself really do start to fuck with your head after awhile. I know they've begun to fuck with mine.

I write for what is quite possibly the worst "publication" ever... EVER! Really... I am forced to go against my ethics in some way for every story I write. No matter how much I argue I still end up doing things like writing movie reviews about movies I haven't seen or re-writing other writers' work about useless country music singers. Just a few more weeks until the internship is over and I will never have to look at this:

Dish Magazine
again.

My other job is at the wonderful MTSU newspaper. While it is a sub-par newpaper at best... I am still really proud of some of the work we do there. Given the resources we have, we've broken some pretty great stories. So, yeah.. I don't hate that job.

Oh, and I have had every meanial job I think a person can have.. almost. I've never done construction. The worst one... well... is the one I have now.. the magazine! Second worst... the MTSU desk job! I feel for those of you that have to do that. I had to do a 2 a.m.- 8 a.m. shift on Sunday mornings.

I work in the MTSU library in the Reserves section. Most of the time I really like my job, seeing that I actually want to become a librarian. I do lots of computer and office work which can be tedious. I only get paid $5.75 but I stay b/c I will get the best reference ever when I apply for grad school.

I'm unemployed. I got fired from the job I loved in April, and I was so bitter that I refused to look for a job for awhile. It just kind of stuck. I have one more semester to mooch off my parents and not feel too bad about it. and then, its out into the "real world."
hey, weeneysmack, IM me sometime! where have you been?

That's a good girl.

My hands are stained black from putting away pipe fittings, but at least I got to laugh every time my boss said "black nipples."

I am working at Victoria's Secret this summer (again). I worked there for four years, quit last August b/c it was my 1st year to teach, and I've been working there this summer. No guys out there, it isn't cool. Half the broads in there shouldn't be wearing the skimpy stuff but they do. I like the people I work with, but the customers suck. Oh, and technically my title is "Bra Specialist." I measure women for bras and get paid for it. I don't think it's worth it, but trust me, 95% of the time, it isn't pretty what comes in the door and gets naked in the fitting room. I'm writing a book about it too. Here were a few titles I pondered, "No you can't fuck in the fitting room", Hold your own damn bra you stupid bitch", "Your breasts do NOT look real ma'm" or "Would you like to supersize those panties?"

so probably not a picture book...very funny though.

(Edited by SuperElk at 1:36 pm on Jul. 14, 2004)

Which Target? I was just there yesterday. I didn't see you. Sadness.

Can you explain the number versus cup size thing for us?

My best friend J. used to be able to look at a woman and correctly guess her bra size. It was incredible.

(Edited by jamiecarroll at 12:11 am on Jul. 15, 2004)

Nothing personal (because you're a boob-fitter, not a saleswoman) but the salespeople at Victoria's Secret are annoying as hell. Every 5 seconds someone is asking me how I am today, or talking to themselves about how cute some bra I'm looking at is, or telling me what kind of semi-annual sale (that they run every 2 weeks) is going on today. It's enough to make a nigga wanna slap a ho.
Oh and, for the title of your book I like "Hold your own damn bra you stupid bitch".

Unless that title is already taken. I'm keeping track of all the oddly titled books I pull at work. Today's winner is... "Catheter Related Infections".
Imagine... a whole book just about that.

bra person: "Would you like to see something from our very sexy collection"

unsuspecting boy: "What do you have in a mid-grade kind of sexy?"

Some pictures might help.

I have never gone into Victoria's Secret. Of couse the large ads in the windows are always easy on the eyes, but sadly i've never had a girlfriend that i considered buying unmentionables for. I've never had the courage to go in there and explore because i'm afraid everybody will think "ok that guy's a freak."

I've been told, though, that all girls shop at Victoria's Secret. Even hard core indie rock chicks. One girl told me that if a girl ever says that she's never bought anything from Victoria's Secret, she's full of bollocks.

And by the way, the "bra fitter" or technician or whatever the person is called has always intrigued me. It seems to me to be a very unique and curious tradition of femininity. I would think that trying on undergarments would be an intensely private affair; the fact that this is apparently not the case only furthers my confusion with the female gender.

(Edited by roadie at 11:37 am on Jul. 15, 2004)

I'm from Maryville. I like going back to visit there, but I don't think I ever want to live there again.

today i went job shopping. planetxchange, posh, carrabbas, and pfchangs are all now possibilities.

youd probably make the most at pfchangs.
either location.

you're right. plus, i would get to dress snazzy. and i think i would rather seat people than fold clothes.

most of the time i love my job. i teach a class of seven two-year-olds at a daycare in smyrna. the drawbacks: i have to be at work at 6am every weekday and i make minimum wage. but i pretty much love everything else about it, especially at this particular moment, since i am on paid vacation this week. however, i've been applying at other places. you just can't pay rent on 5.15.

You better keep October open for "Peace Tadpole Nanny"

oh, right. should i even look for a job, then? i guess i shouldnt have quit.

I'd still look... momma frog doesn't leave the nest until January

Here are the reasons we (the saleswomen, salesmen, or "boobfitters") are so annoying.
1. We are trying to help. Most women are not even wearing the right size and it is very obvious!
2. That's my fucking job. It is my job to ask customers if they are doing okay or if they need any help. It's really funny. If we weren't around asking, "Do you need any help" someone would be complaining we were stuck up bitches who don't want to help anyone.
3. We have to talk up the merchandise b/c that's what we sell. We don't sell cars or houses, we sell panties and bras. There are very few words that compliment a bra and panty set other than "cute", "sexy" or "pretty."
4. The managers give us shit if we aren't talking to EVERY person in the store.
5. We have these so-called "secret shoppers" who come in and see if we do our job correctly. Our district managers give them a checklist of things to hear from us otherwise our store, co-workers, and managers get a bad rating too.
So, there are some reasons we have to annoy you people out there. Sorry about that. And I know it seems like we have a semi-annual sale every two weeks but as the name suggests, we only have a semi-annual sale twice a year, once in January, the other in June. Those are our only "big" sales of the year. We are having this free panty coupon now and these bitches come in complaining about it. "I want that panty!" "Why does it only have to be a white pair?" Blah, blah, blah. Oh, and did I mention women bringing back "WORN" merchandise, and I mean noticeably worn merchandise, esp. panties. And we actually have to fucking take it back. I think the best story to tell is the one where the woman returned a pair of panties with a maxi pad in it, used. GREAT!!! I don't think many people would read my book, it would be too disgusting.

When I'm buying my panties, I prefer to have very approachable people who at least pretend like they care about their jobs. But that doesn't mean I want them coming to me when I'm choosing between lowrise and thong. I'm of the philosophy that, if I want your help, I'll ask. Obviously, VS is doing something right, though. They seem to have cornered the market.

My job is so much better when people are appreciative after you've helped them. I mean we have women wearing extra small panties who should be in an extra large. Ouch. My job is very humorous. It's also funny when women come in and ask if we sell vibrators. Maybe in the future, but man, that would be even funnier, trying to talk up and sell a vibrator. Sorry, bad tangent.

Carligula, I agree with you that sometimes when I"m shopping, I"ll ask if I need help. I guess my point is that I don't understand why people get mad at sales people for doing their jobs and seeing if customers need help.

I think there's a real art to it. There's a fine balance between being helpful and being intrusive. I'm always conscientious of those in the retail and service industries and go out of my way to thank them for helping me out-- especially if they don't make their job seem like I'm burdening them.

Everybody now: What the world needs now is love... sweet love.

I hate...HATE...the word "panties."

A lot of girls do.

"A-men to that, sister," said the man who now has to make sure that every customer either buys nachos or is offered nachos...for $5.25.

I find that a good, "No thank you, I'm fine." usually works. I like Victoria's Secret, because when I do need help, it's easy to find.

Question on bra sizing:

First you measure the biggest part of your boobs and then your ribcage directly under, and subtract that gets the cup size...1 inch differece is A, 2 is B, 3 is C and so on....and then the measurement of the ribcage is the actual size, like 34, 36, etc?

That's what I always thought. I don't see how women can get that wrong. I want go buy new underwear now.

you can't really shop without assistance at victorias secret since all of the goods are tucked away in little drawers. i get angry if i dont get helped.

So all of their merchandise is wrapped inside tiny little panties? cool.

Wearable packaging is the wave of the future, PF.

The problem is that EVERY sales associate in the store has to come up to you and ask how you're doing. They do the same thing @ Bath and Body works. The really annoying ones act like they're NOT trying to sell you something, but they just want to chat with you about bras and panties.
I realize they're only doing their jobs, it's really the company's fault for making them work on comission or whatever at an underwear store.
Just let me dig through the 9.99 & up bra bin in peace plz.

My husband gets especially peevish when I call his boxers "panties". And Carl, I'd be glad to if I knew how to include a .jpg in a post!

I appreciate all of the help I receive at VS, but what I don't appreciate is when they insist I am one size that I AM NOT!!! I mean, if I can't get the damn thing fastened and my boobs are smooshed I know it is not the right size!!! Luckily, that hasn't happened in a while. What I do love about VS is when they fit you correctly, they hand you 10 bras in your size and they all fit instead of going to a department store where you can wear 5 different sizes in 5 different brands. UGGH! I hate that.

Thank you so much for answering that age-old question! It all makes complete sense now.

(Sigh), yep another thing they make us do, check and make sure every woman has been measured b/c the statistic is that "75% of women are wearing the wrong size." I have to follow this code, IOUE. It stands for "Introduce the top-selling bras," "Offer bra fittings," "Utilize the bra wardrode center," and "Expand the sale." And we have to ask open-ended questions like, "How are your bras fitting?" "What kind of bras do you like to wear?" I could go on and on. After we fit women, we have to hand them at least three bras from our most popular collections. Another thing is that different bras fit different ways and since I've been there so long, I know what bras run big in the cup or small in the band, it's just the way some are made, and of course when we get a new bra in, they tell us to try it, and give "personal testimony" to all clients. Here's another thing. Most intelligent women do know when a bra does or doesn't fit, but the women that come in to me do not know. They think a bra should be skin tight and make them look like they have four boobs. Some people honestly don't have a clue when it comes to "if a bra fits."

if the bra fits, youll have nice tits?

the last lady who fitted me at VS bore a strong resemblance to richard simmons. she had a kinky old-woman-fro and elasticized sweat band holding it back, almost as if she'd just been sweatin' to the oldies. she was probably about 4'3, i was concerned about smothering her with my chest while she was prodding and probing and lifting and separating and all that good stuff.

however, she did upgrade me a cupsize.

i've never been measured. i bet $100 all of my bras are the right size.

At least you can ask those questions without getting maced. Some of us aren't so lucky.

(Edited by Bowl of Fire at 4:24 pm on Jul. 19, 2004)

Can a man apply for a job at Victoria's Secret and then not get hired....and then sue the company for gender discrimination?

Unfortunately not. They told me they were protected under federal code 45823-AZ4. Stupid laws.

on the same note, how are hooters, abercrombie, etc. not getting in trouble for discrimination? (large breasts for hooters, overall attractiveness for abercrombie)

(Edited by rachel at 4:07 pm on Jul. 19, 2004)

A man did successfully sue Hooter's for discrimination.

My theater only hires girls for the box office and guys for projectionists. I think they get by on the box office front since they have Tim (the interesting man who has been with Carmike for 30+ years) and some recently hired guy (the first guy they've hired for box in at least 13 months).

There have never been any female projectionists nor have any females been trained to be a projectionist. Weird.

i think i saw you in passing while i was there last thursday before i saw Anchorman. in fact i think ive seen you every time i go to that damned theater.

let's get back to the bra fitting discussion.

Yeah, I had a meeting last Thursday. I'm there every Friday and Saturday, and 1-2 times during the week. I'm the glue that holds that place together.



Geez Uncle Pervy...

And I think Abercrombie got sued by a black woman for only hiring squeaky-clean prep-school types...but I don't know if it was successful

Some things are so universal- the theater I worked in as a lass also did not hire female projectionists. I got trained in the case of a dire emergency, but not granted the title. Maybe they didn't want to share the massive porn collection up in the booth?

(Edited by Lauren at 5:46 pm on Jul. 19, 2004)

i'm a stay at home mom

but i also sell avon
and bake cakes and make food for special occasions

Normally, I would say that discrimination is wrong, but in this case, I'm going to play the devil's advocate. Generally, people are hired on their ability to do the job. The job usually includes being able to count money and fold clothes (or serve food)...relatively basic stuff. In Abercrombie and Hooters' cases, though, I would say that "projecting an image" is part of your ability to do the job. (For Hooters, I'm talking about being female. The breast thing is another issue.) If you don't support their image and appeal to their target clientele, why should they hire you? Hooters appeals mostly to men, and Abercrombie appeals mostly to squeaky clean prep school kids (which has nothing to do with race). In Victoria's Secret's case, a male salesman would probably make the female customers less comfortable shopping there, therefore a man wouldn't be able to successfully and completely do the job. Places like the video store or a movie theater are different, but shouldn't places that thrive almost entirely on their image be allowed to hire who they want to promote their business?

I've worked with several men at VS. When I was hired in 1999, I was hired with this guy named Shawn. Shawn could sell the bras, man. He also worked stock and as cashier. Oh and there was this other guy who was already there named Timothy. Timothy thought every girl at VS wanted him, uh nope. We also had several stock guys there. We don't have any now, but there are two guys who sell stuff, mainly the beauty products though. Oh, and if any of you want to know what Victoria's Secret is, it's this, Victoria is a man. Duh, like that was hard to figure out, the CEO and person who started the company was a man. Not that much of a secret, was it?

Speaking as a former human resources employee, I can tell you that in some cases, employers are allowed to discriminate based on certain attributes. If certain attributes and/or characteristics are essential to performing the job properly, the employer can discriminate. Some things, such as race or national origin, are never legal to discriminate based on.

For instance, the ADA prohibits hiring discrimination against people with disabilities. But if the position in question were something like, let's say a lifeguard, the employer would be able to legally reject someone bound to a wheelchair strictly on the basis of their disability. That's a pretty obvious example, I know, but when you get into the areas of age and sex discrimination, it can get pretty foggy. And in the case of special inherant skills or characteristics, it can get foggier still.

Sorry to bore you. To make a long story short, though, I would think that VS would not be able to discriminate based on sex for anyone who doesn't see people naked.

(Edited by jamiecarroll at 9:53 pm on Jul. 19, 2004)

This seems a lot like rocket science. I'm glad I dont even have to think about undergarments.



Also I too don't like the word panties. unless it's whispered in my ear, as in: "i'm not wearing any"

I knew you'd like that