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Jake, Colossus of Clout
02:38 / 18.06.06
Work often is, in my experience. I've got a frosty cold beverage, and I'm listening to music and relaxing. A frosty, delicious, succulent, fresh, local pale ale, with Gogol Bordello on the stereo, digesting a tasty Indian dinner... Mmm...

Okay, that was mean. So, why did Lisa take a dump under Richard's desk?
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
02:42 / 18.06.06
Under his bed, apparently... Big Brother people, rather than "real" ones.

Heh- I'm listening to GB too!
 
 
Jake, Colossus of Clout
02:52 / 18.06.06
Ah, the UK reality show that you British Barbeloids are obsessed with...

We used to have a Big Brother over here, but I think it bombed. I avoid reality TV like the plague, myself. It must be better on your side of the pond.

She took a shit under his bed? Seriously? Aren't there cameras everywhere to catch her in the act?

I can't get enough Gogol Bordello, btw. Are there any other must-own albums besides Gypsy Punk?
 
 
Mourne Kransky
02:52 / 18.06.06
I'm lying on top of the bed with the fan blasting away and listening to The Utah Saints. If I hadn't stopped the smoking, the world would be perfect. Fuck it, Ganesh is still up downstairs, so I 'm gettin up to attack the Brandy bottle. Kate Bush' last album on the iPod now. Technology is fucking fabulous, ken.
 
 
Jake, Colossus of Clout
02:56 / 18.06.06
I'm gettin up to attack the Brandy bottle.

Yes! Attack that bastard! Clearly you're a man after my own heart, Xoc.
 
 
Mourne Kransky
03:12 / 18.06.06
I am irredeemably lost. La dolce vita has claimed me. Drunk man walking...
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
03:24 / 18.06.06
She may have shat under his bed. Nobody's quite sure...
 
 
Jake, Colossus of Clout
04:08 / 18.06.06
But... what about the cameras?
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
04:19 / 18.06.06
I think the suspicion is that she "brought some with her" from the bathroom...

...apparently they're going over the tapes as we speak.
 
 
Jake, Colossus of Clout
04:31 / 18.06.06
God, that's trashy. I can sort of see the appeal. And that, my friend, is scary.
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
05:03 / 18.06.06
Ah well. Work's over and I'm off to bed. Seeya!
 
 
Jake, Colossus of Clout
05:04 / 18.06.06
G'night, Stoatie.
 
 
Saint Keggers
02:05 / 19.06.06
Allo?
 
 
Jake, Colossus of Clout
02:22 / 19.06.06
Keggers. My North American Lateshift brotha from anotha motha.
 
 
Hallo, Paper Spaceboy
02:45 / 19.06.06
Awright, boys n' girls?
 
 
Jake, Colossus of Clout
02:46 / 19.06.06
How's things, Papers?
 
 
Hallo, Paper Spaceboy
02:53 / 19.06.06
Good, good. I'm working on a science fiction thing. Listening to the Streets. It's still light out and it's nearly 9pm. Vaguely hungry. You?
 
 
Jake, Colossus of Clout
02:57 / 19.06.06
Quite well, thanks. Playing Icewind Dale. It's Baldur's Gate with all the thinking taken out and replaced by mass slaughter. Fun.

I've got a beer in my hand and my pet rabbit on my lap. Life is good.
 
 
Hallo, Paper Spaceboy
02:58 / 19.06.06
I suddenly occurred to me that I have an inadequate understanding of the Dow Jones.

Additionally, I'm wondering how long I can make a piece before someone notices that there aren't any characters or plot, really.

Beer. I had white wine this afternoon on a picnic. It was all right. Dry, which was nice. There were five kinds of cheese because we're snobs or something.
 
 
Jake, Colossus of Clout
03:10 / 19.06.06
Wine and cheese meals rule. You're not snobs, it's just good taste!

I know nothing about the Dow-Jones. I distrust all financial institutions. I got a ton of credit seven years ago when all these companies came to my college and offered cards with insane balances to eighteen-year-old kids. "You can use it for books!" "Yeah, sure, buddy. I'm off to the liquor store and then to the electronics department at Best Buy." I just finished paying off my debts last year. Fucking unscrupulous bastards. Such a scam. I also hate banks at the moment. How does a $0.50 overdraft become a $150 fee? How? They suck, too. I'm like Randy Moss, now: Straight cash, homie.
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
03:16 / 19.06.06
Hello!

Not sure how long I'll be sticking around... looks like they may be letting us go home soon!
 
 
Solitaire Rose as Tom Servo
03:21 / 19.06.06
Well, I'm doing another crap overnight shift, and since I'm a temp, I can't go into an office and play video games to look like I'm busy.

It seems I can't even get laid off from a job properly.
 
 
Jake, Colossus of Clout
03:24 / 19.06.06
Wow, that's really early for you, right, Stoatie? Sweet!

Does your off-week start tomorrow?
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
03:33 / 19.06.06
As soon as I get out of here...
 
 
Jake, Colossus of Clout
03:35 / 19.06.06
Nice. Do the beverages start immediately or after a night's sleep?
 
 
Jake, Colossus of Clout
03:37 / 19.06.06
Hi Solitaire! Didn't see you there. Do you want to be laid off or have you been laid off? Because I've suggestions for the former...
 
 
Solitaire Rose as Tom Servo
03:39 / 19.06.06
I was laid off MONTHS ago, but they keep calling me back, making it hard to enjoy my unemployment.

Of course, I'm working at a facility I haven't worked in for about 5 months, the other staff who was supposed to work with me didn't show up, and there's no information on what is supposed to be done on the overnight.

Looks like I'm gonna be watching season 3 of "24" on my laptop!
 
 
Jake, Colossus of Clout
03:42 / 19.06.06
Those bastards. Honestly, if they keep calling you back in, why did they fire you?

At least you can watch 24. Even though I've never seen it, I'm sure it's better than actual work.
 
 
Solitaire Rose as Tom Servo
03:49 / 19.06.06
LONG boring story. I was the director of a group home, and a lot of politics got involved, so I was asked to step aside. At the time, I was upset about it, but now that I'm not working 100 hour weeks and getting calls at all times from staff who should have known how to handle things, I see it hs really helped my mental health to be away from it.

I was helping out the director of the other program by taking a couple weeks worth of overnights when his overnight person took a vacation at very short notice...and then this program had a crisis, and I was asked to do the overnights over here. There, they have a Wi-Fi set up, and the only thing I'm asked to do is check the residents and handle a crisis should one arise. Here, there's all sorts of janitorial duties, filing and the like, but no instructions on how to do anything.

So, I'll plead ignorance and watch movies, and see if I can get back in to Barbelith after a long break...but I have to do it on the company computer. feh. I also have no idea why I didn't just say "I'm a temp...and I don't want to do it."
 
 
Jake, Colossus of Clout
03:58 / 19.06.06
I like the sound of the place with the WiFi and fewer responsibilities. That was not the place that fired you? And the sucky place you're at now is? Or vice versa? Anywho, the place you're at now sounds ass. The words "janitorial duties" put The Fear in me.

However, my rabbit has now washed it away. He has the Midnight Crazies like I haven't seen in a long while. Bunnies are hilarious.
 
 
Solitaire Rose as Tom Servo
04:37 / 19.06.06
The place I'm at now laid me off. They didn't fire me because I didn't do anything they could fire me for...but they had to find a way to move me out the door.

Ah, office politics. As long as I gets paid, I don't much care.
 
 
Jake, Colossus of Clout
04:58 / 19.06.06
True dat. Still, seems to be a huge amount of disrespect there. They moved you out as a salaried worker and moved you back in as a temp? Do they just need your skills and don't want to pay what they should for them?
 
 
Solitaire Rose as Tom Servo
05:00 / 19.06.06
Partly that, and partly that they are so incredibly short staffed, they need bodies for the overnights.

Once I get a new job, I can ignore their phone calls, but one of the things about US Unemployment is that you have to accept hours when they are offered if you possibly can take them.
 
 
Jake, Colossus of Clout
05:13 / 19.06.06
For sure. It's hard enough to even get unemployment here, let alone keep it.

I love my job to death, but there are so many other things I want to be doing that actually make a difference. I've always wanted to take care of abandoned animals, but that job doesn't even pay money unless you have some schooling. I'd drop my wine serving job in a minute if I could make a living taking care of animals, but it just isn't practical, and that sucks.
 
 
Jake, Colossus of Clout
06:38 / 19.06.06


The sleepy bunny has been invoked. Lateshift has now been properly put to bed.
 
  

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