shlock
I've been kind of doing this thing where recently, I drive both to and from work with a smile on my face and a song in my head. It's so weird, because for the four years I was at Petco and the two I was at Target, only a few times did I ever enjoy the prospect of going to work. Usually, it was in the beginning of my career there. One or two days, the prospect of 'working' was overshadowed by the idea of 'fun' or 'enjoyment'. But when I go to work now? I guess I just really have grown and started to learn that I'm so fucking blessed to have a job in an air-conditioned building, where I can work shifts on my own with no managerial supervision, and play videogames with guests and actually get praise for it.
I know it's annoying to read about my job and how cool I think it is, but fuck. I spent four years of my life cleaning hamster shit and ferret piss off of glass cage walls, taking three Zyrtec's a day in order to stay alive...I finally deserve a break.
My bank seriously wants to bend me over and get off in my ass. That's got to be the only explanation for the six overdraft fees I was charged the other day, bringing my bank balance down to a whopping negative 79 dollars. I called them up and blew up at the woman immediately: "Well, it's so nice to actually talk a human instead of a robot, like I have been for the last ten minutes..."
Shawn + Negative money = Uber Dick
She was so unbearably nice, however, that I felt compelled to apologize to her after the entire ordeal. She laughed and made me pretty sure that 'I could have been WAY worse, given the situation I was put in'. It's nice to know that even though most people that work customer service for major corporations are mindless zealots that will do everything they can to keep you down 'by the book', there still exists some pockets of humanity that struggle against all odds. Those are nice little gold minds that I really enjoy finding.
Tonight, I get to participate in some 'lotto ticket' survey/focus group. I did focus testing on the Dannon Spring! water that came out a year ago (the logo they picked was not the one I expressed an interest in...) and now I'm on a list to be called for little focus groups when they arise - pretty sweet, I guess...30 dollars for 45 minutes worth of work? If only GameCrazy was paying me that kind of hourly rate...then I'd be REALLY happy with my job...
I don't get to audition for any shows for a while. This is a self-imposed rule; I want to be able to be available for work whenever the need should arise, without putting a 'limit' on my available hours by acting at night. Some might look at this as a step toward the wrong direction, a counter-productive move. I would have to agree with that. I do need to become an actor, but at the moment, I need to build some sort of funds in order to do that. I guess what I'm saying is, I'm making the wrong decisions for the right reasons. Jeez, I should have a comb-over and hitch my pants up to my nipples...
I know it's annoying to read about my job and how cool I think it is, but fuck. I spent four years of my life cleaning hamster shit and ferret piss off of glass cage walls, taking three Zyrtec's a day in order to stay alive...I finally deserve a break.
My bank seriously wants to bend me over and get off in my ass. That's got to be the only explanation for the six overdraft fees I was charged the other day, bringing my bank balance down to a whopping negative 79 dollars. I called them up and blew up at the woman immediately: "Well, it's so nice to actually talk a human instead of a robot, like I have been for the last ten minutes..."
Shawn + Negative money = Uber Dick
She was so unbearably nice, however, that I felt compelled to apologize to her after the entire ordeal. She laughed and made me pretty sure that 'I could have been WAY worse, given the situation I was put in'. It's nice to know that even though most people that work customer service for major corporations are mindless zealots that will do everything they can to keep you down 'by the book', there still exists some pockets of humanity that struggle against all odds. Those are nice little gold minds that I really enjoy finding.
Tonight, I get to participate in some 'lotto ticket' survey/focus group. I did focus testing on the Dannon Spring! water that came out a year ago (the logo they picked was not the one I expressed an interest in...) and now I'm on a list to be called for little focus groups when they arise - pretty sweet, I guess...30 dollars for 45 minutes worth of work? If only GameCrazy was paying me that kind of hourly rate...then I'd be REALLY happy with my job...
I don't get to audition for any shows for a while. This is a self-imposed rule; I want to be able to be available for work whenever the need should arise, without putting a 'limit' on my available hours by acting at night. Some might look at this as a step toward the wrong direction, a counter-productive move. I would have to agree with that. I do need to become an actor, but at the moment, I need to build some sort of funds in order to do that. I guess what I'm saying is, I'm making the wrong decisions for the right reasons. Jeez, I should have a comb-over and hitch my pants up to my nipples...