Massive bitchy job and money related ranting ahead. You have been warned.

[julian_wilbury]

World, what is with the guilt trips lately? It's really discouraging when you're doing what you can to scrape by and try to make enough money to live your own life when people are reminding you that either a) FINDING JOBS IS EASY, LOL, WHY ARE YOU STILL WORKING AT A PIZZA PLACE or b) I'M LUCKY TO HAVE A JOB I'M GOING TO REMIND YOU, ONE OF MY BEST

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[julian_wilbury]

Oh trust me, I am happy with pizzamongering. (frostdemn coined that phrase, and he's JEALOUS because he just wants to go to a CiCi's, PERIOD.) I have never encountered Not Always Right material there when it comes to customers, they are (almost) always so nice and friendly and happy to be there. Asides from the fact that it's frustrating to get sent home or told there's not enough business for me to bother coming to work, I really enjoy the job and, believe it or not, my coworkers, because it seems they managed to hire cool geeky-types. (I've talked about DeviantArt to several of them, and Looney Tunes, Doctor Who, Tale Spin, Star Trek, Invader ZIM with various coworkers and got to see The Princess and the Frog with one of my old MANAGERS because she didn't have anybody to see animated movies with, either. C'mon, how cool is that?)

Also, my mum worked at JC Penny's last Christmas for a few extra bucks, and she bailed as quickly as she could. Besides the jerks, the fact that they had to call the police one time, the manipulative "secret shopper" teaching techniques that hurt a friend of hers, it also had its own brand of disgusting when it came to dressing rooms. I'm happy handling the food that DIDN'T go through the body, thanks.

(And no, I don't really think my job is as "filthy" as they made it sound. Cleaning up tables and tossing uneaten food, big deal. Me and my mom are guessing these girls don't even wash their own dishes because CLEANING OUT THE SINK TRAP IS SOOOOOOOO GROSS, EEEEEEEW.)

So yeah, like slipped in, I know that department store jobs aren't as "glamorous" and "easy" as they made it sound and am glad that JC Penny's didn't hire me when I was job searching after my mum worked there for just a MONTH before running away screaming. I cannot stress enough how much I hope reality hits these girls in the face. (Because lord knows I can't say what I want to say to those girls, they WERE customers. 9.9 I think they're the first two people to come close to Not Always Right material.)

I do remember business was much, much better when I was first hired on so I'm honestly not ~*that*~ worried, but when times and money are lean and you're getting pressured and criticized sometimes you do have to explode in a rant so I don't explode elsewhere.