"Strip"
It's been well over a month since I last posted. That's a real first. It's almost as if I just migrated to twitter (not saying where, but most of you should be able to easily enough guess what name i use), and left actual posts to the wind. But blah.
The last few weeks have been a real mix. I had a real shitty job for about two weeks with a bunch of asshole "bros" from Texas who were nothing but materialistic moneygrubbers who's high points in life were trying to get laid by as many overstuffed chicks from Hooters as they possibly could. It was as if I was placed in a worksetting with so many people that were the polar opposite of me in almost every way. Well, that'd be a small lie for a few reasons, but I won't expand on that.
They were never really mean to me either. It's just that the personalities, I couldn't stand. They also tended to talk shit behind everyone's backs INSTANTLY and blatantly, the moment whoever they were talking about were out of earshot. I'm sure I was no exception when I quit.
Oh, and for those still wondering, it was door to door sales for Verizon, through a certain "20/20 Communications". Pay was completely based on whether sales were made or not, not on hours. I worked 9 hour workdays, worked my ass off, drove sometimes 40+ miles a day, and made barely more than $100. It was pure ass. But I suppose if you were insanely good at manipulating customers at the door (this is very much what it felt we were told to do) then maybe it'd be a good job. Everyone just became dollar signs, and nothing more. We were told to force our product on people who clearly didn't want it or have any need for it (it really feels bad to try to sell this crap to people over 70 years old). I remember we were given some pep talk to try to convince us that SALESMEN WILL SAVE THE WORLD AND WILL SAVE US FROM THE RECESSION. During that time, all my fellow employees were like, nodding and seriously convinced of this. Meanwhile, I was just trying my hardest not to vomit on the spot.
But yeah. If anything, I'm insanely glad I quit. Good riddance.
Other events? I closed my Wachovia account, and went the credit union route with Northwest FCU. I don't know why it amuses me so much that I can use any 7-11 ATM for free, as well as a whole handful of other Credit Union branches, but yeah. Feels a lot better than Wachovia.
Otakon was great. It really was, but I don't really know how to detail it at this point. I haven't really detailed a con in a while. But I got to see a good number of friends from the prior year, cosplay was saved by a million safety pins, and... yeah. Didn't lose anything either. A first.
In the end though, I've been constantly fluctuating in and out of depression, for a lot of reasons. I don't really want to detail the exact reasons for my depression for fear of misunderstanding on the part of some people, but yeah. I guess part of it, I can attribute to me just feeling in general like an incredibly shallow person. That's at least part of it.
And yeah, it seems my paid LJ account expired, and I'm not sure I feel like paying another year seeing how infrequently I used it in the last month. But eh. Maybe I will. These ads are sure annoying.
So that's the last month in a nutshell. Really not much else to say.
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The last few weeks have been a real mix. I had a real shitty job for about two weeks with a bunch of asshole "bros" from Texas who were nothing but materialistic moneygrubbers who's high points in life were trying to get laid by as many overstuffed chicks from Hooters as they possibly could. It was as if I was placed in a worksetting with so many people that were the polar opposite of me in almost every way. Well, that'd be a small lie for a few reasons, but I won't expand on that.
They were never really mean to me either. It's just that the personalities, I couldn't stand. They also tended to talk shit behind everyone's backs INSTANTLY and blatantly, the moment whoever they were talking about were out of earshot. I'm sure I was no exception when I quit.
Oh, and for those still wondering, it was door to door sales for Verizon, through a certain "20/20 Communications". Pay was completely based on whether sales were made or not, not on hours. I worked 9 hour workdays, worked my ass off, drove sometimes 40+ miles a day, and made barely more than $100. It was pure ass. But I suppose if you were insanely good at manipulating customers at the door (this is very much what it felt we were told to do) then maybe it'd be a good job. Everyone just became dollar signs, and nothing more. We were told to force our product on people who clearly didn't want it or have any need for it (it really feels bad to try to sell this crap to people over 70 years old). I remember we were given some pep talk to try to convince us that SALESMEN WILL SAVE THE WORLD AND WILL SAVE US FROM THE RECESSION. During that time, all my fellow employees were like, nodding and seriously convinced of this. Meanwhile, I was just trying my hardest not to vomit on the spot.
But yeah. If anything, I'm insanely glad I quit. Good riddance.
Other events? I closed my Wachovia account, and went the credit union route with Northwest FCU. I don't know why it amuses me so much that I can use any 7-11 ATM for free, as well as a whole handful of other Credit Union branches, but yeah. Feels a lot better than Wachovia.
Otakon was great. It really was, but I don't really know how to detail it at this point. I haven't really detailed a con in a while. But I got to see a good number of friends from the prior year, cosplay was saved by a million safety pins, and... yeah. Didn't lose anything either. A first.
In the end though, I've been constantly fluctuating in and out of depression, for a lot of reasons. I don't really want to detail the exact reasons for my depression for fear of misunderstanding on the part of some people, but yeah. I guess part of it, I can attribute to me just feeling in general like an incredibly shallow person. That's at least part of it.
And yeah, it seems my paid LJ account expired, and I'm not sure I feel like paying another year seeing how infrequently I used it in the last month. But eh. Maybe I will. These ads are sure annoying.
So that's the last month in a nutshell. Really not much else to say.
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