Forums inspire wank unlike any other, don't they? It's funny as hell, but it gets tiring pretty quick - or such as been my experience. I can only take so much dramaz before I have to move on, intense hobby or not...so you're a better person than I for being able to stick around not one, not two, but three trainwrecks, LOL!!
Five or six days straight of work SUCKS ASS. I always hated receiving my schedule and seeing that, especially if the shifts weren't consistent. It messes with your sleep and makes you cranky and mad and frustrated and then on your days off, you can't do anything because you're so tired. I definitely do *not* miss working in retail...(though I have a nasty feeling I may end up there again in the latter half of '09).
As for writing, I appear to have moved out of my uber-productive phase that I enjoyed during the first half plus change of 2008. I'm still writing, but it's going slower now. I don't start five fics a day and finish the shortest ones within a month.
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Oh god, yes. I don't know how they do it--I'm exhausted just reading this shit. I mostly lurk every now and again, which I'm sure is my only saving grace.
I have open availability, so my shifts are NEVER consistent. And the job market is so horrendously bad around here...it was a miracle that I even got this job. And the last time I tried to talk to someone about unwelcome trends in my schedule...did not go well. I ended up with nearly two months of super early mornings and very little else. Granted, that was a different manager, but I don't think I could take it if the new one decided to prove a point on this score.
I get there, eventually. *shrugs* It never works quite like I want it to, but it generally turns out for the better in the end. I'm trying to let this be the one thing that's NOT stressing me out right now.
Oh god, yes. I don't know how they do it--I'm exhausted just reading this shit. I mostly lurk every now and again, which I'm sure is my only saving grace.
How do they do it? They obviously have nothing else to do, that's how. I envy people with such free time that they can afford to wage wank wars with each other over the internet.
I try my best not to get involved, but I do enjoy pointing and gawking like everyone else. As long as it isn't an everyday occurence.
I have open availability, so my shifts are NEVER consistent.
Been there, done that. Sucks even f'ing more. Whenever I questioned my schedule, I was always told that the open availability people got the very last shifts left on the schedule, after those with only restricted hours were filled in. Seems backwards to me - we should get premium shifts every now and again as a 'reward' (or at least first crack at off days, dammit
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Seriously. I didn't have that much free time when I was in high school. Or college, for that matter. Now that I'm working? Forget it. Now, pointing, gawking and laughing my ass off? Totally the whole reason I ever go to those forums.
The best shifts are the five-damn-thirty-a.m. shifts that come after I work till nine the day before. That means I'm not getting home till 9:30 or 10, but I have to get up again at 3:30. Not. Helpful. That's not this week though, so one infuriating schedule at a time.
*grin* Surprises are fun. That's helping with the not-stress.
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... aw about the production... but understandable.
Yay for surprises!!
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Very. Fortunately, after the current six-day stretch, they appear to be giving it a rest for a while.
*nods* It's not a full-on block, so, meh. I'm dealing.
Surprises. It'll be fun. ;D
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Forums inspire wank unlike any other, don't they? It's funny as hell, but it gets tiring pretty quick - or such as been my experience. I can only take so much dramaz before I have to move on, intense hobby or not...so you're a better person than I for being able to stick around not one, not two, but three trainwrecks, LOL!!
Five or six days straight of work SUCKS ASS. I always hated receiving my schedule and seeing that, especially if the shifts weren't consistent. It messes with your sleep and makes you cranky and mad and frustrated and then on your days off, you can't do anything because you're so tired. I definitely do *not* miss working in retail...(though I have a nasty feeling I may end up there again in the latter half of '09).
As for writing, I appear to have moved out of my uber-productive phase that I enjoyed during the first half plus change of 2008. I'm still writing, but it's going slower now. I don't start five fics a day and finish the shortest ones within a month. ( ... )
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I have open availability, so my shifts are NEVER consistent. And the job market is so horrendously bad around here...it was a miracle that I even got this job. And the last time I tried to talk to someone about unwelcome trends in my schedule...did not go well. I ended up with nearly two months of super early mornings and very little else. Granted, that was a different manager, but I don't think I could take it if the new one decided to prove a point on this score.
I get there, eventually. *shrugs* It never works quite like I want it to, but it generally turns out for the better in the end. I'm trying to let this be the one thing that's NOT stressing me out right now.
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How do they do it? They obviously have nothing else to do, that's how. I envy people with such free time that they can afford to wage wank wars with each other over the internet.
I try my best not to get involved, but I do enjoy pointing and gawking like everyone else. As long as it isn't an everyday occurence.
I have open availability, so my shifts are NEVER consistent.
Been there, done that. Sucks even f'ing more. Whenever I questioned my schedule, I was always told that the open availability people got the very last shifts left on the schedule, after those with only restricted hours were filled in. Seems backwards to me - we should get premium shifts every now and again as a 'reward' (or at least first crack at off days, dammit ( ... )
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The best shifts are the five-damn-thirty-a.m. shifts that come after I work till nine the day before. That means I'm not getting home till 9:30 or 10, but I have to get up again at 3:30. Not. Helpful. That's not this week though, so one infuriating schedule at a time.
*grin* Surprises are fun. That's helping with the not-stress.
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