Your work day

[TheFrontSeatLife]

I work in a warehouse for a large chain store that sells electronics. I compact whatever trash is stacked in front of the compactor, if an online order comes through I go get the picked product and put it in an area so whoever bought it can pick it up sometime and get a TV/TVStand/Whatever for people who bought one of the previous mentioned. I also unload the truck with the other guys in my dept on Friday nights. That's actually dangerous. If (or when) product in crates comes down on you it's pretty feesable that you could get nicely fucked up so I try to be mellow doing that shit. It actually is pretty shit on the hours but I'm in school 3 days a week from 8 to 1:30 so whatever. If I'm just doing my thing solo it's okay but everyone else in my department is an idiot who makes fart jokes and shit and I get lumped in with the rest of them by the guys on the sales floor. Most of those guys try to tell you what to do. One security guard tries to act like he's a supirior to me too. Actually, I'll say my job isn't bad but my co-workers are fucking tools.

[toy machine]

I used to work at sports traders but just quit a couple days ago, becuase the job sucked and I didnt work enough hours. Shooting for thriftys next, maybe walmart, just becuase i can get some sick deals.

[dodgersgirl]

oh, god, i hate hearing that kind of shit.  how about enjoying your new child instead of thinking about how you wish you were making money?  you won't miss work when you're back.  it's fucked that we live in a society where the best thing that can happen to someone in their life is now overshadowed by the pursuit of money and "happiness".  not your fault, but something to think about. 

Oh, believe me I do enjoy him!! I quit working intentionally so that I could spend time with my son. I even decided to change careers entirely (from engineering to teaching) so that I will *always* be able to spend more time with him. I love my little man, and money is NOT my motivation. Teaching would not be my choice if I were greedy!   

[balsamic villager]

wake up around 7
make breakfast and talk to the wife
play on the computer, make my lunch,stretch
skate my ramp or out front for an hour or so
open the skate shop
grip board,bs,work on orders,ship out mail order stuff,watch videos
close up shop,drive home, maybe go skate out front
eat dinner, work out maybe, dork on the computer, sleep
repeat.
and i work tues-friday
stresssss

[koots]

Middle School EFL teacher

-Wake up at 6:00 am
-drink a pot of coffee, check my e-mails, eat some granola, drink some more coffee

7:00--walk to school

7:30--before school extra classes start.  I teach from 7:30-8:50 am in the morning for overtime.

9:00am-4:30 pm

average day consists of me being bombarded by "hello teacher!" everywhere I go in school.

 I usually teach from 3-5 classes a day.  1 hour lunch...10 minute breaks between classes...
I usually have at least 2, sometimes 3 spare blocks in a day.  I usually spend about an hour doing
lesson prep and then the rest of the time at work is spent checking the internets, reading books,
studying, or planning trips (just finished planning my trip to China.)

[ruiner]

damn people actually do have some legit jobs on here. I work for a skate company which i care not to name, i do graphic design shit. i have it pretty damn easy, roll in around ten, do some work, surf some internet, answer some emails, have lunch usually in the office so i can leave earlier and try to bounce around five thirty so i can skate as much as possible and maybe have a couple beers before repeating the whole process. My job is pretty rad, i don't really think i could work outside of skateboarding.

[JoshEwUhh]

damn people actually do have some legit jobs on here. I work for a skate company which i care not to name, i do graphic design shit. i have it pretty damn easy, roll in around ten, do some work, surf some internet, answer some emails, have lunch usually in the office so i can leave earlier and try to bounce around five thirty so i can skate as much as possible and maybe have a couple beers before repeating the whole process. My job is pretty rad, i don't really think i could work outside of skateboarding.

Alot less 7-11 clerks and Burger King managers than I expected.

[mick swagger]

high precision machinist a.k.a shop lurker

630am- ussually get up, drive to the store by my spot for coffee
7am- punch in and check emails and check lists of what needs to be shipped where
730-930 ussually lurk the net and do some shipping paperwork
930-330 either programming or running a cnc machine, drill press, ect or driving a delivery truck around
eat at some point during the day
5pm- sit in rush hour traffic and smoke a 100 cigarrettes.
6pm eat and try to go skate if im not cashed out, or if i am watch a skate video, get a case a beer and lurk til 11pm
repeat m-f

[Sleazy]

I graduated in 99 and I am currently on my 9th professional job.

I know that sounds really like a shitty situation but each job that I loose\leave results in me getting a decent pay increase for my next gig. For example, I lost my last cool job just over a year ago and I have since changed jobs 3 times (every 6 months) and the end result is an 16k increase in annual base and my most recent job provided a 3k signing bonus. Mix that with the time off where you get unemployment and severance and it's not a bad setup. I am hoping to find a job with longevity but my industry (programming) doesn't seem to have much of that.

My current day goes like this:

8am ish: arrive at work (as long as you get in by 9 they don't care)

first thing: organize my day in outlook via David Allen's time management system (good shit, BTW)

9:30: daily standup with whole team where we say "what did I do yesterday, what I am planning for today"

rest of day: work on things from my list I generated in first thing

lucnh time: go work out

5:00pm: GO SKATE!!!

Currently we are analyzing whether we want to build the new user interface for the seismic software that we write in Java or Microsoft .Net. The UI is pretty complex and requires multiple monitors to use properly (we recomend 4-6) so that makes it pretty fun from the challenging side of the fence.

My day consist of creating applications that preformance test various toolkits that are available in .Net. I usually just listen to music or have youtube music videos playing on one of my monitors while I mess around with code (which I think is fun). There is no micromanagement, you just have to deliever on the things you commit too in the standup meetings.

It's pretty chill and I would say that I feel pretty lucky except that there was really no luck involed. I choose my path through school, finished and got a job doing what I worked so hard to get a degree in. It was really that simple and there is absolutely nothing special about my path through life other than a desire to get paid for being an expert at some skill that is technical in nature and not for "interpersonal skills" or other coporate BS.

[jrock]

wake up at 3 in the afternoon
shower and walk my dog
cook for my wife and the dog
she comes home from school and we eat and bullshit around
leave for work at 5:45 pm
smoke cigs and chill with my co workers til our shift starts at 7
go to our bullshit start of shift meeting(i work in a pharmaceutical warehouse)
depending on the night either do an inventory control report, which basically entails me walking around talking to whoever without my manager breathing down my neck, or go to my area and stock the orders for the stores, which is mindless work a chimp could do but the place pays well.  we get two fifteen minute breaks a night and a half hour for lunch all of which i'm chain smoking on to keep me awake.
get off at 5:30-6:30 am  depending on the volume of orders
try not to fall asleep driving home
walk the dog
eat breakfast with wifey before she leaves for school
go on the internet
pass out around 9-10am
repeat

what drug company do you work for?

[Tray Loc]

I work for a large law firm in San Francisco, tenth largest in the country to be exact.  We have offices all over the world.  My title is Northern California Records Manager.  I oversee the Records functions in the following offices: San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Hong-Kong, Shanghai, and Beijing.  I make good money and travel for work frequently.  In fact, I was fortunate enough to spend a month-and-a-half in China this past October. 

Growing up, I never thought I'd end up doing this type of work.  Then again, though, I didn't have any real plans for the future anyway.  All I cared about was skateboarding, hanging out with my friends, drinking 40oz, smoking blunts, etc.  I graduated high-school by the skin of my teeth.

I also work part-time for a skate company: writing press releases, newsletters, news updates, responding to e-mails on the "info@" inbox, and so on and so forth. 

Anyway, my day varies from day-to-day since I work in multiple office, but here is my usual routine when I'm working in SF:

-- Wake up at six, turn on the news, iron my dress clothes if necessary, and then shower.

-- Jump on the express bus downtown.  It takes me about 30 minutes to get to work.  I do most of my reading at this time.  I try to read one book a week, depending on length of course, but I can get through a 300 page novel pretty quickly.

-- Grab a cup of coffee and a muffin from Starbucks.

-- Get to work between 7:30-8:00.

-- Log in, check e-mails, and voicemail.

-- Respond to e-mails and voicemail.

-- Lurk the internet for 30 minutes or so.

-- Dive into some work, attend meetings, check in with my staff, etc.

-- Take lunch in my office between 12:00-1:00.  My work caters lunch everyday.  It only costs $6, which is pretty good considering most of the lunch spots downtown are pricey.

-- I then close the door to my office and write for an hour or two.  I'm 20 chapters into a new book and have only seven left to go.

-- Dive into work again.

-- Head home usually between 5:30/6:00.

-- Eat dinner with the wife.

-- Watch a little TV.

--- Read for an hour or so, and then lights out.  I usually go to bed somewhere between 10:00/11:00 on the week nights.

[Sleazy]

no skating??? bumber

[yeah dude!]

For the four years I worked at a law firm my day looked like this

Wake up around 7:30
Eat breakfast, drink coffee, and shower
Ride my bike to work, arrive around 8:30
When I first started I was pretty gung ho at that job. It was a defense firm that represented all the major hospitals in Seattle and surrounding areas. I was mainly responsibly for the expert witness notebooks (all witness files actually but the notebooks were the ones that took some time), reading and summarizing depositions and a couple side projects throughout the day.

A few months ago I was really over it so I quit. Now I spend Monday and Tuesday working at a skate shop and a bar four nights a week. Both jobs are just a few blocks from my place. I get to sleep in, don't have to wear a suit and some how make more money. Also, except Monday and Tuesday I don't start work until 9pm so I have all day to skate or watch TV and wish I were skating.

[Tray Loc]

no skating??? bumber

I'll bomb some hills to and from various places on work nights, but for the most part I only really skate on the weekends these days.

[Raw!!!]

I started a new job today, at a do-it-yourself winery place. Pretty sick, I just move big jugs of wine around most of the time and the people are super nice. Going from a paper route to full time sucks though.

[brooklyn brawler]

Nocturnal Television Editor

noon - 2:00PM - wake up

waking up time - 4PM - start coffee, clean up cat's barf, poo, and piss, take a piss, pour coffee, check mail, call woman, find porn torrents, skate, make fun of people online, etc.

4:00PM - 5:00PM - come back home, shower, eat, leave for work

6:00PM - 7:00PM - sit at desk, read scripts, laugh at e-mail complaints, etc.

7:00PM - midnight - cut story, print to tape, avoid any phone calls that may be coming from a bar

this is around the time I leave, and then I have two options

a) midnight - 6:00AM Go home, make steak, drink beer, then veg at computer

or

b) midnight - whenever answer phone, go to bar, wake up naked, bite off arm, and head home

i prefer a)

halfway between sleeping and waking up, I call up said friend whose arm I just bit off to tell him it was just a joke *winks at Tim*

[nice weather]

How come you haven't reached 4000 yet? Looking forward to it.

[Stand and Deliver]

I'm a Project Manager for an elevator company.  I work on the new equipment side of the business, so I mostly deal with the major construction contracts that we have on the books.  It's alright, actually.  Right now, I have a couple of huge jobs that I'm working on.  One is $3 Million and I have three others that are over $2 Million.

I'm the liaison between all the groups of the installation; General Contractor, Engineering, Operations, Factory, etc.  If someone needs something related to the elevator installation, I track it down.  If they need us to perform some sort of "out of scope" work, I price it.  If they need a detail of some sort, I draw it up in AutoCAD.  And so on.

I've been doing this for about 10 years.  I make a pretty decent wage, a car allowance, gas card, and no one in the office really fucks with me.  I also get to yell and swear at people.

Sometimes all of the fighting back and forth gets a bit old, but all in all, it's not a bad way to make a living.

[Sleazy]

I was trying to get my wife into project management for a while. good way to make a living, just got to be organized and learn the domain specific stuff.

[sebastian toombs]

I'm a Project Manager for an elevator company.  I work on the new equipment side of the business, so I mostly deal with the major construction contracts that we have on the books.  It's alright, actually.  Right now, I have a couple of huge jobs that I'm working on.  One is $3 Million and I have three others that are over $2 Million.

I'm the liaison between all the groups of the installation; General Contractor, Engineering, Operations, Factory, etc.  If someone needs something related to the elevator installation, I track it down.  If they need us to perform some sort of "out of scope" work, I price it.  If they need a detail of some sort, I draw it up in AutoCAD.  And so on.

I've been doing this for about 10 years.  I make a pretty decent wage, a car allowance, gas card, and no one in the office really fucks with me.  I also get to yell and swear at people.

Sometimes all of the fighting back and forth gets a bit old, but all in all, it's not a bad way to make a living.

can you arrange a spontaneous elevator 'failure' to help me get back at one of my (few) enemies?

[Brandon]

working in a cafe is sick.

if i'm opening in the morning:

wake up at 6:30, eat something.  clock in, start brewing some fresh pots, bring out the food and edibles for the early risers.
change the milk hourly, brew fresh coffee every hour and a half.  basically stay on top of shit and clean excessively; try to look busy.

if i'm on a mid-shift or closing:

go in at either noon or 4 in the afternoon.  deal with any surges in customers, while trying to change the milk and coffees on schedule.  pull food out of the freezer for the next day, start cleaning shit up and taking out the trash.  emptying the "excess liquid" vat (where customers pour the rest of their drinks if they didn't finish them) is the worst part of the day.  soo fucking disgusting. clean up the cafe and make sure shit is tidy.

then i'm up and out of there.  $8.25/hour, i dig it.

[Stand and Deliver]

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I'm a Project Manager for an elevator company.  I work on the new equipment side of the business, so I mostly deal with the major construction contracts that we have on the books.  It's alright, actually.  Right now, I have a couple of huge jobs that I'm working on.  One is $3 Million and I have three others that are over $2 Million.

I'm the liaison between all the groups of the installation; General Contractor, Engineering, Operations, Factory, etc.  If someone needs something related to the elevator installation, I track it down.  If they need us to perform some sort of "out of scope" work, I price it.  If they need a detail of some sort, I draw it up in AutoCAD.  And so on.

I've been doing this for about 10 years.  I make a pretty decent wage, a car allowance, gas card, and no one in the office really fucks with me.  I also get to yell and swear at people.

Sometimes all of the fighting back and forth gets a bit old, but all in all, it's not a bad way to make a living.

[close]

can you arrange a spontaneous elevator 'failure' to help me get back at one of my (few) enemies?

Toombs-

Actually, elevators are the safest forms of vertical transportation in the world.  They carry more people safely up and down than stairs... so you're more likely to be hurt walking up and down the stairs then you would be in an elevator.

[Sleazy]

Doctor Decapitated In Elevator Accident

HOUSTON -- Officials of a downtown hospital are investigating the death of a surgical resident who was decapitated in an elevator mishap.

Christus St. Joseph Hospital may release additional information about Hitoshi Nikaidoh's death after a closed briefing Monday, said hospital spokeswoman India Chumney Hancock.

Nikaidoh, 35, of Dallas, was stepping into a second-floor elevator about 9:30 a.m. Saturday when the doors suddenly closed, pinning his shoulders. His head was severed when the elevator car moved upward. A female hospital employee witnessed the accident and spent about 20 minutes trapped inside the malfunctioning elevator until firefighters were able to rescue her.

The traumatized employee who witnessed the death was taken to the hospital's emergency room for treatment of shock, but was released later that day, said Hancock.

Every since this happened in Houston, I jump in and out of elevators and never try and stop the doors form closing. Fucking gnarly, just like on that final destination flick.

[Stand and Deliver]

Can you PM me that link?

I'm not saying that they're entirely safe, but when shit like that happens, it's pretty rare.

[jrock]

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Doctor Decapitated In Elevator Accident

HOUSTON -- Officials of a downtown hospital are investigating the death of a surgical resident who was decapitated in an elevator mishap.

Christus St. Joseph Hospital may release additional information about Hitoshi Nikaidoh's death after a closed briefing Monday, said hospital spokeswoman India Chumney Hancock.

Nikaidoh, 35, of Dallas, was stepping into a second-floor elevator about 9:30 a.m. Saturday when the doors suddenly closed, pinning his shoulders. His head was severed when the elevator car moved upward. A female hospital employee witnessed the accident and spent about 20 minutes trapped inside the malfunctioning elevator until firefighters were able to rescue her.

The traumatized employee who witnessed the death was taken to the hospital's emergency room for treatment of shock, but was released later that day, said Hancock.

[close]

Every since this happened in Houston, I jump in and out of elevators and never try and stop the doors form closing. Fucking gnarly, just like on that final destination flick.

my mom is a nurse in New Orleans, and the same thing happened at her hospital.  They were bringing up a guy for x rays when the elevator malfunctioned.  The bed was half in, half out of the elevator.  The elevator doors were still open when it started going up...the guy was caught against the roof half out/half in the elevator.  It pretty much cut him in half.  My mom said the guy had terminal cancer so I guess he was going to die soon anyway, but still...

I don't have a link to the story, but I think the hospital was called Kenner Regional if you want to search for it. 

[stagefright]

yea same thing in white rock too, when was the last time anyone got decapitated by a staircase? anyway theres a 45 story telecommunications building here, with a daycare on the second floor. some mom was dropping off her twins before going up to work elsewhere in the building, one twin didnt want to go. he started crying turned around and ran back to the elevator and got his head and one arm stuck through, cut him up pretty cleanly. the mom had to stare at her decapitated toddlers head and severed arm for half an hour in the elevator before firemen could open it up and get her and the other passengers out.

its not even that uncommon, that one elevator alone has killed at least 10 people in the 21 years ive been living here.

[keeper of the lair]

How come you haven't reached 4000 yet? Looking forward to it.

the anticipation is intense.

[jrock]

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/elevator.asp

still, these incidents obvously get a lot of attention, whereas deaths that occur in stairwells do not so I'm not doubting that elevators are safer. 

[lophatrophazoa]

elevator accidents are all that bad, these dudes were siamese twins conjoined at da butt. surgery was gonna cost 60 grand to get done so they lucked out when that shit happened. true story, happened to a friend of a friend of mine

[Stand and Deliver]

its not even that uncommon, that one elevator alone has killed at least 10 people in the 21 years ive been living here.

If that is the case then your governing authority should have shut it down a long time ago.  I'd be interested to hear about why that hasn't happened.  If you don't mind me asking, where is White Rock?

Staircases might not decapitate people, but I'm sure you can find a story of someone slipping and falling down a set to their death.