Anyone work in crazy conditions?

So, I manager a pizza place and it's pretty darn hot and the summer hasn't even started. Thermometer says we are sitting at right around 103* with humidity being ridiculous probably in the upper 90s. Not gonna complain though cause its a job and a good one at that (at least I'm happy with it). Just wondering what are some extreme conditions at your job?

Wow I don't think I could handle being in a room that hot. The only thing that is crazy at the pet store where I work is that we have this Florida kingsnake that doesn't like to be touched. It rattles its tail and strikes, and when you pick it up it pees all over the place. Guess how often customers want to see it...:rolleyes:

I work in a bar so my Job has lots of rediculous DRAMA. I look at working with the animals at home as a vacation. I'd much rather work with animals than drunk people and other bartenders, door men and bouncers that like to gossip and start trouble. It's a nasty cycle but it's money.


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I agree, I would rather work with animals, but this king scares me. I feel ridiculous that I'm afraid of the little thing.

Where can I start lol. First of all, I thank god every day for my job. There aren't too many 23 y/o single parents without a college education who are in as good a position as me. Heck, I'm in a better position than some people with degrees! Either way, it really sucks sometimes lol.

I'm a 911 dispatcher for a town in Massachusetts of about 20-25,000 people. Granted, some people think we just sit here and answer phones...lol that is not the case. I am required to sit in a room, with no windows, in the police station for 8-16 hours a day. Now, we dispatch police, fire, and EMS calls, as well as the control center for our entire county, which is about 22 other towns and cities. That means if anything more than a working fire breaks out in any of those towns or cities, they call us. Not only do we have to dispatch mutual aid to their town, but we also have to keep tabs in our own town. On a good day there are two dispatchers on. More than half my shifts I am alone. That means, if it's busy, I can't even leave to go to the bathroom lol. That also means I am required to answer all 911 calls, even simultaneous ones, within 5 rings. I am also required to give step-by-step medical instructions for all EMS calls, including CPR. Because we work in such a small room, it's usually either extremely hot (especially once the calls start rolling in!) or extremely cold. I don't think I've ever been comfortable here lol. The chairs, SUCK. I think any chair would suck after 8-16 hours though. Basically, when it's slow, it's really not bad. Hell, I'm sitting at work right now (knock on wood!!), but crap hits the fan fast...and when it's busy we get slammed. I guess it's not really considered an extreme condition, but it sure is a high stress job.

I work in a kitchen at a nursing home so i can relate to how hot it can get in a kitchen chris. I come home soaked through two shirts. Also i HATE the fact that i have to wear pants. Its the onl time i ever wear them, the rest of the time when im not at work im wearing shorts. We have A/C's but they barely work lol. On top of that theres a slightly elevated stress level where if you mess something up on the tray the person could choke or be allergic to it and die. (god forbid the cna's ever double check anything on the tray lol).

My two year anniversary is coming up in July and if i dont get a raise ill probably start looking for another job. Im not trying to sound greedy bc im thankful i have a job but working there for two years and not recieving any raises or bonuses is kinda wrong imo. I know its tough times but a company should really take care of their employees.

I work security in a hospital in the middle of a ghetto. haha, in addition to having to deal with thugs and drug addicts, we have one of the biggest psychiatric programs in the Greater Toronto Area. So I have to deal with a lot of crazy stuff. I've had knives pulled on me, I've dealt with gunshots, and had people running through the building with assault riffles. I've been bitten, and punched, and kicked in the face haha. I was there when a man slit his own throat in the waiting room, we've had people jump outta windows, murder each other, rapes, fights, etc etc.. the list goes on. We also are surrounded by a ravine, so I've been chased by raccoon, deer, coyote, you name it haha.. I had one woman wreck 4 cars in the parking lot, come back a week later in a rental car and destroy our entire north parking gate with it.

Never a dull day

I work part time construction which is a pain in the winter and summer months, I also work part time at Wonderbread cleaning out machines which is terrible all times of the year, especially when I have to clean the ovens or proof box, easily over 115 degrees, doing that for 8 hours a day is the worst.

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Where can I start lol. First of all, I thank god every day for my job. There aren't too many 23 y/o single parents without a college education who are in as good a position as me. Heck, I'm in a better position than some people with degrees! Either way, it really sucks sometimes lol.

I'm a 911 dispatcher for a town in Massachusetts of about 20-25,000 people. Granted, some people think we just sit here and answer phones...lol that is not the case. I am required to sit in a room, with no windows, in the police station for 8-16 hours a day. Now, we dispatch police, fire, and EMS calls, as well as the control center for our entire county, which is about 22 other towns and cities. That means if anything more than a working fire breaks out in any of those towns or cities, they call us. Not only do we have to dispatch mutual aid to their town, but we also have to keep tabs in our own town. On a good day there are two dispatchers on. More than half my shifts I am alone. That means, if it's busy, I can't even leave to go to the bathroom lol. That also means I am required to answer all 911 calls, even simultaneous ones, within 5 rings. I am also required to give step-by-step medical instructions for all EMS calls, including CPR. Because we work in such a small room, it's usually either extremely hot (especially once the calls start rolling in!) or extremely cold. I don't think I've ever been comfortable here lol. The chairs, SUCK. I think any chair would suck after 8-16 hours though. Basically, when it's slow, it's really not bad. Hell, I'm sitting at work right now (knock on wood!!), but crap hits the fan fast...and when it's busy we get slammed. I guess it's not really considered an extreme condition, but it sure is a high stress job.

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1 dispatcher for 25,000 people? Holy hell i would not want that job. How do you take on multiple calls at once, do you like put people on hold lol?

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Originally Posted by decensored

I work security in a hospital in the middle of a ghetto. haha, in addition to having to deal with thugs and drug addicts, we have one of the biggest psychiatric programs in the Greater Toronto Area. So I have to deal with a lot of crazy stuff. I've had knives pulled on me, I've dealt with gunshots, and had people running through the building with assault riffles. I've been bitten, and punched, and kicked in the face haha. I was there when a man slit his own throat in the waiting room, we've had people jump outta windows, murder each other, rapes, fights, etc etc.. the list goes on. We also are surrounded by a ravine, so I've been chased by raccoon, deer, coyote, you name it haha.. I had one woman wreck 4 cars in the parking lot, come back a week later in a rental car and destroy our entire north parking gate with it.

Never a dull day

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Do you get to carry a taser or gun for personal protection?
If people were pulling knives on me id be tasing them lmao!

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

1 dispatcher for 25,000 people? Holy hell i would not want that job. How do you take on multiple calls at once, do you like put people on hold lol?

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There are times when we have to place people on hold. If we don't answer 911 within 5 rings it gets transferred to the city next to us, then they call us all pissy wondering why we didn't answer lol. If it's an extreme emergency I'll let it transfer over, but it's basically prioritizing things. I have to use my better judgement and decide what's a priority. Multitasking is key, obviously lol. We are pressing the town HARD now to get 2 dispatchers on 24/7, we just hired two part timers, but you know budgets are everything. The school system gets all the money we need to hire and staff this place. We're understaffed by about 4 full time dispatchers. I work anywhere between 8-40 hours of OVERTIME per week lol on top of my normal 40 hours...

Most of my days are busy but boring. I work as a department manager for Wal-Mart which is code for abused for very little pay. However, on days like black Friday, I can definitely say that that counts as crazy conditions. People fighting, throwing big screen TV's, and trampling others over kids pajamas are just some of the things I've seen. We won't get into how inhuman people act on days like that. Since I'm not a huge people person and would rather be as far away from the majority of the human race as I can get, it takes a lot of willpower to deal with retail when it gets that bad.

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Most of my days are busy but boring. I work as a department manager for Wal-Mart which is code for abused for very little pay. However, on days like black Friday, I can definitely say that that counts as crazy conditions. People fighting, throwing big screen TV's, and trampling others over kids pajamas are just some of the things I've seen. We won't get into how inhuman people act on days like that. Since I'm not a huge people person and would rather be as far away from the majority of the human race as I can get, it takes a lot of willpower to deal with retail when it gets that bad.

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I sometimes miss retail til I think of days like black Friday.

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

1 dispatcher for 25,000 people? Holy hell i would not want that job. How do you take on multiple calls at once, do you like put people on hold lol?



Do you get to carry a taser or gun for personal protection?
If people were pulling knives on me id be tasing them lmao!

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haha no here in canada the only people allowed to carry tazers are police sergeants, we don't have weapons of any kind. Only handcuffs.. they wont give us spray or batons either. Apparently we are expendable. XD they give us body armor though.. they expect us to be shot at, but give us nothing to defend ourselves with:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by decensored

I work security in a hospital in the middle of a ghetto. haha, in addition to having to deal with thugs and drug addicts, we have one of the biggest psychiatric programs in the Greater Toronto Area. So I have to deal with a lot of crazy stuff. I've had knives pulled on me, I've dealt with gunshots, and had people running through the building with assault riffles. I've been bitten, and punched, and kicked in the face haha. I was there when a man slit his own throat in the waiting room, we've had people jump outta windows, murder each other, rapes, fights, etc etc.. the list goes on. We also are surrounded by a ravine, so I've been chased by raccoon, deer, coyote, you name it haha.. I had one woman wreck 4 cars in the parking lot, come back a week later in a rental car and destroy our entire north parking gate with it.

Never a dull day

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Thanks for giving me a reason to never complain about my job again! Never dealt with knives guns are suicidal people in my line of work!

I worked landscaping for 6 years, the conditions weren't too bad but it sure is hot and humid down here. The worst was when I picked up a job with an irrigation fellow, he was too cheap to buy a trencher so I was hand digging trenches for a few weeks, my back has yet to forgive me. The most frightening work I did was with an old timey electrician for a few months. I was mostly running around, pulling cable, and just basically helping him to be in two places at once. The guy was so nonchalant about electricity though, it scared me. He'd kneel on his little rubber mat and start poking his pocket knife in places I'm sure it's not meant to be poked to see if something was "live" or not. I thought he was just messing with me at first but his hands were pretty gnarly and he'd get sparks often enough.

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Originally Posted by LGray23

I work anywhere between 8-40 hours of OVERTIME per week lol on top of my normal 40 hours...

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Thats nice but also bad at the same time. Its nice bc you get extra money but sucks bc you dont get to spend as much time with your kid. :(

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Originally Posted by decensored

haha no here in canada the only people allowed to carry tazers are police sergeants, we don't have weapons of any kind. Only handcuffs.. they wont give us spray or batons either. Apparently we are expendable. XD they give us body armor though.. they expect us to be shot at, but give us nothing to defend ourselves with:rolleyes:

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Screw that, id at least have some brass knuckles or something to do some damage. Man armed with assault rifle beats unarmed man usually lol...

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The most frightening work I did was with an old timey electrician for a few months. I was mostly running around, pulling cable, and just basically helping him to be in two places at once. The guy was so nonchalant about electricity though, it scared me. He'd kneel on his little rubber mat and start poking his pocket knife in places I'm sure it's not meant to be poked to see if something was "live" or not. I thought he was just messing with me at first but his hands were pretty gnarly and he'd get sparks often enough.

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Sorry but that just sounds sketchy AF! lol

I worked traumas in Iraq wearing 40lbs of body armor and it was about 130 degrees, and things tended to explode.

I have done trauma training at LA County hospital in South Central Los Angeles... you can imagine what comes in there.

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Thats nice but also bad at the same time. Its nice bc you get extra money but sucks bc you dont get to spend as much time with your kid. :(

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Yeah...that's definitely the down side :(

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Originally Posted by LGray23

Yeah...that's definitely the down side :(

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I know what you mean I usually work 60hr weeks and I hate being away from my son.

I was working in a power plant that blew up here a few years back in CT, that was my first step in a new career.

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I was working in a power plant that blew up here a few years back in CT, that was my first step in a new career.

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That would be a good clue it's time to find work elsewhere.

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I was working in a power plant that blew up here a few years back in CT, that was my first step in a new career.

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No crap, i remember when that happened dude! You werent in the plant at the time i assume?

I spend most of my days and nights in the back of an Ambulance. I'm a paramedic for two 911 services. One of which operates on 12 and 24 hour shifts and is extremely busy pretty much at all times due to being extremely understaffed. We have enough trucks, but not enough medics to go around. We also no longer have a station due to budget cuts - so all of our shifts are done posting. Which, in the central Texas heat.. is not the funnest thing in the world.

The other company I work for is yet another 911 company that operates on a 48 hour shifts, however it is rural and not as busy. It is also understaffed and going flat broke - only having one truck at each station :(. Normally we get your run of the mill non life threatening calls... but we also have those times when we get the downright nitty gritty stuff and it becomes a thousand times harder because the hospital is so far away. A few weeks ago we had a roll over and had to stick both patients in the back. The other ambulance was in service, so it was up to my partner and I. That was possibly the longest hour of my life.


Not sure if these counts as crazy conditions. It sure as heck is stressful though. However, I LOVE my job and feel honored to be working it.

I work as a cable tech where I live. In my Province (Manitoba), weather in summer can hit 35c for 2-3 months of summer. Our summers are usually Mid May to end of Sept. Which is mostly mosquitoes, and rain every weekend, oh and construction.

Our winters start on Halloween, every year. It is almost snowing on Halloween every year. We have to plug our cars in if they are outside, or they won't start. That's usually from Dec 15th-March 7th, and the weather can hit (with the windchill) up to -55c. So, imagine a 35c to -55c change climate. Wow.

So, I work in that. Outside, wrapping cable cords outside of a house if the house is solid shut, and I can't do it inside. Winter's so cold, that technically, I shouldn't be working in it if it's -55c. However we do. Cable lines split from being frozen, that we have to go back in the summer to fix it.

Now, working inside homes. I've been in over 3000 homes in my 7+ year career. The nasty crap I come across, families on welfare, kids barely able to get a place to sleep. Drug addicts, homes so broken and crappy I don't even know why I'm hooking up an HDPVR, INTERNET and PHONE for people that don't even have proper beds for their kids. BEDBUGS!!! I could go on and on. OH, buckets and buckets of over filled cat litter that never gets cleaned, so they add more boxes, and leave the sh*tty ones still sitting there....ok I'm done. OH, tiny 500 sq foot houses with no AC in the hot humid 35c house.....with a 9 month old pregnant woman, and a 3 year old daughter....I'll never forget the daughter puking her guts out, after I told the mom to get outside the house (cooler outside than inside).....:mad:

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Originally Posted by ChrisS

So, I manager a pizza place and it's pretty darn hot and the summer hasn't even started. Thermometer says we are sitting at right around 103* with humidity being ridiculous probably in the upper 90s. Not gonna complain though cause its a job and a good one at that (at least I'm happy with it). Just wondering what are some extreme conditions at your job?

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I feel ya on that one. I'm a driver at Pizza Hut. Our store is very old and falling apart. It lacks adequate ventilation, has no A/C and the store manager will not allow us to open the back door. It is horrible in there during the summer. I've brought one of our Accu-rite thermometers to work a few times and it gets well over 110 degrees in the back where I usually work. I placed one up front at the make table and the cut table which are both next to the oven and it stayed close to 130 degrees and extremely humid with no ventilation. That is NOT safe. We have cooks pass out and throw up all the time because of the heat, but they are too cheap to put in new ventilation. Luckily I have the best job in the place because I do the least amount of work, I get to enjoy the A/C in my car occasionally and I make way more than anyone there. Winter is sweet, though. It gets cold because the back isn't heated, but I'm from Alaska, so it feels great to me.

Other than the oppressive heat, my job isn't too bad and I make pretty decent money believe it or not. LGray23, you can keep your job! Noooooo spank you! :O

I'm about to start training for CSX track operations on the 11'th. It's in Georgia, and most of it takes place on actual railroads.. so does working on railroads all day in 90-100 degree weather, sometimes high over a river count? lol

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I work as a cable tech where I live. In my Province (Manitoba), weather in summer can hit 35c for 2-3 months of summer. Our summers are usually Mid May to end of Sept. Which is mostly mosquitoes, and rain every weekend, oh and construction.

Our winters start on Halloween, every year. It is almost snowing on Halloween every year. We have to plug our cars in if they are outside, or they won't start. That's usually from Dec 15th-March 7th, and the weather can hit (with the windchill) up to -55c. So, imagine a 35c to -55c change climate. Wow.

So, I work in that. Outside, wrapping cable cords outside of a house if the house is solid shut, and I can't do it inside. Winter's so cold, that technically, I shouldn't be working in it if it's -55c. However we do. Cable lines split from being frozen, that we have to go back in the summer to fix it.

Now, working inside homes. I've been in over 3000 homes in my 7+ year career. The nasty crap I come across, families on welfare, kids barely able to get a place to sleep. Drug addicts, homes so broken and crappy I don't even know why I'm hooking up an HDPVR, INTERNET and PHONE for people that don't even have proper beds for their kids. BEDBUGS!!! I could go on and on. OH, buckets and buckets of over filled cat litter that never gets cleaned, so they add more boxes, and leave the sh*tty ones still sitting there....ok I'm done. OH, tiny 500 sq foot houses with no AC in the hot humid 35c house.....with a 9 month old pregnant woman, and a 3 year old daughter....I'll never forget the daughter puking her guts out, after I told the mom to get outside the house (cooler outside than inside).....:mad:

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Been there, done that. I worked for our local ISP (Suddenlink Communications) for over a year as a maintenance tech. Probably one of the most stressful jobs I've ever had especially when you're working outages. I hate tap plates, and I hate trunk amps / line extenders with a passion. Do your main plant lines have voltage? Ours run 220 volts, enough to give you a nasty shock if you get forgetful.

man compared to some posts i got it rough.....a cool 702-74 degrees really fancy nice chair, my own office, and i can come and go as i please. tough stuff....

ok so now that is said conditions are perfect however; the expectations of my day to day suck.
When there are bad snow storms i have to do "storm duty" where I am onsite from start to finish of any/all bad storms. Not just snow. when Irene hit I was in the office for 5days straight including showering because we had issues with our generator and in my line of work we cannot afford downtime. I am also on-call 24*7 and every other week i must stay within 30min drive of the office. I also am responsible for million dollar projects and work on firewalls that are worth 2.5million dollars an hour. Which means if i mess up the and the firewall goes down i could cost the customer millions.

Ohh and aside from all of that i have to help our complete useless user base with all of their sad computer needs and if my boss needs something done it is needed yesterday.

not the easiest gig when you have a 2 year old every other week on your own. but I love what i do and my daughter so its worth it.

My chair really sucks and my coworker makes nasty smelling hazelnut coffee every day, twice a day.

Other than that... Nope

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I roughneck on a gas and oil rig. try working no matter what the weather is and even when its hot as all get out I still have to wear fire resistant coveralls. long sleeves and zipped all the way up. 12 hour minimum shifts 14 days on. but the fun part is the 14 days off and payday is the same day I head home for r&r :D

Yeah okay, I definitely don't feel so 'poor me' now. My manager seems to think I can turn my sleep schedule around on a dime (9am and noon shifts after I did a week on overnights? Thanks boss, love you too), but its not bad work for retail and my coworkers are alright.

I am the manager of a 38 bed unit in a forensic psychiatric hospital. Our population consists of people found to be Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity. I love my job, but it has made me somewhat jaded since I have seen so much violence and dysfunction. Nothing really shocks me anymore. I have seen patients attempt suicide, attempt to kill other people, and I even had one guy bite a chunk off of another patient's face and chew and swallow it. We are given no weapons, armor, or any other protective means. To stay safe we are given rigorous training and our fellow co-workers....that's it.

^ omg chew and swallow. Yuk. Sounds like another zombie from
Miami!
Sorry bad joke I couldn't help myself.


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Yeah okay, I definitely don't feel so 'poor me' now. My manager seems to think I can turn my sleep schedule around on a dime (9am and noon shifts after I did a week on overnights? Thanks boss, love you too), but its not bad work for retail and my coworkers are alright.

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Gotta love it when they do that. I work a lot of splits nowadays since I'm the main driver at my job, but at least the hours aren't too late. Like tomorrow I work a 10am-2pm and a 4pm-11:30pm. I do this 5-6 days a week. I don't get an official break during my shifts other than the 2 hours off between shifts, but the time I spend driving makes it not so bad. It works.

I worked at a PetSmart a few years ago as a stocker/pet care specialist. My schedule was usually splits as well, but the hours sucked. Most days I started work at 3am and worked til 4pm stocking. Then I usually got an hour off and worked til closing as pet care, which meant I usually got out around 11:45pm. Then I got to start all over the next day. I lived on coffee and rockstar energy drinks. I'll tell you one thing, though, I cherished my days off!

Yeah I'm a game tester currently testing Call of Duty: MW3 DLC.

I have to play against a bunch of other cod players who are really good, learn the maps before they come out, and give feedback and suggestions for other content :P. It's crazy how fun it can be :D

Well I work for a defense contractor in a laser optics lab... I can't go into too many details, but lets just say that I work with lasers capable of burning through tank armor fairly quickly...

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Yeah I'm a game tester currently testing Call of Duty: MW3 DLC.

I have to play against a bunch of other cod players who are really good, learn the maps before they come out, and give feedback and suggestions for other content :P. It's crazy how fun it can be :D

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You literally have my brothers dream job! Well actually he wants to write the storylines for the games and help design them, but still he would gladly test them. If i tell him that youre a game tester he would probably create an account here just to ask you questions lmfao. Lets keep it on the down low lol ;)

I've got a spacious cubicle next to 15 foot windows that overlook trees and a lake. My chair is comfy and I can come and go as I please without worry. I spend about 4 - 5 hours a day doing nothing on the web. The AC is probably at 71 or 72. I have a jungle of plants surrounding me and my co-workers are predominantly sexy women between 22-27.

Most days I complain that my job sucks, even though I know on the grand scheme of things it's a pretty solid gig. Thank you to some of you guys for reminding me why I should be appreciative for what I have and what I have worked for. To others, I admire your courage and strength for performing suck jobs that help maintain everyone's quality of life (army, dispatchers, paramedics, etc.)

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You literally have my brothers dream job! Well actually he wants to write the storylines for the games and help design them, but still he would gladly test them. If i tell him that youre a game tester he would probably create an account here just to ask you questions lmfao. Lets keep it on the down low lol ;)

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If he wants to write storylines, tell him to skip testing and work his but off to get to the top of that mountain! I used to write a lot of stories. I tried to make each line rhyme to make it into a poem. :oops:.

Oh my that is terrible. I work in an office that people start whining if it gets up to 75. I don't mind office life one bit ;)

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If he wants to write storylines, tell him to skip testing and work his but off to get to the top of that mountain! I used to write a lot of stories. I tried to make each line rhyme to make it into a poem. :oops:.

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I know he has some questions about getting into the industry in general, so if you dont mind, i may shoot you a PM later on tonite after i talk to him. Any input you could give would be very appreciated.:)

I work in an insurance office and manage the production of the office, not a bad gig. Was in the funeral business for many years before which had the crazy conditions.

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I work in an insurance office and manage the production of the office, not a bad gig. Was in the funeral business for many years before which had the crazy conditions.

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I could Never work in a funeral home, those places give me the creeps.

I am a middle school teacher, teaching Social Studies to 7th graders. Right now, I am trying to get 100+ students ready for their final exam in about a week. Remember this is close to the end of the year and most of the students have already checked out or close to checking out. Now, compound this to teaching on the second floor in a school that has a black tar roof and no air conditioning during a hot day.

I work in a university, I love my job teaching and working with students is awesome. I also do a lot of mixing of chemicals, that is not so fun. Hot and very humid with a big rubber apron eye shields face shield respirator and rubber boots sucks. I spend about two or three hours a day mixing chem. Add that I also calibrate the colour of 7 pro epson printers and 20 computers. Maintain 2 servers and the 20 computers, and spend most of my day as the last staff in my building it makes for interesting and very very busy times.

Gosh! I have always been thankful of my current job, as I worked at some crazy places for a while but you guys have my stories beat!

I think my worst job was working at Dairy Queen. I loved the people and it was a great experience. I wouldn't trade what I learned there for anything. Stayed there about 5 years and quickly became the main cake decorator. Our store was a training store for Western Canada, so we would have 'classes' come in from across the country (new managers, new assistant managers, etc) and we would have to train them to Corporate standards in 2 weeks. Including safety, proceedures, the how's, why's and techniques. I became the cake trainer for Western Canada, which was cool.

Pretty much, I developed our own client base with the locals with these cakes (I was darn good, if I do say so myself. And I wanted each person to feel totally thrilled with their cake. So personal touches were a must!).

But, I started fighting with my boss. Daily. He started to get involved in the 'office gossip' and would trust all these rumors flying around. At one point, I was 'pregnant with a strangers child' (even though I was common law at that time). At another point I was talking about all the managers behind their back (yes, because I'm shallow enough to threaten my job?)

It got worse and worse. My crew would come to me crying sometimes because of another supervisor being beyond unfair. Calling them names, telling them they were a useless employee.... Brutal, brutal stuff.

The last straw was when my boss pulled me into the office and told me I was: "Being too nice to customers and spending too much time talking to them when they're placing a cake order. Cakes aren't about what the customer wants. It's about what we can produce the fastest. If you spend 10 minutes on a cake instead of 7, I lose money. So you need to knock it off. Step it down a notch, stop talking to customers and stop spending extra time on people's special cakes."

So I quit on the spot. Gave 2 weeks notice. Refused to train a replacement for the cake department and left.

After I left, half of my crew quit because of the drama that started to really fly. Haha.

I hope I never have to work for a boss like that again. I honestly cried probably once a month at that job because of something going on. Looking back, it made me stronger, but heck, really?

Now I'm at an amazing job and I'm SO thankful for it! My boss is amazing. My co-workers rock. And I'm encouraged to talk to customers and brighten their day. Couldn't ask for more!

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I could Never work in a funeral home, those places give me the creeps.

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It was a fun job. I worked nights a lot and slept at the funeral home while waiting to go on a call. I have seen just about everything you could imagine and stuff you only see on tv and the movies.

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Originally Posted by txcoker

It was a fun job. I worked nights a lot and slept at the funeral home while waiting to go on a call. I have seen just about everything you could imagine and stuff you only see on tv and the movies.

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Yeah, screw that! :O

As if I'm not walking morbid enough as it is...

My job as a dog bather/soon to be groomer isn't the craziest but does have it's dangers and can be very stressful. It's also exhausting as it's a very physical job (ie. Big dogs know that if they sit down, it makes it hard for you to move them or work on them, try wrestling a st bernard sometime :P )

I usually have to deal with at least one dog that tries to bite me a day. Usually, its for having to clip or grind their nails- I mean I wouldn't want someone coming at my feet with a dremel tool either lol. While most dogs just try to nip out of fear, we do get some who are honestly aggressive and committed to trying to harm you if given even the slightest opening.


I can see why most people quit. If you can't remain comfortable, calm, and confident with what you're doing the dogs know it and often will act out because of it.

I am an engineer in a 750,000 sq. ft. complex consisting of multiple buildings. My specialty is HVAC but have to help the carpenter, plumber, and electrician when I can. During the normal week there is 2.5 :rolleyes: HVAC techs to handle any calls that come in such as the office that is too hot at 73 or the one that is too cold at 70. :mad: along with performing pm's on all the equipment. When it hits 95 or better I am more then likely on the roof most of the day (either the black tarred type which burns your feet or white reflective throwing all the heat back at you). A little less then 1/2 the site is prodiction so when HVAC breaks all eyes are on us asking when it will be done since production is down. For my first 9 months on the site I was the third shift engineer (which means you where alone). The hours where 11:00PM to 7:30 AM Sunday night to Friday morning.

I would say the worst single job I had was when I did residential years ago. The hottest day of the summer and I had to work on an attic fan. My supervisor stood at the bottom of the ladder in the garage and I went up. I remember being covered in sweet almost as soon as I got in the attic. Literally every 5 minutes he made me come down and grab some water. The first thing was checking the thermostat on the fan. Spinning the dial it should have activated the fan at 135-140. This meant thats when the switch closed and was the approximate temperature up there. :O