Anyone work in crazy conditions?

[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?

[carlisleishere]

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...

[Homegrownscales]

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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[carlisleishere]

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

[Skittles1101]

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.

[Mike41793]

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.

[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

[DavidMundy]

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.

[Mike41793]

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.

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?

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

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

[Skittles1101]

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?

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...