Anyone work in crazy conditions?

[Dracoluna]

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.

[ChrisS]

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.

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

[decensored]

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!

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

[ChrisS]

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

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!

[John1982]

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.

[Mike41793]

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

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.

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

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...

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.

Sorry but that just sounds sketchy AF! lol

[Royal Hijinx]

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.

[Skittles1101]

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.

Yeah...that's definitely the down side

[ChrisS]

Yeah...that's definitely the down side

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

[Rob]

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.