Anyone work in crazy conditions?

[Mike41793]

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. .

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.

[txcoker]

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.

[ChrisS]

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.

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

[Haksui76]

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.

[kitedemon]

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.

[Vasiliki]

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!

[txcoker]

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

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.

[AK907]

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.

Yeah, screw that!

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

[bad-one]

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 )

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.

[BPLuvr]

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 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. 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.