Retail | Office |
Receive memos from corporate with words like "isle" in place of "aisle". New (micro)manager doesn't know how to use apostrophes. In a workplace of 175+ people, exactly three people are both aware of these mistakes and are bothered by them | "This memo has five mistakes. I circled two. Find the other three." After an hour and a half of getting paid $14 an hour to find the third mistake, I discovered that apparently stylistic choices count as mistakes. |
"You know, if we talked this way at a real job, or even out on the floor, we'd probably get fired." (in reference to things my female friends cannot believe my male coworkers and I say to each other, even with context) | Almost got fired for using up-speak and talking with my hands. |
in a calm, droning, almost-Lundburghian voice: "This is considered a warning. I am recording this conversation... so, no big deal, just stop doing it." | "Give me one good reason I shouldn't fire you right now! I mean, how many chances do YOU give people?" |
Employee of the Week | Employee Not the Target of Employer's Wrath of the Week |
"Well, go to the ER and get checked out. This is why we pay into worker's comp." | "Worker's compensation is a Communist conspiracy." |
"Damn it, a bird got in here again. Anyone got a pellet gun?" | "Now now, birdie, don't divebomb my employees ::cackle:: |
"Wow, it was like watching someone crash a champagne fountain, only better. Good work, Abbadon."--after destroying over $100 worth of merchandise | "These are people's LIVES you're talking about. Maybe you're in the wrong profession!"--after I allegedly missed the point of a case I cited in a motion that my attorney only decided to file after I caught a possible error because, well shit, someone's life was at stake dudes. |
"Just remember dude: this is a job, not a career. Unless you're [name of coworker who is an enemy of fun]." | Damn it, that was supposed to be my career. |
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Differences Between Soulless Evil Corporations and Small Business, Part II
About two months after I started my current job, I wrote this post. Now that I have been at my current job eight months (two months more than the other job referred to in that post), I bring you some more comparisons:
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