throbber Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Finding a drawer full of crusty socks, I'll wager. i don't put them back in the drawer they go in the wash, i only use odds socks out of respect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I worked in a trampoline factory, it had its ups and downs. Mods, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I worked in a trampoline factory, it had its ups and downs. I worked on a big job in Sydney and there was a lift hoist that had a guy working in it and he was forever cracking that joke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I worked on a big job in Sydney and there was a lift hoist that had a guy working in it and he was forever cracking that jokeDid he work in the trampoline factory at the weekends? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I used to work in a prison brothel. It had its pros and cons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I'd imagine that anyone who's been on the books of an agency would have a similar story. A lot of them act as though their clients are useless no-hopers, and that they're charity workers for the hopelessly unemployed. When my missus moved to Glasgow 3 or 4 years back she registered with an agency who offered her work almost straight away. She had a flat in the West end of Glasgow and the job was in Edinburgh. She didn't drive so it would have been an 80 minute each way journey by public transport to get to where the office was situated, and when tax, NI and traveling expenses were taken off it would have meant working for about £4 an hour. When my missus knocked the job back, explaining all of the above as her reason, the girl at the agency went a bit mental and gave her quite a bit of abuse, calling her, amongst other things, a workshy immigrant(My missus actually has both a Swiss and a British passport, for what it's worth) and blaming her for not meeting commission targets. My missus was shocked and reported the girl, though what came of it is anyone's guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I work in finance. It has it's pluses and minuses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I tried working as a cardiologist but i didn't have the heart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKMAN Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Agency work is horrendous to be fair. When I was in Australia, I got offered a months work as a 'production operator' in a factory that manufactured plumbing fittings. I turned up on the first day to find out that I was on stocktake for a month. This would involve counting brass fittings for a month. I never went back after lunch on the first day. Before I became I student, I had signed up with an agency in Dumfries and was offered work in a warehouse. I had a funeral the morning of my first shift, so went to work 6-10, was due back at 2pm after the funeral. The mornings work consisted of carrying rolls of carpet underlay from a cage and stacking them onto a pallet. 4 hours of this was enough, so I got hammered at the wake, and never went back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Dee Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 My job as a ski instructor started well, but went downhill rapidly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I used to be a postie. Kept me off the streets I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forever_blue Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I was a gynacologist, had to deal with fannies all day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreElgin Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Agency work is horrendous to be fair. When I was in Australia, I got offered a months work as a 'production operator' in a factory that manufactured plumbing fittings. I turned up on the first day to find out that I was on stocktake for a month. This would involve counting brass fittings for a month. I never went back after lunch on the first day. Before I became I student, I had signed up with an agency in Dumfries and was offered work in a warehouse. I had a funeral the morning of my first shift, so went to work 6-10, was due back at 2pm after the funeral. The mornings work consisted of carrying rolls of carpet underlay from a cage and stacking them onto a pallet. 4 hours of this was enough, so I got hammered at the wake, and never went back. How many jobs did you go through before you completed a full day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forever_blue Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 worked as a bee-keeper, there was a buzz about the place i will grab my coat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 My job as a ski instructor started well, but went downhill rapidly. That job is one big slippery slope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Did a little work as a porn director. Never worked with so many fucking p***ks. Told them to stick it in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I used to drive coach parties round Ibiza during the summer. Bit of a busman's holiday tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Having only technically worked for 1 company, this job is both the worst and best I've ever had. It's been fun watching others come and go though. One engineer was driving back from Dunkerque, he'd been on the road for about a week going from London over to Dunkerque, into Holland, back to Dunkerque and then he was heading home. An urgent job came in somewhere in London and I phoned him to ask if he could "pop into it on his way home" which in hindsight was the wrong phrase to use with a tired, angry, home bound engineer. "JUST FUCKING POP IN? LONDON ISNAE JUST A WEE FUCKING TOWN WE CAN POP INTAE, ITS MILES OOT THE ROAD. f**k OFF, TELL HIM [my manager] HE CAN f**k OFF AM NO DAIN IT AM COMIN HAME". Never saw the guy again but he did end up trying to take the company to court over various things, I think he was somehow trying to get paid for the notice that he didn't bother working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Believe The Hype Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I lost my job as a psychic, I did not see that coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I used to work as a ferryman in Skye. That was 20 odd years back though, it's all water under the bridge now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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