I think 2 years was the longest I ever worked anywhere before starting my business. I worked lots of places. I enjoyed temp jobs the most.
Jayne: Captain, can you stop her from bein' cheerful, please? Mal: I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.
'Serenity'
Natter Five-O: Book 'Em, Danno.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Laura - Mar 22, 2007 11:11:10 am PDT #8413 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
-t - Mar 22, 2007 11:15:15 am PDT #8414 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Though I hope Tom Bergeron stops beating us over the head with Heather Mills' prosthetic leg.
Ha, well phrased!
I'm glad the judges dinged Heather for her arms and posture - if they need to adjust their choreography for her I'll cut her some slack, but the prosthetic is not a free pass. We can hope that next week they will assume we all know and stop rtelling us over and over, but that isn't really likely, I'm afraid.
-t - Mar 22, 2007 11:17:38 am PDT #8415 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I really enjoyed the few actually temporary jobs I've had - going in and doing something that needs doing for a few days and then leaving is very satisfying. Unfortunately, most of my placements through temp agencies have been long term, or turned into long term, and those are just regular jobs with extra hoops to jump through.
Theodosia - Mar 22, 2007 11:30:33 am PDT #8416 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Somewhere along the line, my jobs turned into a career. I think the difference is really that you have an emotional connection to what you do... maybe I should say a "mostly positive" emotional connection to the work.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 22, 2007 11:34:12 am PDT #8417 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I've been working for the same company for 19 1/2 years. A couple of title changes/promotions and switches in responsibility over the course of that time, but we're small enough that I'm still doing some of the things I did back in the late 80s.
Vortex - Mar 22, 2007 11:41:41 am PDT #8418 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I've been at the same university for five years. Not the same position, but the same employer. of course, I just applied for another job.
Ginger - Mar 22, 2007 11:43:56 am PDT #8419 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Congratulations, Allyson! What are those scientists going to do without you?
Allyson - Mar 22, 2007 11:45:11 am PDT #8420 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Man, it's hard to focus. I have a ton of work, and I'm just thinking about all the crap I need to do.
Vortex - Mar 22, 2007 11:45:37 am PDT #8421 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
What are those scientists going to do without you?
look at catalog porn?
Rick - Mar 22, 2007 12:14:38 pm PDT #8422 of 10001
I just realized that I have not been at a company for more than 2.5 years. EVER!
Me too.
You are the normal ones. I've had the same job for 20 years, and I'll almost certainly be here another 20 years. Forty years in a job is almost unAmerican at this point. The University is not quite part of the real world.
Fortunately, it's not a crazy-making job. My main job description is "Think up with some ideas about why people act the way they do, and then come up with a way to figure out if your ideas are right." It's only boring when my ideas turn out to be boring, although that does happen more often than I would like.