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One of the perks of working at Big Media Co. is free services. Free internet connection, free movies, free cable, free telephone. For someone making jack-shit-you-owe-us-a-dollar wages this is a mighty big benefit, not to mention that it helps with the porn sales:
“I understand that you didn’t mean to order Barnyard Bunnies: Taking […]

WalMart reaches out and snags the “World’s Most Clueless Corporation” trophy right out of Northwest’s hands.
Faced with workers talking about unions and public demonstrations about how much they suck, WalMart phones it in with a “wide-ranging new program intended to show that it appreciates its 1.3 million workers in the United States and to encourage […]

Saturday, Job #2, 6pm
McBoing to Coworker: I’m fucking tired. I couldn’t sleep last night.
Coworker: Me too. I stayed up forever on my front porch watching the cops chase a nigger up a tree.
McBoing: (jaw drops) (glares at coworker) (says nothing like a fool)
8pm, Coworker drops the n-bomb again
McBoing:
Coworker: […]

I have a few computer-related pet peeves, and one of them are those history and favorites bars in IE. And IE. The first thing I did when I finally got my own work station was download Firefox and revel in my tabbed goodness. I like a large screen resolution, I want to […]

Back for my weekly cry. Hold me.
Forgive me for being spare around here lately. I haven’t been well. As of this week my fellow trainees and I discovered at Customer Service Hell Co. that they plan on hiring a new batch of people next month — but they aren’t using a […]

“My TV isn’t working.”
Is it plugged in?
“Oh. Ha.”
You’d better be fucking-ha happy that it’s time for my smoke break, asstard.

Training on the phones at Big Media Provider Co.
“I need to transfer my service at 123 Main Street to 345 Elm Street.”
I would do that for you ma’am, but I see you have an outstanding balance of $322.27 on your account, and you will have to pay that in full before I can disconnect your […]

Work is bad for you:
Sydney University academic Dr Caroline West says while work delivers self-esteem, income and social ties, more than four to six hours a day will bring anxiety, exhaustion and a poor quality of life.
“We’ve structured our lives so the majority of our waking life is devoted to work, which might bring us […]

Training on the phones at Big Media Provider Co.
“Yeah, hi. I have some questions about my bill.”
Okay, ma’am, I just need you to verify your name and the last four digits of your social security number. Oh, I’m sorry. I see the primary holder of this account did not add any additional […]

Training on the phones at Big Media Provider Co.
“I would like to upgrade my services with the Sports and Lifestyles Package.”
I can’t do that for you, ma’am, because your husband did not put your name on this account.
“My husband has been dead for sixteen years.”
…
“Hello?”
Let me transfer you to my supervisor.

In London, a woman was fired by text message:
Katy Tanner, a 21-year-old sales assistant, received the message while she was off work with a migraine, the South Wales Echo newspaper said Friday.
The text message said: “We will not require your services anymore…Thank you for your time with us.”
This seems inappropriate, no? Its brevity has […]