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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 [...]

Training on the phones at Big Media Provider Co.
“I just got my bill, and I have to tell you that I am astonished that you have charged all this filth to my account. I would never order something like Hillbilly Honies or, Jesus, Fluffy Cumsalot.”
I’m sorry about that, Faux Disgruntled Customer. Are there [...]

Things McBoing did today to try and secure a steady paycheck:

Woke up.
Checked email.
Took shower.
Went to temp agency.
Sat at temp agency for two hours before seeing anyone.
Avoided weird guy that works at the library.
“Interview” with temp agency lady.
Answered inane questions like, “Have you ever been stressed on the job?”
Drove home depressed.
Ate sandwich.
Watched Tyra Banks counsel couples [...]

Pam Spaulding linked Shake’s Sis who linked Brad Plumer who got us all talking about the Alternet piece on the energy-hogging epidemic of American air-conditioning.
From Alternet via Brad (whose comment is in the middle):
The United States devotes 18 percent of its electricity consumption just to air-condition buildings. That’s more than four times as much electricity [...]

1) Jeff Buckley - Farewell Angelina
2) Sufjan Stevens - Chicago A.C.
3) Drive-By Truckers - Days of Graduation
4) Crass - Democrats (dedicated to Kos)
5) Awol One - Fatalove
6) The Blasters - Boomtown
7) The Clash - Kingston Advice
AC/DC - Rock n’ Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution
9) The [...]

I feel The Countess: job hunting is a bitch:
The Count also found out that the employer mantra “you are over-qualified for this job” means “If I hire you, you’ll leave as soon as a well-paying job comes your way. So, we’d be better off hiring a slacker who won’t do a good job whom [...]

I lied. I’m not taking a break.
Figured out that I’m dealing some sort of depression — no drugs, thanks — which only made it worse when I was shitcanned from my job Friday for reasons that add up to office gossip and a lack of initiative on management’s part to let me [...]