[Phlegmscope]

Quite a few of those things listed apply to my school too.
We have no 24h access to the facilities. we can't stay after 8pm.
No proper hang out places.
Apparently the student exhibitions have been banned by the administration for being too "offensive".
It's all digital, there's no traditional printing etc in the education plan.
The scheduling of the courses is weird and illogical.
I think I've talked twice to the graphic design tutor student, and our tutor teacher is a foolish lady, incapable of giving proper critique and feedback, and she seems to know surprisingly little about the stuff we're supposed to learn.
Printing is expensive and there's only one proper laser printer that miraculously can fuck up yr work with no apparent reason. Still the school recently acquired 25+ macpro workstations, but didn't do shit to the printer issue.
The coffee is pricey.

+other minor things.

the next year we get to do work with local companies and businesses, which is something my hope lies in... that way you actually might get some of the realities of the industry bashed into your head.

ultimately the most vexatious thing is the fact that I lack talent.

[dionysusundone]

Bookstore and in college.

[pbradley]

third year college student majoring in philosophy

so my actual future job will have nothing to do with this

[Dead-Air]

I'm a supervisor for the Consumer Protection Division of the WA State Attorney General's Office in Vancouver, WA, which is right across the Columbia from Portland. I got this position just last month, before that I worked for the Dept. of Labor and Industries, and before that I worked for this office as the office assistant.

Before I got in with the state I worked for several years in Olympia as a commercial dj, playing '80s hits. I still do that once or twice a year for cash, every NYE, and the (very) occasional wedding.

[terminal pharmacy]

Originally Posted by Kegmama

I was doing public awareness and marketing work forever as an engineering consultant to the State of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans).

Then I was 'promoted', (but with no extra pay so it does not count), to 'Assistant Project Manager'. Basically, I assist Project Managers on multi-million dollar freeway and bridge projects throughout the Inland Empire.

Right now though, my company's next contract with the State does not start again until July, so I am getting to work from home. Pretending to do something, but not really having to do much of anything. Getting paid a hell of a lot to play at the park with my kids, go on walks, and layout by our pool. I'm loving every minute of it.

that's sweet as a nut

[ZEROpumpkins]

I do child porn

[something]

i work in a barnes and noble in the music department

[ZEROpumpkins]

Only kidding! I work at a newsagency/newsagent/news stand, whatever you like to call it. It's a good job, i've been working there for almost a year and I still like it.

[dionysusundone]

Originally Posted by something

i work in a barnes and noble in the music department

Ha, I work at Borders. Which makes you competition.

[ZEROpumpkins]

Cool, Borders is a good place just to chill out and read the AMG guide to rock!

[sonicl]

I do all the clerical shit that has to be done so that people will get pensions. Or at least I try to. If someone in our IT department would shift his or her arse for a couple of seconds and reboot the server on which the software I use is stored, I might be able to actually do my job. But hey, I only asked yesterday morning, I really shouldn't be so impatient, should I?

If anyone here works in an IT department, can I just ask, is there actually some sort of a training course where people who do your job learn to be utterly useless and unhelpful?

[something]

Originally Posted by dionysusundone

Ha, I work at Borders. Which makes you competition.

borders is much better when it comes to music i hate my store

Originally Posted by sonicl

I do all the clerical shit that has to be done so that people will get pensions. Or at least I try to. If someone in our IT department would shift his or her arse for a couple of seconds and reboot the server on which the software I use is stored, I might be able to actually do my job. But hey, I only asked yesterday morning, I really shouldn't be so impatient, should I?

If anyone here works in an IT department, can I just ask, is there actually some sort of a training course where people who do your job learn to be utterly useless and unhelpful?

Tell me about it. I rang them LAST WEEK to ask them to do something about the tricky telephone system and i'm still waiting for them to get here. They rarely answer the phone and when they do, they sound like they don't care much or know what to do. I do wonder what these lovely, but ultimately lazy fuckers do apart from having cigarette breaks all the time.

[fishmonkey]

i have been unemployed for a few weeks now but funny enough i'm just after getting offered a job working in a call center for a large irish banking group. i'm gonna be that person on the end of the phone you ring when you've max'd yr credit card on holidays and have to ring up begging for a credit limit increase..

aww happy days.

[something]

im going to be unemployeed soon it sux

[fishmonkey]

Originally Posted by something

im going to be unemployeed soon it sux

it does suck man, but stay positive. i went on the "rock and roll" (slang for dole/unemplyment benefit) it was the easiest money i've ever made!

something will come up for you - dont worry about it.

enjoy the time you have off.

[something]

noo i cant they cant fire me i mean legally they cant but my friend says theyre just going to stop giving me hours and if i get fired it looks bad for the jobs ive lined up

[Gulasch Noir]

I'm studying law and in the not so far future i will be a http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&p=/...altungsbeamter (hopefully).

[Toilet & Bowels]

Originally Posted by Phlegmscope

We have no 24h access to the facilities. we can't stay after 8pm.

forgot to mention that, our facilities cloase between 6pm and 8pm, the college closes at 8pm too and is only open for a few hours on saturday, butr most of the facilities are only oipen on weekdays.

[Iain]

Originally Posted by fishmonkey

it does suck man, but stay positive. i went on the "rock and roll" (slang for dole/unemplyment benefit) it was the easiest money i've ever made!

something will come up for you - dont worry about it.

enjoy the time you have off.

Going on the Dole in Ireland is a viable career option though, you should stick with it. You get twice as much as you do over here and you don't even have to go to the Jobcentre every fortnight do you?