How Interesting is your Job?

[Xanikk999]

These university kids are not dumb (at least, for the most part), but the non-self-sufficient part is right on the money.

This should be in the random rant thread, but I can't stand to catch them cheating, and see them act surprised that they got caught. I can't stand the number of dead relatives the day of midterms. I can't stand the number of them who beg for you to make the final exam be worth 100% because they didn't study for the midterms. I can't stand them not coming to class and asking you what is going to be on the tests, all the while pretending that you never said a word although you spent 20 minutes practically telling what questions were going to be on the tests. I can't stand the begging and crying when they come to see their final exams and the (always unsuccesful) attempts to negotiate a grade. And don't get me started on the cell phones. If at least people had interesting ring tones...

Most of all, what I can't stand is the fact that I always end up with amazing teacher evaluations. I walk in the class, I yell at them, I fail them, and yet I get the best evaluations of anyone in the department. This is ridiculous. If the class was a woman, she'd have the beaten woman syndrome.

Bottom line, after having taught 40 courses, and received accolades for my work, the truth is I hate teaching.

And working with nerds ain't that great either (no offence to the self-professed CFC nerds): is it so hard for them to talk about hockey once in a while, or do I have to hear about freakin' C*-algebras everytime I go down to eat my lunch?

And I can't even get interested by my own papers, anymore. Never did, really.

So I handed in my resignation last week. I think I will try my hands at industrial mathematics. Encryption, perhaps? Or mathematical journal publishing.

No clue.

Sorry to hear that. Most people who are teachers like the job though, so why did you become a teacher?

 

[Shylock]

I bag groceries, clean up messes, put unwanted items back, put back all the little easter eggs customers leave in the store by putting things where they don't belong, and shepherd a flock of shopping carts.

 

[Xanikk999]

I bag groceries, clean up messes, put unwanted items back, put back all the little easter eggs customers leave in the store by putting things where they don't belong, and shepherd a flock of shopping carts.

I had that same job before, it was my first job too.

Sucks ass dont it?

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

You can eliminate the problem of dealing with stupid people by working in a better restaurant. I too was shocked by this particular epiphany when I was first struck by it . . .

Well not everybody is stupid, but the people who are stupid make up for the other people's lack of stupidity with their own overflowing moronicness. Besides, I love the work itself, and my best (non idiot) friends work with me, so really the stupid servers are only a minor inconvenience. And since the only time I'm annoyed/affected by said stupidity is when I'm either cooking or expo, I'm in a position where I can tell them exactly how I feel about their lack of intelligence.

 

[Sophie 378]

I have written letters of complaint to the higher ups in the past. It makes for good reading. I think I have a total of 14 pages of complaints about one particular very evil boss woman. She's the stereotypical backstabbing, lying, demand extra-work-with-no-pay boss. I considered posting the letters here just because they're such good reading, but I changed my mind.

Could you change it back? Post them in the Funny Pictures or Random Rants threads? It's always fun to read a really good rant that absolutely who it's to.

 

[schmiddi]

As interesting as the job of an employment agent / placement officer / "whatever the correct term is" can be. Most days it's quite interessting.

 

[sabo]

Mine is extremely interesting, I'm in tech support and you wouldn't believe some of the calls I get
example:
Customer: oh, I see the problem now, I forgot to turn it on...

 

[JonnyB]

Mines kind of dull, I'm a supervisor and all I do is make sure the employees are doing their jobs correctly.

Beats working though.