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by nicknielsen

While I was on delayed enlistment, I was Bedpan Dan in the ER of the local hospital. The official name was "Clinical Observer," given by my EMT instructor.

The USAF called me up two weeks before end-of-course. I have yet to determine if this was fortunate or otherwise...

by seanferd

whether pay is enough to take care of the loans. Since the writer mentions that the only thing which changed relative to his previous employment was the hours, I suspect not. I thought that would have been played up a bit more, but editors, I suppose, even at The Onion...

by nicknielsen

The problem is that these ads and others like them tend to attract people who think they can make a whole lot of money at it. So they invest their money and get their certificate or degree, and maybe even find a job.

They then discover that, because they were more interested in chasing money than in finding work they enjoyed, all that has changed is their job title and boss.

by av .

Wow! This dude is really naive. Thankfully, I'm not living that dream, I'm living a different IT dream thats equally fun. And, I did it without DeVry too!

He's still working in a restaurant too! The guy must be a masochist.

AV :^0

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by hal 9000

Seems to be an improvement to me as I used to know several people who worked as Cash Register Mechanics for a company like NCR.

If they went 6 months without a Nervous Breakdown it was considered that they where handling their jobs well. I didn't see any mention by this guy about prolonged medical Conditions as a result of the work so it's got to be better than those old mechanical Cash Registers. :D

Col

by hal 9000

Mechanical Cash Registers I was thinking that the problems came more from the Company than the machines that they repaired. :D

But it was a bit of a worry that so many when barking mad in the process.

Having even the smallest modicum of Self Preservation I avoided that along with Shrinkology as being one of the possible places where doing yourself in was a normal outcome of the profession.

But I had shrinks telling me I had a Death Wish because I rode racing Motorcycles and they got upset when I laughed at them and asked what would you say of someone who goes into a profession with one of the highest Suicide Rate in the world . They would go on about how they would treat this person and I just suggested that they take their own medicine and walked away. :D

But I love using the quote from Carl Jung [b]Life is a Sexually Transmitted Disease with a extremely Bad Prognosis.[/b] Drives them crazy when I use it naturally without the reference to who said it till after they have finished rabbiting on. :^0

Col

by nexs

jumped on the band wagon for the wrong reasons.
I would say that working in the POS field would be better than the hospitality field. My partner works in that field and even I get angry about the flucked up sh1t that goes on, and I'm not the one working there!

by nicknielsen

I don't mind supporting them, but I sure as hell wouldn't work there.

Although the potential benefits can be interesting, to say the least. I came back to the hotel one night in Savannah, and the night clerk was busy fending off an offer of alternative payment from a prospective guest...

by boxfiddler

not to work in it again. But it does have its perks, not least of which is being fun (providing you enjoy people).

Fun does wear thin...

by nexs

That a Head Chef's wages are dynamite, but that sounds like an interesting step-up.
Doesn't help making ends meet, so much as other verbs...

by santeewelding

Not a thing, that does not involve other people.

How do you think [i]I[/i] get along -- with but a hammer and an anvil for my being?

by santeewelding

Dispense with the contraction. Do it the old way: "You are..."

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