NorCal (Bay Area) OFF-TOPIC Chat Thread

[SoNotCool]

lol... i know the feeling, i got massive bills today to do tomorrow
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[SoNotCool]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

Ouch, six 12-hour shifts!? What's your profession?

i work at Amazon Fulfillment Center in Tracy... standard work week is 4 10hr shifts and 3 days off, however this last week they called for Mandatory 12 hr shifts and 2 extra OT days.... they had a server blade crash last week which set 2 floors down for almost 2hrs ... and with a place like amazon you can imagine what the back log 2 hrs creates....

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I also put in work in my own business as well when I am home....I am a freelance Photographer trying to move more into a business rather then freelance work.....I also do Graphic Design for Print and Photo Restoration .... sooo never a dull moment....

[spike021]

I think I'm going deaf or at least shitty hearing. :\

I've noticed the turn signals on my car aren't very loud. Even when I have the fan on medium/high ish for A/C it drowns out the signal noise, and of course when I have music on I can barely hear the signals.

[SoNotCool]

haha now that you mention it @spike021 , compared to my previous cars I dont think I hear my blinker clicks that much either .... I like it lol.... however i look like that old man driving down the road sometimes because I rarely look down at the gauges lol

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by SoNotCool

i work at Amazon Fulfillment Center in Tracy... standard work week is 4 10hr shifts and 3 days off, however this last week they called for Mandatory 12 hr shifts and 2 extra OT days.... they had a server blade crash last week which set 2 floors down for almost 2hrs ... and with a place like amazon you can imagine what the back log 2 hrs creates....

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I also put in work in my own business as well when I am home....I am a freelance Photographer trying to move more into a business rather then freelance work.....I also do Graphic Design for Print and Photo Restoration .... sooo never a dull moment....

Server crashes are sonotcool. Ba dun dun. Trollololol, sorry, couldn't resist.

At least you get paid OT. I work at least 90 hours every two weeks, but don't see any overtime. Shoot, I can work 12 hours a day and not see a single penny.

[SoNotCool]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

Server crashes are sonotcool. Ba dun dun. Trollololol, sorry, couldn't resist.

At least you get paid OT. I work at least 90 hours every two weeks, but don't see any overtime. Shoot, I can work 12 hours a day and not see a single penny.

haha, ya i dont miss working Salary lol

[spike021]

Originally Posted by SoNotCool

haha now that you mention it @spike021 , compared to my previous cars I dont think I hear my blinker clicks that much either .... I like it lol.... however i look like that old man driving down the road sometimes because I rarely look down at the gauges lol

yeah, I like that it's not an obnoxious blinker tone. Just sometimes wish it'd be louder when I have music on and the windows down/air on.

But then that means I fucked up my hearing too, so.. Sometimes I go a ways before I realize it's still on lol.

[SoNotCool]

Originally Posted by spike021

yeah, I like that it's not an obnoxious blinker tone. Just sometimes wish it'd be louder when I have music on and the windows down/air on.

But then that means I fucked up my hearing too, so.. Sometimes I go a ways before I realize it's still on lol.

hahaha.... obnoxious blinker tone... my old bronco sounded like someone tapping the dash, and then my last car the Jetta sounded like someone sitting there with a box of ink-pens clicking them all at once...

[BigFatFlip]

Being self employed sux bawls...

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by BigFatFlip

Being self employed sux bawls...

How so?

[BigFatFlip]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

How so?

Eh... taxes, having to track your expenses, "feast or famine" when it comes to $/contracts/clients/jobs, the thought of being unemployed in an instant looming over my head everyday, no benefits (having to pay healthcare out of pocket) working really odd hours to the point where I'm at home but never see my family...I can go on and on...

IT does have it's perks: being on my own schedule, getting to go on drives in the middle of the week/day when its not busy, writing off "business" stuff like lunches, software and gadgets. But still, the cons far out weigh the pros me thinks. Time to hit the job market.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by BigFatFlip

Eh... taxes, having to track your expenses, "feast or famine" when it comes to $/contracts/clients/jobs, the thought of being unemployed in an instant looming over my head everyday, no benefits (having to pay healthcare out of pocket) working really odd hours to the point where I'm at home but never see my family...I can go on and on...

IT does have it's perks: being on my own schedule, getting to go on drives in the middle of the week/day when its not busy, writing off "business" stuff like lunches, software and gadgets. But still, the cons far out weigh the pros me thinks. Time to hit the job market.

Quite big reasons there. Lol

[BigFatFlip]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

Quite big reasons there. Lol

I don't know, still not as bad as working in the service industry or in sales. I hate having to deal with people lol

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by BigFatFlip

I don't know, still not as bad as working in the service industry or in sales. I hate having to deal with people lol

...yeah...about having to deal with people...lolololol