My job sucks

2001-01-29 Thread Mark Roberts
Arrgh. I'm feeling only slightly better after one of those "bad days at work" because of the two glasses of wine I had with dinner. Anyone need a tech writer (who, like all tech writers, longs to be just a "writer")? Ah well. I can console myself with a couple of facts: I just received a nearly

Re: My job sucks

2001-01-29 Thread Gerald Cermak
Mark Roberts laments: > Arrgh. > I'm feeling only slightly better after one of those "bad days at > work" because of the two glasses of wine I had with dinner. My job sucks worse! After years of leadership roles, I've found myself in a place requiring a level

Re: My job sucks

2001-01-30 Thread Mark Roberts
On Mon, 29 Jan 2001 23:24:04 -0600, "Treena Harp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I raise a virtual dark Irish beer in toast to you on that one. It's not that >I don't like what I do, I just don't like for whom I do it. I love my work; >I hate my job. The only job that sucks more than mine is the par

Re: My job sucks

2001-01-30 Thread Evan Hanson
Mark, boy do I empathize with you. My job sucks as well and following your example I will console myself with either a FA 35 2.0 or 100 2.8 macro. Evan Mark Roberts wrote: > > Arrgh. > I'm feeling only slightly better after one of those "bad days at > work" because

Re: My job sucks

2001-01-31 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
I got laid off last Friday. :-( Still looking also. Limberger. ;~) Collin At 03:12 PM 1/31/01 -0600, you wrote: >Hey hey hey at least you are all working, ... >my lack of a job sucks >som *** "The accumulation of all powers legislative, executive and judiciary in the same hand

Re: Re: My job sucks ?????????????

2001-01-31 Thread William Robb
Bo. - Original Message - From: "Paul Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: January 31, 2001 7:31 PM Subject: Re: Re: My job sucks ? > Nothing, but i found it an intersting discussion. > > Jeepgirl did say

Re: Re: My job sucks ?????????????

2001-01-31 Thread Nicolas Colarusso, cga
What does this have to do with Pentax or photography? - Original Message - From: "aimcompute" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 8:10 PM Subject: Re: Re: My job sucks (would you like some cheese with your whine)

Re: Re: My job sucks ?????????????

2001-01-31 Thread Paul Jones
Nothing, but i found it an intersting discussion. Jeepgirl did say she might have to sell her PZ1P :) - Original Message - From: "Nicolas Colarusso, cga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 12:10 PM Subject

OT: My job sucks (Mafud lashes out again)

2001-02-01 Thread Norman Baugher
It's a talent. A very rare one at that. Norm From: "Gerald Cermak" Oh how in the world can you derive so much, so wrongly, from so few words that I wrote? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget

OT: Re: OT: Re: My job sucks (Mafud lashes out again)

2001-01-31 Thread Gerald Cermak
ssage - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 9:22 PM Subject: Re: OT: Re: My job sucks (would you like some cheese with your whine) > In a message dated 1/31/01 7:30:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > writes: >

Re: Re: My job sucks don't read this i'm being mean.

2001-02-01 Thread jeepgirl
Unlike the barely skilled autoworker, I went to college for 15 years in order to have a career that would remain fruitful and enjoyable. And what did it take you 15 yrs to major in praytell? physical education? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to htt

Re: Re: My job sucks don't read this i'm being mean.

2001-02-01 Thread Nicolas Colarusso, cga
Please take this out of here.. a frustrated autoworker _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow

Re: Re: My job sucks don't read this i'm being mean.

2001-02-01 Thread Gerald Cermak
jeepgirl asks, pointedly: >> Unlike the barely skilled autoworker, I went to college for 15 years in >> order to have a career that would remain fruitful and enjoyable. > > > And what did it take you 15 yrs to major in praytell? physical education? Hey, you're funny jeepgirl. :) Since you ask

Re: Re: My job sucks don't read this i'm being mean.

2001-02-01 Thread Bob Blakely
01 5:51 PM Subject: Re: Re: My job sucks don't read this i'm being mean. > jeepgirl asks, pointedly: > > >> Unlike the barely skilled autoworker, I went to college for 15 years in > >> order to have a career that would remain fruitful and enjoyable. > >

Re: My job sucks (would you like some cheese with your whine)

2001-01-31 Thread jeepgirl
real possibility. Stop your whining. My job Sucks Big. But only because I don't know how much longer it will last. I need this job for one more year so they can finish paying for my masters degree. Then I can go on to bigger and better things. Please be thankful you have jobs. You kno

Re: OT: Re: My job sucks (would you like some cheese withyourwhine)

2001-01-31 Thread Doug Brewer
Otis, I was referring to Gerald's little vent. Not the job situation. Believe me, working on a project that =any day= could join the ranks of the unfunded, I'm quite aware of the dangers of the working world. Fortunately, I'm taking steps to prevent too great a fall should the project cease.

OT: Re: My job sucks (would you like some cheese with your whine)

2001-01-31 Thread Gerald Cermak
jeepgirl writes: > Please be thankful you have jobs. This is exactly the kind of mentality that the CEOs of corporate America would love to return to: ala the workforce of the 1990 recession, happy just to have a job, willing to take pay cuts along with more work hours, and say "thank you" and t

Re: Re: My job sucks (would you like some cheese with your whine)

2001-01-31 Thread aimcompute
Gerald Cermak writes: > >This is exactly the kind of mentality that the CEOs of corporate America >would love to return to: ala the workforce of the 1990 recession, happy just >to have a job, willing to take pay cuts along with more work hours, and say >"thank you" and the end of the grueling sou

Re: OT: Re: My job sucks (would you like some cheese with yourwhine)

2001-01-31 Thread Otis Wright, Jr.
Having walked those lonely streets--with Pentax in hand and without, I suspect it is a lot more humorous to those who have jobs -- satisfying or not -- than it is to those who don't or have good reason to believe they are at risk of joining those ranks. Given the short term focus of investors and

Re: OT: Re: My job sucks (would you like some cheese with your whine)

2001-01-31 Thread Treena Harp
Gerald wrote: > < would love to return to: ala the workforce of the 1990 recession, happy just > to have a job, willing to take pay cuts along with more work hours, and say > "thank you" and the end of the grueling soul-destroying day.>> > > Mafud wrote: > You should be crowned the "King of self-p

Re: OT: Re: My job sucks (would you like some cheese with your whine)

2001-01-31 Thread SudaMafud
In a message dated 1/31/01 7:30:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: <> You're spoiled. *Unrewarding* hard work is "soul-destroying", no matter what that labor might be. How can an expression such as "Please be thankful you have jobs" set you off so? I sense you either came f

Re: OT: Re: My job sucks (would you like some cheese with your whine)

2001-01-31 Thread Gerald Cermak
tom writes: > "Can't even dream of acquiring"? > > That was kind of a nasty post, Gerald. Ah, you're right about that last part. My frustrations here got the better of me. Let me rephrase that to read "... the average auto worker wouldn't even dream of trying to acquire". No offense to JeepG