what's up with comedy central's show schedule?
for weeks, the only show that seems to start on the half-hour spot is
the daily show. but wtf is up with tosh.0 12:01-12:37am? why do they
stretch it out so much? in the fifteen years of "comedy central
presents", did they run out of shows to fill in the time and therefore
were forced to stretch out other shows?
speaking of "comedy
central presents", how come they have a 78-minute slot of "comedy
central presents" in which they play like 10 different specials that are
only the first and final segments of the comedians' acts? i can't
focus. this is why kids are getting ADD.
i am losing my patience at work. i've started arguing with my lead man over how he trains me. plainly and simply, i've stopped caring. i didn't go to college to run a CNC and i'm bored out of my fucking skull. if i may borrow a line from botchamania, "fuck this company."
in response to the iHeartRadio festival (jesus fucking christ, another name with "i" at the beginning of it that has nothing to do with apple), i hereby propose the iHateRadio festival. iRonically, radio is so shitty that it drives me to my iPod, the patent holder of all things with "i" at the beginning of the name. a local radio station has switched programming yet again. 2 years ago, it was an adult contemporary station. recently, it was an gen-x station playing stuff from '85 - '05. now it's trying to be what krock was 15 years ago, except attempting to incorporate some rock from the past few years. i don't know if you've noticed, but there isn't any. don't give me that nickelback and kings of leon bullshit. they suck like a black hole giving blowjobs. they're just doing what the top 40 stations are doing. playing the same bands every hour on the hour. every time i listen, it's always metallica, red hot chili peppers, and smashing pumpkins. these stations don't even fucking try anymore. iHateRadio.
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Saturday, September 8, 2012
today's rant: night shift
of the past twelve months, i spent four of them unemployed. that was not fun. call me crazy, but i like money and not having to talk with debt collectors (if there was a "scum of the earth" directory, debt collectors would fit right in between the westboro baptist church and disney tweeny boppers). now, i'm finding myself having to re-network all over again. the reason is kinda shitty, but here goes.
on 8/30 at my current job, 7 or so quality inspectors, including myself, were told that our positions were being eliminated. i have no definitive answer why. the positions were eliminated based on seniority, or in our case, lack thereof. we were given two options: 1) take a night shift machine operator position for less money, even with the night differential, or 2) take a 3-day severance deal. i cannot afford to miss a paycheck and i hate COBRA with a passion. so i took the job they offered. a couple people took the severance and ran. i don't like the job now. it's not the night shift itself, it's the work involved. it's not the reason i went to college. i'd like to go into gory detail about how much i don't like it, but i still work there and i don't need HR or the GM having to take me into their office for another "chat".
let me put it this way: HR and everyone in my old department, including my old supervisor, know that we got screwed over. they know that we don't want the new position. they know we're looking for new jobs. they know this because they are in touch with reality. it wasn't HR's decision or the GMs decision to make the cuts in the first place. that was corporate's decision. HR and the GM just had to choose who, and i understand that. with 5 months under my belt, i'm not high on the totem pole.
so for the second time this year, i'm getting back in touch with all my methods of finding a new job. websites, headhunters, job fairs, in-laws, etc. this is the first time i've ever gotten a public outpouring of support from a vast amount of coworkers. to which i say, "well, let me keep my old position." ah, if only economics worked that way.
so yeah, i want a new job. physics degree w/ 5 years of manufacturing and quality control experience. any offers?
on 8/30 at my current job, 7 or so quality inspectors, including myself, were told that our positions were being eliminated. i have no definitive answer why. the positions were eliminated based on seniority, or in our case, lack thereof. we were given two options: 1) take a night shift machine operator position for less money, even with the night differential, or 2) take a 3-day severance deal. i cannot afford to miss a paycheck and i hate COBRA with a passion. so i took the job they offered. a couple people took the severance and ran. i don't like the job now. it's not the night shift itself, it's the work involved. it's not the reason i went to college. i'd like to go into gory detail about how much i don't like it, but i still work there and i don't need HR or the GM having to take me into their office for another "chat".
let me put it this way: HR and everyone in my old department, including my old supervisor, know that we got screwed over. they know that we don't want the new position. they know we're looking for new jobs. they know this because they are in touch with reality. it wasn't HR's decision or the GMs decision to make the cuts in the first place. that was corporate's decision. HR and the GM just had to choose who, and i understand that. with 5 months under my belt, i'm not high on the totem pole.
so for the second time this year, i'm getting back in touch with all my methods of finding a new job. websites, headhunters, job fairs, in-laws, etc. this is the first time i've ever gotten a public outpouring of support from a vast amount of coworkers. to which i say, "well, let me keep my old position." ah, if only economics worked that way.
so yeah, i want a new job. physics degree w/ 5 years of manufacturing and quality control experience. any offers?
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