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Post by TreasureFinder on Mar 29, 2005 21:45:48 GMT -5
Gotta love those OSHA standards. I thought it was just a lunch break and two ten-minute breaks? I applied at a Toys 'R Us...but I'm so tired now, I don't think I could work. Stupid English! MAKING US LEARN FRENCH! I'll bonbon you!
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Post by Magicman on Mar 29, 2005 22:24:35 GMT -5
I took a job at this nice little hell-hole I like to call Toys R Us. HORRIBLE management. I sign up for 6 hours sat and 6 hours sunday but they put me on 8 hours per. Alright, in a standard 8-hour job (atleast with retail), you're legally entitled to a 15 minute break after 3 hours, a 45 minute break after 5 hours, and a 15 minute break after 8 hours. Well, the bastards would let me out one minute early so I wouldn't get that 3rd break. Let's not forget that they tend to give break 2 (lunch break usually) an hour late. Oh, and I signed up to work at the R' Zone and guess where they put me? The baby aisle. Oh, not to mention that you have to listen to Elmo and pal sing their songs for 8 hours straight. I'd rather choke on a pretzel before working at Toys R Us again. HA HA HA HA
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Post by Jaggy on Mar 29, 2005 23:27:09 GMT -5
I took a job at this nice little hell-hole I like to call Toys R Us. HORRIBLE management. I sign up for 6 hours sat and 6 hours sunday but they put me on 8 hours per. Alright, in a standard 8-hour job (atleast with retail), you're legally entitled to a 15 minute break after 3 hours, a 45 minute break after 5 hours, and a 15 minute break after 8 hours. Well, the bastards would let me out one minute early so I wouldn't get that 3rd break. Let's not forget that they tend to give break 2 (lunch break usually) an hour late. Oh, and I signed up to work at the R' Zone and guess where they put me? The baby aisle. Oh, not to mention that you have to listen to Elmo and pal sing their songs for 8 hours straight. I'd rather choke on a pretzel before working at Toys R Us again. Hahaha! That sounds.. as bad as what I had to do for Christmas break. I had to: - clean what seemed like 2983063 beakers, flasks, petri dishes, other chemistry equipment, etc. with this annoying procedure that consists of rinsing it with this corrosive acid first (for some of them), then soap, then rinsing with distilled water. - dump out a bazillion containers of chemicals. Some smelled worse than sewers and shit. - other various cleaning jobs/annoying tasks that are less than pleasant. At least I got paid good for it. $9 CDN or $9.50 (?) an hour.
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Post by Knight of Lodis on Mar 30, 2005 1:11:15 GMT -5
Haha jaggy thats $7.85 American. I filled fulltime over the summer and threw out 3 full garbage cans of paper (the ones u take to the street for the trash people to collect) and went through 1000s of files. One guy alone at 400 and I did his twice! I did get paid $10 an hour. Busing is ok but nasty work but the pay is usually $8-9 an hour. Sektor your story was hilarious and brought a tear to my eye.
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Post by Sokar468 on Mar 30, 2005 2:17:04 GMT -5
Back in the day before the turn of the millenium, I handled pool supply chemicals without any sort of coverage or insurance. There were several moments where I could have gone blind, or choked, or had severe skin irritation, but I somehow avoided all forms of injury. I got paid $5.50 an hour, which was minimum wage at the time.
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Post by TreasureFinder on Mar 30, 2005 23:24:17 GMT -5
I don't really like working in restaurants. I prefer busing to any other job: waiting is way to difficult (for an under-experienced person [me]) and washing dishes (in my opinion) is the most difficult job in the enitre restaurant! I worked back in the kitchen of my mom's uncles' restaurant, and washed dishes. He has a dishwasher (which doesn't really meet safety requirements of a 3-compartment sink), and some trays to put the untensils and plates on. I actually got so far behind that the buffet almost ran out of plates! You may think it's easy, but try it for a while!
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