Story archives - tag: "jobs"

InkedSolace

I applied at vegetarian restaurants, organic food markets, and a bank but the only job I got was at the hunting store.

tags: irony jobs wth selling out hypocrite [add]

2009-04-19 21:36:27 / Rating: 306.25 /

inkedSolace

My boss told me I needed to quit drinking so I told him he should stop having sex with prostitutes.

tags: alcohol awkward relationships jobs didn't get fired [add]

2009-04-14 16:32:00 / Rating: 643 /

Mo

Delivering pizza became a life-affirming occupation the day the half-naked couple in their seventies opened the door, releasing billowing clouds of pot smoke and Jefferson Airplane into the atmosphere.

tags: jobs humor pot pizza [add]

2009-03-25 11:32:35 / Rating: 896 /

MBM

The death threat wasn't even the worst part of my day.

tags: jobs co-workers [add]

2009-03-10 11:15:35 / Rating: 317 /

your friendly host

I sincerely hope whoever spat that gigantic loogie in their to-go box and left it on table #14 for my hand to stumble upon falls into a fiery pit of aborted pig fetuses.

tags: jobs gross restaurants [add]

2008-02-11 17:14:37 / Rating: 353.75 /

busboy

As they sit and think they are better, I take away their food and never have felt smarter.

tags: restaurant jobs intelligence childhood irony hospitality [add]

2007-08-14 16:59:37 / Rating: 441.75 /

Dave Walls

I keep telling myself 'the phone is going to ring', but after two months, I can't seem to believe myself anymore when it comes to job interviews.

tags: jobs work hope dreams career frustration [add]

2007-07-05 12:25:50 / Rating: 433 /

katy

Not even two months into my first job and the place is shutting down.

tags: jobs work closing bummer [add]

2007-03-27 11:47:07 / Rating: 359.75 /

call me dave

They were very polite people, posh offices and nice desks and we all knew there was no "second stage" for me.

tags: interviews interview job jobs office work [add]

2006-10-02 09:21:11 / Rating: 450.75 /