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Monpot Gets A Job

monpot [Edit] [Delete] 32 replies 16:30, 22 September '05

I've been offered 3 weeks work. Me, working! Crazy I know.

Sounds like the worst job in the world as well, well not literally, but basically I'll be burning Learn To Speak Welsh CDs all day. Sounds like a hoot. Could be almost as mundaine as the teddy-bear job I had when I was 16.

Hopefully they'll give me an internet terminal or something, otherwise I might just go mad.

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Yeh it did actually. Hadn't thought of that, brilliant!

monpot @trident | 22 Sep '05, 16:33 | X
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  tellme about the teddy bear job!
  
  did you get to play with them?
  
  commandercool | 22 Sep '05, 16:38 | X
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    yeah! what was the teddy bear job?
    
    it sounds cool.
    
    fihiki @commandercool | 22 Sep '05, 16:39 | X
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    He was in charge of the Cardiff under-5s teddybears picnic.
    
    I was in a pubquiz the other day, and someone had put as one of their answers: Franklin ' Teddy' Roosevelt. You can't buy that kind of smug ignorance!
    
    thewarn @commandercool | 22 Sep '05, 16:41 | X
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      I got a new job 4 weeks ago - I should have advertised it as I've just spent 3 years in shit temping jobs - new job good money good - hours long - bah
      
      well done anyway Monpy!
      
      prole-art-threat @thewarn | 22 Sep '05, 16:45 | X
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      They weren't even fluffy proper teddies! Basically there was this teddy bear 'game' which involved putting pictures of clothes onto a picture of a teddy. I was working in a tiny store room with crap lighting, surrounded by big stacks of these various pictures. My job was to take one from each stack, and put them in a bag. All day.
      
      On the plus side I was unsupervised so I'd turn up late, have a massive lunch break, and leave early. Also, sometimes when I got there the building was locked. I had a key, but not the alarm codes, and so on those days I'd just go to town. I watched the X-Men film in the cinema on one of those days.
      
      I also fell asleep in the store-room a few times, and I'd be listening to music on a walkman all day.
      
      Actually that was probably the best job I've ever had.
      
      monpot @thewarn | 22 Sep '05, 16:51 | X
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        I had some good news regarding my job today which could lead to a new position for me. Fingers crossed.
        
        bobbygeorge @monpot | 22 Sep '05, 16:53 | X
        
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        Oh and congratulations Monpot. Good work.
        
        bobbygeorge @bobbygeorge | 22 Sep '05, 17:38 | X
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  Congrats Monpot (if that is indeed appropriate)
  
  It strikes me as odd though that you don't have a nice job in some dusty old bookstore down a cardiff backstreet in a 'Keep the Aspidistra flying' kind of way...
  
  Anschul | 22 Sep '05, 16:48 | X
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    Well done Monpot! Hope it doesn't interfere with your posting too much, all that burning might wear out your fingers!
    
    smilingcrazylady @Anschul | 22 Sep '05, 16:55 | X
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    I'd love to!
    
    My sadly-departed Aunt and Uncle used to run a ramshackle 2nd hand book shop in the Canton area of Cardiff. It was brilliant. They were constantly giving me books, I don't think I ever bought a book untill after they died. Actually, they'd give everyone books -lovely people, but no business sense.
    
    monpot @Anschul | 22 Sep '05, 16:55 | X
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      Id love to be Gordon Comstock apart from having to work over Lambeth way and spending a night in the cells with Fletch - I recommend everyone to read this book
      
      prole-art-threat @monpot | 22 Sep '05, 16:58 | X
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        I got a job in a bookshop last week - not an Aspidistra-esque one, sadly. I'll shortly be working for monolithic Waterstone's, selling chick-lit and 'Teach Yourself' books
        
        grinner @prole-art-threat | 22 Sep '05, 17:02 | X
        
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        Which Waterstones will that be Grinner? The Hayes or the one by Primark?
        
        When I used to work in a call center I'd spend a good portion of my lunch-breaks in Waterstones, I quite like being surrounded by books, it's calming. Libraries are the best because they're free.
        
        monpot @grinner | 22 Sep '05, 17:07 | X
        
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        The Hayes one. Should be quite fun - oh, and quiet.
        
        grinner @monpot | 22 Sep '05, 17:16 | X
        
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        i know a girl who works in the hayes waterstones - they do absolutely feck all all day. you lucky lucky bastard...
        
        keveddy @grinner | 22 Sep '05, 17:52 | X
        
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        Congrats to you too grinner
        
        Waterstones ain't so bad
        
        Is the Cardiff economy on the up then ?
        
        Anschul @grinner | 22 Sep '05, 17:09 | X
        
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        seems so. even i have a job now. payday tomorrow... oh dear.
        
        colly_kunoichi @Anschul | 22 Sep '05, 19:55 | X
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        This is worrying news Monners, working for 'the man', or 'da Taff' would be more appropriate
        
        moribund @prole-art-threat | 22 Sep '05, 17:03 | X
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  Yay Monpot! (sort of)
  
  Put some of your hard earned away so that you can come to the next London shindig (like SCL's next night or soemthing).
  
  Darcy | 22 Sep '05, 17:02 | X
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    Well done Mr Monpot.
    
    fullerov @Darcy | 22 Sep '05, 17:12 | X
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  Go Monpot, go Monpot, GO!!
  
  sadpunk | 22 Sep '05, 17:36 | X
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    The woman just phoned me to say I'll get training on some specialist CD-Burning Machine. The fact that it's a machine and not a computer makes me doubtfull that I'll be On-Line.
    
    Once the 3 weeks are up I'll be like Christian Bale in The Machinist I think.
    
    monpot @sadpunk | 22 Sep '05, 17:48 | X
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      Oh dear, that's not good
      
      Anschul @monpot | 22 Sep '05, 17:49 | X
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        I've just quit my job. It's more fun to be unemployed.
        
        thunder_cat @Anschul | 22 Sep '05, 17:51 | X
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      or Travis Bickle perhaps?
      
      moribund @monpot | 22 Sep '05, 17:50 | X
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      I used to work with to a CD burning machine, it could burn 7 cds in less than two minutes. It didn't need to a computer to work but I had one anyway. It was just a case of putting cds in the drawers and pressing the copy button. Should give you loads of opportunity to surf the net.
      
      bobbygeorge @monpot | 22 Sep '05, 17:57 | X
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        Comforting words, I thank you!
        
        7 in 2 minutes sounds quite exciting. Must be thousands of them to do though if it's a 3 week job!
        
        I'm hopeing I get loads of blank CDs to steal.
        
        monpot @bobbygeorge | 22 Sep '05, 18:01 | X
        
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        That was an obvious bonus and you can do copies of cds for your mates in no time. Not that I condone that kind of behaviour obviously.
        
        bobbygeorge @monpot | 22 Sep '05, 18:02 | X
        
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        i expect a hundred copies of "another brick in the wall" by this time next week or i'm telling the DSS you're an illegal immigrant
        
        commandercool @bobbygeorge | 22 Sep '05, 18:12 | X

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