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Tell a tale about a time your Job seemed ridiculously easy

  • 30-08-2019 7:11pm
    #1
    Problem Of Motivation
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 386 ✭✭


    At some point in your life have you ever felt like you were getting away with murder with the amount of money you were earning for your work. It's not that often that this happens, but I'd like to hear about any time it did.

    I remember when I used to be an intern with the EPA a few years ago, I was paid the equivalent of about €10 an hour. They had no real work for me so they would give me these tasks that didn't make any sense. It was a bit annoying but of all the problems you can have, that's not a bad one. I remember one day I even took a nap in an empty office. It kind of felt unusual to think that some private sector worker was slaving away for pennies so that the government could pay for me to be there!

    I remember every now and then my boss would give me a giant folder with various documents in it and say "have a look through this"! I'd take it away and look at just one random page, and then read a bit and make a note of something. I did this so that on the rare occasion when she'd ask me about what she'd have given me, I'd refer to that random page and say "after having a good look through it all I found this part particularly interesting". She'd then usually agree with me and treat me as if I was smart having pointed such a thing out.

    She basically abandoned me with no real work to do for the first month. She was on holidays for the second half of my first month's probation and during that time she got somebody else to "sit on me" as she put it. I didn't get along with that guy too well! When she came back from holidays I had my month's probation meeting with her and I got the impression that the guy she left in charge of me wanted her to fire me. Well if that were true, then I definitely managed to convince her not to. I don't think she would've had it in her to fire me. She was too nice. But I must say we got on very well after that for the rest of my internship.


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  • #2
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    :rolleyes::D:D:D

    I notice this boss also happened to be female.

    You have had some amount of jobs in your young life so far.


    Something doesn't seem right with all this.


  • #3
    Lotus Flower
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,569 ✭✭✭Lotus Flower


    That actually sounds boring AF. Nothing worse than having nothing to do and doing make-y up work


  • #4
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,020 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    There was the time I was given the company credit card and told to take a colleague, who had over indulged at a christmas lunch, to the pub across the road and under no circumstances allow him to return to the office...

    Conversely, I have had a nap in an empty meeting room but only because it was a go live weekend and we'd been on call for 24 hours...

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,311 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Sullivan Quick Zenith wrote: »
    Something doesn't seem right with all this.

    It's not right, because the story is not remotely real.

    What is real: OP has an inferiority complex about women in general.


  • #6
    Problem Of Motivation
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 386 ✭✭Problem Of Motivation


    Lotus Flower wrote: »
    That actually sounds boring AF. Nothing worse than having nothing to do and doing make-y up work
    That's what I thought at the time. I took it for granted that I'd no stress in my life at the time. But I'd kill for it now!


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  • #7
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Problem Of Motivation wrote: »
    That's what I thought at the time. I took it for granted that I'd no stress in my life at the time. But I'd kill for it now!

    It beats lifting boxes, putting up with a woman blowing smoke in your face while telling you what to do after she sends you for the milk needed in the canteen where another lady makes fun of you playing the radio.


  • #8
    kowloon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,582 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    Are we due a public sector vs. private sector thread?


  • #9
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,028 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Was she hot?


  • #10
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    It's not right, because the story is not remotely real.

    What is real: OP has an inferiority complex about women in general.

    This.


  • #11
    Problem Of Motivation
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 386 ✭✭Problem Of Motivation


    Deleted User wrote: »
    It's not right, because the story is not remotely real.
    You're just jealous I had it so easy.


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  • #12
    Problem Of Motivation
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 386 ✭✭Problem Of Motivation


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    Was she hot?
    Not really, although I did have a good **** one morning thinking about her.


  • #13
    Problem Of Motivation
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 386 ✭✭Problem Of Motivation


    Sullivan Quick Zenith wrote: »
    It beats lifting boxes, putting up with a woman blowing smoke in your face while telling you what to do after she sends you for the milk needed in the canteen where another lady makes fun of you playing the radio.
    Correction - I never said that the comments about my radio use were from females!


  • #14
    Problem Of Motivation
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 386 ✭✭Problem Of Motivation


    Deleted User wrote: »
    It's not right, because the story is not remotely real.
    Well it's not exactly a Walter Mitty tale, so I must have quite the imagination.


  • #15
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,311 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Problem Of Motivation wrote: »
    Well it's not exactly a Walter Mitty tale, so I must have quite the imagination.

    Don't expect any publishers to come knocking.


  • #16
    Problem Of Motivation
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 386 ✭✭Problem Of Motivation


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Don't expect any publishers to come knocking.
    Likewise


  • #17
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Problem Of Motivation wrote: »
    Well it's not exactly a Walter Mitty tale, so I must have quite the imagination.

    Actually, it's the lack of imagination that is most telling.


  • #18
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Problem Of Motivation wrote: »
    Correction - I never said that the comments about my radio use were from females!

    Really?
    The other day this girl said "I always know when it's you in here because the radio will be on". She then went on to say "ah well, what harm". It's kind of ironic the way she said that. I suppose what she really meant was "you're a bit backward with your radio

    My old Dad always said the best thing about telling the truth is you never have to remember what you said.


  • #19
    Problem Of Motivation
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 386 ✭✭Problem Of Motivation


    kowloon wrote: »
    Are we due a public sector vs. private sector thread?
    I don't know


  • #20
    gerbilgranny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 522 ✭✭✭gerbilgranny


    Back in the 1980's, there was quite a bit overtime in my (relatively easy) job.

    I could do the overtime out of the office, so I used to sit on the back of the bus with a load of registration forms, and write up the details on cards. Bloody computers ruined all that.

    Also got a few days' Sunday overtime when I was in the building all on my own, putting thousands of pieces of paper in alpha and numerical order. Double time. Again the bloody computers put pay to such therapeutic activity.

    Gosh, things have changed so much for me since then!


  • #21
    Biodegradable
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 350 ✭✭Biodegradable


    Gee, surprisingly not very much people want to admit that they've any easy job.


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  • #22
    Biodegradable
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 350 ✭✭Biodegradable


    I know I'm one of the few here who's willing to admit they've an easy job, but I'm glad t say that the new job I'm in now, in security, is easy! It's been a long while since I've had an easy job.


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