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Swift · 01-25-2017, 10:32 PM

Reading the fired thread, but I've never been fired, so nothing interesting to share there.

However, it got me thinking about jobs I've quit and in particular the really short ones.

One was a call centre job phoning people up and asking them to survey questions. I went to the training on Saturday. Then on Sunday morning as I lay in bed, I phoned them up and told them I wouldn't be coming in again. It was a long bus and train ride away on the other side of the city, pay was very little, pay was also to be held off for a full month (which I'd never heard of and found ridiculous) and plus, it sounded life a terrible job.

Second one was a guy doing me a favour hiring me to help him do siding. I had zero experience, screwed up a bit on the first day, and overall didn't care for it. I told him thanks, but no thanks at the end of the day. He was fine as he said he preferred to work alone anyway.

Third was unloading trucks at FedEx. During the first night of watching safety training videos, the supervisor popped his head in the door, said that some guys had called in sick and could I jump in right away. I did 2 or 3 nights of this and quit at the end of it. Never did receive any pay from those bastards.

Last one was an agency work placement working in the shipping office at a warehouse. I showed up that morning, the supervisor was running late so I was just left sitting there waiting. When she did show up, she said she had to run to a meeting and went off. The guy there briefly showed me the ropes and left me there on my own as he also had to go to the meeting. I'm completely on my own in this office and after a while, I just thought "Screw this", stuck a sticky note on the computer screen saying the job wasn't for me and I left. Total time there was about an hour.

I'm not a lazy person, but life's too short sometimes.

01-25-2017, 10:32 PM	#1
Swift Not Taylor Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Calgary SW Exp:	Shortest jobs Reading the fired thread, but I've never been fired, so nothing interesting to share there. However, it got me thinking about jobs I've quit and in particular the really short ones. One was a call centre job phoning people up and asking them to survey questions. I went to the training on Saturday. Then on Sunday morning as I lay in bed, I phoned them up and told them I wouldn't be coming in again. It was a long bus and train ride away on the other side of the city, pay was very little, pay was also to be held off for a full month (which I'd never heard of and found ridiculous) and plus, it sounded life a terrible job. Second one was a guy doing me a favour hiring me to help him do siding. I had zero experience, screwed up a bit on the first day, and overall didn't care for it. I told him thanks, but no thanks at the end of the day. He was fine as he said he preferred to work alone anyway. Third was unloading trucks at FedEx. During the first night of watching safety training videos, the supervisor popped his head in the door, said that some guys had called in sick and could I jump in right away. I did 2 or 3 nights of this and quit at the end of it. Never did receive any pay from those bastards. Last one was an agency work placement working in the shipping office at a warehouse. I showed up that morning, the supervisor was running late so I was just left sitting there waiting. When she did show up, she said she had to run to a meeting and went off. The guy there briefly showed me the ropes and left me there on my own as he also had to go to the meeting. I'm completely on my own in this office and after a while, I just thought "Screw this", stuck a sticky note on the computer screen saying the job wasn't for me and I left. Total time there was about an hour. I'm not a lazy person, but life's too short sometimes.