#work stories

[payasita]

just got back to work after my days off and I normally have this handwritten checklist taped to the wall for my closers, right. the managers have been asking forever if they can type it out so it looks "more professional" and they finally got around to doing that

see "not professional" is a very fair criticism bc I tend to do things like doodle in the margins. but the thing is, they kept Peppino

they printed him

#work stories #i think im wearing them down guys #pizza tower #i guess

[plazsma]

hey i work at [unspecified plastic building object] land and here are some ninjago statistics i’ve collected from actual children who watch the show in present day from the past few weeks:

“who’s your favourite ninja?”- 95% of the time it’s lloyd. any other time its jay. one time it was nya, another time it was kai. the children do not yearn for glacier.

2. there is a sculpture of nya in ninjago the ride queue that always generates a conversation. however, this sculpture is based off season 5 nya with short hair and her reddish blue gi. the most shocking thing to me… KIDS DONT RECOGNISE HER. i’ve overheard so many “who’s that?” followed by “i don’t know”s and it’s actually whiplash. why are we old

3. a lot of young girls like ninjago! this is really awesome actually because i remember being a little kid and being one of the only girls in my class at the time who liked it and it was heavily marketed as a “boys toy” so it’s nice to see that they are making ninjago for everyone . . . because it is. like everyone can enjoy these little ninja people

4. the ninjago is still IN. i actually before i started working here was worrying ninjago was falling off and the newer generations wouldn’t really care about it but u guys the children DO still yearn for ninjas and it’s very clear. which was a pleasant surprise :3 it’s truly becoming a generational thing as silly as that sounds

i can’t make these into a whole bullet point, but here is some assorted other stuff that i find funny:

kids actually just wear the ninjago pyjamas to the park like as clothes like straight up

the fang blades, jade blades and nya’s sword pack (which btw what even is that she does not use dual swords) fly off the shelves and i truly wonder why because these kids weren’t even around circa tournament of elements era. perhaps they just like throwing swords around

sometimes they dress up in ninja clothes and i always compliment their outfit and show off my keychain (luckily i had a lloyd one on me one day when a kid was dressed as him) and kids LIGHT UP when they know i know what i’m talking about. it’s one of the best parts of my day actually

tune in next time for more [unnamed colourful building toy] land stories everyone

#it’s so so funny watching the parents be baffled thag i also know about ninjago in great detail #i told my managers i’ve genuinely seen every season multiple times and they position me in the ninjago area on purpose #ninjago lloyd #lego ninjago masters of spinjitsu #lloyd garmadon #lego #legoland #definately not that #place i do not work #ninjago #lego ninjago #work stories

[xiaq]

Storytime: tech work woes and kindness

Ok so I want you to imagine you work in technical sales. And you've been working on two POCs and two custom demos for the last week and you're very stressed. You get to the day when you're presenting the custom demos. One goes superbly. 10/10. A+ work. The second, you get 1 hr in, 1 hr to go, and suddenly, the thing you've been dreading since you took this job occurs: your demo environment goes down. Completely. There are 12 people on this call including the CIO and project budget owner. They're ending their vendor selection process next week and it took 2 weeks to schedule this meeting with everyone's calendars. There is no way you can postpone the second half of this meeting and stay in the running for a 200k deal. After a brief moment of panic, you tell them that you have another demo environment you can use but you'll need five minutes to get in, pull up some assets, and cobble together a similar flow to finish out the planned functionality overview. And you're a little terrified at the prospect of having to do this WHILE EVERYONE WATCHES/WAITS.

Except the CIO, blessings be upon her, says, "Oh man, you know I've been dying for a bathroom break, and my coffee needs refilling, so this is actually perfect timing. Hey, team, I bet everyone could use a break, right? Let's take ten and reconvene."

And suddenly all your little Zoom tiles are black and it's just you and your rep alone on the call. The relief. It cannot be described.

(By the time they came back, I'd pulled up everything I needed, slightly adjusted my script outline, and tested all the connections to make sure things would work. The second hour went off without a hitch, and I can honestly say I would not have been so composed or confident had that woman not been kind enough to give me 10 minutes to pull things together. I know it sounds silly, but I will Remember this.)

Moral of the story: Small acts of kindness. Provide them. Be grateful for them.

Second moral of the story: Demo environments are not to be trusted.

#tech world things #mylife #storytime #work stories

[cryoverkiltmilk]

Another great bit of tumblr history I have to archive because I refuse to accept the inability to reblog.

#digital preservation #work stories #other people's stories #denny's #dennys

[spookcataloger]

I’m a Search and Rescue Officer for the US Forest Service.

A classic thread that every fan of outdoorsy-innawoods creepypasta should read. Haven’t heard of this yet? You’re in for a treat!

I’m a Search and Rescue Officer for the US Forest Service, I have some stories to tell (Part 1/8) 

I’m a Search and Rescue Officer for the US Forest Service, I have some stories to tell (Part 2/8)

I’m a Search and Rescue Officer for the US Forest Service, I have some stories to tell (Part 3/8)

I’m a Search and Rescue Officer for the US Forest Service, I have some stories to tell (Part 4/8)

I’m a Search and Rescue Officer for the US Forest Service, I have some stories to tell (Part 5/8)

I’m a Search and Rescue Officer for the US Forest Service, I have some stories to tell (Part 6/8)

I’m a Search and Rescue Officer for the US Forest Service, I have some stories to tell (Part 7/8)

I’m a Search and Rescue Officer for the US Forest Service, I have some stories to tell (Part 8/8)

Enjoy! Sleep with your lights on!

#reddit #NoSleep #creepypasta #innawoods #work stories #hiking #camping #creepy #spooky

[theriu]

If you have animal coworkers who sometimes walk on your keyboard, always double check before sending messages. I’m a work-from-home editor for business articles, and I barely caught this helpful addition my chinchilla made to an inline note I had sent back to the writer:

Fortunately I noticed and removed the note before my client could see it. It’s probably poor business etiquette to make your clients worry whether their editor has snapped.

#this happened last week and it still cracks me up #looks like I just started SCREAMING midsentence #then continued on as normal #humor #customer service #river rambles #pets #chinchillas #work stories #work from home

[sarah-yyy]

opposing counsel: and why were you introducing yourself as david in the store that day my client: that's my name OC: are you sure my client: yea OC: *squints* my client: is it so hard to believe i wasn't born wassupman

#delivered EXACTLY the way i taught him #this was funnier in the moment #anyway he changed his name when he was 19 and is v proud of it #work stories

[sometiktoksarevalid]

#no cc #water park #work stories

[emmi-kat]

I work in a bakery and today I took an order for 10 5-inch monster cakes for a Halloween cake walk next week, but "no skulls" because they are a "Christian" school.

I genuinely looked at this woman in bafflement and said "but we all have skulls".

"No skulls." She reiterated. No other restrictions.

I told the decorator to make some devil cakes. No skulls.

#😈😈😈 #Emmi's life #Work stories #Food mention

[baebeyza]

Working the daycare for a few months now gave me an insight into the exhausting topic of ~ KIDS DRAMA ~

Examples:

"If you don't do what I want, I'm no longer your friend!"

"If you do what I want, I'll be your friend!"

Constantly breaking off friendships and getting along a second later

Bringing things to the daycare only to show off

Bringing things to the daycare to make others beg for your attention

Making everything a competition

Talking shit about a kid who is in the same room (then being friends with them 10 minutes later)

What? You know adults who are like that? Congrats, you know ~ BABIES IN THE SKIN OF ADULTHOOD ~

But honestly, a kid can't say things like "Look what I can do!" without another being like "I can do that too, you aren't special!"

A kid today was like "My sister drew the same picture and it looks much better than yours!"

And I'm just bewildered by what the fuck is wrong with these kids when they cannot live five seconds without feeling insulted and needing to put themselves on the forefront.

A mother once asked for advice on how to make her daughter more confident and I'm thinking, lady, your daughter is an angel, she is confident enough to not play this shitshow each and every hour like all those other kids do! She is fine, I promise!

#bey's shit #work stories #how do these kids even function #I remember my own daycare days and getting angry that other kids could count to ten in english while I couldn't #But I can't remember lashing out at anyone #So I get where these emotions come from #but I also don't get how these kids deal with the emotions that must come with all this shit #well since the kids who do shit like that are all trouble kids I guess they don't deal with them

[payasita]

rainy today so everyone at work is getting hot chocolate. for the sake of organization the clerks are writing their names on theirs and mine is the one with Godzilla on it

#personal #work stories #if it doesnt get busy i might jusy keep adding to him

[detentiontrack]

Today this old lady made me list off the ingredients of EVERY salad we have one by one. And then she ordered fucking soup.

#work stories

[acecreamcone]

I just want to share that I served Captain America today. She was seven years old and showed me her talking shield. She walked me through all the toys she kept in her utility belt (including a tiny Batman). She ran around the shop and when it was time to go, she declared, "Mummy, open the door for the superhero!"

Her joy and excitement was immeasurable and my day was made.

#Work Stories #Marvel #Captain America #Original

[spookcataloger]

Snippets from "I'm a Search and Rescue Officer" (2018)

#/x/ 4chan #prosetext #innawoods #short stories #work stories #lost in the woods #hiking #camping #scary #creepy

[void-of-unparalled-chaos]

As someone who has worked front of house at a theatre venue for the past three years, I full heartedly believe that we need a sit com taking place at a theatre venue. The stuff that happens here is unreal.

Tonight, a patron thought the music was too loud so instead of coming to courtesy and using the ear plugs we offer (for free), he decided to shove a napkin into his ear. Said napkin got stuck, so what does one do when a napkin is stuck in your ear? Well apparently you dont talk to the EMTs on standby or go to the ER. Instead you call 911.

And that's how we ended up with the police and fire department outside the building today while our poor EMTs listened to the situation on radio and stared at the scene out the door while shaking their heads in disappointment and shit talking.

#the void screams back #work stories #the amount of chaos that is behind the scenes of a theatre venue would surprise you #its like working inside a crack fic

[sarah-yyy]

the worst part of this job is client interaction because i can really be out here asking y/n questions and my client will literally tell me every single thing EXCEPT the answer to my question

#i am AT MY LIMIT AGAIN MY DUDES #all i wanted to know from my client was 1) is there a problem with the tenants vacating because i am getting the vibe it's a Problem #and 2) if there is no problem when is the move-out date #this is just so i can draft this stupid settlement deed right #it's all information i need like if i could do without this i WOULD just so i wouldn't have to claw information out of my client- #-like it's killing him to tell me things that i actually have to know to be able to do the work he's engaged me to do #and he went on a whole spiel about how he's going to take opposing counsel to the law society like ????????????????? #buddy can we go one step at a time #that side track went on for almost ten mins and i was actively trying to turn the convo back!!! but we got back to the main issue!! #and i PRY that information out of him by baiting him to answer like i'm fucking cross-examining at trial #and come to this conclusion that it sounds like the tenants ARE vacating on the 29th #to attempt to get a firm answer i go 'okay so the tenants WILL vacate that's what you're telling me?? there's no problem??' #and he said 'under the tenancy act we can't force them to leave' #WHAT DOES THIS MEAN #BUDDY YOU'RE KILLING ME #what's a nice law job where i don't have to talk to people #work stories #sarah talks about herself