>>5833146> Honest to god I almost don't know what I'd do with that money if my paycheck fucking doubled.This. It's more money than I've ever dreamed of.
Me, I work in a call center. My area has a dozen call centers that people seem to cycle through. I'm only on my second one: I was at the previous for ten years, but the stress was intolerable so I was sick all the time and took advantage of the awesome health benefits they offered. The place still ends up doing a mental health number on people who work there.
My current place has zero stress (for me, at least) and apparently using my skills under so much pressure for so long at the old job made me absolutely fucking amazing at my new job (according to my boss and customer surveys). It's ironic, though, because the pay isn't very good and the benefits suck, and since my girlfriend isn't working (summer, she's an adjunct professor), I keep having to ask my Baby Boomer parents for help making ends meet.
Too bad I don't get a little bonus every time a customer says "With that voice, you should do radio!"
I buy Transformers maybe twice a month. Pic related was my last "splurge".
I'm hoping this job turns out to be a stop-gap before I go back to school for my Master's in Social Work: my area is underserved with social workers, and I was raised in the wild by a pack of therapists. I swear some people can smell it on me, the way I end up being used as a therapist sometimes. I wish I could bill the odd customer who tells me their life story and says they feel a lot better after that.
