Out of Pod Experience

as the title suggests, I want to have a little moan. I've been up since 6am GMT so excuse the grammar etc. Bullet point form. If you wish to add your own to the list please do.

-My Job, I ******* hate it. I work for local government in the UK. They call it a customer service centre, it's just a ******* call centre.
-The people I have to speak to, all old / unemployed people with nothing better to do than complain about streetlights, potholes and how sad their lives are.
-The senior managers, most likely the same for everyone.... ever get the feeling your being **** on at every turn.
-Being thrown out of my house because my girlfriend dropped weed in my bedroom.... yeah got alot of sex after that to make up for it.
-Clinical Depression, says it all to be honest ( am under treatment for this )
-Working in a environment that's so political...
-The drive from a small town in Oxfordshire to Oxford Monday - Friday....


Im sure I could go on for ever but over to you my lovely people!

Indeed it is. Only problem is my mood and life would improve if i could find a different job, one to further myself. Just a shame the world is in a **** state. If you want it you got to to go out and get it!!!!!

Bicester? That place would make anyone crazee...as would the traffic along that road to Oxford.

Usta live in a peaceful Oxonian village several years ago - some of the best days of my life, but Oxford gets old after a while.

I don't envy you, taking calls from inbreds living in Blackbird Leys is certainly one persons definition of hell.

If you don't want to move, I can recommend talking a long walk around Shotover Country Park - clears the head and at this time of the year is a sight for sore eyes.

You might even be lucky enough to see a red squirrel...

QFT.

Do you want an "I win" button in RL too?

I'm pretty sure a lot of ppl would like to be in your position. Steady income, weed and sex, living in a nice country.

So you deal with pin-heads and the shallow end of the gene pool in your work, welcome to the rest of society. At least you only have to deal with customer service over the phone. I feel a lot more sorry for the people that have to deal with it face to face and still keep smiling.

Try and look at the bright side of things eh?

So true. Not to be cold or heartless, but this man has a point.

As an aforementioned Yank, I live in Europe, however. I can tell you the European thought process of driving distance is laughable at best and simple sniveling at worst. I know people back home who DRIVE an hour and a half one way to their job in traffic, work 12 hours a day, then drive another hour and a half to make it home. They're so tired they only have enough time to wolf down leftovers, take a shower, possibly watch an hour of television/internet/video games and then go to bed, rinse, repeat. Oh, and did I mention that they work between 6-7 days a week sometimes? Sure, they make tons of money doing it but they have to take a vacation to spend it, IF they can get a vacation. If they're lucky enough to have a job that gives vacations, the maximum they can look forward to is two weeks PER YEAR.

Meanwhile, you don't have to support yourself because you were living with your parents so all that money I can assume went to hobbies and weed. The job you have is eye-stabbingly boring, yes, but would I be correct in thinking you get government benefits, which includes at least 30 days a year paid vacation, state benefits including retirement, and a 40-hour workweek (at most) with weekends off? Are you complaining that it doesn't come with backrubs and blow jobs or something?

In a time where former CEOs are delivering pizza to make ends meet, stop being a whiner and suck it up. Apologize to your parents, stop smoking weed, take your meds, and kwitcherbitchin'.

Again, not trying to be rude or anything. Sometimes being blunt will jar someone awake. It works for me, at least.

I would like to say that I hope his life gets better, but from the sound of it, I honestly can't see how it's bad in the slightest.

Thorough said "Simplify".

Lucky for you you don't get to wear the horrific orange uniform that us lowly oxford council street cleaners wear.

It could be way better too.

To the OP, having lived int he UKs south for 20 months i certainly know what ur going through. I worked at the Dorset County Council for 6 months as well as spending 5 weeks at the Poole council... man that was ****. crappy money, ridiculous PC, stupid co-workers and way too many employees to take work away from you.

I moved out of there and back to Australia in September 2008 to work in Sydney for a semi decent wage, but got sick of that about 12 months ago. After changing jobs to something better with a small company (as opposed to a huge one), it is nicer here.

I just applied for and got a job with BHP Billiton though, up in Queensland. my wage is gonna be quadrupled, will be working harder though. My missus is English, she is still living in the UK but will be here early next year so we both may work in the mines and make a fortune.

There is a cost though, 12 hour days, the mine being about 2 hours from the nearest city (there is an on-site village to stay at though), and pretty desolate conditions.

I don't think anyone should be happy when they have only enough to just get by... but that's just me.

/wrists