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 Feb 9 2011, 06:41 PM
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Immortal Elf  Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465  |
I'd have gotten out by then. Doubt the Military would have been my career, but who knows. It was never meant to be.
But, yeah, strange skills and bits of knowledge do seem to follow us. Maybe I should make a list of what I know someday, just to have it handy... |
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Feb 9 2011, 06:43 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,768 Joined: 31-October 08 From: Redmond (Yes, really) Member No.: 16,558 |
I'd probably end up similarly, but I'm 4-F half a dozen different ways, so meh.
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Feb 9 2011, 06:44 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
You'd have been drummed out of the US Army and given the suggestion to join the Canadian Armed Forces? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)
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Feb 9 2011, 07:09 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,768 Joined: 31-October 08 From: Redmond (Yes, really) Member No.: 16,558 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Feb 9 2011, 10:44 AM)  You'd have been drummed out of the US Army and given the suggestion to join the Canadian Armed Forces? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) No, but the others. Save perhaps goblinizing; I'd probably stay human. |
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Feb 9 2011, 08:22 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 687 Joined: 22-October 09 Member No.: 17,783 |
Between allergic reactions to noob butterbars and legitimate medical stuff I was nto allowed to pursue a career, and no Xhan, we're not shadowrunners... for the most part.
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Feb 9 2011, 08:52 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,717 Joined: 23-March 09 From: Weymouth, UK Member No.: 17,007 |
Let me guess, no one's made the right offer yet?
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Feb 9 2011, 08:54 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 687 Joined: 22-October 09 Member No.: 17,783 |
Everyone has a price, wether of honor, money, or, for the psychos out there laughs.
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Feb 9 2011, 08:55 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,026 Joined: 13-February 10 Member No.: 18,155 |
Military wanted me, but... yeah not my style. Probably could've gotten high level clearance so I could work on commercial nuclear plants once I got done, though.
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Feb 9 2011, 09:02 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,717 Joined: 23-March 09 From: Weymouth, UK Member No.: 17,007 |
Ghost. I used to work at McDonalds. I live in a small world. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/eek.gif)
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Feb 9 2011, 09:04 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
QUOTE (Sixgun_Sage @ Feb 9 2011, 04:54 PM) Everyone has a price, wether of honor, money, or, for the psychos out there laughs. Patriotism. It's a dying thing, but still exists. And is why I'm angry with my body for failing me. |
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Feb 9 2011, 09:12 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,717 Joined: 23-March 09 From: Weymouth, UK Member No.: 17,007 |
Couldn't you be an officer or something? (I know nothing about the military)
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Feb 9 2011, 09:13 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,026 Joined: 13-February 10 Member No.: 18,155 |
QUOTE (Xahn Borealis @ Feb 9 2011, 01:02 PM) Ghost. I used to work at McDonalds. I live in a small world. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/eek.gif) Don't feel so bad. I worked for costco, then got fired in less than a month. I had an even shorter stint with safeway that lasted all of 3 work hours. In that case, it was just a matter of having found a more interesting and better paid job. |
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Feb 9 2011, 09:15 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,717 Joined: 23-March 09 From: Weymouth, UK Member No.: 17,007 |
No, that's it. You just read my CV. I worked in the kitchen for 3 months before being sacked. That was in August. So far, I've really lived a pathetic life.
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Feb 9 2011, 09:19 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,026 Joined: 13-February 10 Member No.: 18,155 |
QUOTE (Xahn Borealis @ Feb 9 2011, 01:15 PM) No, that's it. You just read my CV. I worked in the kitchen for 3 months before being sacked. That was in August. So far, I've really lived a pathetic life. Pathetic is what you make of it. But yeah, I would say working at McD's is pretty low on the totem pole. You do have to start somewhere though. |
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Feb 9 2011, 09:22 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,717 Joined: 23-March 09 From: Weymouth, UK Member No.: 17,007 |
Oh no, don't worry, I'm fine about it. Just sucks that I can't afford rpg books on government benefits, not that there's anyone within 50 miles that's even heard of SR. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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Feb 9 2011, 09:23 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,717 Joined: 23-March 09 From: Weymouth, UK Member No.: 17,007 |
Ahem. Back on topic now. Sorry about that.
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Feb 9 2011, 09:28 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 687 Joined: 22-October 09 Member No.: 17,783 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Feb 9 2011, 04:04 PM) Patriotism. It's a dying thing, but still exists. And is why I'm angry with my body for failing me. Patriotism is part of honor, as I see it. |
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Feb 9 2011, 09:32 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
You want pathetic? Three years of Tech Support.
Now, if you excuse me, the memories are coming back and I have to go gibber madly in a corner. |
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Feb 9 2011, 09:37 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 10,289 Joined: 2-October 08 Member No.: 16,392 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Feb 9 2011, 04:32 PM) You want pathetic? Three years of Tech Support. Now, if you excuse me, the memories are coming back and I have to go gibber madly in a corner. Sixth months myself. Was a co-op job, so its not like I quit or got fired. "Gibbering in the corner" is pretty much the only thing you can do. (Or as I said this morning when this woman sent a screenshot of an issue for our product, "I didn't know 'docx' was an image format." Her issue? She wasn't clicking on something and was instead hovering the mouse over it expectantly) |
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Feb 9 2011, 10:01 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,026 Joined: 13-February 10 Member No.: 18,155 |
You have to take a pretty Zen attitude with tech support or it eats you alive. Living with not one, but TWO (now former) tech support people gives you lots of stories to that end.
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Feb 9 2011, 10:16 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
Oh, it gives you stories all right.
Horror stories. The type that keep you awake at night when you realize the types of jobs some of these idiots have. |
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Feb 9 2011, 10:32 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,026 Joined: 13-February 10 Member No.: 18,155 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Feb 9 2011, 02:16 PM) Oh, it gives you stories all right. Horror stories. The type that keep you awake at night when you realize the types of jobs some of these idiots have. It pretty much legitimizes the Incompetent [Skill] quality. Some people really ARE that inept at various things. And will never properly learn better. |
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Feb 9 2011, 10:38 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 433 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Somewhere in Iraq Member No.: 1,789 |
It's worse when you have eye contact with them and you notice that vacant "WTF is this guy talking about" stare. That's when you realize, "No matter what I tell this guy, he's going to screw it up." So you just go all out and fill their head with babble and make them never want to talk to a tech support person again.
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Feb 9 2011, 10:38 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
"Wait, you're a brain surgeon, demand I treat you with the respect due your position... And you can't figure out where your computer is plugged into the wall for electricity?" "I don't understand this technical ****!" "You are never getting near my brain."
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Feb 9 2011, 10:58 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,768 Joined: 31-October 08 From: Redmond (Yes, really) Member No.: 16,558 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Feb 9 2011, 02:38 PM) "Wait, you're a brain surgeon, demand I treat you with the respect due your position... And you can't figure out where your computer is plugged into the wall for electricity?" "I don't understand this technical ****!" "You are never getting near my brain." Please tell me that didn't actually happen. |
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