The Dirty Secrets of Your TradeSo, Television is a hot bed of lies, deceit and made up competitions. We can't say that we are that surprised... every job is full of this stuff. It's not like the newspapers currently kicking TV whilst it is down are all that innocent.
We'd like you to even things out a bit. Spill the beans on your own trade. Tell us the dirty secrets that the public need to know.
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chthonic, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:31)
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A few...OK - working in chronological order :-
Don't piss of your paperboy or give a lousy Xmas tip. He will ruin your paper, stamp on your prize flowers and hammer on your letter box for the next year if you do that.
Wimpey (not sure if these are still going outside of service stations) - was called in one Sunday to catch a mouse while customers were eating around it. Was instructed to act "discreetly" ffs.
Benefits Agency - ended up in Personnel somehow - selection process for new recruits was the manager returning from a liquid lunch on a Friday afternoon, grabbing the pile of CV's from on my desk and telling me (without interview) who was going to be employed. Basically anyone who was able to start the following Monday. I have no idea how the fucking retards he chose were able to dress themselves never mind work for the Government working with disabled peoples claim forms.
IT Support - reboot your computer / printer is an old favourite. I prefer to remember passwords and cause chaos later on. We always hunt for porn (have found many fetishes in my time) and emails which may leave you implicated at a later date. Anything decent and the IT bod will always set your password to never expire so we can forever access your filth. Oh - and we don't really know what we are doing, every strange error message gets Googled in the hope that some sad bastard will have typed up his solution to the problem.
Customer Support Manager - After a year in the job I still have no idea how the software works. Delegation is a wonderful thing :)
(, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 23:34, Reply)
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