Low point?
finding out that the position I got offered at my university is both full time, and unpaid. Meaning I can't take it, because well, I have to eat and pay rent and travel to uni, and these things cost money, of which I have not enough of and two work enough to do all those things on top of a full time position would just about ruin me...

High point? finding a frog in my pot plants.
(Poppet some assembly required., Mon 12 Dec 2011, 10:41, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

Unpaid work pisses me off, it's exclusivley available for people who's parent's/partners can pay their way.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 12 Dec 2011, 10:43, Reply)

yeah pretty much.
And the bit I find really gutting is that this was a perfect opportunity for me. It was in geelong so I could have a social life again, it was pretty much a brilliant way to get my foot in the door and get an edge over other people in my class for after uni. AND I would have been working in the medical research labs being awesome in my lab coat.
(Poppet some assembly required., Mon 12 Dec 2011, 10:46, Reply)

Well tell them that you really want the job but can't afford for it to be unpaid.
They might be able to find some money. Even if it's totally unpaid they should pay you travel costs to and from your house.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 12 Dec 2011, 10:49, Reply)

but it's 600 miles

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 12 Dec 2011, 10:50, Reply)

I tried.
the guy said there was no money in his budget and that it was either unpaid or not at all.
(Poppet some assembly required., Mon 12 Dec 2011, 10:53, Reply)

Ah, fuck them then.
If they're like that at the beginning they'll treat you like shit the whole time you work there, get something else.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 12 Dec 2011, 11:04, Reply)

keeps the riff raff out though

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 12 Dec 2011, 10:48, Reply)

That's what the ethnic monitoring forms are for.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 12 Dec 2011, 10:50, Reply)

white british ftw

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 12 Dec 2011, 10:51, Reply)

Worst employees eva

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Mon 12 Dec 2011, 10:58, Reply)

You bigoted woman

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 12 Dec 2011, 11:00, Reply)

Soz, got me rag on
and an itchy bumhole from me weekly shave
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Mon 12 Dec 2011, 11:02, Reply)

My brain read that as finding a frog in my hot pants
Are you Kylie Minogue?
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 12 Dec 2011, 11:01, Reply)

Kylie Minge-toad more like

(PsychoChomp, Mon 12 Dec 2011, 11:05, Reply)

Very good

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 12 Dec 2011, 11:05, Reply)