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QuothTheRaven wrote:

I am a high school choir director. I teach kids to make beautiful music with their voices all day, then all night! Before anyone thinks I 'm hypocritical, the bulk of my collection consists of bands with melodic vocalists, Opeth being a glaring anomaly, except Åkerfeldt has an incredible clean voice.

I commend anyone who teaches children any sort of musical endeavor. The teaching of music in any form is disappearing from our schools at a rapid pace. My personal belief. music has more merit in the development of childrens hearts minds and souls than most of what schools teach.

QuothTheRaven wrote:

stevegarveyfan wrote:

I'm a CPA, and I DO do stuff for the comp'ny I work for.

Heh...you said do do...

I am a high school choir director. I teach kids to make beautiful music with their voices all day, then all night! Before anyone thinks I 'm hypocritical, the bulk of my collection consists of bands with melodic vocalists, Opeth being a glaring anomaly, except Åkerfeldt has an incredible clean voice.

That he does. Anyone who doesn't think so just needs to listen to Damnation.

I'm a construction worker mostly commercial.

Wargod51

Between gigs at the moment.

I hear holding a sign on street corners is lucrative.

TheNazgul wrote:

I hear holding a sign on street corners is lucrative.

You know it actually is, up in Fargo there are a group of people from Ada area who do this during the summer and from what I've heard they are pretty well off. They do this as a side project. And make a lot of money doing this.

Wargod51

Full time American Studies student.

James B. wrote:

QuothTheRaven wrote:

I am a high school choir director. I teach kids to make beautiful music with their voices all day, then all night! Before anyone thinks I 'm hypocritical, the bulk of my collection consists of bands with melodic vocalists, Opeth being a glaring anomaly, except Åkerfeldt has an incredible clean voice.

I commend anyone who teaches children any sort of musical endeavor. The teaching of music in any form is disappearing from our schools at a rapid pace. My personal belief. music has more merit in the development of childrens hearts minds and souls than most of what schools teach.

Thanks for the encouragement for my profession, James. Luckily, the community in which I teach is very arts friendly and I don't think my job will be in jeopardy anytime soon. However, a large school system in Toledo, OH, about 60 miles from where I teach, a school system with a successful choral program, just cut the whole thing. Very, very shocking to the music education community in Ohio. Those of us who value music in the schools need to speak up when school boards begin to consider cuts such as that.

Still waiting on an automotive job. I called the service manager to find out the status on my application and it turns out he's on vacation til next week. So I don't know if I haven't been contacted because he didn't get my references, I didn't get the job, or because he's on vacation. The wait and the suspense continues.

DallasBlack wrote:

Still waiting on an automotive job. I called the service manager to find out the status on my application and it turns out he's on vacation til next week. So I don't know if I haven't been contacted because he didn't get my references, I didn't get the job, or because he's on vacation. The wait and the suspense continues.

Good luck DB!

I applaud you for trying to better your life and do something you want to do.

Man, i've been there and it sucks. Be patient and i'm praying you get this job.

Thanks! I just can't work retail anymore. I'm either going to end up killing a cutomer or a difficult mangager. Case in point, at work Saturday night, I had just zoned (cleaned up and faced the merchandise) the cold/allergy isle and was in the process of putting up merchandise when there was a customer hanging around there trying to decide on a medicine. I went to another area to zone while that was happening and when I came back there was cold medicine lying all over the place. I wanted so much to follow the customer and beat the crap out of him. There are several other things that make my job so ubearable. Add to the fact that I make less than $12 an hour and they won't give me full time, I have to get out.

I got a raise as the cook position I've been working for a while now. It's nice being able to go to the owners and bitching about how we don't have enough stuff all the time too. I'm head of the kitchen now, and control basically all that goes on in there.

EvyMetal wrote:

I got a raise as the cook position I've been working for a while now. It's nice being able to go to the owners and bitching about how we don't have enough stuff all the time too. I'm head of the kitchen now, and control basically all that goes on in there.

so basically we dont want to make you mad if we eat there!!

DallasBlack wrote:

Add to the fact that I make less than $12 an hour and they won't give me full time, I have to get out.

How many raises have they given you since you started? I hear they start low...

Troublezone wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

Add to the fact that I make less than $12 an hour and they won't give me full time, I have to get out.

How many raises have they given you since you started? I hear they start low...

That is a pretty common misconception, I actually started over $10 an hour. Wal-Mart only starts low for people with little or no experience. Age, experience, and other factors determine your pay. In retail terms, Wal-Mart pays pretty good. It's retail in general sucks pay wise

first classes start today!

Well I am back to painting houses again. I guess when the going gets tough, then I get called back to paint more houses for people. I am good at it so that pays off, but damn I hate painting.

Lurideath wrote:

Well I am back to painting houses again. I guess when the going gets tough, then I get called back to paint more houses for people. I am good at it so that pays off, but damn I hate painting.

That always sucks when you're good at what you hate. I'm a very good cashier and pharmacy stocker but I hate both (the former much more than the latter but luckily I don't do cashiering anymore).

DallasBlack wrote:

Lurideath wrote:

Well I am back to painting houses again. I guess when the going gets tough, then I get called back to paint more houses for people. I am good at it so that pays off, but damn I hate painting.

That always sucks when you're good at what you hate. I'm a very good cashier and pharmacy stocker but I hate both (the former much more than the latter but luckily I don't do cashiering anymore).

I am good at sitting watching tv but apparently the market is flooded now..

Lurideath wrote:

Well I am back to painting houses again. I guess when the going gets tough, then I get called back to paint more houses for people. I am good at it so that pays off, but damn I hate painting.

I have to paint my house in the spring and I'm dreading it SO much. I'm saving money to get siding but it will need painted one more time before that happens.*sigh*

exact33 wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

Lurideath wrote:

Well I am back to painting houses again. I guess when the going gets tough, then I get called back to paint more houses for people. I am good at it so that pays off, but damn I hate painting.

That always sucks when you're good at what you hate. I'm a very good cashier and pharmacy stocker but I hate both (the former much more than the latter but luckily I don't do cashiering anymore).

I am good at sitting watching tv but apparently the market is flooded now..

Hahahahahahahahaha! Awesome!

Update: I called the guy and it still looks like I might have a job. Unfortunatly, because of the bad freeze, personel have not been in to work so the results will have to wait til the ice melts so I will have to wait til next week to find out. Hell, I'm not sure I'm going to go into work tonight due to the unlighted, up and down area I have to traverse to get to work.

I'm a (high school) student.

exact33 wrote:

EvyMetal wrote:

I got a raise as the cook position I've been working for a while now. It's nice being able to go to the owners and bitching about how we don't have enough stuff all the time too. I'm head of the kitchen now, and control basically all that goes on in there.

so basically we dont want to make you mad if we eat there!!

We've all seen the movie Waiting