Free time during part-time

Greg

Based on a suggestion from Moderator e1n, I decided to make a thread for those of us in the working world who find ourselves as indentured servants aka 'employees'.

Unless you have the personality of a seaslug or are simply that anal retentive chances are, if you're among the working members of society you like to have a great time screwing around when the man isn't putting you down. Originally I began this thread with the example:

http://apforums.net/showpost.php?p=230509&postcount=1

But evidently some people couldn't understand it so from e1n's suggestion I decided to make an idiot-proof upgraded version.

One of my fondest memories of job laziness comes from my summer job (aka not rotting away at Domino's) where I find myself tracking across North Jersey setting up bounce-houses at private parties and public events. During this time (while on the clock) one of my favorite past-times is finding a nice Coldstone Creamery and indulging in a freaking huge glob of Birthday Cake Remix.

onemoment

Wow, i wonder what happened in that last thread? :blink: I'm sure this is fun at work, but to someone on the outside it seems really juvenile(often the best fun though). Plus, that is dangerous–its nothing to be congratulated for, most people have different ways of having fun. I don't get why some people like playing with fire to that extent. Frankly, well I worked I a McDonalds my only solace was break time and getting the hell out of there.

Also, what response are you looking for? Outside of offensive content, threads can't and maybe shouldn't be controled.

Greg

it seems really juvenile(often the best fun though)

Truer words were never spoken. That's why my fondest memories as a child and as a young adult involve massive, massive amounts of fireworks from Pennsylvania.

And what I'm looking for in this thread (as I think I made abundantly clear this time around) is what people do at work that's actually fun (as you said yourself). You're telling me at McDonald's you never messed with an order, made AWESOME new burgers when a manager wasn't around, tried to deep-fry an apple pie or anything the least bit interesting? I'm not looking for finger-wagging and Stiffly Stiffersons. I'm just looking for something stupid/terribly fun you actually took away from your job that was a fond memory. If you don't have any, all you have is my pity and the salty tear of an angel.

onemoment

@omae:

If you don't have any, all you have is my pity and the salty tear of an angel.

Then cry away, my McDonalds was a high stress environment–I worked the cashier. Therefore, I was always in sight and had to sometimes or often serve over 10 people in a row. "Rush hour" was hell. One thing that was funny was that all of my "managers" were sterotype "proud, heavy-set, black women."

Greg

Then cry away

Not me my lad, angel tears.

my McDonalds was a high stress environment–I worked the cashier.

Well, I work the cashier, clean , do inventory and yes, make and box pizzas.

Therefore, I was always in sight and had to sometimes or often serve over 10 people in a row."Rush hour" was hell.

Our rush hour is 6-8:30 PM. Talk about 10 people in a row, it's non-stop calls and walk-ins. That is EXACTLY why I'm so surprised you never had any time to fuck around. Fast food chains aren't always packed. Are you telling me you didn't have at least one 'cool' manager?

One thing that was funny was that all of my "managers" were sterotype "proud, heavy-set, black women."

Mine is a giant Pakistani guy who could crush a mountain in his fist. He and the drivers go on and on forever in their language and it's pretty weird being surrounded by a foreign language I can't actually understand. I can't goof off when he's around. The 'cool' manager I have is Jose, he's the one you can always count on to give you leeway. Today I created an awesome new invention: Bacon Cheesy Bread. FANTASTIC STUFF. Domino's would make a fortune if they sold it.

KatanaJon1.1

Today I created an awesome new invention: Bacon Cheesy Bread. FANTASTIC STUFF. Domino's would make a fortune if they sold it.

That sounds pretty damn good. I'd buy that.

captain usopp

…still don't agree to playing with fire in the workplace....but I totally agree with the thread your trying to create here. Ya, work really sucks some times. And Ya, I've had fun at work too.

I worked at subway for 6 years, until a month ago. I love teasing my regular customers, by telling them, "no, I'm sorry, you can't have "said item" or "I'm sorry, I can't make another sub for you, one sub per customer"
or, friend with customer "he wants lots of jalapinios" "what was that, YOU want lots of jalapinios, ok" grabs a handful of jalapinios in teasing

I remember a co-worker and I were arguing over how we perfered putting the mayo away. (too long to explain) We started sumo wrestling eachother to get the mayo, and a customer walks in. She went and served the customer and I hid the bag of mayo. She came back and asked where it was. "I threw it out" (ha ha, now it can stay the way I like it)

Then there was the time when the same co-worker came in, off shift. grabbed a cup of water, then went next door to the tanning salon. My other co-worker and I thought this was the perfect time to put vinigar in her water. She still hasn't gotten us back for that.

I'l think of more funny stuff as time goes on.

Greg

We started sumo wrestling eachother to get the mayo, and a customer walks in.

My boss is constantly wrestling with the drivers. Hardcore. He's the Pakistani guy and although I can't screw around, he beats the hell outta them WWF-style. There's flying kicks, grapples and half-nelsons. The best part about this is having someone pop the door open so the bell rings and call "Carryout!" You've never seen a 6-foot guy sober up that fast.

onemoment

@omae:

Are you telling me you didn't have at least one 'cool' manager?

He left somehow the first week. Maybe I didn't work at the worst place in the world, but it all around sucked. That and the fact that "drive-thru was first priority," so I sometimes have to serve the whole cashier area by myself.

omnichild

Let's see I don't have any down time work indulgences because I don't have any downtime at work. I am the co store manager, so I down have time for down time. Not even on my lunch breaks! It seriously sucks to be interrupted on your lunch break because your associates don't know how to do something. Or a customer insists on seeing a manager. Geez they need to learn how to tell people that their manager is on her law required lunch break and that they will need to come back in half hour.

Oh wait this thread is for free time during part time. I work full time lol. Oh well. Full time for the half win!

captain usopp

where do you work omni?

omnichild

I work for New York and Company.

Carly

Last time I had free time at work, I was pretty much my own manager that day. I ordered in a few pizzas and some soda for the other guy and I working that day; it was a blast.

At my job something like that will only happen on Sundays – no official managers work that day though we get assigned PICs just randomly, since we know how to do everything anyway. Sundays are slow as all hell so it's prime-time goof-offery. (The other days, M-W and Saturday, this is about impossible since the store owner is the manager on the first three and Saturday the most anal woman in the world is the manager. errgh. R-F is cool though)

onemoment -- Sheesh, when did you work ? I've had a couple friends who worked at a McD's before; if your shift starts just when they start serving lunch you can make the craziest breakfasts ever. I'd think at a McD's, of all places, it'd be easy as hell to screw off.

Greg

Or a customer insists on seeing a manager.

The people below you should know that when a manager isn't available, a manager isn't available. If you don't have your own free time, make it. I have plenty on my summer job but since joining the fast-food world when the Pakistani manager is around, I find ways to sneak in the breaks I need. Even if it means chilling out in the cooler ^O^

And I dunno about all burger joints, but down-time at Wendy's must kick some ass. We get some nice pie orders from them on late-nights weekends.

Okay, time to get to work!

Hyper Dingo

I work in a deli in a supermarket. Theres plenty of time to fuck around. I carve dingo faces into slices of liverwurst and make cheese V for vendetta XP And the sandwiches, oh the sandwiches i make.

omnichild

lol Dingo, somehow I would be afraid to get meat from you. Oh the weird things you could have carved into it.

Greg

I carve dingo faces into slices of liverwurst

THAT IS AWESOME!!!!!! Next time take a picture. Lately the high school kids have been getting a kick out of me just talking in Japanese about daily life. Last night they begged me to wield the pizza screen remover in my hands like a sword and "yell samurai stuff."

And I get paid to work there.

KatanaJon1.1

Last night they begged me to wield the pizza screen remover in my hands like a sword and "yell samurai stuff."

I read that, and the first thing that came to mind is the SNL skit with John Belushi as the Samurai.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_Samurai

Greg

Hmmm, now that I think about it, yeah, pretty much. But I could never beat that skit.

Hyper Dingo

ha ha ha man oh man we should chill some time omae, i'm sure we could raise some hell. Anyone remember the episode of rocko's modern life where they make their own cartoon? It was called wacky delly. hahah man i sing the theme song LOUD at work, Wacky delly yeah wacky delly YEAH Sandwiches are GOOD! We made a deli mascot it was a cucumber with olive eyes, a macaroni mouth and he had a balgona hat.

Greg

hahah man i sing the theme song LOUD at work, Wacky delly yeah wacky delly YEAH Sandwiches are GOOD! We made a deli mascot it was a cucumber with olive eyes, a macaroni mouth and he had a balgona hat.

Last week I went into an entire production of "Old Man River" from the Broadway hit, Showboat while saucing pies. It got rave reviews.