The end of the internet (505 hits)
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Submitted by <cadchick.at.hotmail.com> (View user info) at 2004-08-25 14:02:05 EDT
I think I need a good smack upside the head. I recently resigned from my perfectly decent paying job of surfing the internet and chatting with friends all day long on messenger. (Otherwise known as technical support.) I have two more days left, until I start my new job in the real world. A real job where they think that because I have all of this technical support expertise under my belt that I must be SMRT. Oh, how little they know. I will actually have to work. I will have to think. I will have to put some effort and quality into what I spent all that money at college to learn! I have been working hard for the last 3 years avoiding this and doing a pretty damn good job, as I was never fired.
People think I'm insane for quitting this job. In theory, it sounds excellent. I literally do nothing all day long. I am at the point where I don't need to think anymore, as is obvious by the quality of this post. I used to be able to write, honest. My brain cells have been slowly deteriorating over the last few years, to the point that I cannot think until I have that first cup of Tim Horton's finest in my body.
I have seen everything there is to see online. I have reached the end of the internet. My brain is full of useless, inane little facts; I am a walking encyclopedia of all things retarded. Did you know it's impossible to kill yourself by holding your breath? Believe me, it's true, I tried it.
The first thing I think of when I get home is having a beer. Actually, I think about that long before I get home. I was thinking about it at 8 this morning. This job has turned me into a borderline alcoholic. I was never like this before. I have entertained the idea of getting drunk at work, first thing in the morning, just to make the day a little more interesting. On the rare occasion I do get a phone call, I can visualize how it would go.
Me: "Good morning, tech support! teeehhhee..."
Customer: "My software won't work"
Me: "Reformat, reinstall"
Customer: "But..."
Me: "Shut-up loser, you called me for answers, remember?" CLICK
My average call time would certainly be shorter. But the sad thing is, the only excitement in my pathetic day is when that phone actually rings. Please, anyone, someone, call me! We can chat about the weather, video games, my boobs, I don't care, just let me hear another human!
I realized it was time to get out before it was too late. I see other people who have been doing this for years, and they are all insane. Serial killer insane. I see the look of death in their eyes and it scares me. The boredom gets to you. You can only play Oregon Trail so many times before you are so damn good at it that you can kick ass as a farmer. Come to think of it, I'll kind of miss that game.
2 more days, and I get my sanity back.
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User Reviews
Submitted by disAbled (user info) at 2004-08-25 19:22:44 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Yay, another inane disgruntled tech support worker post...
Submitted by RamJetMax (user info) at 2004-08-25 16:23:54 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I too do jack squat at work, get paid too much, and think I have seen everything on the internet.
Submitted by Cryopaul (user info) at 2004-08-25 14:46:33 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
As I write this I am extremely bored, but it's not because I don't have anything to do. On the contrary, I have work to do, I just don't enjoy it at all. It's pays well, not too many hours, but I'm still bored to tears. I guess I still believe the crap that because I have a degree I can do anything I want. It sounds kinda brattish when I say it to myself. I'm just biding my time till my papers come in and I can join the marine corp or get that dream job designing weapons...
Submitted by Fartman (user info) at 2004-08-25 14:26:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I feel your pain. I have a similar position but the pay and perks are excellent, and the thought of having to actually work is the sux.
Submitted by cadchick (user info) at 2004-08-25 14:17:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I hate us too, which is why I'm getting out of it. I spent 2 hours with Dell tech support yesterday, only to be told to call back today since their system was down. I had to explain everything over again, (after waiting on hold forever to even get a technician) to be told to pack my laptop up and send it back. Karma, I guess.
Submitted by Sofa_Ace (user info) at 2004-08-25 14:06:57 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
This minus two is for that one timeI called tech support and was on hold for like 90 minutes before i hung up and figured the shit out myself. ThenIread this and you're begin people to call you? what the hell is wrong with you people? do you just it around and se how long people will stay on hold for before they hang up? I hate you.