"I waited 3 years to get this job. I've got an Arts degree."

[deathpixie]

My task for the afternoon:

Take several white and yellow pads of lined paper.

Write the numbers 1-50 on the top left corner. 6 bundles of white, 3 of yellow.

Hole punch three holes down the side for a three-hole binder.

Present to Alvin.

I swear, where's a useless work experience student when you need them? Oh, right, fired.

I swear, this is the most meaningless task, ever. If you have something more meaningless, mention it in the comments so I can be entertained and don't stab out my eyes with a pen.

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[nute.livejournal.com]

"Enter some sample book information into this demo version of our Learning Navigator software."

"What's it supposed to do?"

"Members can put in a subject, and it will give them a list of articles having to do with that subject, and they can print them out for a fee."

"So... that's my job."

"As it stands now, yeah."

"You want me to work on a demo for a computer program that will replace my job?"

"That's the team player attitude we like to see!"

[frito-kal.livejournal.com]

This was W's idea, wasn't it?

[nute.livejournal.com]

How did you KNOW?

[frito-kal.livejournal.com]

Real reason: I know all the gossip
Funny reason: He was totally freaked out that I could get into any computer in the office and demanded that I check in with his secretary if I went into his office to fix something, and sign a 'time in, time out' paper. You know, in case, I, uh... stole a mouse or something?

[ceemonster.livejournal.com]

I am sorting paper clips.

[qodarkness.livejournal.com]

By size? Colour? Shape? Bentness? Or would that be bentiness? Ability to still hold bits of paper together? You don't have to test they're fit for purpose, right?

I need more information!

A

[azzinita.livejournal.com]

Cleaning 5 gallon paint buckets by scraping/peeling all the dried paint out of them.

Bonus if you could peel the paint off like a giant piece of skin. Double bonus points if you got it all in one piece.

Extra points if you discovered the paint wasn't all dry.

And it was rotten.

[indiana-j.livejournal.com]

Due to the database being ded all day, I sorted my return mail. Alphabetically. And then created a small pyramid where I proclaimed myself Sun Goddess (I'm not actually kidding).

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/]

The boss's lunch run.

[daroos.livejournal.com]

I had to label tubes. Like, dozens of tubes. In tiny writing - the caps were half the size of my pinky nail, with lots of cryptic letters and numbers. Then the tubes would be briefly filled with a tiny ammount of liquid, the liquid would be removed into other tubes (which I also had to label in much the same way) and original tubes would be thrown away. The next set would then sit in a bath of warm water, mocking me, for several hours.