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March 22, 2004
sigh moan moan moan sigh
Well, I'm not particularly enjoying life at the moment. I've been put on a wretched super basic course learning how to do those Microsoft business packages - you know: Word, Excel, Access, power point. Blah. I thought it might be a doddle to do - which it certainly is, but I'm also finding it cripplingly tedious and an insult to my intelligence. The only thing I've really learnt on this course is that these things are utterly foul, disgusting and soul destroying and as a direct consequence I now know I certainly never want any kind of job where I'll have to use those things on a regular basis.
But if I'm not careful it looks like I might be wrong-footed into doing exactly that.
Feh.
My whole computer situation remains problematic too, but I'll spare you the tedious details of that.
As it is I am pretty much sick of nearly everything at the moment.
It's something that only lots of chocolate and a huge win on the lottery could cure...
Posted by groc on March 22, 2004 02:05 AM
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AUTHOR: nixon
EMAIL: fdsa@fdas.com
IP: 212.158.233.53
URL: http://www.popdizzy.com
DATE: 03/22/2004 02:29:33 AM
Multiply the awfulness of your computer course by one billion and you'll still never be able to comprehend just how soul destroying a job in a call centre is.
Oh, and if you tell them at your restart interviews that you're an actor, you won't have to do courses- they'll just leave you alone!
wibbled by: Anonymous at December 13, 2004 11:34 PM
AUTHOR: dave
EMAIL: mail@davedenyer.com
IP: 217.17.117.136
URL: http://www.davedenyer.com
DATE: 03/22/2004 07:46:39 PM
multiply it a billion times more - and you'll be an electrician.... now that is soul destroying
wibbled by: Anonymous at December 13, 2004 11:34 PM
AUTHOR: david
EMAIL: archontic@ntlworld.com
IP: 80.3.92.228
URL:
DATE: 03/22/2004 11:26:57 AM
poor groc. virtual cuddles.
wibbled by: Anonymous at December 13, 2004 11:34 PM
AUTHOR: Nick
EMAIL: nicktimmings@hotmail.com
IP: 203.56.98.125
URL: http://hoursman.blogspot.com
DATE: 03/23/2004 12:38:34 AM
Or even a solicitor. That is so soul destroying it drove me to the other side of the world to get away!
wibbled by: Anonymous at December 13, 2004 11:34 PM
AUTHOR: groc
EMAIL: groc@(nospam)groc.org.uk
IP: 81.132.180.113
URL: http://www.groc.org.uk/blog
DATE: 03/22/2004 02:33:36 AM
I've a horrible feeling that this course could very well lead to me getting a job in a call centre or something very like it. If only I can hold off until all of those jobs have been moved over to India.
wibbled by: Anonymous at December 13, 2004 11:34 PM
AUTHOR: Tim
EMAIL: tim@nonstoptotokyo.co.uk
IP: 213.122.130.32
URL: http://www.nonstoptotokyo.co.uk
DATE: 03/24/2004 12:45:55 AM
OK, in defence of MS Office, if you've got any kind of computer literacy (and I'm kind of assuming you have, Groc) then you can pick them up in no time at all, and look super-impressive to the people that just don't 'get' computers without having to have any actual skill! Yay! I've practically made a career out of it .....
wibbled by: Anonymous at December 13, 2004 11:34 PM