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The thread title says it all.

student, taking a certificate on computers.

I'm a professional teenager, without me eutrusca would have nothing to complain about.

i'm a student but i work in a serving team at a function centre for my food and to pay bills and stuff.

I'm a student, so I'm actually putting myself into debt. :)

Currently looking for a job.

I'm a student. I survive on the Montgomery GI Bill and working at the local KFC.

I establish long-term relationships in which I provide dirty dirty sex in exchange for room and board.

I also entertain children. :)

Photographer for TIME Magazine.

Photographer for TIME Magazine.

*kicks Ruffy in the nuts and steals his magic lighter*

As for me, I clean houses and offices for $8 an hour. It pays the bills, buys me food, and leaves me with some spare money to do a few things now and then. I'm currently saving up to pay off the remainder of my high school correspondence, so I can finally finish it and start my college work.

IT Systems Development Manager

Unemployed :( Hopefully not for too much longer.

I establish long-term relationships in which I provide dirty dirty sex in exchange for room and board.

I also entertain children. :)

I hope not at the same time.

I am a Customer Service Analyst for a major telecommunications company.
I provide end user support for their FTTP (Fiber ToThe Premises) Fiber Optics system.

*kicks Ruffy in the nuts and steals his magic lighter*

As for me, I clean houses and offices for $8 an hour. It pays the bills, buys me food, and leaves me with some spare money to do a few things now and then. I'm currently saving up to pay off the remainder of my high school correspondence, so I can finally finish it and start my college work.

how many hours a week do you work? also did you need prior experience to get the job?

Unemployed :( Hopefully not for too much longer.

Is it difficult to find some kind of employment where you are? :confused:

Student, living off financial aid and what I scrape in with the occasional translation or interpreting job.

I am a Customer Service Analyst for a major telecommunications company.
I provide end user support for their FTTP (Fiber ToThe Premises) Fiber Optics system.

Major in which Country? US?

Student and bartender

how many hours a week do you work? also did you need prior experience to get the job?

It's around fifty hours per two week pay period; usually about 22 - 28 hours a week. And I needed no prior experience.

I hope not at the same time.

Prude. :p

former student, current moocher...

It's around fifty hours per two week pay period; usually about 22 - 28 hours a week. And I needed no prior experience.

you can live off 8 bucks an hour working only about 25 hours a week? Im surprised, good for you though.

Is it difficult to find some kind of employment where you are? :confused:
If I wanted to do crap work that doesn't challenge me in the slightest, then no. But, frankly, I'd rather strap myself to the underside of a space shuttle as it's about to re-enter the earth's atmosphere than get a job like that.

you mean what do I get paid for?

teaching preschoolers, being a clown, doing taxes, financial planning, bookeeping....

what do I do that I don't get paid for?

teaching financial planning, teaching at the homeschool co-op, teaching my own kids homeschool, running a charity support group, chairing various groups, and being a secretary to a few groups as well. I am also my husband's agent... he acts.

If I wanted to do crap work that doesn't challenge me in the slightest, then no. But, frankly, I'd rather strap myself to the underside of a space shuttle as it's about to re-enter the earth's atmosphere than get a job like that.

At least you have the choice. When I moved to this town it took me 3 months to even get my job at KFC, and that's only because I worked at a KFC in high school. Unemployment in my state was 7.1% in August, and it's going to be a lot worse in the winter because the tourist season is over.

my parents give me money it would be a dream if only it isn't because I'm leaving for the military in a few months (or whenever the vast bureaucracy of the British army ends)

you can live off 8 bucks an hour working only about 25 hours a week? Im surprised, good for you though.

I should mention that my brother works with me, so it's like making $16 an hour, really.

Now, if I lived on my own and had an apartment, I'd have to work at thirty hours a week at the very least, making $10 an hour at the local supermarket (that's their starting wage, actually, and they can guarantee 40 hour workweeks if you want them).

That's $1,200 a month (could make $1,200 a month after taxes if a few night shifts are taken each week or so). The cheapest apartment in town is $509 a month (not a bad place either, and it's just behind the supermarket, so no car is necessary), and I'm pretty sure utilities are included.

So, I'd have to pay for rent and food, and that's already about $800. Then there's cable TV and internet, which is $120 when both are combined, so there's $920. $180 would be used for random spending money, leaving me with $100 saved every month.

It's not much money, but one person could live on what I just laid out above.

If I wanted to do crap work that doesn't challenge me in the slightest, then no. But, frankly, I'd rather strap myself to the underside of a space shuttle as it's about to re-enter the earth's atmosphere than get a job like that.

I'm not sure what the employment market is like where you are or what sort of work you're looking for but here in London it's pretty dynamic and there's no shortage of jobs, whatever your skill level.

my parents give me money it would be a dream if only it isn't because I'm leaving for the military in a few months (or whenever the vast bureaucracy of the British army ends)

Military Service at 16?????

Boy, lot's of Students so far. I am a Computed Imaging Technologist. I specialize in CT Scanning (cat scans) at Harborview Medical Center. Been there 18 years now. Started taking xrays in 1977. Somewhere around 35.00 an hour.


the grokdoc

I'm not sure what the employment market is like where you are or what sort of work you're looking for but here in London it's pretty dynamic and there's no shortage of jobs, whatever your skill level.
I'm in Leicester - I can't afford a job in London because of how much it'd cost to get there. Plus I don't like London that much. I have a degree and I want a job that requires me to actually think and be creative, rather than just be nice to people and smile (because I'm actually quite bad and that).

I've not actually got any experience of office work, because of 3 years of bar work and similar while at uni. But now all the employers seem to want office experience.

I have been a student, a papergirl (quite lucrative, actually -- delivering the Times to my teachers in middle school), a receptionist at H&R Block, an editorial assistant for a textbook firm off Union Square, a cashier at Macy*s, a secretary temping all over Manhattan, a desktop publisher/assistant for a media corp in Midtown, and a NYC public school teacher in both Queens and Brooklyn.

;) When I grow up (or hit the lottery) I want to be a professional traveler. ;)

Me? I'm a college student right now, so I'm pretty much just living off of savings, a full-tuition scholarship, and whatever my parents give me.

Over the summer, I'll probably work and in my junion/senior years I can net some internships at financial services companies.

I should mention that my brother works with me, so it's like making $16 an hour, really.

Now, if I lived on my own and had an apartment, I'd have to work at thirty hours a week at the very least, making $10 an hour at the local supermarket (that's their starting wage, actually, and they can guarantee 40 hour workweeks if you want them).

That's $1,200 a month (could make $1,200 a month after taxes if a few night shifts are taken each week or so). The cheapest apartment in town is $509 a month (not a bad place either, and it's just behind the supermarket, so no car is necessary), and I'm pretty sure utilities are included.

So, I'd have to pay for rent and food, and that's already about $800. Then there's cable TV and internet, which is $120 when both are combined, so there's $920. $180 would be used for random spending money, leaving me with $100 saved every month.

It's not much money, but one person could live on what I just laid out above.

Damn things are cheap in the US.............I pay £2,000 a mth rent, about $3,713!!

Me? I'm a college student right now, so I'm pretty much just living off of savings, a full-tuition scholarship, and whatever my parents give me.

Over the summer, I'll probably work and in my junion/senior years I can net some internships at financial services companies.

Lucky you, what with your parents actually having money and all. :p

There's no doubt that I'll require financial aid and grants for my college tuition. Though I'm quite confident that I'll be able to pay the money back within ten years after I graduate, if not sooner.

Damn things are cheap in the US.............I pay £2,000 a mth rent, about $3,713!!

Ouch. That sounds like Manhattan!

I'm in Leicester - I can't afford a job in London because of how much it'd cost to get there. Plus I don't like London that much. I have a degree and I want a job that requires me to actually think and be creative, rather than just be nice to people and smile (because I'm actually quite bad and that).

I've not actually got any experience of office work, because of 3 years of bar work and similar while at uni. But now all the employers seem to want office experience.

What's the degree in? Graduate programs?

Damn things are cheap in the US.............I pay £2,000 a mth rent, about $3,713!!
Ah, yes, another reason I don't want to work/live in London. I'm paying £200 a month rent (including gas, electric, phone, internet) right now, and I'm very happy with that.

Lucky you, what with your parents actually having money and all. :p

It's the scholarship that really helps...it saves us $11,000 a year so we only have to pay about $7,000 room and board. Of that, I'm taking out $2,600 in loans leaving $4,400 for my parents to pay.

It's not bad, not bad at all...:cool:

There's no doubt that I'll require financial aid and grants for my college tuition. Though I'm quite confident that I'll be able to pay the money back within ten years after I graduate, if not sooner.

Most likely; I'm going to a state school so it's a good deal cheaper than a private one (plus, OSU's Fisher College of Business is the 2nd best in the US in finance) and I can get a lot of additional money from the government or college scholarships.

And if my debt gets really bad, I can just go in to something like the peace corps or teach in an inner city school to get most or all of it forgiven...

Damn things are cheap in the US.............I pay £2,000 a mth rent, about $3,713!!

Yeah, but you live in London. I'm willing to bet that rent is a bit cheaper in places like Hull or something. I pay $390/month for rent, but I live in a rural town of 30,000.

Ouch. That sounds like Manhattan!

The most expensive place to live in the World - Chelsea (London).

Ah, yes, another reason I don't want to work/live in London. I'm paying £200 a month rent (including gas, electric, phone, internet) right now, and I'm very happy with that.

There are plenty of house shares where you'd pay similar, plus you'd earn more.

Check this out -
http://www.gumtree.com/

It's expensive where I live because my Apt overlooks the Thames. There a re plenty of cheaper areas of the city and it has a great vibrant nightlife.

Yeah, but you live in London. I'm willing to bet that rent is a bit cheaper in places like Hull or something. I pay $390/month for rent, but I live in a rural town of 30,000.

My town, which is thirty miles North of Houston, has around 20,000 people living in and around it (it's pretty spread out). The rent is expensive, usually being around just under $1,000 a month for mid-range places... Though you get what you pay for, because this place has a lot of things to do.

Too bad that there are so many right-wing nuts, though. I mean, when you still give Bush your unquestioned support after everything that's happened, you have issues.

Ich bin Student von Beruf. Ich studiert graphischen Design. :)

The most expensive place to live in the World - Chelsea (London).

On average? I know that Manhattan has a lot of apartments that cost at least $25,000 a month, with some coming close to $100,000 a month.

Military Service at 16?????

yep all I want to do

And fingers crossed for gunner observation post:)

On average? I know that Manhattan has a lot of apartments that cost at least $25,000 a month, with some coming close to $100,000 a month.

Per floor area property in Chelsea is the most expensive in the world.

Damn things are cheap in the US.............I pay £2,000 a mth rent, about $3,713!!
Are you renting a house in the west end or something?

Are you renting a house in the west end or something?

LOL 3 bedroom river side apt.

You can pay more per wk than I pay per mth for some places. Mine is owned by a friend, hence I pay a fraction of what the rental cost would be.

I'm a student, semi-professional still photographer, and part time camera guy on the set of a show you may or may not of heard of called "Public Forum with Tony Stewart". It's practically unheard of, but you'db e suprised how many fairly important people I've met.

My town, which is thirty miles North of Houston, has around 20,000 people living in and around it (it's pretty spread out). The rent is expensive, usually being around just under $1,000 a month for mid-range places... Though you get what you pay for, because this place has a lot of things to do.

Too bad that there are so many right-wing nuts, though. I mean, when you still give Bush your unquestioned support after everything that's happened, you have issues.

Rent here rarely gets over $700 or so for a house, but this is a college town so most rentals are 3-4 bedroom units, which go for about $250-300 per person. I snagged up one of the few 1 bedroom units in town that is livable.

We're about 150 miles northwest of Detroit or 70 miles north of Lansing so there really isn't a whole lot to do. The town almost doubles in size when the students are here, but there still isn't a ton to do if you're not into the whole drunken frat thing.

Last year of my undergrad, then off to law school.

Train conductor

*Ding ding! Tickets please!*

I produce online rich media.

I bag groceries and take verbal abuse part-time at a supermarket.

Once I finish university in a month or so, no idea. Probably the same thing for a couple of years.

Photographer for TIME Magazine.

Well..... if they ever need any shots from Ottawa...... ;)


As for me, I design big-assed databases.

Really, really, really big-assed databases.

Sure, it's a small specialty, but then again the projects are also huge. My current one should keep me going for at least seven more years before it is completely live.

Major in which Country? US?
Yes in the United States.
Sorry I should have included that information.

planning to train as an astronaut. this guy said i could so thats my plan.

I'm a student in high school.

Student, with a constant threat being issued to my professors, that if they should anger me, they can expect the next paper I turn in to be a seven hundred page essay on the meaning of telephones for the hat industry, written entirely in OLD ENGLISH.

I work in a bookstore. I barter my body for wheels of cheese at night, though.

Internet bounty hunter/thought police informant. I rummage through the worst of the activist political forums and blogs and copy and paste the the "money posts" that fit one of several categories over to the departments that want them for either 22 cents a word or 37.5 cents a word depending upon the category. Almost every time the mods ban someone it costs me money.

I'm on disability. Though I do a "house husband" like thing (cooking, light cleaning) for free rent. I also run errands and babysit for family members. And at the moment I'm in a promising relationship (we're talking about moving in together) with a farmer who has sizeable holdings.

Internet bounty hunter/thought police informant. I rummage through the worst of the activist political forums and blogs and copy and paste the the "money posts" that fit one of several categories over to the departments that want them for either 22 cents a word or 37.5 cents a word depending upon the category. Almost every time the mods ban someone it costs me money.

good one, how do you become one?

I work at Starbucks and I'm an English-Spanish translator/interpreter for my school district.

I work at Starbucks and I'm an English-Spanish translator/interpreter for my school district.

I love you.

Study:

History
Maths
Philosophy and Ethics
Music

Night stock in a grocery store.
If I can get grants again, I'll also be a student.

good one, how do you become one?

Desperate nepotism and semi reliable broadband.

I'm studying for an honours degree in Modern History.

Desperate nepotism and semi reliable broadband.

ok. maybe I'll check it out

Internet bounty hunter/thought police informant. I rummage through the worst of the activist political forums and blogs and copy and paste the the "money posts" that fit one of several categories over to the departments that want them for either 22 cents a word or 37.5 cents a word depending upon the category. Almost every time the mods ban someone it costs me money.

KA-CHING!!!!
Oops, just cost Not bad a commission. ;)

KA-CHING!!!!
Oops, just cost Not bad a commission. ;)

Dang pickpocket! If i ever go to NYC you owe me a coke!:D

I work at a law firm so that I can pay off my massive undergrad student loans. Right about the time I'm done doing that I plan on going to law school, thereby incurring even more debt. :p

In the past I've been a typing assistant, a consular assistant at the US embassy in Lusaka, a student aide at USAID in Lusaka, a file clerk, a sales associate at the White House Black Market (women's clothing store), an assistant for a department administrator at my uni, and various other small things like babysitting and tutoring.

I'm a freelance set crew worker for television and film. Though I'm trying to move into post-production because a regular paycheck seems like a wonderland to me all of a sudden...

I'm a student so no career as of yet. I am a part time projectionist at a movie theater though. Pay sucks obviously but it is easy and I can do schoolwork there.

Btw, if a movie has scratches on it, i CAN NOT do anything about it! They are there for good, so unless you can convince the owner to get a new print (good luck) shut up about it! Movie patrons can be such... well they are often annoying.

Sorry, have to take my frustration out somewhere! :)

Dang pickpocket! If i ever go to NYC you owe me a coke!:D

if you take out the A in there (bolded) its quite another matter :D

website designer, market analyst, technical monkey thing for a not-for-profit trade association in england

Dang pickpocket! If i ever go to NYC you owe me a coke!:D

What kind? *poking gentle fun at the Texans*

student and customer service for Dish Network

by the way... dont call us until you are SURE that the friggen box is in fact on, and your tv is on the right channel

we hate that.

Park my ass in the middle of the couch and "work" on making a dent.

What kind? *poking gentle fun at the Texans*

Are Texans the crazy bunch that call all soda "coke"?

I'm a student so no career as of yet. I am a part time projectionist at a movie theater though. Pay sucks obviously but it is easy and I can do schoolwork there.

Btw, if a movie has scratches on it, i CAN NOT do anything about it! They are there for good, so unless you can convince the owner to get a new print (good luck) shut up about it! Movie patrons can be such... well they are often annoying.

Sorry, have to take my frustration out somewhere! :)

How about you shut up and quit making excuses and fix the fucking movie, understand?

Are Texans the crazy bunch that call all soda "coke"?

And all sisters "sweetheart" and all fathers "brother."

tech support for a Healthcare organization.

Currently a jobless student but last time I was working as a labourer in archeology.

Are Texans the crazy bunch that call all soda "coke"?

Yes... Except for those of us who grew up in Port Aransas. It has been, and always will be, "soda". I generally think of the people who call all soda "coke" as a bit off, if you know what I mean.

Coke is a brand, people.

Yes... Except for those of us who grew up in Port Aransas. It has been, and always will be, "soda". I generally think of the people who call all soda "coke" as a bit off, if you know what I mean.

Coke is a brand, people.

Coca Cola is a brand. Coke is a fuel. But what I meant was a Coca Cola. Soda is something that used to be jerked in the 1930s to 1950s before they decided soda was not where it was at for hep cats and carbon dioxide was the way forward as long as you had not recently contracted malaria.

the word you heathens


is

POP

What kind? *poking gentle fun at the Texans*

Diet Coke. Im trying to keep my boyish figure.:cool:

the word you heathens


is

POP

Soft drink. Unless I leave it in the freezer too long.

I breathe air and eat food.

How about you shut up and quit making excuses and fix the fucking movie, understand?

Let me speak slowly. If there is a line going through the screen I can't do a damn thing. The film is fucked up and scratched and I can't do anything. You can bitch to my manager and he will also speak slowly and say the same thing. I guess you could give us a $100,000 to buy new equiptment and we won't have that problem anymore....

Been nice talking to you. Hope to see you at the theater. :)

Besides, I work at a second run theater and the tickets cost $2.50 so what do you expect?

I've no idea what my job title is in English. I move patients between rooms from the emergency reception and surgery and such in a hospital.

I've no idea what my job title is in English. I move patients between rooms from the emergency reception and surgery and such in a hospital.

An orderly?

I've no idea what my job title is in English. I move patients between rooms from the emergency reception and surgery and such in a hospital.

In the hospital I used to work at they called that department transportation and the people doing it were transporters.

i am a full time student with a part time/full time(in the summer) job


i have to pay for school somehow.

An orderly?

In the hospital I used to work at they called that department transportation and the people doing it were transporters.

Yeah, something like that. My ID tag, when translated into english, says I carry the vague title of "technician". It somehow doesn't sound quite right.

I'm an Assassin for the CIA.

I'm an Assassin for the CIA.

I doubt the CIA would appreciate your telling us this information...

I doubt the CIA would appreciate your telling us this information...

Meh.

Meh.

I suppose you could go freelance...



Make more money that way anyhow.

I suppose you could go freelance...



Make more money that way anyhow.

Hmmm...very true. Maybe if Executive Outcomes is restarted, I can get a job with them.....

Until then though, Soldier of Fortune magazine, here I come!

Coke is a brand, people.

Meh. What's your point. So are Velcro, Linoleum, Kleenex, Xerox, Band-aid, Aspirin (though no longer in the US), Zipper, Cellophane, Crock Pot, Escalator and Spandex. People use those in the generic form all the time.

stay-at-home nerd

The thread title says it all.

I'm retired, dude! :D

Meh. What's your point. So are Velcro, Linoleum, Kleenex, Xerox, Band-aid, Aspirin (though no longer in the US), Zipper, Cellophane, Crock Pot, Escalator and Spandex. People use those in the generic form all the time.

Uh... no. Coke is a kind of soda. Band-aids are band-aids. Zippers are zippers.

Uh... no. Coke is a kind of soda. Band-aids are band-aids. Zippers are zippers.

no, Band-aid is a brand of adhesive bandage.

It's like when people call clear tape "Scotch Tape" even thought it's not...

or when they call those tubs with jets Jaccuzi's when they are not

I can't really gripe much though, being from Oklahoma I do the "Coke" when I mean something other than "Coke" too.

no, Band-aid is a brand of adhesive bandage.

Yup, messed up there. But I have never heard of there being an alternative to band-aids. Only brand I'm aware of.

Uh... no. Coke is a kind of soda. Band-aids are band-aids. Zippers are zippers.

One brand name/generic item from the UK is "Zimmer"

Vise grips and mole grips and crescent wrenches and Channel Locks and Skil Saws arent always made by the company with the brand name they are called by. Ive seen some Harleys without a single component from Milwaukee.

I rebuild and refill lazer toner cartridges. It's a living. :)

Yup, messed up there. But I have never heard of there being an alternative to band-aids. Only brand I'm aware of.

There are better ones than Band Aid out there. With better stretch than Band Aid's stretchy ones which joined the stretchy market late. Brits call their version of Band Aids "plasters"

Yup, messed up there. But I have never heard of there being an alternative to band-aids. Only brand I'm aware of.

http://froogle.google.com/froogle_image?q=http://www.business-supply.com/product_images/image/EJ032716.jpg&size=2&dhm=2aa5de42&hl=en

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:N45Tpziwod7-RM:http://www.americarx.com/ProductImages/elastoplast/577585.jpg

then you have the generic dollar store kinds....


fun fact only Band-aid brand are guaranteed gluten free!

You can bitch to my manager and he will also speak slowly and say the same thing. I guess you could give us a $100,000 to buy new equiptment and we won't have that problem anymore....

Meh. If your scratchy old movie irks me enough I'll ask the manager for my money back.

;) When I grow up (or hit the lottery) I want to be a professional traveler. ;)

You can be poor anywhere: what's stopping you?

My line o'work: hum scum.

Meh. If your scratchy old movie irks me enough I'll ask the manager for my money back.

Meh.

You want your $2.50 back, fine. Theaters make their money in concession anyway and I'm sure you got your popcorn and soda. So we got our money from you anyway. :)

Meh.

You want your $2.50 back, fine. Theaters make their money in concession anyway and I'm sure you got your popcorn and soda. So we got our money from you anyway. :)

That 'you' being a general, rather than a specific one in my case. A packet of chewing gum from the newsagents sees me through a movie.

That 'you' being a general, rather than a specific one in my case. A packet of chewing gum from the newsagents sees me through a movie.

Yeah, I personally find eating during the movie to be distracting. Most other people don't agree and when you pay five bucks for a large popcorn and four bucks for a large soda, the money starts to come in. :)

Uh... no. Coke is a kind of soda. Band-aids are band-aids. Zippers are zippers.

Actually, Band-Aids are a type of adhesive bandage. They get really snarky about it because, like Bayer, they don't want to lose their trademark. Same with Xerox (it's more properly a photocopy in generic form), Kleenex (disposable tissues) and, I believe, a few others on that list.

Rollerblades mean one company's offering -- everyone else sells "in-line skates".

*picky English Teacher/writer is done.

I ponce off the government. (I'm a student.)

Yup, messed up there. But I have never heard of there being an alternative to band-aids. Only brand I'm aware of.

Curad, Nexcare.... ;)

*runs*

ZOMG.

No!

Who called it "pop"?!

I WILL KILL YOU!

Soda soda soda soda soda.

HOW DARE YOU NOT SAY "SODA".

I'm a student...it seems like I've been a student forever.

I also work the front desk at a hotel, 3rd shift (I'm at work now, actually)...been doing it for a little over two years.

It's a pretty easy job, doesn't pay great, but it's worth my time...and it gives me a chance to do school work.

That said...I have to deal with drunk/crazy/idiotic people all the time, and it can get a little irritating.

But I have you people to keep me company. :)

I'm a student, and at the moment i have a part time job along with that-> I make rapports for a company, and then send them off to whoever they need to be sent off too, it pays well though :)

I am a PhD student at the moment. I don't have any kind of job at the moment as I don't need one for money due to my grant covering everything. The only reason for me to get a part-time job at the moment would be work experience.

The thread title says it all.

I work as a crew member at Wendy's. Potentially may be made a crew leader.

I work for a telco, in an office. My company installs new network in rural Australia.

I work as a crew member at Wendy's. Potentially may be made a crew leader.

Put small meat on the grill, and drop me four chicken and three spicy.

Only a Wendy's employee will know what this all means.

Curad, Nexcare.... ;)

*runs*

Never heard of these brands! If I don't see them they don't exist! Must remain ignorant!

*flees thread*

the word you heathens


is

POPPittsburghese <shudder>

The thread title says it all.

As little as humanly possible.