Poll of the Day > Sports Discussion Topic #187: Dank Nugs

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I found my cool one too. I'm pretty sure I tweeted this at Kev/Bri. Also one of Freese when he played for the Angels

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I think I've said this before but my middle school shop teacher did security for Bucks games and would let us move down to empty seats near courtside.
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Very sad to report that the Bills have released Nate Pete Man.

AT&T has always been strict about letting people move seats unless you're in the bleachers.

Even in the high up sections, there's people who want to see your ticket as you walk in. I've moved 10 rows closer before at the end of a blowout game and the ticket person came down and told us to move back up to the seats we paid for.

What's the shortest amount of time any of you spent at a job? I think I'm going to quit that dishwashing job at the end of the year, that would make it only a little over two months. I know that sounds like barely anything but it'll take a lot of willpower to make it even that far.

Before that, I had some internship in college that was like three months because it started in February or March of my last semester and then I got a full-time job lined up by the time I graduated. Oh wait, I guess even a summer internship would only be about three months too, so maybe let's not count those

I canvassed for the ACLU for minimum wage for about 2 weeks when I was 20

I worked at a Target for like 3 months while I took a year off school. I didn't want to deal with customers so I stocked shelves/did stockroom stuff. The work itself wasn't so bad (listened to a lot of books on tape) but it started at 4am which was terrible. Kind of a shitty thing to do but I just stopped showing up, which I think is pretty common. During "training" they said if you don't show up one day they won't bother calling you. Got a new job a couple days later

I'll probably put in my proper two weeks even though they're probably used to people just not showing up.

And yeah I don't think the work itself is that bad but it's just a lot of volume sometimes when I'm working my whole shift by myself (which is maybe like half the time). It's the same work every day too, gets old fast. Plus I'm usually scheduled four or five days a week but I'd really just like to do like three.

I think no matter what job you have, you have to deal with coworkers who are shitty at their job. At this one it seems like the servers are the most annoying. Like we have three tubs out for forks, knives and spoons but people will put shit in the wrong one or they'll throw big serving spoons and tongs in them. It doesn't sound like a big deal but all the little things like that really add up to drive you crazy over the course of a busy day

How long are the shifts and what times of day?

Half a day when I was thirteen. I was working in a field picking onions at a farm. Each sack we would fill would get us a quarter. It was way too hot and the sacks too heavy to continue on. So at lunch break I just went home.
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My most common ones are 8 hours starting at 7 am, but sometimes if I have to close it's like 9+ and might start at 8 instead

Wii3Kings posted...

Half a day when I was thirteen. I was working in a field picking onions at a farm. Each sack we would fill would get us a quarter. It was way too hot and the sacks too heavy to continue on. So at lunch break I just went home.

My dad this when he was younger too. He has the weirdest list of jobs out of anyone I know.

Chewster posted...

My most common ones are 8 hours starting at 7 am, but sometimes if I have to close it's like 9+ and might start at 8 instead

Is it more of a breakfast/lunch place or do you just not work the dinner shift?

They close early evening some days but I just don't work the later shift. That probably was a mistake but oh well. I asked for the morning shift cause I thought it might be smart to get used to getting up early if I get a better job but whenever I quit I'll probably just end up getting back in the habit of staying up/sleeping late. Going to bed before 11 ain't me

I think I'd rather do the early shift as well. I've had friends who were servers and they'd complain about someone coming in 5 minutes before the kitchen was supposed to close and staying for like 2.5 hours

I worked at Menards for like 8 months last year if we're not counting internships. I worked in receiving and liked it fine for the most part but there was a stretch in the middle where a bunch of people quit/were fired at the same time so we were badly understaffed and that was a pretty stressful time.

Wii3Kings posted...

Half a day when I was thirteen. I was working in a field picking onions at a farm. Each sack we would fill would get us a quarter. It was way too hot and the sacks too heavy to continue on. So at lunch break I just went home.

Napoleon Dynamite ass job.

You probably could just wander around the streets and find a quarter on the ground faster than it would take to fill a sack of onions

The shortest for me is 2 years because I hate quitting things

Chewster posted...

What's the shortest amount of time any of you spent at a job? I think I'm going to quit that dishwashing job at the end of the year, that would make it only a little over two months. I know that sounds like barely anything but it'll take a lot of willpower to make it even that far.

Two weeks as well, here. Got a call center job to test the waters/get a possible second job, but it was absolutely terrible.
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Did you think I said two weeks or did you mean to say two months? I absolutely need to know this (not really but it does make a big difference in how I picture your experience with the job)

Call centers sound terrible, there's no way I could do that

I said two weeks

That you did, I got confused because he was quoting me (appropriately)

At almost 3 years on my current job. So... More than that.

Although I did quit this job when I went back to college, but now I'm back again. 6 months if you count that

I wonder if I'd be welcomed back at my old job like that (I guess your situation was different though since you left for school). And I do just mean wonder, as a matter of curiosity, because I don't know if I'd even want to go back. It's just like I get this weird feeling about it because nobody there ever talks to me anymore. Maybe that's normal but I feel like it would be nice to have an old boss check in and see how I'm doing.

I already tried once to get the ball rolling on returning and they said they were in a hiring freeze but who the hell really knows the real reason. Could be different now but I'm not going to bring it up again

My college friend who is an autograph hound is at it again. He got Kareem Hunt's autograph. He's at least 7 years older than Kareem Hunt. Not as weird as when he got freshman in college Andrew Wiggins autogrpah but I still think that collecting autographs is the weirdest hobby for an adult

Seriously I've cursed the Nuggets

It's time for a classic #weathercheck. Currently 19 degrees out and expecting snow overnight and probably throughout the day tomorrow. Boo to this.

It's 23 here, snowed yesterday

We got basically two non contiguous weeks of nice fall weather here. It was 90 some days in October and now it's straight up winter already. Can't wait until it's like -5 in January and then hits 80 in February

Here it was cold and snowy the first couple days of October and then we got actual 40/50 degree fall weather the rest of the month. Now it's straight up winter. Does it really get 80 in February in Missourah?

It got to 80 at least once this most recent February yes

Currently it is 22 and sunny. It snowed about 2 inches last Friday but most of it melted on Sunday when it got to close to 40.
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I tried to get some Wendy's for lunch today and as soon as I finished paying for my order I noticed some open carry dipshit. I know it might sound silly but I just straight-up walked out at that point. I've seen open carry people before (rarely, thankfully) but this is the first time I just left where I was. I mean we just had another mass shooting in the US (though that's pretty much a phrase that is never inaccurate anymore), it's not worth the $4 of shitty food. And I know that shooting might be the reason he was carrying but fuck you, "good guy with a gun", you aren't helping the problem.

What's wrong with concealed anyway? Not that I'm a fan of that either of course but I'd feel better not knowing when I'm near someone with a gun. I just looked up some stuff on Colorado gun laws after this and they're pretty depressing. As we've talked about, it's pretty much a blue state at this point, but that's a frontier that hasn't really shifted

So you paid for the food and left without it?

Apparently open carry is legal in MN (did not know that... just googled it) but I've never seen anyone do it before.

All these guns are why I usually just do the drive though

Go RAMS!
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Yeah it's apparently legal statewide here too but I almost never see it. Minnesota is traditionally bluer than we are, I guess no matter where you go Americans love their guns.

There were like eight cars in the drive thru which is why I went in. But yeah, I left without the food

Stricter gun control is not the answer. Bigger, more efficient drive thrus and not only restaurants but every public place is the answer.

When I was looking up the laws I believe it said any legal owner over 18 can open carry but you need a permit to CC. That makes no fucking sense

Not long ago I was walking around the neighborhood and stopped in at a yard sale. It was some ex military psycho with all kinds of army bullshit and his friend was there with just a gigantic handgun in a holster. Imagine if that had been the mass shooting that I died in. I'm sure I'll die in one eventually but a yard sale shooting would be the lamest one.

Also, I had Wendy's for lunch.

Chewster posted...

When I was looking up the laws I believe it said any legal owner over 18 can open carry but you need a permit to CC. That makes no fucking sense

Truly insane for many reasons but also because only one of those is actually enforceable in any way. I don't have a concealed carry permit but I could still hide a gun in my coat and no one would know.

Anyway the prevalence of concealed guns is why I'm scared to ever be mean to a stranger

Remember the Free Keene Squad?

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I miss Colbert Report Colbert

It's 65 degrees here but it feels like 50! I'm freezing my ass off over here!

I never get road rage or mess with people on the road because I've heard of too many incidents in California where someone will get out of the car and shoot someone. It's not worth it.

Chewster posted...

Remember the Free Keene Squad?

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I miss Colbert Report Colbert

Modern Colbert is complete garbage. Too bad because the one we used to have was probably the great satirist of our time. OH WELL!!!!

These days Colbert is just like "Trump and Putin do gay kisses to each other"

I liked the Colbert Report but I've never watched his new show, just seen a couple clips. Pretty meh

STLCards1991 posted...

Chewster posted...

When I was looking up the laws I believe it said any legal owner over 18 can open carry but you need a permit to CC. That makes no fucking sense

Truly insane for many reasons but also because only one of those is actually enforceable in any way. I don't have a concealed carry permit but I could still hide a gun in my coat and no one would know.

Anyway the prevalence of concealed guns is why I'm scared to ever be mean to a stranger

It's why I'm scared to go to the United States in the first place. I've never seen a gun that wasn't on an officer's holster in my life.

STLCards1991 posted...

These days Colbert is just like "Trump and Putin do gay kisses to each other"

Last Week Tonight is superior by quite a bit, mostly because it does balance comedy with genuine investigations into pressing issues.
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Out-of-character Colbert could've been fun for a while if a Dem had won but Trump is just a crutch for lazy comedy. It probably still wouldn't have been as good as TCR of course because the traditional late-night format just sucks. Conan retooling to a half-hour is probably good I think (not that I have any interest in watching).

Half of the reason TCR was so great though wasn't even the political satire, it was the character's huge ego, like getting a space treadmill or a hockey mascot named after him.

I'm gonna give Conan's podcast a try when it comes out this month. I think he's probably still funny, but like you said that format sucks so I haven't watched him in quite a while.

Some of the late night hosts seem like genuinely funny people who are just working with shitty material/format. Then there's guys like Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers who I wouldn't want to watch in anything