Please tell me what to do. (Boring job)

I am 24. I work in customer service. I live 10 minutes. It is Monday through Friday 830 to 430. I get a 45 minute lunch. I am barely making entry level salary. I have marginal benefits. I have been here for 8 months. Here is a typical day:

Get in somewhere between 8:30 and 8:45. Drink coffee while surfing the internet. I will do this for about 1-2 hours.

Mid-morning I will take some calls (very few) and do some mindless paperwork.

Lunch.

I come back with coffee and surf some more. I just got back from lunch. I will probably cruise for another hour, hour and a half.

I generally print some papers out periodically during the day to give the impression that I am doing work. I walk over to the printer, get the papers, then throw them out at my desk.

I am real good at keeping all sorts of stuff strewn across my desk so it looks like I am busy.

I copy articles of note from aldaily.com and paste them in my email so it looks like I am reading a lengthy, important email.

I usually leave exactly every day at 4:30.

When I first started I wore nice clothes to work. Today I am wearing jeans, polo shirt, and baseball hat. Nobody seems to care.

I don't talk to my boss, or anyone here really.

People have walked by my cubicle while I have like four windows open: 2+2, golf scores, concert dates, racing forum, etc., but they don't seem to care.

I've considered playing poker here, but that is probably pushing it.

I tell my friends that I hate it, but they tell me that I am being paid to cruise and it is something for my marginal resume.

Obviously I hate it and I feel like I am wasting my life. But I am making money (very little) and I pretty much relax all day. Quit?

[Claunchy]

I'd kill for a job like this, but if you hate it, yeah...quit. Find another job first though. This is key.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

Find something better, then quit. Next!

[OCEIGHTY]

Push the limits pal. Play on proom. Start drinking on the job and wack coke off your desk. Who the hell cares if you get canned.

[swede123]

Keep up the good work, and don't forget the new cover on the TPS reports. You got the memo, right?

Swede

[pokerdirty]

spend more time posting on 2+2

rack up 16k posts by next week

get major respect

[RunDownHouse]

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I am 24. I work in customer service. I live 10 minutes. It is Monday through Friday 830 to 430. I get a 45 minute lunch. I am barely making entry level salary. I have marginal benefits. I have been here for 8 months. Here is a typical day:

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If this is indicative of your education and general level of intelligence, I'm not surprised.

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Start drinking on the job

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I've been stopping for a beer lately on my lunch break, but it makes me tired, and harder to look like I am busy.

[MrMon]

Relaxing job is good, money is better.

You've been there 8 months, long enough. Fire up the resume. When potential employers ask why you want to leave, tell them you're looking for something more challenging. Find a higher paying job that you'll enjoy with a boss who doesn't suck and resign.

[Colonel Kataffy]

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Keep up the good work, and don't forget the new cover on the TPS reports. You got the memo, right?

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I can't believe it took 4 posts for the inevitable Office Space referance.

[LetYouDown]

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I'd kill for a job like this, but if you hate it, yeah...quit. Find another job first though. This is key.

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...or so you think. I currently have a job like this and have had others in the past. I'd much rather be busy all day, otherwise each hour absolutely drags into the next and your days start to feel like weeks. I'm doing everything in my power to get out of it.

[Colonel Kataffy]

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I've considered playing poker here, but that is probably pushing it.

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You don't know till you try. I'd test this one out. Whats the worst that could happen, get fired? You are gonna quit eventually anyway.

[kerssens]

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I'd kill for a job like this, but if you hate it, yeah...quit. Find another job first though. This is key.

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...or so you think. I currently have a job like this and have had others in the past. I'd much rather be busy all day, otherwise each hour absolutely drags into the next and your days start to feel like weeks. I'm doing everything in my power to get out of it.

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I'd rather be busy too. At least I get paid alright.

[CollinEstes]

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I'd kill for a job like this, but if you hate it, yeah...quit. Find another job first though. This is key.

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...or so you think. I currently have a job like this and have had others in the past. I'd much rather be busy all day, otherwise each hour absolutely drags into the next and your days start to feel like weeks. I'm doing everything in my power to get out of it.

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I couldn't agree more, there is only so much stuff to look at on the internet each day.

[swede123]

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I couldn't agree more, there is only so much SFW stuff to look at on the internet each day.

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Fixed your post. If you are allowed to look at porn you could easily be busy eight hours a day for the rest of your life without browsing the same site twice. I /images/graemlins/heart.gif the Internet.

Swede

[samjjones]

I am 30. I work in software development. I commute an hour and a half to and from work. It is Monday through Friday 800 to 600. I get a hour lunch which I rarely take. I am paid a decent salary, but since it isn't six figures in NYC, its not that great. I have acceptable benefits. I have been here for 8 years. Here is a typical day:

Get in somewhere between 8:30 and 9:00. Read hundreds of work related e-mail. Begin a list of daily assigned responsibilities. I will do this for about 1-2 hours.

Mid-morning I will begin working on whatever projects I am currently assigned to. Typically, I will have 4-5 things to me assigned at a given time, so there is a lot of context switching back and forth.

Lunch/bathroom break if I can get away from the desk.

More work, interrupted incessantly by meetings.

If its a typical day, my passive aggressive boss, who works bizarre hours, will pop by my desk and yell at me for not keeping him abreast of what I am doing.

I tell my wife that I hate it, but she tells me that I am being paid to support our household and it is something for my marginal resume.

Obviously I hate it and I feel like I am wasting my life. But I am making money (relatively very little) and I pretty much bust my ass all day and am a dick to my wife when I get home because I am so cranky/exhausted. Quit?

[stanky]

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Whats the worst that could happen, get fired? You are gonna quit eventually anyway.


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See the problem is if he gets caught and they fire him, he can't list this job in his resume', or he has to hope that any future employer will not call his previous employer to find out about him.

To o.p.: Just start looking for another job because it sounds like your unhappy there, but don't quit until you've lined something up.

[stanky]

You and the O.P. should swith jobs /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Shajen]

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I am 30. I work in software development. I commute an hour and a half to and from work. It is Monday through Friday 800 to 600. I get a hour lunch which I rarely take. I am paid a decent salary, but since it isn't six figures in NYC, its not that great. I have acceptable benefits. I have been here for 8 years. Here is a typical day:

Get in somewhere between 8:30 and 9:00. Read hundreds of work related e-mail. Begin a list of daily assigned responsibilities. I will do this for about 1-2 hours.

Mid-morning I will begin working on whatever projects I am currently assigned to. Typically, I will have 4-5 things to me assigned at a given time, so there is a lot of context switching back and forth.

Lunch/bathroom break if I can get away from the desk.

More work, interrupted incessantly by meetings.

If its a typical day, my passive aggressive boss, who works bizarre hours, will pop by my desk and yell at me for not keeping him abreast of what I am doing.

I tell my wife that I hate it, but she tells me that I am being paid to support our household and it is something for my marginal resume.

Obviously I hate it and I feel like I am wasting my life. But I am making money (relatively very little) and I pretty much bust my ass all day and am a dick to my wife when I get home because I am so cranky/exhausted. Quit?

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Patrick's advice for the OP is awesome for you too.

This part here:

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I pretty much bust my ass all day and am a dick to my wife when I get home because I am so cranky/exhausted.

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[LetYouDown]

Get a raise or leave if you don't like it. Make it worth your while one way or the other. That kind of commute is absurd. Your whole day is wasted. I'd definitely look elsewhere. 8 years? That's forever in this day and age. It's not like it used to be where someone worked for one company from college to retirement.

I'm a software engineer as well. What language? With 8+ years experience, you should be able to get a really good paying job if you use the right types of technology.

[samjjones]

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Get a raise or leave if you don't like it. Make it worth your while one way or the other. That kind of commute is absurd. Your whole day is wasted. I'd definitely look elsewhere. 8 years? That's forever in this day and age. It's not like it used to be where someone worked for one company from college to retirement.

I'm a software engineer as well. What language? With 8+ years experience, you should be able to get a really good paying job if you use the right types of technology.

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Negative, ghostrider. I was a finance major in college who fell into a software development job. Pretty much taught myself how to program in C and Fortran and whatever old techs my company was built upon. Don't really like programming, so am reluctant to go back to school. So basically my resume sucks, and I am too swamped to think about looking for something else right now. Wife works part-time, so this is all on my shoulders. It sucks. I'd like to do something completely different with my life, but I'm not qualified or experienced to do anything else.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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I commute an hour and a half to and from work.

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This is the point at which I was thinking "find something better and then quit".

[ChipWrecked]

If you work in the kind of call center that shows a call reader board, or you have software on your desk that tells you what the queue is, etc., you are well on your way to getting fired anyway, so have fun.

If not, why not use that time to build skills for the next level up? You are only cheating yourself by jerking off with all that free time.

[samjjones]

This is typical for people who live in NJ/Long Island and work in NYC. City living is not for everybody. I like having a yard, a house, etc. Should we just pack up and move to another state? That is something I would seriously consider, but its quite scary at this point in my life.

[OCEIGHTY]

lol. i've been playing poker for the past year, guess these bums are slacking just as much as me.

[RunDownHouse]

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This is typical for people who live in NJ/Long Island and work in NYC. City living is not for everybody. I like having a yard, a house, etc. Should we just pack up and move to another state?

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Is there some reason - other than your job - that you're atached to NYC? It seems bizarre that someone who doesn't enjoy living in the city would choose to live in a suburb of one of the biggest cities in the world.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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This is typical for people who live in NJ/Long Island and work in NYC. City living is not for everybody. I like having a yard, a house, etc. Should we just pack up and move to another state?

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Is there some reason - other than your job - that you're atached to NYC? It seems bizarre that someone who doesn't enjoy living in the city would choose to live in a suburb of one of the biggest cities in the world.

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Exactly. There's no way I'd put up with 3 hours a day driving. If I were you, I would rectify this one way or another.

[LetYouDown]

Why does your wife only work part time? Physical reason/child or because she chooses to?

[RollaJ]

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I am 30. I work in software development. I commute an hour and a half to and from work. It is Monday through Friday 800 to 600. I get a hour lunch which I rarely take. I am paid a decent salary, but since it isn't six figures in NYC, its not that great. I have acceptable benefits. I have been here for 8 years. Here is a typical day:

Get in somewhere between 8:30 and 9:00. Read hundreds of work related e-mail. Begin a list of daily assigned responsibilities. I will do this for about 1-2 hours.

Mid-morning I will begin working on whatever projects I am currently assigned to. Typically, I will have 4-5 things to me assigned at a given time, so there is a lot of context switching back and forth.

Lunch/bathroom break if I can get away from the desk.

More work, interrupted incessantly by meetings.

If its a typical day, my passive aggressive boss, who works bizarre hours, will pop by my desk and yell at me for not keeping him abreast of what I am doing.

I tell my wife that I hate it, but she tells me that I am being paid to support our household and it is something for my marginal resume.

Obviously I hate it and I feel like I am wasting my life. But I am making money (relatively very little) and I pretty much bust my ass all day and am a dick to my wife when I get home because I am so cranky/exhausted. Quit?

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You are helping me make my decision /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

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