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Dyslexic Emo
6 Sep 2007, 07:02
Here I am at 4:50am writing up an assignment for uni thats due 9:00 today ( I know,why did I leave it to the last minute?..baahhh...anyway the one book that I REALLY needed and have subsequently looked and called EVERYONE to find was left it in my locker at uni. Now the Doors won't open till 8:30 so if I do get there I will have exactly 30 minutes to complete it and print it off at the uni computers...Needless to say It won't be happening.
My question toy ou is this, has anyone else been in a situation similar whereby you just know that no matter how hard you try and want something to happen it just won't? Maybe it was a race against traffic, Holding back laughter or maybe it was you trying to telepathically will somone to see your particular point of view?
The Night Shift
6 Sep 2007, 12:51
The other day I walked past two police officers in the 12 items or less line at Coles, and the two constables had some milk and bread and most likely just some stuff for the local station kitchen.
For some reason, and I don not know what, the sight of a huge cop holding a 2 litre bottle of milk waiting in line put a smile on my face. He looked at me - and I had to turn away as I for some reason nearly started laughing. Don't get me wrong - I like police... but hey, I didn't want to laugh in his face.
So in a sense, I couldn't win that battle because my self discipline and inner strength was over-ruled by the laughing monkey chatter in my brain.....
Arguing with women, pretty hard to win those ones...
Dyslexic Emo
6 Sep 2007, 13:46
Arguing with women, pretty hard to win those ones...
:thumbsu::thumbsu::thumbsu: we have a winner
The Night Shift
6 Sep 2007, 14:16
Arguing with women, pretty hard to win those ones...
For sure...;)
shibz_1989
6 Sep 2007, 16:58
Arguments with my Mum. No matter the scenario...it's always my fault :thumbsd:
inferno66
6 Sep 2007, 17:26
Arguments with my Mum. No matter the scenario...it's always my fault :thumbsd:
Its always like that with parents.
Arguing with women, pretty hard to win those ones...
^^^ What he said!
Ahh , understanding women. ;)
Digging in his back yard, a guy finds a lamp with a Genie in (you know the drill). He gets a wish.
"I want a highway from my house to New Zealand" he asks." I have always wanted to go there and I have a phobia about planes and boats and if there was a road I could drive there"
"Don't be silly" replies the Genie. "Do you know the work involved in wishing up a concrete structure over hundreds of miles of sea? Come on, isn't there something else?"
The man thinks for a while and responds "That was very selfish of me , how about giving be the insight to be able to understand women?".
The Genie thinks for a while and replies, "Do you want that highway 2 lanes or 4?"
Cameron_K
6 Sep 2007, 22:09
Arguing with idiots on the net.
ImperialPurple
6 Sep 2007, 22:16
Arguing with idiots on the net.
True that.
I have finally convinced my Year 9 class that arguing with me is a battle they can never win... ;)
docker_azza
6 Sep 2007, 22:36
Arguing with idiots on the net.
No doubt.
docker_azza
23 Jul 2009, 15:03
The current battle for a part time job atm.:(
Entering my final semester at uni, only have one unit and my thesis to do, study load goes to part time, have to pay adult fares on PT, no youth allowance support; I am currently frantically trying to find a PT job.
Have applied for just over 25 positions over the last month (eg nightfill, bar jobs, retail positions) and will continue to apply for more yet hear nothing from most and get knocked back from the few that I do get replies from.
All I want is just some income to support me for the next four months, I am making the effort to find something, and I still get arseraped. :thumbsd:
Sorry, but I need to get that rant out of my system.
PS: is it worth going the telemarketing route?
samseenee
23 Jul 2009, 18:26
^^
Telemarketing no, but inbound call centre yes.
Jump on the RAC, Western QBE or SGIO websites and have a look for work.
They aren't 24hr call centres but typically they look for uni students around this time due to other students who are employed there graduating and leaving gaps. As well as full timers wanting to take leave over xmas and therefore need part timers to plug gaps.
Often they can be rather accomodating on your uni time table and usually only ask for a minimum 15 hrs / week with a rotating saturday.
Be mindful some will have the pushy "must get sales" attitude, RAC and SGIO aren't as bad thou, form what I've heard. But for 15 - 20hrs a week Im sure you could sell insurance to people, just remeber to look for inbound sales and service roles.
:)
Chops_a_must
26 Jul 2009, 09:35
True that.
I have finally convinced my Year 9 class that arguing with me is a battle they can never win... ;)
You would have loved me as a student IP...
Actually, you probably would have. Scary.
The current battle for a part time job atm.:(
Entering my final semester at uni, only have one unit and my thesis to do, study load goes to part time, have to pay adult fares on PT, no youth allowance support; I am currently frantically trying to find a PT job.
Have applied for just over 25 positions over the last month (eg nightfill, bar jobs, retail positions) and will continue to apply for more yet hear nothing from most and get knocked back from the few that I do get replies from.
All I want is just some income to support me for the next four months, I am making the effort to find something, and I still get arseraped. :thumbsd:
Sorry, but I need to get that rant out of my system.
PS: is it worth going the telemarketing route?
I'm in the same boat mate. Graduated last semester. Just as I was applying for graduation and looking for graduate positions in the public service, the state libs announce a hiring freeze. Fantastic.
My employable side of my degree is in natural resource management and the like. But there is virtually no lead in positions in the private sector. It's all taken up through the departments and you learn the legislation etc etc and then siphoned off elsewhere in the private realm. So... I have no idea what to do really. Unless someone is going to be prepared to take on someone underqualified, or overqualified for a position, I'm kind of stuck. Luckily the dad does environmental consultancy, so if worst comes to worst, I can lie about shit kicking for him.
A couple of other tips. If you can take a fail, enroll in the full time units and just dont attend. You'll get a DNS but if you aren't going to be an academe, it may not harm you to be able to get the cash.
See if you can get back on centresuck and sign one of those agreement thingies that includes your part time study.
Depending on where you live:
http://www.sctransit.com.au/employment.htm
http://path.com.au/?p=34
This is my next step. :( Mate does it and loves it. Wish I had known about while studying to be honest. Seems they take on casual drivers... and serious ones.
I'm thinking of looking for harvesting jobs, if I can get a better grasp of the system. For money and to go bush for a bit. Not sure if you can get away for a week or two in study breaks?
If all else fails, grow drugs.
At least I can earn a bit of cash on the side with my other qual... :rolleyes:
But, good luck.
Cheers.
docker_azza
26 Jul 2009, 10:30
I'm in the same boat mate. Graduated last semester. Just as I was applying for graduation and looking for graduate positions in the public service, the state libs announce a hiring freeze. Fantastic.
My employable side of my degree is in natural resource management and the like. But there is virtually no lead in positions in the private sector. It's all taken up through the departments and you learn the legislation etc etc and then siphoned off elsewhere in the private realm. So... I have no idea what to do really. Unless someone is going to be prepared to take on someone underqualified, or overqualified for a position, I'm kind of stuck. Luckily the dad does environmental consultancy, so if worst comes to worst, I can lie about shit kicking for him.
A couple of other tips. If you can take a fail, enroll in the full time units and just dont attend. You'll get a DNS but if you aren't going to be an academe, it may not harm you to be able to get the cash.
See if you can get back on centresuck and sign one of those agreement thingies that includes your part time study.
Depending on where you live:
http://www.sctransit.com.au/employment.htm
http://path.com.au/?p=34
This is my next step. :( Mate does it and loves it. Wish I had known about while studying to be honest. Seems they take on casual drivers... and serious ones.
I'm thinking of looking for harvesting jobs, if I can get a better grasp of the system. For money and to go bush for a bit. Not sure if you can get away for a week or two in study breaks?
If all else fails, grow drugs.
At least I can earn a bit of cash on the side with my other qual... :rolleyes:
But, good luck.
Cheers.
Cheers.
Im going to struggle to find a graduate job too. I finish my course in November and will be working full time next year if I can find something.
I study environmental engineering, maybe a bit more employable than your qualification, but its still hard to get a job atm. All the big firms are continuing to fire engineers from all types and I won't find out if I can get a job until December/January as theres just way too much uncertainty in whether companies will take on graduates. '
If worst comes to worst (i.e. I do not obtain any grad work in 2010) I might just go to China/Taiwan/Korea and teach English for a year. I went to China for environmental engineering vacation work in 2008 and I made some awesome friends who were there teaching English, and it's well paid and better than doing a bar job in Europe IMO.
Chops_a_must
26 Jul 2009, 10:41
I study environmental engineering, maybe a bit more employable than your qualification, but its still hard to get a job atm. All the big firms are continuing to fire engineers from all types and I won't find out if I can get a job until December/January as theres just way too much uncertainty in whether companies will take on graduates. '
No doubt more employable. :p
What area are you in? Tailings and dams? Have a mate that does that for Coffey. Reckons they haven't stopped. Flat out all the time it seems.
You'll get something if you've specialised well. Beats having to fly people out of south africa.
docker_azza
26 Jul 2009, 10:53
No doubt more employable. :p
What area are you in? Tailings and dams? Have a mate that does that for Coffey. Reckons they haven't stopped. Flat out all the time it seems.
You'll get something if you've specialised well. Beats having to fly people out of south africa.
Just general environmental engineering, no further specialisations. Stuff like hydrology, fluid mechanics, contaminant fate and transport, water and wastewater treatment, design projects on contaminated lands and water/wastewater/stormwater management systems all that stuff has been covered in my course.
My final year thesis is on mine lakes, that might be of interest.
Chops_a_must
26 Jul 2009, 11:02
Just general environmental engineering, no further specialisations. Stuff like hydrology, fluid mechanics, contaminant fate and transport, water and wastewater treatment, design projects on contaminated lands and water/wastewater/stormwater management systems all that stuff has been covered in my course.
My final year thesis is on mine lakes, that might be of interest.
http://seek.com.au/job/environmental-advisor/perth/15706521/39/1/
Might be up your alley. I dunno.
But they do have problems with water seepage through the walls of the pit.