Went and applied at a few places today. The big ones being CompUSA and Barnes & Noble. I have not drank today. Ending my two (three?) day streak of boozing it up.

CompUSA was looking for Tech Department and Sales. Tech I can handle. Sales I’m not really all that excited about entering. I’m really bad at selling myself. The bonus here is a discount on stuff I buy from them.

Barnes & Noble, well I am a reader. So it seems like a nice thing to get into. Again the possible discount on products purchased at the work place did have a deciding factor in applying. Not sure what the hell I would do there. I put down clerk/stocker/accounting hoping I get lucky on one of those.

Update on the Equal Pay Act situation. This below was the email I got after I called and told the Illinois Department of Labor about my getting fired for no good reason other than my absence being better for the team:

I reviewed your statement below and discussed the issue with our management and legal staff. It was advised that you file a separate complaint for retaliation. You may download our complaint form off our website online. I will also send you another form just in case you cannot download it. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

I hope they got a chuckle out of me and the sheriff’s conversation. I sent her a copy. So I’ll be filing another complaint and see what comes of it. And I don’t want my job back as long as those assholes run the place. I would laugh pretty good it those guys got hit with the a fine (max being $2,500).

So I got my ass fired. That’s the recap. Here is what I did today.

First I called and talked to the Illinois Department of Labor and updated them on the latest developments. They were very interested to hear about my firing. The lady I talked didn’t think “the morale of the team would be better without me” was a sufficient reason to be let go. And that it was more than a little suspicious that I file a complaint and then a while later get fired for no good reason. Now that I no longer work for those assholes my desire to cause them trouble grows even more.

Second thing I did was file for unemployment. Which was fun. When it asked for the name of the person that fired me I entered “powers that be” and reason for being fired I put “the morale of the team would be better without me”. Will be interesting what those assholes at the hotel actual excuse will be when they fight my unemployment.

Thirdly I applied at the new Menard$ being built here in my neck of the woods. Was one of those deals were you go in and fill the application out and then someone interviews asking some general questions. Not sure if it’s a preinterview or if that was the real deal. Not sure what I would do at a place like Menard$. But a job is a job. Beggars can’t be choosers.

Finally I think I shall continue my boozing ways and go get a twelve pack. Seems like the thing to do when you’ve hit the bottom of the barrel.

This I find amusing and cool all that the same time:

Not even the retards at the hotel have been able to do this. Go IRS!

Vacation time again. Today is the official start of it. Was off yesterday as well. Won’t be back until the 17th of this month. Plan to play some City of Villains with Gawain. Just like last year.

Podcast this:

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Played [drain file 31 hits] Times

In retrospect I do admit I like the idea of podcasting.

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So tomorrow at 11:00 am I have my interview for a new job. Downside is that I have to go to work at the shithole tonight. I really wanted to be able to go in and tell them all to fuck off. So getting the interview is the good news. The bad news is that it is only part time. Which to this real hotel part time is four days. Depending on the pay I may take it anyway. A job at a real hotel, with real managers, and real owners. Sign me up!