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zom-zom wrote:Wow, lots of nerd-work. What a surprise.

Yeah it pays to be smart.

Enjoy your cubicle, smartypants.

I'm a fact-checker for a magazine. I also write mini-reviews of bullshit like restaurants, bars, stores and hotels. It blows.

Occasionally I write for other places.

I am a cargo agent for one of the largest airlines in the world, it's a non-American company and you would not believe the difference that makes.
They treat you with respect and everyone is happy. I've never seen anything like it.

I'm still in training but basically I answer the phone and someone tells me 'I need to send 300 rolls of carpet to Paris'
I then figure out how much it's gonna cost them, which is the most insanely complicated procedure you can imagine with all the laws and taxes and tariffs and embargos on all kinds of shit.
I figure out which planes it will fit on, connections it needs to make and how to get it to those planes.
He brings it in, I weigh it and fill out massive amounts of paperwork to be faxed and mailed and emailed all over the world. I enter tons and tons of data into their computer system.
I figure out how it needs to be stacked and arranged, which types of containers it must go in and whatnot and send it off to the warehouse and later, the plane or truck it will be leaving in.

I am in the 2nd week of 5 weeks of training, it's a TON of confusing and complicated shit to learn but I'm hanging in there.

Oh, and I get to fly free on pretty much any airline in the world for free anytime I want anywhere I want.

I have 350 kilos of uncut flake sitting in a warehouse in Bogota right now. Can you get it into Chicago so we can have a party?

I work for Peugeot. I sell cars to firms and public administrations. It pays well + I use a Peugeot for free (these days it's a 207). I don't pay for car insurance or gasoline either.

Sly Bug wrote:I work for Peugeot. I sell cars to firms and public administrations. It pays well + I use a Peugeot for free (these days it's a 207). I don't pay for car insurance or gasoline either.

Free fuel in France?! That's a tremendous bonus, isn't it? Gas is going for close to US$7.00 per gallon in most of Europe.

I am a guitar collector in my late '40s. I've had an interesting life.

My job allows me the leisure to do things that I enjoy. And what I enjoy is typing unsolicited insults on Internet message boards.

When I was 15, I enjoyed taunting newborn babies for shitting in their pants. Now, the targets of my finely-honed (with age, like wine) wit are mostly young adults. Folks whose primary life concerns include whether the dorm monitor is going to hear them playing Halo 3 past curfew. Man, it is fun to fuck with these people.

My main job is to sing, play guitar, harp and percussion for a progressive rock band. I am also a pro audio expert and producer.

Sly Bug wrote:I work for Peugeot. I sell cars to firms and public administrations. It pays well + I use a Peugeot for free (these days it's a 207). I don't pay for car insurance or gasoline either.

I have a Peugeot pepper mill.