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Now they have a new office show which I haven't seen but you nailed it in the head. That's where I'm at now with my current job just listening to podcast and music for 40 hours a week, and it's about to be mandatory bumped to 55 hours a week. I miss working with the public and when overtime actually felt like I was accomplishing something vs working in a big conglomerate where oh well there's no accomplishments you just do the same exact thing for hours on end. Oh the benefits are good but, I'm destroying the back there and the only thing I do is day dream of doing something more or projects I could be completing if I wasn't there. Oh the vicious circle of life trying to survive without taking the worst machine in the building and throwing it out of any of the 5 floors.

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I liked working at a desk with my headphones on, I just need an equal amount of time actually talking to people to balance that out. Any job can get monotonous when you can't tell one day from the next.

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Also I didn't see candy corn in stores this year in South Carolina oddly enough.

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Oh, it's here. Still overpriced.

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i have been down the jesus aisle in a kmart and let me tell you, that shit is scary. 😄

i like your origin story, friend. 👍 office space freed so many of us 😄

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Office Space reminded me of my time at the library, of all places. I wasn’t out front with the patrons. I was behind the scenes in Acquisitions. It was very mind-numbing. But I still love libraries.

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libraries are the best ❤️ you must love the smell of books or is it like theatre employees (me) and popcorn and you couldn’t stand it for a time? 😄

substack hasn’t been notifying me of replies, so sorry that my responds/likes are slow LOL

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I worked at a couple of library systems, and I usually liked the atmosphere and employees the most, although some areas were a bit too much like Office Space.

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did you have many casses of the mondays? 😄😄

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I met a manager the other day who was 70. I would’ve placed her 20 years younger than that. Now I’m wondering if she’s been granted an extended life in exchange for the crap she puts up with.

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