What do you do for a living?

[station82o]

I still say that Gamestop policy is complete crap - I mean, from what I remember hearing about it - they'd apply it to an employee's actions away from work as well. Such as if you were buying games from customers who came in the store say at the customers own house (a private residence) - Gamestop if they found out could still manage to fire you.

Godamn Tracer - I still think you should introduce Joel to the shitkickers - he's been needing it for a long time. I hope I don't see that guy on a bad day.

[sojilotenken]

I work at a small little restaurant as a waitress(I am a man, but working at what feels like a truck stop diner has caused me to feel very waitressy). Go to school, too. No matter how depressing you think your job is, try waiting on the same old people day after day who have nothing better to look forward to then death. Fine by me though, they are very crappy tippers.

[Wolffen]

Tracer, I wouldn't say I do nothing. My post count compared to others should indicate that. While the database admin side is quiet, I'm the only person who knows their way around the backend of our systems here. So I wind up doing a lot of custom reports, troubleshooting, occasional module creation, etc. Exchange is livable (it does give me fits, especially when we were used for a relay early this year). I'd say 40% of my time is report-writing, 30% is progam admin/troubleshooting for our back office software, and the rest is DBA duties and other I.T. stuff. It pays the bills.

[OmegaFlareX]

I bag groceries. *sigh*

Find some ambition, quit smokin' the reefer, and go to college, kids.

[station82o]

Ambition for me always tends to be replaced with apathy. Yes I know thats a defeatist attitude but hell...

...I'm working on it.

[Prince Planet]

Originally posted by bandit
getting paid the big bucks. i got a situation i dont even know if its worth suing.

i got fired from EB for having a ebay account and selling games (my personal collection)..in other words conflict of interest

so i went to gamestop, filled out app, and got an interview. the District manager asked me why i got fired, i told him as well as the store manager. and they hired me. a month or two later, i get fired cuz of the same reason. but this time, they said i sold FFII on ebay. thing is, i sold that game 2 months before i started working for them and the copy i bought was complete.

think i got a case? if anyone knows a relative that is a lawyer..mind passing this down to them and giving me feedback?

DISCLAIMER: THE FOLLOWING IS LAY OPINION ONLY, AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS LEGAL ADVISE, NOR SHALL IT SERVE AS A BASIS FOR LIABILITY OF THE OPINION GIVER. RECIPIENT OF OPINION ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HE IS FREE, AND ENCOURAGED, TO CONSULT WITH A LEGAL PROFESSIONAL OF HIS CHOOSING.

Here's my lay opinion, Bandit, even without knowing all of the facts. (1) I'm sure it seems unfair that Gamestop fired you; (2) Valid arguments could be made on your behalf; (3) You would, in all likelihood, still lose the case for a variety of reasons (not the least of which would be that you were probably an at-will employee who could be terminated at any time, for any reason, so long as it did not violate a fundamental public policy); (4) even if you could win, it would not be even remotely financially worthwhile to pursue (for either you, or your lawyer.)

Sorry, man, but I would recommend putting your efforts into finding another job, or making equivalent money off of continued e-bay sales. Alternatively, you could start a one-man rally outside that particular Gamestop, and repeatedly yell "No justice, no peace!!"

Good luck.

[OmegaFlareX]

Originally posted by station82o
Ambition for me always tends to be replaced with apathy.

Same here. Why else would I subject myself to making a living as a grunt at a supermarket? Because it's easy as fuck and it pays my bills (surprisingly enough), and that's what I've always perferred in life, sadly. Meaning, I do just enough to get by.

Desperation is motivation.

[station82o]

yeah - i know how you feel Omega, this whole thing reminds me of Dante in Clerks, that scene when he defends his way of life to Randall, who tells him to "Shit or get off the pot." Sometimes life, while not totally bad, is not as great as you know it should be, but merely stuck in a pathetic state of being comfortable - and then we tend not to risk it all on the "big money and faboulous prizes" - as Dante would say.

[bbobb]

Well hell, a chance for another shameless plug and I almost missed it. As most of you know I believe, I'm the assistant manager of www.videogamedepot.com and I take care of alot of the internet business. I'm also a full time student (12 credit hours) at a local community college.

[Zerodash]

*gazes into crystal ball*

...I forsee bbobb one day seizing ultimate power and overthrowing the lords of VGD. He will then usher in a new era under his iron fist...

*passes out*