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Benny the Snake posted:Hey guys. My first week went well, I guess. I was asking questions constantly to my manager, but he's thankfully a very patient person. I've made like six or seven sales so far but one of them had to be cancelled on Friday because our warehouses didn't have it in stock. I double-checked the inventory of all my listings but I forgot to check a handful of them before I left, so I'm nervous that there may be another cancelled order come Monday. What's worse is that we didn't make much of a profit off my sales. At first, my manager had me price items according to the competition and then on Friday he changed the pricing structure based on markup. This was because I was starting their eBay account so the idea was we'd dip our toes into that market. Even if we didn't make much of a profit, we could at least build customer satisfaction. I also spent Friday re-pricing every listing and I had to end a good chunk of them because our competitors were undercutting us. It's tedious work but overall it's not too bad. I'm dong my best to prevent carpel tunnel syndrome by stretching my wrists regularly. For some reason, I've developed stomach pains. I don't know if it's stress or something else. Looking forward to Monday. The stomach pains are probably stress, and there's really no way through that but muscling through them when they come up, they'll ease up as you become more confident in your job. You need to be careful with double-checking your work. It's better to be slower and look like you're thorough than pretending you're fast and on top of poo poo and then getting caught out. A cancelled sale is a lot worse than one less listing going up. Also while I understand your concern with carpal tunnel, until you start experiencing pain I wouldn't get too worried about it.
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So, you've never typed before this job? Never played video games? Never jerked it? Because carpal tunnel is just a repetitive motion injury. gently caress.
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Apr 27, 2014 06:45
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Carpal tunnel syndrome is a legit concern with a data entry job, you guys. You're just sitting there typing for the entire shift. That said, Benny you should be fine. One thing that helps is to keep the keyboard flat. Though this doesn't sound like a typical data entry job from the way you describe it. Benny, why are you so concerned with sales? That's for them to worry about, not you. You're just the guy that types and submits it to the web. And even if they are putting sales pressure on you, while you should do your best, you also shouldn't stress too hard about it, they're not paying you enough to be any kind of salesman.
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Apr 27, 2014 08:23
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lizardman posted:Carpal tunnel syndrome is a legit concern with a data entry job, you guys. It's a five hour a day job with an hour for lunch. I guarantee this dude routinely spends more than 2.5 hours at a time typing on forums and AIM. The fact that he's now getting paid for it doesn't cause it to be dangerous.
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Apr 27, 2014 08:50
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Benny for gently caress's sake don't sabotage yourself by doing rushed work and inventing work-related maladies after 1 week on the job. Also, note that carpal tunnel syndrome would not be a good excuse to use when calling in sick. If you wanna try, please record and post that phone call, thanks.
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Apr 27, 2014 10:48
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Benny, do the opposite of whatever you think you should do. Just ignore your inner voice.
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Apr 27, 2014 13:15
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Benny the Snake posted:I've made like six or seven sales so far but one of them had to be cancelled on Friday because our warehouses didn't have it in stock. I double-checked the inventory of all my listings but I forgot to check a handful of them before I left, so I'm nervous that there may be another cancelled order come Monday.
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Apr 28, 2014 00:06
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1 week on the job and the work allergies are flaring up, this week its carpal tunnel and mystery cramps, in a month Benny will be trying to get disability for fibromyalgia and Morgellons. Some people are just terminally useless.
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Benny the Snake posted:I'm dong my best to prevent carpel tunnel syndrome by stretching my wrists regularly. For some reason, I've developed stomach pains. I don't know if it's stress or something else. Looking forward to Monday. Thank you for this. Anyway, it sounds like you're doing all right, Benny. How long did you hold the Target job?
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Apr 28, 2014 01:22
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Benny, if the carpal tunnel keeps up, keep in mind that you can make an OSHA complaint to your management on ergonomics grounds and they pretty much have to oblige and can't retaliate. Perhaps a nice Kinesis and an Aeron would help cut down on the eBay stress
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Apr 28, 2014 01:43
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Benny to normal people you sound as ridiculous as that scene from Zoolander where he tells his father he think's he's getting black lung after working his first day at the mine.
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Apr 28, 2014 01:50
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Tear into the walls and test for asbestos as well as lead paint. Sometimes they will have lead paint under several other layers of paint; it could be making you sick.
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systran posted:Tear into the walls and test for asbestos as well as lead paint. Sometimes they will have lead paint under several other layers of paint; it could be making you sick. Lead paint has also been linked to increases in crime rates, so if you do this be aware you might start stealing things from the office. But its not your fault, it's theirs for having lead paint in the building.
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Apr 28, 2014 01:54
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Starter Wiggin posted:So, you've never typed before this job? Jesus Christ Benny, lmao.
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Apr 28, 2014 02:22
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Get one of those little anime boobs mouse pad ergonomic thingies. That should help stress-release your wrists.
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Apr 28, 2014 09:53
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Perfidia posted:Get one of those little anime boobs mouse pad ergonomic thingies. That should help stress-release your wrists. Benny, have you listed any of these on ebay recently? You should buy one.
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Apr 28, 2014 10:05
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For all that people are giving you poo poo about the carpal tunnel prevention thing, a little precaution never hurt anyone, just so long as you don't start using it as an excuse not to do your job.
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Yeah, working to avoid carpal tunnel is fine. There's nothing wrong with doing stretches and stuff to keep it at bay, and I ... I was going to say I'm not sure why the thread leapt on him for that, but it's because he's Benny and the rest of his posting is so poo poo. Benny, keep doing your stretches and whatever. But also keep doing your job. And loving double check that you have things before you try to sell them, holy poo poo. You've heard that last before, but you need to hear it again. Do not sell things your company does not have. Christ.
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Apr 28, 2014 15:35
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Benny, are you still doing library volunteer work? If so, please make sure you only ever carry one book at a time to avoid back strain. If it's a really big book, just leave it for someone else to re-shelf. We all know those old bags that work at libraries have already destroyed their bodies anyway.
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A Tin Of Beans posted:Benny, keep doing your stretches and whatever. But also keep doing your job. And loving double check that you have things before you try to sell them, holy poo poo. You've heard that last before, but you need to hear it again. Do not sell things your company does not have. I'm (foolishly) giving him the benefit of the doubt by assuming that it may not be his job to check that something's in inventory before putting up a listing someone else in his company gives him. If it is, of course, then yeah. Attention to detail is the whole of your job right now, Benny.
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A Tin Of Beans posted:Yeah, working to avoid carpal tunnel is fine. There's nothing wrong with doing stretches and stuff to keep it at bay, and I ... I was going to say I'm not sure why the thread leapt on him for that, but it's because he's Benny and the rest of his posting is so poo poo. It's because he's been posting on SA for a year so everyone kind of assumed that, much like anyone with an ounce of insight who uses a computer for anything on a regular basis, he would have already taken steps to prevent CT. But instead, it seems like he doesn't recognize that you can get CT from using a computer no matter where you are, and thinks that "getting paid to work" = "you now have to worry about CT".
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Apr 28, 2014 19:13
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Dudes just looking for excuses to bail on his lovely new job
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Apr 28, 2014 19:16
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And I don't loving blame him. You can make twice as much as a burger king manager.
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Apr 28, 2014 19:17
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JakeP posted:And I don't loving blame him. You can make twice as much as a burger king manager. I would fund a kickstarter that made Benny a manager of a fast food franchise for a month so long as I got daily updates.
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Xenocides posted:I would fund a kickstarter that made Benny a manager of a fast food franchise for a month so long as I got daily updates. benny's burghouse menu: - grilled zucchini burger - guaranteed to not be pressed with a towel - carpal tunnel fries - the only thing fingers are useful for after a day at the office - scoop of ice cream - comes in a souvenir shopping cart Jeffrey of YOSPOS fucked around with this message at 19:50 on Apr 28, 2014 |
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Apr 28, 2014 19:45
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Jeffrey posted:benny's burghouse I love that this is basically a summary of 80% of a year of this thread. Geez.
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Apr 28, 2014 21:05
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when i tell somebody living under my roof not to be watching gay porn on the tv, they better not be watching loving gay porn on the tv
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Blue Raider posted:when i tell somebody living under my roof not to be watching gay porn on the tv, they better not be watching loving gay porn on the tv You realize that them watching it will not mean there will be less gay porn for you later right?
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JakeP posted:You realize that them watching it will not mean there will be less gay porn for you later right? But it might mean less stains on the couch.
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Xenocides posted:But it might mean less stains on the couch. Fewer stains. Let's not dip to Benny-level English here.
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crabrock posted:Fewer stains. Let's not dip to Benny-level English here. "less staining" is a better way to put it, since the total amount of staining, rather than the sheer number of stains, is what's important. 
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I'd argue that one stain of this nature is enough to ruin the couch, no matter the area it covers, so yes, the number of stains is relevant.
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Obdicut posted:"less staining" is a better way to put it, since the total amount of staining, rather than the sheer number of stains, is what's important. It's really a question of what you want to emphasize. If it's the stains themselves, use "fewer stains". If it's the act or condition of staining, use "less staining". It's a subtle —but important— difference. Benny is a writer, after all. Benglish. Let none of us write it, ever. Not amongst ourselves, and not to our hire-ups. 'kay Holmes?
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Ah, I've missed these humerus expositions on language. Aber beklecker nicht das sofa! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ubBw3dE8Wc
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crabrock posted:I'd argue that one stain of this nature is enough to ruin the couch, no matter the area it covers, so yes, the number of stains is relevant. But magnitude. A few splotches on a corner is gross, but a long, thick stripe of a stain, going across all three cushions like some sort of snail dragged its rear end across it to do die, that'd be worse. However, I'm betting there's both quantity and quality.
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Benny the Snake posted:Hey guys. My first week went well, I guess. I was asking questions constantly to my manager, but he's thankfully a very patient person. I've made like six or seven sales so far but one of them had to be cancelled on Friday because our warehouses didn't have it in stock. I double-checked the inventory of all my listings but I forgot to check a handful of them before I left, so I'm nervous that there may be another cancelled order come Monday. What's worse is that we didn't make much of a profit off my sales. At first, my manager had me price items according to the competition and then on Friday he changed the pricing structure based on markup. This was because I was starting their eBay account so the idea was we'd dip our toes into that market. Even if we didn't make much of a profit, we could at least build customer satisfaction. I also spent Friday re-pricing every listing and I had to end a good chunk of them because our competitors were undercutting us. It's tedious work but overall it's not too bad. I'm dong my best to prevent carpel tunnel syndrome by stretching my wrists regularly. For some reason, I've developed stomach pains. I don't know if it's stress or something else. Looking forward to Monday. Your competitors are idiots and are going to continue to undercut you. That's what people trying to make it big on eBay do. They think making a sale is more important than anything else. The upside to this is people get suspicious of listings that are basically too cheap to be true. Did you decide to delete the listings on your own? I hope not. You started the company eBay account? Jesus, have these people sold anything online, anywhere, before? It sounds like they haven't. Don't let them blame you for the learning curve that is already happening, the one where the first example is bored housewives checking prices daily and lowering them. Also, have you done anything on Amazon? People assume everything from Amazon is 'better,' and from a real company, and are therefore willing to pay more.
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oval office raja posted:Don't let them blame you for the learning curve that is already happening, the one where the first example is bored housewives checking prices daily and lowering them. Also, have you done anything on Amazon? People assume everything from Amazon is 'better,' and from a real company, and are therefore willing to pay more. Why, who cares? Its a minimum wage job. Its not going to come out of his bonus.
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Just checking, but when you say you were starting up their eBay account, that doesn't mean anything is in your name, right?
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oval office raja posted:Your competitors are idiots and are going to continue to undercut you. That's what people trying to make it big on eBay do. They think making a sale is more important than anything else. The upside to this is people get suspicious of listings that are basically too cheap to be true. Did you decide to delete the listings on your own? I hope not.
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Benny the Snake posted:I didn't delete the listings I made on Ebay that were being undercut, I just took them down as per my manager's orders.
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