CBS PULLS MILLER SEX AD FROM NCAA GAMES
Remember that Miller Lite ad where two women having lunch end up wrestling in a fountain after an argument? It's only fair that they make one with men, right? Apparently, this didn't please the NCAA nor its President, Myles Brand. He asked CBS not to air the Miller ad featuring men during games because it lacked "decorum." Hello Mr. Brand, you are a homophobic loser. Mr. Brand didn't object to the fact that the ad was for beer during a game that is largely watched by underaged boys...apparently there is decorum in that.
Check out one of the ads.
posted by Luis 5:40 PM
4.14.2003
The girl next to me today was way perky. She must stash a pump-powered caffein IV under her desk.
I've been hired for one day for work that should take one-sixteenth of the time. I did the work in 2 hours and I was typing a whopping 10 words per minute. I even kept deleting and retyping the same name a gazillion times so I could make it till lunch. Never will I forget the name 'Kathleen Lewis.'
These people hire temps because they are too lazy to do things themselves. They spend the first hour of their day unpacking God knows what from their bags and chit-chatting. If I ran this company I would hire someone to walk around each floor with a ruler to smack the slackers across the head. Wait a minute, they should hire temps to do that job instead. That way everyone is doing their job instead of outsourcing someone for $30+ per hour to do it for them. I am so smart.
posted by Luis 8:00 PM
4.12.2003
My last temp assignment was at a major haircare & make up company. I worked in their hair dye division in an office full of mannequin heads. Every office had mannequin heads. You know what it's like to sit in an office surrounded by mannequin heads who have gone through failed hair experiments? All of them staring at you and following you with their eyes. I swear, they were looking at me. One of them might've winked. My supervisor kept calling me 'cutie.' I prefer that much more than 'kitten.' Which was my pet name at a previous assignment.
posted by Luis 4:19 PM
4.11.2003
I'm gaining weight by the day. Apparently eating a lot and sitting on my butt watching countless episodes of Trading Spaces does that to you. Pretty soon I'll be on Oprah blaming my parents.
posted by Luis 11:55 PM
4.06.2003
As I walked into the office for my interview, it startled me to hear silence. There were no phones ringing, there was no busy chatter amongst office workers, nothing. The receptionist hands me some forms to fill out while some guy sitting at an open desk just 15 feet away stares at me. Oooh, an admirer. I hand the receptionist the completed forms and she proceeds to tell me that "someone" will be right with me. She walks over to my admirer, hands him my forms, he looks over them and then says, "Luis, I will see you now." I just found it amusing. I mean, here this guy is bored out of his mind, twidling his thumbs. In this case, laying off 50% of the workers would increase profits and productivity.
posted by Luis 12:29 PM
4.02.2003
Dante has illustriously depicted the journey into The Inferno. As far as I'm concerned he's forgotten one of the levels. You know, the one right before the devil breathes his fiery damnation onto you for all time...nowadays we call it temping. My version of hell is being condemned to working temp job after temp job for all eternity. I've temped before during my summer breaks from college and hands down, I could classify those experiences as the worst in my life. I vowed never to return. My name is Luis and this Thursday I have an interview at a Midtown temp agency.
After 4 years, $130,000+ in housing and tuition, and a Bachelor's degree from Boston University I had big dreams...no, huge dreams! I was going to be a creative genius and hit it big in the world of advertising. With the excitement of what would lie ahead I went west...San Francisco.
A bad economy, no cash, and 9 months later and here I am in New Jersey, living with my parents, and ready to make my temping comeback. Should I believe in destiny and that this is somehow part of my journey or have I been so bad that Lucipher will be paying me an early visit?
I decided to start this journal after reading other people's online journals about life, unemployment, and temping. I took comfort in knowing there are other fucked up people out there. Enjoy!
posted by Luis 6:06 PM
