Five people, five terrible jobs
They write it down so they don’t say it out loud. Pick one and start at their latest shift.
- Hello my name isMarcyPhone support, ConnectaLink Broadband
Call center horror stories, one headset at a time
Marcy Pruett, 34, has answered the phones in Tier 1 support at ConnectaLink Broadband for four years. She is required to say “I completely understand your frustration” and does, about ninety times a day. What she actually thinks goes in brackets.
Read the diary (2 entries) - Hello my name isGazLine cook, Bonfire Grill & Taphouse
Kitchen horror stories from the grill station
Gary “Gaz” Toomey, 29, works the grill at a Bonfire Grill & Taphouse off the interstate. He has burns on both forearms, a manager called Trent, and no time for capital letters. Writes on his phone during the ten minutes the fryer takes to heat up.
Read the diary (2 entries) - Hello my name isBevCashier, SaveRite Foods
Grocery store horror stories from till number 4
Beverly Okafor, 63, has worked till 4 at SaveRite Foods for twenty-two years. She has seen everything twice. She keeps count, she keeps calm, and she very nearly never swears.
Read the diary (2 entries) - Hello my name isPriyaAssociate, Halberd Strategic Partners
Corporate horror stories, sent at 1:47 a.m.
Priya Raman, 27, is an associate at Halberd Strategic Partners, a management consultancy with a glass lobby and no clocks. She writes in timestamps, in the language of the office, which gets less polite as the night goes on.
Read the diary (2 entries) - Hello my name isDennisCaptain Corny, Twin Rivers Huskers
Life inside a mascot costume
Dennis Wilkes, 41, is the man inside Captain Corny, an eight-foot ear of corn and mascot of the Twin Rivers Huskers, a minor-league baseball team. Captain Corny cannot speak. Dennis, off duty, has a lot to say.
Read the diary (2 entries)
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Got a job worse than all five? Tell us.
The shift, the boss, the customer. Five minutes, under a pen name, and nobody at work ever knows.