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Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
by Tony

So the Internet can bring a lot of things in this day and age… You can buy clothes, food, music and movies from off the Internet. Hell you can get your rocks off while online but the one thing that seems to be illusive to most people is finding a job on the Internet. I’m almost at a point where I’d sell my soul for a job, a good job. (I’m not that stupid.)

CTA Got Me Fired

Saturday, October 10th, 2009
by Tony

So this was MY story that I submit to the Red Eye Chicago, the daily free paper published by the Chicago Tribune.

I’ve been reading the RedEye’s ‘Going Public’ column for some time, and I’ve become pretty much fed up with the amount of whining that has come from the North Side CTA riders.

A majority of the complaints are about the most mundane and trivial things: Strollers during rush hours, not finding a seat on an express bus. Excuse me as I proceed to play the world’s smallest violin for you.

I’m a firm believer that anyone living north of Roosevelt cannot truly complain about the CTA until they witness the abhorrent treatment of the South Side community. The only east-west express is on Garfield, the operators are lazy and surly, and the buses are NEVER on time.

I can attest to the timeliness as I was just fired from my job because I was late. For more than a year I had to take the 79th Street bus to Cicero to make a connection with Pace.

I had to adjust my habits to give myself more than enough time to commute and the buses were still either late or ran slow and if I missed my connection, I had to wait an hour for the next Pace bus.

So with all the complaints I’ve seen from the North Side, at least you can say that the CTA didn’t cause you to lose your job.

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Working To Find Work

Monday, August 24th, 2009
by Tony

Been spending the day filling out online job applications, sending out my resume and making cover letters. I started at 9:30 am and its now 3:30 pm. Sadly this will be how I spend my day until I can get something… Oh joy!

Terminated

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
by Tony

Well I guess I have that free time I always complained about.

Reactions

Friday, August 3rd, 2007
by Tony

The general reaction to my leaving my current job has been a bag of mixed responses but generally positive. Its funny how I gave my notice on a Thursday morning and by Friday afternoon the entire plant was either asking when my last day was, exclaiming that I’d be missed or wondering where my new job was.What really made my day was when a bunch of the floor operators asked if I stayed they went to HR and ‘aggressively requested’ a bigger salary for me. I chuckled and responded “Oh, I’m not leaving because of money but I appreciate the thought.” That kept me smiling for the rest of the shift.