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           Refund
             from Melbourne (Australia) on 2004-04-07 05:50 [#01135467]
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 (skip this paragraph if you want to get straight to the  point)
 
  I've been out of work for about 5 weeks,... I'd payed rent  and bills heavily in advance so it didn't bother me all that  much, so I started looking for a job,... and did a real half  arsed effort of it,.. and now I'm at the point where I need  money otherwise I might start actually getting behind,..  which I DO NOT want to happen, and of course,. all my bills  came in at once, so I need $600 in a hurry or else I loose  phone and electricity, so I ring a temp agency for work,  it's the only place that can give me full time work at short  notice, so I take it,.. go in to see what my jon will be  until I can get back on track and start looking for a normal  job again,.. I expect my job to be shit,.. but I need the  money
 
  so I get taken to a duck factory, now,.. I'm not a  vegetarian, but I love animals, and hate to see them die,..  but rather than show my disgust, I just put on a normal face  and pretend nothing bothers me as they try to gross me out  to make sure I can handle the work, and it's all fine,.. so  I get told to start after the weekend,
 
  chicken bagging.
  you think you have a bad job? you're wrong, 'I' have a bad job, I have to stuff a dead duck in a bag and  clip the top of it airtight, the work is constant, and  basically, I have to put them in bags,. as fast as the  people behind me can throw them on the table,.. which is no  fucking easy task. so I am flatout all day, for only fucking  $10 an hour (INCREDIBLY SHIT PAY) the place stinks like all  hell, stinks of death, and it's now the second day I've  worked there, and I simply cannot take it,.. the work,.. and  the emotional ethics behind the work are affecting me so  badly that I feel almost completely unable to talk properly,  when they slit these ducks throats, they are still concious,  I've never had something bother me so much in my life, I try  hard not to feel sick all day long, and the work is so  involving that I can't even zone out,
 
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           horsefactory
             from 💠 (United Kingdom) on 2004-04-07 05:51 [#01135469]
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           dog_belch
             from Netherlands, The on 2004-04-07 05:53 [#01135470]
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I skipped all of it apart from the words "chicken bagging"  and leapt to my own twisted conclusion. 
 
  
         
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           princess chimpy
             from the secret place (New Zealand) on 2004-04-07 05:54 [#01135472]
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i like skipping. weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
 
  
         
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           Key_Secret
             from Sverige (Sweden) on 2004-04-07 05:54 [#01135473]
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yeah fuck the greedy meatindustry. go veg! (I am)
 
  
         
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           Refund
             from Melbourne (Australia) on 2004-04-07 05:55 [#01135474]
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so I get back home, and try to get over the fact that I will  have to endure this hell for at least three weeks,.. as I  need constant solid work NOW, and keep in mind that working  at this place I feel like I've sold my soul to the devil or  something, I HATE this place.
 
  I'm feeling really fucking low as you would expect,,.. and  then I bite into a freshly cooked steak, and I notice  something strange, all of a sudden the bbq sauce started  reminding me of blood,.. which I quickly got over once I bit  in and started eating it, but then the smell started to  bother me,.. it smelt like the steam rising out of the cut  in a freshly killed duck, the smell of death, but I kept  eating,.. and then I noticed the texture of the meat similar  to that of the meat I was packing, anf started thinking of  the featherless duck with their slit throats still attached  and demonic eyes,
 
  I couldn't finish my steak :(
 
  
         
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           Key_Secret
             from Sverige (Sweden) on 2004-04-07 05:55 [#01135475]
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(I read it all, because it was interesting.)
  I'm sorry for the overall sad situation you are in by the  way.
  Hope things clear up. I really do.
 
  
         
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           Sido Dyas
             from a computer on 2004-04-07 05:57 [#01135476]
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I read it all backwards and then used a mirror and a  flashlight to project my thoughts on the wall. 
 
  Refund: Quit your job! Nothing is worth feeling that bad.  I hope you are still searching for jobs. 
 
 
  
         
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           marlowe
             from Antarctica on 2004-04-07 05:58 [#01135478]
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Never sell out your principles : If you are morally  disgusted by this work, do not do it. 
 
  
         
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           Refund
             from Melbourne (Australia) on 2004-04-07 05:58 [#01135479]
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I need the money
 
  
         
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           dog_belch
             from Netherlands, The on 2004-04-07 05:58 [#01135480]
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I´ll have second thoughts about buying Toilet Duck now i  know the ghastly process involved in its manufacture. 
 
  
         
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           Key_Secret
             from Sverige (Sweden) on 2004-04-07 05:59 [#01135481]
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and then I noticed the texture of the meat similar to that of the meat I was packing, anf started thinking of the featherless duck with their slit throats still attached and demonic eyes,
  I couldn't finish my steak :(
  This is might not be an 'all bad' thing. There is no need  for humans to eat meat (in fact you'd be better off not  eating meat [replacing it with something more healthy]).
  It also shows you're empathic, and that you do value life  high (if you do believe that it's possible to value life).
 
  But I do feel sorry for you, I'd hate to be in the situation  you are in right now. 
 
  
         
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           acidophilus
             from the gates of dawn on 2004-04-07 06:01 [#01135484]
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hope you find a better job quickly!
 
 
  
         
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           marlowe
             from Antarctica on 2004-04-07 06:02 [#01135485]
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Ducks Don't have Demonic Eyes.
 
  
         
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           Sido Dyas
             from a computer on 2004-04-07 06:04 [#01135486]
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Paul! just stuff it! 
  Get it? =)
 
  
         
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           Refund
             from Melbourne (Australia) on 2004-04-07 06:04 [#01135487]
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dead ones do,.. black eyes with infinite depth,
  I might sound like I'm overdramatising things,.. but that's  litereally what it feels like in my head at the moment,..
 
  I feel really fucking down right now.
 
  
         
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           JAroen
             from the pineal gland on 2004-04-07 06:05 [#01135488]
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yes, what acidophilus sez, cant you find a new job? i mean  my job isnt the greatest thing but i dont think i would last  longer than 5 hours in there. 
 
  
         
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           JAroen
             from the pineal gland on 2004-04-07 06:05 [#01135489]
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of course you're down!! hell, such jobs are so awful they  shouldnt even exist 
 
  
         
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           Key_Secret
             from Sverige (Sweden) on 2004-04-07 06:06 [#01135491]
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It's a good sign. Humans aren't supposed to torture animals.
 
  
         
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           Refund
             from Melbourne (Australia) on 2004-04-07 06:09 [#01135492]
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this job takes up all of my weekly daylight hours,.. and I  have to ride my bike 8 km there and 8 km back, (I used to do  this everyday at a previous job,.. this doesn't bother me)  I'm exhuasted after work and feel like going to sleep REALLY  bad,.. but what good is going to sleep if when I wake up I  have to go to work? (at 5am) 
 
  
         
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           acidophilus
             from the gates of dawn on 2004-04-07 06:10 [#01135494]
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so how many hours a day do you work there?
 
  
         
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           marlowe
             from Antarctica on 2004-04-07 06:11 [#01135495]
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Dead ducks don't have demonic eyes! It's the cruel people  who kill them and stuff em in bags who do!! 
 
  
         
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           JAroen
             from the pineal gland on 2004-04-07 06:11 [#01135496]
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damn that sucks
  arent there any big supermarkets around? or petrol  stations?
  or maybe work in a bar or something...
 
  
         
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           acidophilus
             from the gates of dawn on 2004-04-07 06:13 [#01135498]
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mcdonalds perhaps?
 
  
         
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           JAroen
             from the pineal gland on 2004-04-07 06:13 [#01135499]
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hahah yeah i would rather work in a mindless fatfirm like  mickey d than stfuing ducks 
 
  
         
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           Refund
             from Melbourne (Australia) on 2004-04-07 06:14 [#01135500]
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"till it's done"
  trucks come in and deliver a shitload of ducks, when all the  ducks are dead and bagged we go home, I got home at 4:30pm  today, after riding,
 
  between 4 workers today including myself we bagged 11,000  duck just today, that might give you an idea of the sort of  effort and speed I am obliged to give in order to keep  everything form buikding up and fucking up. 
 
  
         
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           marlowe
             from Antarctica on 2004-04-07 06:14 [#01135502]
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I never knew there were so many ducks in Australia!
 
  
         
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           horsefactory
             from 💠 (United Kingdom) on 2004-04-07 06:15 [#01135503]
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A duck factory, you say? 
 
  
         
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           marlowe
             from Antarctica on 2004-04-07 06:16 [#01135505]
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yes, they make ducks.
 
  
         
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           JAroen
             from the pineal gland on 2004-04-07 06:17 [#01135508]
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well imagine working in a horsefactory, having to stuff dead  horses into little ziplock bags
 
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           acidophilus
             from the gates of dawn on 2004-04-07 06:18 [#01135510]
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that sucks!
  is there no one close to you who can lend you some money  until you find a decent job? 
 
  
         
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           tibbar
             from harrisburg, pa (United States) on 2004-04-07 06:19 [#01135511]
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HOW CAN YOU HAVE ANY PUDDING, IF YOU DONT EAT YOUR  STEAK?!?!?!?!
 
  *sorry if tis been said already... pretty obiovus joke*
 
  
         
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           DJ Xammax
             from not America on 2004-04-07 06:19 [#01135512]
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Sort of like a..... horse..factory?? Oh my! The wit is far  too delicious! 
 
  
         
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           Refund
             from Melbourne (Australia) on 2004-04-07 06:20 [#01135515]
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when I quit my last job I officially broke all ties with my  family, which is my only viable lening source for that  amount of money 
 
  
         
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           horsefactory
             from 💠 (United Kingdom) on 2004-04-07 06:23 [#01135516]
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Thems bags ain't self sealing
 
  
         
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           JAroen
             from the pineal gland on 2004-04-07 06:33 [#01135525]
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like a plate of wild duck with cranberry sauce?
 
  
         
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           princo
             from Shitty City (Geelong) (Australia) on 2004-04-07 06:35 [#01135528]
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Buy my record!!!
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           Key_Secret
             from Sverige (Sweden) on 2004-04-07 06:37 [#01135530]
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when I quit my last job I officially broke all ties with  my
  family
  if you want to, tell me more about it (or if you already  have, on xlt, give me a link to the thread; if you want to). 
 
  
         
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           Refund
             from Melbourne (Australia) on 2004-04-07 06:42 [#01135542]
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I will
 
  
         
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           Refund
             from Melbourne (Australia) on 2004-04-07 06:46 [#01135546]
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my dad is dying because he started smoking again after he  quit becuase it almost killed him,.. and he refuses to  listen to me,.. his health is at the point where quitting  could mean the difference between living 3 or 30 more years,  and he only greeted me with hostility, so I told him that  I'd rather pretend he didn't exist than watch him kill  himself, and that if he's going to take this selfish route  that he should do it alone,.. and he was my ride to my last  workplace,. so I had to quit, and I doubt I will talk to my  father again even when he's in hospital,
 
  seriously though,.. my life wasn't this fucked up before...
 
  
         
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           giginger
             from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2004-04-07 06:48 [#01135548]
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Oh man, that sucks. Can't you badger the temp agency to get  you something else? 
 
  
         
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           Refund
             from Melbourne (Australia) on 2004-04-07 06:53 [#01135551]
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she said that she needs people there more than anywhere else  because people keep quitting
 
  I WONDER WHY
 
  
         
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           Refund
             from Melbourne (Australia) on 2004-04-07 07:04 [#01135561]
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well, thanks to everyone for enduring my little miseryfest,  I'm going to go to sleep, and then I'm going to wake up and  have to go to work,
 
  LIFE SUCKS
  night all'
 
  
         
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           dan7250
             from Osaka (Japan) on 2004-04-07 07:27 [#01135577]
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get a credit card.
 
 
  
         
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           recycle
             from Where is Phobiazero (Lincoln) (United States) on 2004-04-07 07:29 [#01135579]
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get a life
 
  
         
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           uzim
             on 2004-04-07 09:00 [#01135738]
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it's terrible =(
  i so much hope you can get another job soon...
 
  
         
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           X-tomatic
             from ze war room on 2004-04-09 16:30 [#01137026]
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"mcdonalds perhaps?" King of sarcasm!! :D Great reply
  Refund: Actually, I would view this as being a very  fortunate encounter for you as you're being confronted with  the true foulness of this industry. Bear in mind that these  were just the ducks, a relatively small part when compared  to cow, pig and chicken. 
  Every meat-eater should visit a slaughterhouse and if he has  at least half a brain he will also be appalled and  emotionally hammered by the scene and think twice about  continuing his unhealthy and unnecessary meat-eating habit.  This instead of placating our kids with balloons and happy  meals which is the one of the great evils of our time.
  It's a natural response you're giving as the massive  slaughter of these innocent animals is the biggest human  crime in it's history.
  And to think you've not witnessed even 0.001% of this  utterly  repulsive animal holocaust taking place every  second of our lives, all over the world.
  The numbers are so huge they turn unreal. Which is why vegetarianism is always met with abusive and  witless response from meat-eaters, because it sparks that  bit of moral laying dormant inside telling them it's wrong.
  I'm hoping you will do yourself and your body a huge favour  by becoming a vegetarian. As I see you're from Australia you  also have at hand a great vegetarian chef Kurma, who's show  has been televised and his books "Cooking with Kurma"  and  "great vegetarian dishes"are widely available and are  showing some of the diversity of vegetarian food, unlike  popular thought of it being "rabbit-food".
   
 
  
         
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           Refund
             from Melbourne (Australia) on 2004-04-12 00:42 [#01138893]
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wise words, thank you...
 
  
         
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           Anus_Presley
             on 2004-04-12 04:02 [#01138937]
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i'm kind of laughing inside. not at you Refund, what you  feel is valid if you feel it.  
 
  
         
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           Ceri JC
             from Jefferson City (United States) on 2004-04-12 06:50 [#01139011]
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Not meaning to be unkind, but if you're this hard up, should  you really be eating steak? That's pretty expensive... 
 
  
         
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