Queer Geek Says Goodbye To The Big Fancy

Well it’s finally happened RHU! 

Queer Geek has joined the billions of people across the globe to have one big flash mob dance to the unemployment line. 

Yes folks, QG has now become of the many nameless faces that are now jobless in this troubled economy.  Let me tell you that the job market sucks ass!  You know that unemployment rate is skyrocketing when not even fast food will hire you!  Argggh! 

Here’s my story.

If you read any of my posts you know that I, along with our host Freeman Hall, had been associated with the retailer known as Big Fancy.  Yes all those crazy stories are true but you too can all relate to the wacky side of the service industry.  Hence, the RHU was born.  For the most part, I was an office slave who loved his job.  I’m a bit OCD so filing and organizing paperwork all day was a bit of my thing.   Anyway, after six years of being adept in my position Big Fancy had decided to go in a different direction and trim budgets.

Now we all saw this coming but never did I believe that my department would be on the chopping block.  You see RHU, Big Fancy prides itself on its reputation as being number one on assisting custys.  Since my department primarily deals with that, we genuinely thought we were safe.  Unfortunately, this was not the case.  After cutting the budget on everything that made Big Fancy recognizable, the corporate bigwigs decide to strip away the one office department that specializes in custy assistance.  Oh well!  We’ll see in the next few years the outcome of consumer feedback when they have no complaints counter to address their concerns.

Whatever their reasons behind this, I will say that I handled my departure like a champ!  Believe it or not I modeled myself after Ann Curry of the Today’s show after she was let go by the NBC studio brass.  I didn’t cry or went postal but conducted myself with class and dignity befitting a person of my sophistication and stature.  Then again, the Prozac has started to kick in and self-medication seems to help.  Thank you Absolute Vodka!

This brings me to my present situation.  I, like the billions, have now been let go and forced to pound the pavement like a hooker looking for a trick.  I can rock some fixnets and Christian Louboutins!   Employment opportunities are far, few, and in between and I sent hundreds of resumes online every day, not one person calls me for an interview.  Desperate times calls for desperate measures that I’ve even lowered my standards to the point that I’ll even go back to fast food hell or even working at Wally World.  Even they are not taking the bait which sucks!

However RHU, let me tell you that I refuse to give up.  I’m a survivor!  I’m gonna make it! I’m gonna keep on surviving!  I’m too prideful to accept unemployment just yet so I’m going keep pimping  myself until I get a job.  So while I have nothing to contribute of any current retail hell experiences to this site, I’m finding that being unemployed does bring some crazy stories of their own.  I’ll keep you all posted.

Oh and be grateful for the jobs you have now.  Even if you want to quit, it’s hellish out there finding work!  It’s hard our here for a pimp!

--Queer Geek

 

Comments

[The Last Archimedean]

Hang in there. We've all got your back.

[Lady Red]

Good luck Queer Geek , sorry to hear the Big fancy did that to your department. glad you’re not going to give up.

[NC Tony]

Well that sucks. We're all pulling for you though, and we'll always be here for the moral support.

[Finder Queen]

Find a smosh's make a mess for less (took that from one of the posters here lol). At least at my location we hire to the point people need unemployment and food stamps, which sucks, but if needing work check them out. Some say it's better than nothing but I personally think picking up dog shit all day is better than working for smosh's (I may make a new name for them if I decide to post any of my hellish stories of how they treat us like shit or the people that shop there and how they react to hearing that we don't EVER have back stock).

But still if you feel the need to have ANY employment they could be a good stepping stone to another job or at the very least reduce the amount you'll get on unemployment and kinda help feed back into it.

[trekkiebabe31]

Check out Barnes & Noble if you've got one by you! Good luck QG!

[KyraHalloway]

I'm new to the site and thus not sure where in the world you're located. I live in North Dakota (USA) and recommend moving here. It seems like every single place is hiring for at least one person, if not more.

[Pixie]

Keep pluggin' away with those applications and turn on that QG charm, you WILL find something better! Eff the Big Fancy. Rooting for you from across the big pond :)

[Ariana]

Since you have an office background, you should look into a placement agency. They often have jobs that aren't advertised to the public, and you can still collect unemployment while they look for a job for you.

[Queer Geek]

Thanks everyone. Believe me I'm not giving up. It's only been roughly two weeks and my damn pride tells me not to file unemployment just yet. I have put resumes and apps to the ones you describe so I'm waiting for some feedback. The temp and employment agencies are also one of them but I'll wait and see this month. There's a solution to everything so I'll get through this.

[Chief_D]

Hang in there QG. If need be, go for the unemployment. My husband is getting unemployment. He's mailed dozens of resumes, and has had maybe 4 interviews out of that, no joy. Best of luck to you. I know the job market sucks, but don't give up.

[Queer Geek]

Thanks Chief. I'm planning a trip to the unemployment office next week. Keep everyone posted.

[badK]

What is the Big Fancy code for?

[Queer Geek]

@BADK

Google return snow tires story for a big retailer and you'll have your answer.

[Reeta]

Just wanted to say that each pesron gets greeted with a Hello , and If there's a question, just let us know to bridge the gap between ignoring someone and the used car salesmen approach of being up your back like a monkey. No one wants to feel as if they are observed from a cash register. You can continue with what you are doing, I certainly do. Sometimes, I make a comment on the weather, or ask if they've been in the store before, or alert them to a sale, but not push them towards it, ask if they're interested or an FYI approach. It usually works splendidly, and most folks will buy due to the quality of our product, our friendliness is a close second! It's what keeps people coming back. I like to this I run Cheers for flowers. We really do know our customers' names! Reply

[Natalya]

I think that this idea is completely wotlsrehs. If you are going to play a prank on the store, you should accomplish more then the police getting called, and getting on the nerves of some employees. You should leave them with a memory about what you did in some way, this is just stupid.

[Angga]

JT, man, you are DEEP into some stuff here. I'm, first, shocked to see my FACE penkieg out today from Entrecard (thanks!). But your knowledge and attitude about this game is commendable. This is the post I wanted to comment on because I just wrote a software guy because his solution seemed crazy to me, as I was looking at what he sold, BANS and phpbay. I KNEW there had to be a way to do this cheap/free; it just made sense. I'm about to link to this post, because somebody JUST left a comment on the post I referenced right above.I don't even know what I want to sell on Ebay yet, but with their new Partner Network I wanted to be able to. Plus I had joined ShareASale for a specific thing this week.Dave from Welcome Back Rosenthal's last blog post..

[Kiran]

My son loves Legos and Lego Star Wars and he is trying to build up his legos ctliecolon so he can have the good guys fight the bad guys.

[Ahmad]

I empathize. In the '80 s, I was to meet a ferind in Phoenix to shop early in the Christmas season. I called her (from a pay phone) to tell her I was so overwhelmed by stuff people would buy that I was going home without purchasing a thing. Jim, I just read all the current blogs and found them all to be subjects I could relate to . 12 ferinds from Ohio came for Balloon Fiesta, but we lucked out with the beginning and the end. I kept saying in all my correspondence, Everything is weather dependent. I also laughed when I read your article about computer dating. I will continue to follow your blogs and hope to meet you some time at SOS.