Why the smiley-face, you ask? Well, several of the other testers were distinctly... non-Mormon (I don't want to say anti-Mormon, because they really weren't). So I caught a lot of crap about being Mormon, and being the good kid, and all that, and they used foul language and told some quite disgusting jokes and merely laughed at me when I politely asked them to stop.
So I went in to talk to Snow (my supervisor) this morning. First I told him that I wouldn't be coming in on Friday, because of a church activity. Secondly, I told him that I would be quitting come August 9, because I am going to have eye surgery to correct this droopy lid, after which I'm out for two weeks, doctor's orders (he didn't think it was a real hot idea for me to be staring at a monitor with only one eye for four hours straight), after which we're going on a family vacation, after which school starts. I told him that if they wanted me to come in after school starts, that's fine if they can arrange for me to come in in the afternoon. He said he would talk to Scott (el queso grueso) about that. Finally, I asked him if there was any way I could work by myself or with one of the developers, because it's hard to be productive when faced with crap like that, etc. He said that if it was cutting remarks about religion, he could probably get those quashed, but the dirty jokes and foul language, etc., there's nothing he can do about. *shrug*
So I'm on the Trax train coming home, my cellphone buzzes. It's some lady from the people I actually work for, who... subcontract... me? or something? to Sony (who Incog is a division of). She's all, "I've been informed by Scott from Incog that they'll no longer be needing you to come in."
\(^_^)/
The official reason: "Your schedule has been changing a lot; they need someone who's a little more reliable." *snort* Yeah, uh-huh. My guess at the real reason: Scott got peeved at me planning on quitting in August and decided to give me the sack to show me who wears the pants in this operation, or something. I could probably call them up and raise a little hell, but I honestly don't care enough to.
One of the guys who had tested for them before told me that's probably what to expect - they'll just call you up one day and say "Uhh, yeah, we don't need you to come in anymore. Bye!" So I wasn't exactly surprised.
So yeah, that's the story of my short-lived employment as a game tester. ^^
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