I'm done...

Well I've officially joined the ranks of the unemployed again. My temporary job at the World Series of Poker ended on Sunday. I had originally been scheduled to work through today but our boss came in on Saturday and told us that Sunday would be our last day. It was understandable given how that was the last day of registration for the main event and there really wouldn't be anything for us to do after that.

Things I will miss NOT miss about the job:

• The job itself. Entering data into a computer all day gets to be really boring. This was nothing intellectually challenging or stimulating about doing that.
• The food. There were basically two choices on where to eat lunch -- in the dealers' break room or at the employee dining room. The break room was closer but the food was awful -- all they had was pre made sandwiches that were about as dry and bland as cardboard. Sometimes they would have salad that usually consisted of lettuce, a tomato, and a cucumber. All I really liked about the break room was that they had coffee there. The employee dining room was better in that they had actual hot food, but after a while I got sick of it and it reminded me of eating in a school cafeteria.
  
• Having to iron my clothes every morning. This is the first job I've had where I actually could not show up in jeans and a t-shirt. I got better at ironing as time went on but to this day I still suck at it. I have no idea how I can spend 10 minutes ironing a shirt and then I put it on and see it still has wrinkles on it. I suppose it would help if I actually had an ironing board.
  
• Marian's excessive talking. This woman was very nice but she had no concept of quiet time. I am all for chatting but in the course of an 8 hour day there are times when I just want to sit there quietly and not talk. This was rarely possible with Marian as she would constantly feel the need to talk to me even when there was nothing to talk about or I was not responding.
  
• Dominic's lack of work ethic. This was my other co-worker. He didn't talk nearly as much as Marian but he hardly worked either. He would spend most of his day making personal cell phone calls, doing homework, or looking at apartment on his personal laptop. The worst part was having to sit right next to him and listen to his long phone conversations.
  

Thing I will miss about the job:

• The paycheck. This is self explanatory. It is nice to make money. :-)
• Being part of the World Series of Poker. As a poker enthusiast it was just cool being able to say that I worked at the sport's biggest event of the year. It was always fun to walk down the hall or through the Amazon room and just about always see at least one famous player every time.
• Having something to do 5 days a week. Before I got this job I was really getting bored with not having a job. It may sound nice to be on vacation every day but after a while it gets old. It's only been a couple days but already I am starting to feel bored and depressed about being unemployed.