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[Easy Mac]

There's nothing more enjoyable than interacting with judgmental parents.

[MacroGuru]

Originally Posted by Galaxy

Oh, wow...if they haven't offer you a better compensation package, then why sign it?

No Formal offer from anyone yet, but they do know that the competition has been calling and that my name is out in the industry here as aggressive and successful so that is the win for me.

There are other reasons internally as to why a formal offer for a better comp plan hasn't been extended yet and I know why and I am fine with that. I have challenged 2 non competes and won both times, but that was in Utah. NY scares me a little more.

[GrantDawg]

So, when the interviewer forgets your appointment, then cancels the meeting and "will call you to reschedule" that is usually a bad sign, right?

[Galaxy]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

So, when the interviewer forgets your appointment, then cancels the meeting and "will call you to reschedule" that is usually a bad sign, right?

Sounds like a great boss/company.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by Galaxy

Sounds like a great boss/company.

Yeah. I will say, though, they did tell me he had a death in the family this week. I'm going to try to stay positive, but it still sort of stunk of bad news.

[JonInMiddleGA]

"Rashin' fashin' Rick Rastardly!"

[Blackadar]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Yeah. I will say, though, they did tell me he had a death in the family this week. I'm going to try to stay positive, but it still sort of stunk of bad news.

It's not what you want to hear, but at least there seems to be a good reason. Don't fret, but don't slip off their radar either.

The job I just got came with some bad news initially - the position I interviewed for didn't go through. I figured it was dead, but soon thereafter I was asked to interview for a different position and got it.

[finketr]

Originally Posted by Blackadar

It's not what you want to hear, but at least there seems to be a good reason. Don't fret, but don't slip off their radar either.

The job I just got came with some bad news initially - the position I interviewed for didn't go through. I figured it was dead, but soon thereafter I was asked to interview for a different position and got it.

This is almost exactly how I ended up in my current job.

I interviewed for a Unix admin position as a contract/consultant. Ended up discussing my cisco router experience (not too much but apparently enough) for less than five minutes and a few weeks later I got a firm offer to join the company.

[GrantDawg]

Ok, so maybe it wasn't that bad. He did call me back, and I start Monday. Crazy.

[Kodos]

Congratulations!

[Galaxy]

Originally Posted by MacroGuru

No Formal offer from anyone yet, but they do know that the competition has been calling and that my name is out in the industry here as aggressive and successful so that is the win for me.

There are other reasons internally as to why a formal offer for a better comp plan hasn't been extended yet and I know why and I am fine with that. I have challenged 2 non competes and won both times, but that was in Utah. NY scares me a little more.

At least you have the leverage right now.

[Galaxy]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Yeah. I will say, though, they did tell me he had a death in the family this week. I'm going to try to stay positive, but it still sort of stunk of bad news.

Ah, might change things a little then.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

Spice Girls should be seen and not heard.

[rowech]

Few things can instantly transport you back in time and flood your head with memories the way being on your college campus can. Fifteen years later, there is still nothing quite like Miami University's campus for me.

[Blackadar]

Originally Posted by rowech

Few things can instantly transport you back in time and flood your head with memories the way being on your college campus can. Fifteen years later, there is still nothing quite like Miami University's campus for me.

Speaking of college, my son is off to Wake Forest today to take a summer class.

He's 13.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Blackadar

Speaking of college, my son is off to Wake Forest today to take a summer class.

He's 13.

That ain't ... that's

Good on him.

[Coffee Warlord]

So my folks are moving in a few weeks. Boxed up a bunch of old stuff of mine that they had me come over to collect. Found quite a few awesome tidbits in there, including two board games and....my SNES. Booyah.

[terpkristin]

Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

So my folks are moving in a few weeks. Boxed up a bunch of old stuff of mine that they had me come over to collect. Found quite a few awesome tidbits in there, including two board games and....my SNES. Booyah.

Only cool if you have the original Mario Kart.

/tk

[cartman]

I'm shocked that someone with Snow in their name could be an informer.

[spleen1015]

Originally Posted by terpkristin

Only cool if you have the original Mario Kart.

/tk

Zelda and Super Metroid beg to differ. Let's not forget SimCity either.

[korme]

At the restaurant I work at, we get our checks biweekly on Friday. I put it in my apron and left it under our work station, which I usually do, and went on vacation for the weekend. Back at work today, I noticed the envelope to my check had been torn open. I didn't do this, so someone had to have gotten nosy. The check was still there, but obviously I'm pissed about it. Total violation of privacy, and I'm pretty sure it's illegal. Not sure if there is anything I can do about it, though... thoughts?

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by korme

At the restaurant I work at, we get our checks biweekly on Friday. I put it in my apron and left it under our work station, which I usually do, and went on vacation for the weekend. Back at work today, I noticed the envelope to my check had been torn open. I didn't do this, so someone had to have gotten nosy. The check was still there, but obviously I'm pissed about it. Total violation of privacy, and I'm pretty sure it's illegal. Not sure if there is anything I can do about it, though... thoughts?

Hmm ... trying to figure out what crime would have been committed by opening it. If it was handed to you rather than mailed, that seems to eliminate the obvious "tampering with the mail" type stuff.

Honestly, I think I'd count my blessings the check didn't disappear & maybe avoid leaving it lying around in the future. While this doesn't excuse the nosy SOB who opened it, leaving it somewhere someone could get to it in the first place seems like a "WTH were you thinking" deal to me.

[Honolulu_Blue]

I just got my first virus on a home PC in years. Can't remember the last time. It was a particularly nasty one. It put up some lame cyber crime warning - complete with a picture of me from my own laptop camera, which locked me out of my computer.

Thankfully, I was able to find a way to wipe it clean.

Very irritating, but nice to be able to fix it on my own.

[Suicane75]

Pomp And Circumstance is so fucking metal.

[Suicane75]

So I'm watching an episode of Designing Women from 1988 and Delta Burke wont let Mesach Taylor sleep in the same hotel room as her even though there's a blizzard outside. And he's all like "I don't like it but I understand". I mean jesus, it was 1988.

Delta Burke is hot.

For a show created by two progressive liberals, it may be the whitest show ever.

[cuervo72]

Originally Posted by Suicane75

So I'm watching an episode of Designing Women from 1988 and Delta Burke wont let Mesach Taylor sleep in the same hotel room as her even though there's a blizzard outside. And he's all like "I don't like it but I understand". I mean jesus, it was 1988.

Heh, I think someone here has a story similar to this...

Delta Burke is hot.

And how. She is so historically underrated these days. Damned weight gain.

[Suicane75]

The episode I watched was from season two. They were already making fat jokes in the episode even though she was FINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNEE. I can see where she developed an anxiety about it.

Originally Posted by cuervo72

Heh, I think someone here has a story similar to this...

Do tell.

[Suicane75]

Ahh, SD?

[cuervo72]

Yep.

[Coffee Warlord]

I managed to get a forwarded email chain, including several backs and forth with each party, to come full circle. Through 6 people, back to the original person who sent me to talk to someone else.

[Izulde]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Honestly, I think I'd count my blessings the check didn't disappear & maybe avoid leaving it lying around in the future. While this doesn't excuse the nosy SOB who opened it, leaving it somewhere someone could get to it in the first place seems like a "WTH were you thinking" deal to me.

This.

[Suicane75]

Why did Vivid insist on putting so many men in drag in their movies in the mid/late 90's? Why was their so much comedy in porn in the early days?

[path12]

Originally Posted by Suicane75

Why did Vivid insist on putting so many men in drag in their movies in the mid/late 90's? Why was their so much comedy in porn in the early days?

LOL at "early days".

[spleen1015]

There's just too many great games out there to play. I used to buy them all and barely play any of them. Now, I can't decide which one to buy and enjoy. I think I've settled on the Last of Us.

[spleen1015]

Golf is not a radio sport.

[molson]

Originally Posted by spleen1015

Golf is not a radio sport.

My father used to talk about how he was listening to the Indy 500 on the radio one year, probably in the 50s, when someone was killed during the race. This was a particularly traumatizing thing for him for some reason. But all I could think when I heard the story was, how the hell can you listen to a car race on the radio?

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by molson

But all I could think when I heard the story was, how the hell can you listen to a car race on the radio?

Legions of NASCAR fans have done that for years. Some of my fondest memories of the sport are actually radio based, listening to Pearson (yay) battle Petty (boo) on a Sunday afternoon in the car as a kid.

[MacroGuru]

Just saw Penn and Teller perform at the Crestron party here in Orlando...I have to say...awesome! Funny as hell and talented.

[Blackadar]

Last day at my current job. It feels...weird. I don't belong here anymore.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

Originally Posted by Blackadar

Last day at my current job. It feels...weird. I don't belong here anymore.

Don't even turn your computer on.

[Coffee Warlord]

Originally Posted by Blackadar

Last day at my current job. It feels...weird. I don't belong here anymore.

Last day of my previous job, I showed up about a half hour late, took a two hour lunch with a few beers, and left 3 hours early. It was quite fun.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

Last day of my previous job, I showed up about a half hour late, took a two hour lunch with a few beers, and left 3 hours early. It was quite fun.

My last day at a previous job, I showed up two and a half hours late wearing a 3-piece suit & casually drinking a large Starbucks. I didn't even turn the computer on... just walked around & talked to people. If someone took a break, I was there. Spent a lot of time outside. Late in the day I walked into the break room as everybody was leaving except one woman who was always really nice, and kinda cute. I walked up to her and put my arms around her as I said "You know, I think out of everybody here I am going to miss you the most." I then puckered up and went for a kiss, fully expecting her to bust out laughing and call me crazy. I was shocked that she responded by kissing back... a full french kiss. There we stood in the break room, making out. THAT was a great last day!

[Blackadar]

Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

Last day of my previous job, I showed up about a half hour late, took a two hour lunch with a few beers, and left 3 hours early. It was quite fun.

Well, I WOULD have shown up late, except we had a major storm last night. The power in my house is still off. So without anything else to do, I came to work early. First one in at 7AM.

But I'm pretty much done. I've had my one customer call today and that should be it. I'll take lunch in a couple of hours, come back, turn in my final time sheet and walk.

I won't be making out with anyone, though. My wife wouldn't appreciate that.

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by M GO BLUE!!!

My last day at a previous job, I showed up two and a half hours late wearing a 3-piece suit & casually drinking a large Starbucks. I didn't even turn the computer on... just walked around & talked to people. If someone took a break, I was there. Spent a lot of time outside. Late in the day I walked into the break room as everybody was leaving except one woman who was always really nice, and kinda cute. I walked up to her and put my arms around her as I said "You know, I think out of everybody here I am going to miss you the most." I then puckered up and went for a kiss, fully expecting her to bust out laughing and call me crazy. I was shocked that she responded by kissing back... a full french kiss. There we stood in the break room, making out. THAT was a great last day!

Do we have sponsored posts now? Is this post sponsored by Pumpy Tudors?

[Lathum]

eating soup witha teaspoon requires a lot of patience

[korme]

I've never made out with anyone on the last day of work, or school. Not even a teacher or a mom.

[lighthousekeeper]

Originally Posted by M GO BLUE!!!

My last day at a previous job, I showed up two and a half hours late wearing a 3-piece suit & casually drinking a large Starbucks. I didn't even turn the computer on... just walked around & talked to people. If someone took a break, I was there. Spent a lot of time outside. Late in the day I walked into the break room as everybody was leaving except one woman who was always really nice, and kinda cute. I walked up to her and put my arms around her as I said "You know, I think out of everybody here I am going to miss you the most." I then puckered up and went for a kiss, fully expecting her to bust out laughing and call me crazy. I was shocked that she responded by kissing back... a full french kiss. There we stood in the break room, making out. THAT was a great last day!

just giving this post the flair it deserves

[britrock88]

Originally Posted by M GO BLUE!!!

My last day at a previous job, I showed up two and a half hours late wearing a 3-piece suit & casually drinking a large Starbucks. I didn't even turn the computer on... just walked around & talked to people. If someone took a break, I was there. Spent a lot of time outside. Late in the day I walked into the break room as everybody was leaving except one woman who was always really nice, and kinda cute. I walked up to her and put my arms around her as I said "You know, I think out of everybody here I am going to miss you the most." I then puckered up and went for a kiss, fully expecting her to bust out laughing and call me crazy. I was shocked that she responded by kissing back... a full french kiss. There we stood in the break room, making out. THAT was a great last day!

wat

[Vince, Pt. II]

I bowled a 276 last night. 7 strikes to open, 8/ in the 8th, three more strikes and an 8 on my last ball. My previous all-time best was 246.

I was there with my good buddy, and we had a fun talk afterward about knowing what it must be like being near someone throwing a no-hitter. We had bowled 7 games prior to the big one, and I had opened three of them with a Turkey. By the fourth frame, my buddy started to get antsy, and I was doing everything I could to remain nonchalant as of the fifth. My friend, unbeknownst to me at the time, would stand back at the counters behind the lane as I got set and bowled, leaning way down and focusing. As soon as the strike hit, he'd stand up straight as if it were no big deal, give me the same high five every time and say "nice shot." But those were literally the only words he spoke to me until I missed on the 8th frame. I kept trying to be casual - "Damn, did you see that little kid? He almost picked up that 3-8-9-10!" Or "How about that single up the middle by Blanco?!!?" But he didn't know how to react, so he just nodded and threw his ball as quickly as he could, trying to get me back on the lane as fast as possible.

I was approached by some of the employees after the fact, they congratulated me, told me they were jealous and then poked fun at me for not being excited enough about it.

Even a day after its a little surreal that it happened - and it makes me really, really appreciate how tough a feat a 300 game is. I threw only two non-strike balls, and it still feels like I was miles away from a perfect game.

[Chief Rum]

Way to go, Vince, that's awesome.

One time, I chipped from about 15 feet out, caught a nice cut on a break, and rolled the ball right into the hole...

Yeah, I got nothing.