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[Radii]

Originally Posted by Lathum

I've been in he waiting room at my doctor for 25 minutes. Several leoe have gone back that were here after me. At what point is it acceptable to go back up to the receptionist ?

15 minutes after appointment time for me. Nothing rude, just confirming that things are running slow and there's no problem.

[stevew]

Originally Posted by CU Tiger

No shit.
I had a guy apply once with :[email protected] as his email...
he didnt get the job

Maybe he thought he could get ahead in the home security buisiness.

[EagleFan]

Tell them that you are also a leoe...

[terpkristin]

Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

So I'm interviewing two people this afternoon. Looking at their resumes, and I just don't get why this isn't rule #1 in resume building: Use Your Name Or Something Similar As Your Email Address.

Some stupid handle @ gmail.com just makes you look unprofessional from the start.

But what if is name is Paul Enis and he uses penis@gmail? I had a friend named Steve Mack whose auto-generated name in the Maryland email system was smack. Auto-generated email addresses can actually be hysterical, but for systems where you have a choice, I tend to agree that it seems ridiculous to have a "bad" name. Then again, when I get email from (supposedly) technical people with an @aol.com email address, I have a good moment wondering if it's real.

/tk

[QuikSand]

Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

So I'm interviewing two people this afternoon. Looking at their resumes, and I just don't get why this isn't rule #1 in resume building: Use Your Name Or Something Similar As Your Email Address.

Some stupid handle @ gmail.com just makes you look unprofessional from the start.

Fun old thread from here:

College Interviews and E-mail Addresses - Front Office Football Central

I left my search term intact for added levity.

[timmae]

Ok.... What would cause someone to abandon a car on the side of the road with the tire taken off and no obvious jack left?I have driven 10 hours the last 2 days and have seen 6 vehicles like this. One was propped on a cinder block! Why??!! Obviously a flat tire but why take the jack down?

[cartman]

Originally Posted by timmae

Ok.... What would cause someone to abandon a car on the side of the road with the tire taken off and no obvious jack left?I have driven 10 hours the last 2 days and have seen 6 vehicles like this. One was propped on a cinder block! Why??!! Obviously a flat tire but why take the jack down?

Someone is less likely to steal a cinder block than a jack. Plus, if you leave the jack, that makes it easier to get the other three wheels and tires.

[JonInMiddleGA]

M'kay, I'm probably one of the last people on earth likely to be offended by much that could be said about MLK.

That said however ... I'm struggling to think that anyone -- even a small town weekly paper -- could miss the obvious potential complications of posting a fried chicken recipe "in honor of Dr. King's love of traditional southern cooking".

Am I nuts here? Or is that just over the line stupid?

(FTR, I don't think the intent was nefarious, it just felt incredibly naive to think it wouldn't be perceived as such)

[stevew]

There's only a few foods more charged than that. I would assume naive though, hopefully

[Wolfpack]

Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

So I'm interviewing two people this afternoon. Looking at their resumes, and I just don't get why this isn't rule #1 in resume building: Use Your Name Or Something Similar As Your Email Address.

Some stupid handle @ gmail.com just makes you look unprofessional from the start.

Heh. I had these exact thoughts when considering giving my girls their own gmail accounts so they could get into Minecraft and such. I knew further down the line, it'd be helpful for them to have a "traditional" email address that looks good on a resume rather than "pixiegirl" or whatever. So they got addresses based off their names.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Wolfpack

Heh. I had these exact thoughts when considering giving my girls their own gmail accounts so they could get into Minecraft and such. I knew further down the line, it'd be helpful for them to have a "traditional" email address that looks good on a resume rather than "pixiegirl" or whatever. So they got addresses based off their names.

This is the exact reason I hate that someone is judged off something as arbitrary as their email address. People create an email
address when they are usually very young.

[Radii]

What kind of fucked up joke is it that taking an SSRI for anxiety can actually severely worsen anxiety in the short term before it starts to work? This is not fun.

[Blackadar]

Originally Posted by Lathum

This is the exact reason I hate that someone is judged off something as arbitrary as their email address. People create an email address when they are usually very young.

It shows an attention to detail - or lack thereof - by the prospective employee. If they couldn't figure out that [email protected] doesn't send the right message to an employer when they type out their resume, chances are that they won't pay attention at the office either.

[cartman]

Great. Now spam web trawlers are going to flood my inbox. Thanks a lot, Blackadar.

[Suicane75]

Originally Posted by Lathum

This is the exact reason I hate that someone is judged off something as arbitrary as their email address. People create an email
address when they are usually very young.

Yeah, but you can, ya know, make new ones whenever you want.

[Logan]

Originally Posted by Suicane75

Yeah, but you can, ya know, make new ones whenever you want.

You can even set up a professional one that automatically forwards emails to your online gaming-focused address.

[stevew]

Redbox bumping to $1.50/night may be my last straw. I guess I'd rather spend more via digital rental and not have to deal with the discs.

[Suicane75]

Those anti violence commercials where the actors act like they're breaking up trying to talk about sexual abuse annoy and insult me.

[JonInMiddleGA]

For FOFC'ers who are fans of old radio dramas (surely there are at least a few ... right)?

A series that was unfamiliar to me - The Six Shooter - recently debuted on SiriusXM ch 82. Lasted only one season '54-'55 and starred Jimmy Stewart as drifting cowboy Britt Ponset.

The man in the saddle is angular and long-legged. His skin is sun-dyed brown. The gun in his holster is gray steel and rainbow mother-of-pearl, its handle unmarked. People call them both "the Six Shooter".

Above average fare, even if at times Stewart feels like he's playing himself playing a cowboy rather than losing us in the character. It holds up better, I think, because 40 yrs later we can all easily visualize him in the role and in the situations.

[Umbrella]

Originally Posted by Blackadar

It shows an attention to detail - or lack thereof - by the prospective employee. If they couldn't figure out that [email protected] doesn't send the right message to an employer when they type out their resume, chances are that they won't pay attention at the office either.

Maybe they just really love Stand By Me. That's a plus in my book.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by Suicane75

Those anti violence commercials where the actors act like they're breaking up trying to talk about sexual abuse annoy and insult me.

Agreed.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Suicane75

Yeah, but you can, ya know, make new ones whenever you want.

Mind. Blown.

[Grover]

Originally Posted by Suicane75

Those anti violence commercials where the actors act like they're breaking up trying to talk about sexual abuse annoy and insult me.

Most of them, especially the Hilary Swank one, seem extremely forced.

[Chief Rum]

Yeah, they don't make me want to talk about the issue. They make me want to change the channel.

[cuervo72]

Not sure what discussions they're going for.

"Wow, domestic violence, huh?"

"Yeah."

"Guess you're lucky I don't beat you!"

*silence*

[PilotMan]

I'm a little unnerved today. One of the mousetraps in the garage just disappeared. Nobody said they moved it or touched it. So now I'm imagining some mouse dragging it all around the garage with it stuck to it's leg or something. I'm sure it'll turn up at the most inopportune time.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by PilotMan

I'm a little unnerved today. One of the mousetraps in the garage just disappeared. Nobody said they moved it or touched it. So now I'm imagining some mouse dragging it all around the garage with it stuck to it's leg or something. I'm sure it'll turn up at the most inopportune time.

It's more likely the mouse is going to use it as part of its plan for house domination. Be careful swinging your bare feet out of your bed in the morning, Pilot!

[stevew]

Originally Posted by Suicane75

Those anti violence commercials where the actors act like they're breaking up trying to talk about sexual abuse annoy and insult me.

They make me want to cry.

[PilotMan]

Feeling bittersweet tonight. After over a year, I've just finished reading my boys the last Calvin and Hobbes strip. What a wonderful ride to have gone on with them. We are all sad that it's ended. I hope they remember it as fondly as I do.

[stevew]

Those Game of War ads break my concentration every time they're on TV. We gotta figure out how to get Kate Upton onto Game of Thrones.

[bhlloy]

So... what would you think/do if somebody sent you an email titled "ready for action" with a photo of a woman at home staring down the barrel of an assault rifle (appears to be an M4) attached? Adding to the hilarity is that this is clearly a work email address it was sent from.

[Radii]

Originally Posted by Radii

What kind of fucked up joke is it that taking an SSRI for anxiety can actually severely worsen anxiety in the short term before it starts to work? This is not fun.

week later followup, my reaction over the last week is apparently considered "quite rare", to the point that my doctor thinks its possibly a bit dangerous to even attempt to try any of the other meds in this class of drugs. Stopping it, but it'll take a little while to get out of my system. Looking forward to feeling like myself again. I have a newfound and increased respect and sympathy for those who suffer from depression, as one of the side effects I experienced were occasional deeply depressive/dark/intruisive thoughts. I cannot begin to imagine having that stuff rattling around my head on any sort of a regular basis.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Radii

week later followup, my reaction over the last week is apparently considered "quite rare", to the point that my doctor thinks its possibly a bit dangerous to even attempt to try any of the other meds in this class of drugs.

Absolutely sucks that you went through that, here's to it passing a.s.a.p.

Now, that said, depending upon the specific drug it may not be so "quite rare".

A short-term study showed as many as 15% of patients experienced some degree of increased anxiety in the first four weeks.

Point being, I guess, it ain't just you or something. (It's kind of a "thing" apparently)

[Radii]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Point being, I guess, it ain't just you or something. (It's kind of a "thing" apparently)

Yeah, the anxiety part of it is a thing that happens, though to the level that I experienced it (and still am to a degree) it seems pretty scary if that is common. I mentioned dark and depressive thoughts at times in my last post, which is beating around the bush to avoid using the dreaded phrase "suicidal thoughts". Never a serious risk, always a clear understanding that it wasn't real, etc, but something I felt like was *just* close enough that I had to pay attention to it and make sure I had a plan to stay safe in case things went in a bad direction.


Some of this may get revisited in a few months, but it'll be with a specialist, not primary care doc. Not that I think the primary care doc fucked up, but if I go down this road again it'll be with someone who does this entirely as their job.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Radii

Yeah, the anxiety part of it is a thing that happens, though to the level that I experienced it (and still am to a degree) it seems pretty scary if that is common. I mentioned dark and depressive thoughts at times in my last post, which is beating around the bush to avoid using the dreaded phrase "suicidal thoughts". Never a serious risk, always a clear understanding that it wasn't real, etc, but something I felt like was *just* close enough that I had to pay attention to it and make sure I had a plan to stay safe in case things went in a bad direction.

The phrase, as I recall it, is actually "suicidal ideations"

Attempt at dark humor aside, it's a horribly lousy thing to go through & I'm glad you were on top of it, conscious of the reason for it & the whole bit.

[kingfc22]

Originally Posted by stevew

Those Game of War ads break my concentration every time they're on TV. We gotta figure out how to get Kate Upton onto Game of Thrones.

Either her or Charlotte McKinney. Or both!

[timmae]

Note to those that are constantly checking, texting or sexting on their smart phones while driving on the expressways... your crappy stop start breaking and tremendous following distance to the vehicle in front of you are dead giveaways to the fact that you are more concerned about your darn phone than the safety of those around you. Please be courteous and put down your phone. We can tell the phone idiots from the rest of us idiots.

[Kodos]

Originally Posted by PilotMan

Feeling bittersweet tonight. After over a year, I've just finished reading my boys the last Calvin and Hobbes strip. What a wonderful ride to have gone on with them. We are all sad that it's ended. I hope they remember it as fondly as I do.

I introduced my 9-year-old son to C&H last year, and was delighted when he came to love it like I do.

[Kodos]

Originally Posted by timmae

Note to those that are constantly checking, texting or sexting on their smart phones while driving on the expressways... your crappy stop start breaking and tremendous following distance to the vehicle in front of you are dead giveaways to the fact that you are more concerned about your darn phone than the safety of those around you. Please be courteous and put down your phone. We can tell the phone idiots from the rest of us idiots.

Listen to the man. He speaks reason. It boggles my mind that people would even consider texting while driving.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Kodos

Listen to the man. He speaks reason. It boggles my mind that people would even consider texting while driving.

There are a lot of stupid people out there, many driving when they aren't busy breeding.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Kodos

Listen to the man. He speaks reason. It boggles my mind that people would even consider texting while driving.

Damned whippersnappers.

If reading an entire major metro newspaper while driving was good enough for me back in the day ...

[CU Tiger]

I just hate bad drivers in general.
I dont care if its because your texting or just stupid.
I drive a freaking 8,000 lb truck. 10 times a day I deal with morons usually, in a Prius or other such shit box, swapping lanes right in front of me as we approach a stop light or other back up. I plan ahead, leave plenty of room for mechanical failure or whatever may happen and then idiots change the equation. Just once I want to just plow through these folks for principle.

[chesapeake]

Originally Posted by CU Tiger

Just once I want to just plow through these folks for principle.

It is a traveshamockery that you would be the bad guy in this equation.

[Alf]

Been to work using the underground here in Rennes since I was working dowtown today. I must say it was a very pleasant experience as I arrived earlier while getting out of home later. I could work there.

[Kodos]

It occurred to me this morning that Bruce Jenner would fit in perfectly in a John Irving novel.

[Grover]

Goddamn Freaks and Geeks was so good. So hard to believe it only got to run for one season.

[Grover]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/pe...-10015360.html

Stephen Fry is awesome.

[Suicane75]

Marillu Henner in a football jersey, yesir.

[Easy Mac]

I walked by a poodle leaving Publix when I went to buy ribs today. Evidently it was a service dog. This has gotten out of hand. As someone who is having an occasional recurrence of severe panic attacks, I'm tempted to register my terrier as an emotional support dog out of spite.

[CU Tiger]

Originally Posted by chesapeake

It is a traveshamockery that you would be the bad guy in this equation.

That awkward moment when you are totally unsure if someone fully agrees with you, or is just mocking you...