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'Trash'


Natter 36: But We Digress...  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


JenP - Jun 29, 2005 12:27:49 pm PDT #5626 of 10001

Cereal:

My god. I found it by googling world "le tired"

[link]

Pretty sure someone here linked it the first time I saw it, but anyway. It makes me laugh, so I'm re-linking.

Uh, there's sound, and it's not work-friendly.


Susan W. - Jun 29, 2005 12:30:33 pm PDT #5627 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

I completely understand your rationale for saying it, but this may cause red flags for some employers...kids mean having to take time off for illness, etc. Of course, do you really want to work for the employers it does cause red flags?

I wouldn't, and they're going to find out I have a kid eventually anyway.

We'll see what happens with these first few cover letters I've sent out. If I don't get so much as a nibble, I may change my approach or ask advice from my old career counselor.


Cashmere - Jun 29, 2005 12:33:20 pm PDT #5628 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

Skipping ahead to comment

Oh, yes. Even worse was when I was the first in my 5th-grade class to get her period, and had to deal with pads, etc., in full view of anyone else in that bathroom. Yuck.

Kathy A is me. And it's not like I'm freakishly shy or anything--I grew up in a house with five women and one bathroom. But this--this SUCKED BEYOND ALL SUCK when you're 11 years old. I wanted to die EVERY time it happened.

Theoretically, you could request a pass for the teachers' bathroom, which had a door that locked. But then everyone knew what was going on and the humilation was multiplied.


Wolfram - Jun 29, 2005 12:37:39 pm PDT #5629 of 10001
Visilurking

My boss prefers hiring people with kids. He thinks it means they're more stable and less likely to leave a job.


Cashmere - Jun 29, 2005 12:38:35 pm PDT #5630 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

My boss prefers hiring people with kids. He thinks it means they're more stable and less likely to leave a job.

Less likely to quit a crappy job.


JenP - Jun 29, 2005 12:42:24 pm PDT #5631 of 10001

Adding doors on bathroom stalls in school to the list of things I never even knew I should be grateful for. Wow.


JohnSweden - Jun 29, 2005 12:44:34 pm PDT #5632 of 10001
I can't even.

My boss prefers hiring people with kids. He thinks it means they're more stable and less likely to leave a job.

A friend of my father's once told me after I was married and had a mortgage that I was only having a kid away from him considering that he might hire me. He ran a small industrial refridgeration and air-conditioning company, and I'm an English major, but sure, I guess that was a snub.


Topic!Cindy - Jun 29, 2005 12:51:15 pm PDT #5633 of 10001
What is even happening?

wahtahfah


Topic!Cindy - Jun 29, 2005 12:52:29 pm PDT #5634 of 10001
What is even happening?

My boss prefers hiring people with kids. He thinks it means they're more stable and less likely to leave a job.

Does he hire female people?


Wolfram - Jun 29, 2005 12:52:50 pm PDT #5635 of 10001
Visilurking

Less likely to quit a crappy job.

Exactly. Did I mention I'm looking for a new job?