Looking for a position with a more evenly paced workload.

Or some such crap.

Mystery cat takes regular bus to the shops

Bus drivers have nicknamed a white cat Macavity after it has started using the No 331 several mornings a week.

The feline, which has a purple collar, gets onto the busy Walsall to Wolverhampton bus at the same stop most mornings - he then jumps off at the next stop 400m down the road, near a fish and chip shop.

The cat was nicknamed Macavity after the mystery cat in T.S Elliot's poem. He gets on the bus in front of a row of 1950s semi-detached houses and jumps off at a row of shops down the road which include a fish and chip shop.

Driver Bill Khunkhun, 49, who first saw the cat jumping from the bus in January, said: "It is really odd, the first time I saw the cat jumping off the bus with a group of passengers. I hadn't seen it get on which was a bit confusing.

"The next day I pulled up on Churchill Road to let a couple of passengers on. As soon as I opened the doors the cat ran towards the bus, jumped on and ran under one of the seats, I don't think any of the passengers noticed.

"Because I had seen it jump off the day before I carried on driving and sure enough when I stopped just down the road he jumped off - I don't know why he would catch the bus but he seems to like it. I told some of the other drivers on this route and they have seen him too."

Since January, when the cat first caught the bus he has done it two or three times a week and always gets on and off at the same stops.

Passenger, Paul Brennan, 19, who catches the 331 to work, said: "I first noticed the cat a few weeks ago. At first I thought it had been accompanied by its owner but after the first stop it became quite clear he was on his own.

"He sat at the front of the bus, waited patiently for the next stop and then got off. It was was quite strange at first but now it just seems normal. I suppose he is the perfect passenger really - he sits quietly, minds his own business and then gets off."

With cute pictures of kitty getting on and off the bus, sitting quietly on his seat, etc....

I honestly wouldn't mention family situation in either an application or an interview.

One good reason for having your computer on the floor under your desk at work is you can tuck your cold toes against the warm sides.

Unexpected work perks are good.

I wonder how Macavity gets home.

More predictable work environment - I'm looking for a company with a well planned global look at projects. Looking for a company that respects their employees. I am organized employee with long range planning skills and I am looking for a company that needs and respects those skills.

"Predictability" may not be a good word to use either in the current layoff-happy world. I've been burned using that before ("No one can guarantee that..."). I would say something along the lines of:

• Looking for new challenges. Stagnating at current job.
• Looking to be closer to home.
• New directives at company have changed my position and I'm not really happy with the changes.

These are the types of things that a prospective employer can't find fault with, I don't think.

thanks everyone.

Good luck with the jobhunt, msbelle!

For other Keith Olbermann fans out there, the New Yorker has an interesting article on him.

I honestly wouldn't mention family situation in either an application or an interview.

I wouldn't either. I also wouldn't mention the predictable schedule in a cover letter or application, either. You can suss out corporate culture more subtly, while on the interview. I would say something specific about the work at the prospective company and something about wanting to grow, try new things, spread your wings yada yada yada.