There are some legitimate work-from-home companies, WS. For example, this company [link] hires people with call center experience to do call center work from home. Even if he doesn't like the work per se, he could be away from the toxic environment and commute while he figures out something else.
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Ginger - Sep 28, 2011 5:38:20 am PDT #377 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
lcat - Sep 28, 2011 5:55:26 am PDT #378 of 30001
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
Seconding Ginger's suggestion. I had a friend who worked for that company during a time period when she couldn't drive and she said it was a good experience. With the holidays coming up, a number of companies are increasing staff on their customer service lines so the timing might be right and since all of the interviewing and testing is online, Daniel could apply whenever he feels up to it.
sj - Sep 28, 2011 10:21:02 am PDT #379 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
WS, I have no good work advice for Daniel but best of luck to him.
If I had known what a pain in the ass it was going to be when I decided to hyphenate my name, I probably wouldn't have done it. I swear most people look at my like I am speaking an alien language when I give them my new name.
Burrell - Sep 28, 2011 10:30:55 am PDT #380 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I get that too sj. It doesn't help in my case that all my names, including the two last names, are variant spellings.
Ginger - Sep 28, 2011 10:32:36 am PDT #381 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Most people look at me like I'm speaking an alien language when I give them the name I was born with.
My daily whine: If my ears aren't better by the morning, I'm going back to the doctor, even though I can't imagine what she can do this side of a tiny dynamite charge.
sj - Sep 28, 2011 10:36:19 am PDT #382 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I get that too sj. It doesn't help in my case that all my names, including the two last names, are variant spellings.
Both last names are very common, easy to spell, and short which was one of the reasons I decided to hyphenate them.
Burrell - Sep 28, 2011 10:46:00 am PDT #383 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Our names are short, they are just odd spellings.
It's been years. I just spell my name out to people. Often.
SuziQ - Sep 28, 2011 10:48:32 am PDT #384 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I automatically spell my current last name. If I don't, people tend to replace one or more of the Ts with Ls. My maiden name was a whole different deal. 14 letters, 2 hyphens, and 2 capital letters (not 3) means mass confusion.
§ ita § - Sep 28, 2011 10:52:04 am PDT #385 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sometimes people ask me if it's the Scottish spelling or the Swedish. I'm not sure if they're not thinking, or they're just not caring. However when the Swedish chick asked me, I had to give her a "Really?" Her answer was "Oh, I forgot..."
Which is just weird.
I wonder if my mother, with double-barrelled Scottish names, gets asked that. But I can't spell her maiden name anyway. Mac vs Mc gets me about every time. So I never use it as a password personal question.
Beverly - Sep 28, 2011 10:56:02 am PDT #386 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I just spell my name out to people. Often.
Y'all who have been with me when someone on the phone or in person asks? Yeah, I don't even say the name, go right to the spelling. And then of course I get the perky, "And how do you pronounce that?" If I'm feeling charitable I'll syllable-ize it for them and hit them with the "sounds like crotch", which is, as intended, unforgettable. If I'm feeling detached, I'll say it, give 'em a beat, and move on.
Last names, tricky.