Omg why do I have to be at work!
Jayne: Well... I don't like the idea of someone hearin' what I'm thinkin'. Inara: No one likes the idea of hearing what you're thinking.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
msbelle - Oct 24, 2014 9:01:01 am PDT #8806 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Cass - Oct 24, 2014 9:21:36 am PDT #8807 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Why do I have to take a training class in Human Trafficking? I did this a year ago and was not yet over the trauma. For once my employer designed a training well enough to engage you and it's the really, truly upsetting one.
Burrell - Oct 24, 2014 9:28:31 am PDT #8808 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Being executor sucks but that's because I find so much of it is beyond my skill set. Like taking care of corporate taxes? Not something I'm good at. Oh well.
-t - Oct 24, 2014 9:34:11 am PDT #8809 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
One of the things we established yesterday is that while I am the named primary executor, if I decline my sister will be assigned, and if she declines there's a professional fiduciary who will step in. Which is a relief. I think things will actually be pretty simple but I am glad there are plans b and c in place.
Jesse - Oct 24, 2014 9:35:07 am PDT #8810 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Calli--speaking as an HR person, we don't ask people to keep an eye out for opening at out company unless they were impressive and we are actually interested.
Yeah, I really hope my super sincere rejection emails along those lines (always emails!) are actually read and received. I really think you could work here! Not in this position!
Calli - Oct 24, 2014 9:51:28 am PDT #8811 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Calli--speaking as an HR person, we don't ask people to keep an eye out for opening at out company unless they were impressive and we are actually interested.
Yeah, I really hope my super sincere rejection emails along those lines (always emails!) are actually read and received. I really think you could work here! Not in this position!
Yeah, I'm fine with those comments in email. But the sound of high cheer in her voice grated like hell on my 4 months of unemployment. Don't phone me and make me be civil about my rejection. Send an email so I can weep in private.
ETA: It is nice to know they're not just blowing smoke about checking back, though. Thanks!
Zenkitty - Oct 24, 2014 10:01:11 am PDT #8812 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
professional fiduciary
I need to find my sister one of these, so she can name a backup in case I'm incapacitated. She'll never trust anyone but me to do it right, though; I suspect she doesn't really trust that I can do it.
Jesse - Oct 24, 2014 10:18:03 am PDT #8813 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Calling someone with bad news is definitely not my idea of a good time. It must be someone's idea of good manners?
Glamcookie - Oct 24, 2014 10:32:00 am PDT #8814 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Thank you all for your tips and commiseration. Strix, insent with a big old THANK YOU!
Glam, move to Seattle, not the southeast!
I was rejected AGAIN by the same big company I interviewed with last year. Hrmph. We are looking at the southeast to be closer to family (they all live in SC) and to just scale back on the stress of living in the city. We're ready for a quiet, simple family life for now. I like Seattle, but the commute looks insane and the cost of living isn't much less than LA so...
Calli - Oct 24, 2014 10:33:51 am PDT #8815 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Calling someone with bad news is definitely not my idea of a good time. It must be someone's idea of good manners?
It's the first phone rejection I've had. There've been a couple of dozen no-thanks emails from other orgs. Some people have trouble with phones and prefer email. Maybe she was the opposite.